2008 World Touring Car Championship season

Yvan Muller (front) and SEAT won the 2008 championships, succeeding Andy Priaulx (behind) and BMW.

The 2008 World Touring Car Championship season was the fifth World Touring Car Championship season, the fourth since its 2005 return. It began on March 2, and ended on November 16, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was open to Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, was composed of the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers.

Frenchman Yvan Muller won the Drivers title by 26 points from SEAT team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, with Chevrolet's Robert Huff finishing third just a point behind Tarquini. The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to SEAT.

2008 Calendar

A provisional calendar was released in November, 2007.

Sweden was to be included in the calendar for 21 September but the FIA confirmed on 3 May 2008 that the Swedish round at the Scandinavian Raceway was replaced by an Italy round at the revamped Imola Circuit.

Race	Date	Country	Track	Winning driver	Report
1	March 2	Template:Country data Brazil Brazil	Curitiba	Template:Country data France Yvan Muller	Report
2	March 2	Template:Country data Brazil Brazil	Curitiba	Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini	Report
3	April 6	Template:Country data Mexico Mexico	Puebla	Template:Country data Spain Jordi Gené	Report
4	April 6	Template:Country data Mexico Mexico	Puebla	Template:Country data Portugal Tiago Monteiro	Report
5	May 18	Template:Country data Spain Spain	Valencia	Template:Country data United Kingdom Robert Huff	Report
6	May 18	Template:Country data Spain Spain	Valencia	Template:Country data Switzerland Alain Menu	Report
7	June 1	Template:Country data France France	Pau	Template:Country data Brazil Augusto Farfus	Report
8	June 1	Template:Country data France France	Pau	Template:Country data United Kingdom Andy Priaulx	Report
9	June 15	Template:Country data Czech Republic Czech Republic	Brno	Template:Country flagicon2 Alessandro Zanardi	Report
10	June 15	Template:Country data Czech Republic Czech Republic	Brno	Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini	Report
11	July 13	Template:Country data Portugal Portugal	Estoril	Template:Country data SWE Rickard Rydell	Report
12	July 13	Template:Country data Portugal Portugal	Estoril	Template:Country data Portugal Tiago Monteiro	Report
13	July 27	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Template:Country data GER Jörg Müller	Report
14	July 27	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Template:Country data Switzerland Alain Menu	Report
15	August 31	Template:Country data Germany Germany	Oschersleben	Template:Country data Brazil Augusto Farfus	Report
16	August 31	Template:Country data Germany Germany	Oschersleben	Template:Country data ESP Félix Porteiro	Report
17	September 21	Template:Country flagicon2 Italy ¹	Imola	Template:Country data France Yvan Muller	Report
18	September 21	Template:Country flagicon2 Italy ¹	Imola	James Thompson	Report
19	October 5	Template:Country flagicon2 Italy	Monza	Template:Country data France Yvan Muller	Report
20	October 5	Template:Country flagicon2 Italy	Monza	Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini	Report
21	October 26	Template:Country data Japan Japan	Okayama	Template:Country data SWE Rickard Rydell	Report
22	October 26	Template:Country data Japan Japan	Okayama	Template:Country data NED Tom Coronel	Report
23	November 16	Template:Country data Macau Macau	Guia Circuit	Template:Country data SUI Alain Menu	Report
24	November 16	Template:Country data Macau Macau	Guia Circuit	Template:Country data United Kingdom Robert Huff	Report

Note 1: The race in Imola was held as "Race of Europe".

