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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  Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini
3 April 6 Template:Country data Mexico Mexico Puebla  Template:Country data Spain Jordi Gené Report
4  Template:Country data Portugal Tiago Monteiro
5 May 18 Template:Country data Spain Spain Valencia  Template:Country data United Kingdom Robert Huff Report
6  Template:Country data Switzerland Alain Menu
7 June 1 Template:Country data France France Pau  Template:Country data Brazil Augusto Farfus Report
8  Template:Country data United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
9 June 15 Template:Country data Czech Republic Czech Republic Brno  Template:Country flagicon2 Alessandro Zanardi Report
10  Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini
11 July 13 Template:Country data Portugal Portugal Estoril  Template:Country data SWE Rickard Rydell Report
12  Template:Country data Portugal Tiago Monteiro
13 July 27 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Great Britain Brands Hatch  Template:Country data GER Jörg Müller Report
14  Template:Country data Switzerland Alain Menu
15 August 31 Template:Country data Germany Germany Oschersleben  Template:Country data Brazil Augusto Farfus Report
16  Template:Country data ESP Félix Porteiro
17 September 21 Template:Country flagicon2 Italy1 Imola  Template:Country data France Yvan Muller Report
18  22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png James Thompson
19 October 5 Template:Country flagicon2 Italy Monza  Template:Country data France Yvan Muller Report
20  Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini
21 October 26 Template:Country data Japan Japan Okayama  Template:Country data SWE Rickard Rydell Report
22  Template:Country data NED Tom Coronel
23 November 16 Template:Country data Macau Macau Guia Circuit  Template:Country data SUI Alain Menu Report
24  Template:Country data United Kingdom Robert Huff
  • 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