Entry List

Andy Priaulx, BMW 320si, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

Alain Menu , Chevrolet Lacetti, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

Gabriele Tarquini , SEAT León TDI, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

James Thompson , Honda Accord Euro R, 2008 WTCC round, Imola

Tom Coronel , SEAT León TFSI, 2008 WTCC round, Okayama

Jaap van Lagen , Lada 110 2.0, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

The full season entry list.^[1]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Template:Country data GBR BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	1	Template:Country data GBR Andy Priaulx	All
Template:Country data GER BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	2	Template:Country data GER Jörg Müller	All
Template:Country data GER BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	3	Template:Country data BRA Augusto Farfus Jr.	All
Template:Country data ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	4	Template:Country data ITA Alessandro Zanardi	All
Template:Country data ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	5	Template:Country data ESP Félix Porteiro	All
Template:Country data USA Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	Template:Country data ITA Nicola Larini	All
		7	Template:Country data GBR Robert Huff	All
		8	Template:Country data SUI Alain Menu	All
		80	Template:Country data JPN Manabu Orido	19-24
Template:Country data ESP SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI	9	Template:Country data ESP Jordi Gené	All
		10	Template:Country data SWE Rickard Rydell	All
		11	Template:Country data ITA Gabriele Tarquini	All
		12	Template:Country data FRA Yvan Muller	All
		18	Template:Country data POR Tiago Monteiro	All
	SEAT León TFSI	21	Template:Country data ESP José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	5-6
Template:Country data TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	13	Template:Country data TUR Ibrahim Okyay	All
Template:Country data TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	62*	Template:Country data TUR Aytaç Biter	13-16
Template:Country data ITA N.Technology	Honda Accord Euro R	15	Template:Country data GBR James Thompson	5-10,13-24
		66	Template:Country data MAC André Couto	23-24
		72	Template:Country data JPN Yukinori Taniguchi	19-22
Template:Country data GER Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	16*	Template:Country data NED Olivier Tielemans	1-6,9-12,15-16
		17*	Template:Country data JPN Takayuki Aoki	19-24
		33*	Template:Country data FRA Laurent Cazenave	7-8
		49	Template:Country data NED Duncan Huisman	15-16
		60*	Template:Country data DEN Kristian Poulsen	19-20
		88*	Template:Country data HKG Matthew Marsh	21-24
Template:Country data ESP SUNRED Racing Development	SEAT León TFSI	20	Template:Country data NED Tom Coronel	All
		22*	Template:Country data CZE Michal Matejovský	9-10
		32*	Template:Country data ESP Oscar Nogués	7-8
		75*	Template:Country data HUN Norbert Michelisz	21-22
		76*	Template:Country data POR Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	13-14
		77*	Template:Country data GBR Tom Boardman	11-12
		78*	Template:Country data Croatia Marin Čolak	15-16
		79*	Template:Country data POR Duarte Félix Da Costa	19-20
Template:Country data FRA Exagon Engineering	SEAT León TFSI	23*	Template:Country data BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	1-20
Template:Country data ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	26*	Template:Country data ITA Stefano D'Aste	1-22
		31*	Template:Country data ESP Sergio Hernández	All
		45*	Template:Country data BUL George Tanev	23-24
Template:Country data RUS Russian Bears Motorsport	Lada 110 2.0	27*	Template:Country data RUS Kirill Ladygin	17-24
		28*	Template:Country data RUS Viktor Shapovalov	5-20
		29*	Template:Country data NED Jaap van Lagen	5-24
Template:Country data GER Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	42*	Template:Country data DEU Franz Engstler	All
	BMW 320si	43*	Template:Country data RUS Andrey Romanov	1-12,15-24
	BMW 320i	81*	Template:Country data JPN Masaki Kano	21-24
Template:Country data BUL Petrol GT Racing Team	BMW 320si	45*	Template:Country data BUL George Tanev	15-20
Template:Country data RUS Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	54*	Template:Country data RUS Alexander Lvov	5-6,9-10
Template:Country data RUS Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	55*	Template:Country data RUS Andrey Smetsky	5-6,9-10
Template:Country data DEN Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	60*	Template:Country data DEN Kristian Poulsen	11-16
Template:Country data SWE Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30	63	Template:Country data SWE Robert Dahlgren	13-14
Template:Country data SGP Thunder Asia Racing	BMW 320si	69*	Template:Country data SGP Melvin Choo	21-24

* drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Note: Macau-based RPM Racing Team had planned to race one Toyota Altezza and one Honda Civic Type-R for Macanese drivers Lei Kit Meng and Jo Rosa-Merszei in the final races in Macau. Although car numbers were allocated to them (#64 for Meng (Toyota Altezza) and #65 for Rosa-Merszei (Honda Civic)), the FIA Touring Car Bureau rejected the entries because neither of these cars had been homologated by the FIA.

Drivers' championship

The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers were :

Pos ^[2]	Driver	CUR Template:Country data Brazil		PUE Template:Country data Mexico		VAL Template:Country data Spain		PAU Template:Country data France		BRN Template:Country data Czech Republic		EST Template:Country data Portugal		BRA Template:Country data United Kingdom		OSC Template:Country data Germany		IMO Template:Country flagicon2		MON Template:Country flagicon2		OKA Template:Country data Japan		MAC Template:Country data Macau		Pts
1	Template:Country data France Yvan Muller	1	5	6	4	4	8	2	7	8	5	3	2	2	11	11	8	1	5	1	4	7	6	3	2	114
2	Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini	5	1	5	3	2	5	5	4	6	1	13	11	7	5	24	16	5	Ret	2	1	10	Ret	7	12	88
3	Template:Country data United Kingdom Robert Huff	Ret	Ret	9	9	1	2	4	5	9	DSQ	4	5	21	10	2	3	4	3	6	26	4	5	5	1	87
4	Template:Country data United Kingdom Andy Priaulx	4	2	10	8	7	3	8	1	14	8	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	5	11	7	3	25	3	22	2	3	81
5	Template:Country data Sweden Rickard Rydell	2	7	2	2	10	7	6	3	10	17	1	8	11	9	6	20	2	6	16	9	1	9	Ret	4	77
6	Template:Country data Brazil Augusto Farfus	DSQ	6	11	10	Ret	20	1	6	4	3	Ret	10	Ret	6	1	6	7	8	Ret	8	6	2	4	11	63
7	Template:Country data Germany Jörg Müller	3	4	14	12	5	4	9	13	5	7	9	7	1	4	26	9	8	2	9	10	2	Ret	10	Ret	60
8	Template:Country data ESP Jordi Gené	11	8	1	5	3	6	3	19	13	14	5	9	9	Ret	5	4	17	17	7	2	11	10	6	Ret	56
9	Template:Country data Switzerland Alain Menu	Ret	10	8	7	8	1	10	Ret	3	6	11	14	8	1	3	Ret	Ret	12	11	5	Ret	13	1	13	54
10	Template:Country data Spain Félix Porteiro	6	3	16	20	22	10	15	12	2	4	8	4	6	2	8	1	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	8	14	DNS	51
11	Template:Country flagicon2 Nicola Larini	Ret	12	3	Ret	6	9	7	2	11	11	2	6	23	12	Ret	11	6	4	5	3	16	12	9	Ret	48
12	Template:Country data Portugal Tiago Monteiro	17	13	7	1	18	Ret	13	10	12	10	7	1	16	15	4	Ret	13	11	4	6	5	7	11	Ret	43
13	Template:Country flagicon2 Alessandro Zanardi	15	11	15	11	12	18	12	11	1	2	20	13	4	3	12	19	12	9	8	7	13	Ret	23	5	36
14	Template:Country data Netherlands Tom Coronel	7	9	4	6	9	DNS	14	9	18	12	10	12	5	22	7	2	15	15	10	24	8	1	22	Ret	35
15	Template:Country data United Kingdom James Thompson					11	11	11	8	7	9			10	14	15	Ret	3	1	Ret	11	17	4	8	14	25
16	Template:Country data Spain Sergio Hernández	14	15	17	15	23	12	17	17	15	13	Ret	15	13	8	10	7	9	10	14	13	12	3	12	Ret	9
17	Template:Country data DEU Franz Engstler	10	17	18	16	17	17	19	15	16	23	18	18	17	13	Ret	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	3
18	Template:Country flagicon2 Stefano D'Aste	9	16	13	14	14	15	18	14	25	21	19	16	12	7	9	13	18	16	24	14	9	23			2
18	Template:Country data JPN Manabu Orido																			15	17	Ret	18	16	7	2
20	Template:Country data Netherlands Olivier Tielemans	8	14	19	17	15	Ret			19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18									1
20	Template:Country data HKG Matthew Marsh																					21	14	17	8	1
-	Template:Country data RUS Andrey Romanov	12	19	20	18	16	Ret	20	20	20	16	16	20			17	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9	0
-	Template:Country data BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	13	18	12	13	Ret	12	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25	12	14	13	12	Ret					0
-	Template:Country data TUR Ibrahim Okyay	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	0
-	Template:Country data ESP José Manuel Pérez-Aicart					13	14																			0
-	Template:Country data RUS Alexander Lvov					19	16			23	20															0
-	Template:Country data RUS Viktor Shapovalov					20	Ret	DNQ		Ret	18	Ret	24	19	20	20	23	Ret	DNS	Ret	22					0
-	Template:Country data RUS Andrey Smetsky					21	21			24	22															0
-	Template:Country data NED Jaap van Lagen					Ret	Ret	21	18	21	Ret	15	21	DNS	18	14	22	19	18	Ret	19	18	17	21	Ret	0
-	Template:Country data FRA Laurent Cazenave							16	Ret																	0
-	Template:Country data ESP Oscar Nogués							Ret	16																	0
-	Template:Country data CZE Michal Matejovský									22	Ret															0
-	Template:Country data DEN Kristian Poulsen											14	22	15	17	18	14			23	15					0
-	Template:Country data GBR Tom Boardman											Ret	17													0
-	Template:Country data POR Lourenço Beirão da Veiga													20	19											0
-	Template:Country data TUR Aytaç Biter													22	21	23	24									0
-	Template:Country data SWE Robert Dahlgren													24	DNS											0
-	Template:Country data Croatia Marin Čolak															13	17									0
-	Template:Country data NED Duncan Huisman															16	10									0
-	Template:Country data Bulgaria George Tanev															21	21	21	19	20	18			19	Ret	0
-	Template:Country data RUS Kirill Ladygin																	Ret	22	22	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
-	Template:Country data JPN Takayuki Aoki																			17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15	0
-	Template:Country data JPN Yukinori Taniguchi																			21	Ret	20	19			0
-	Template:Country data POR Duarte Félix Da Costa																			Ret	20					0
-	Template:Country data SGP Melvin Choo																					23	20	Ret	Ret	0
-	Template:Country data JPN Masaki Kano																					24	21	Ret	DNS	0
-	Template:Country data HUN Norbert Michelisz																					Ret	16			0
-	Template:Country data MAC André Couto																							13	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	CUR Template:Country data Brazil		PUE Template:Country data Mexico		VAL Template:Country data Spain		PAU Template:Country data France		BRN Template:Country data Czech Republic		EST Template:Country data Portugal		BRA Template:Country data United Kingdom		OSC Template:Country data Germany		IMO Template:Country flagicon2		MON Template:Country flagicon2		OKA Template:Country data Japan		MAC Template:Country data Macau		Pts

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Injured (INJ)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race.

Manufacturers' Championship

The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers were :

Position ^[2]	Manufacturer	Car	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Total
1	SEAT	SEAT Leon TDI	18	15	18	18	14	7	14	11	8	15	16	18	13	9	9	13	18	7	18	18	14	13	9	13	326
2	BMW	BMW 320si	11	14	7	8	8	11	13	13	18	14	7	11	16	14	13	14	5	10	9	7	14	14	13	10	274
3	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	-	7	11	10	14	18	9	12	8	6	13	7	6	13	14	9	9	11	9	11	8	6	14	13	238
4	Honda	Honda Accord Euro R					3	3	2	2	5	4	-	-	3	2	2	-	6	10	2	2	3	6	3	2	60

Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race. However only the results of the best two cars for each manufacturer were taken into account.

References

↑ 2008 Entry List
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2008 WTCC Points Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com on 1 January 2009

External links

FIA World Touring Car Championship official website: Archives
2008 WTCC race results Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 1 January 2008

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[FIA-2] 2.0 ^2.1 2008 WTCC Points Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com on 1 January 2009

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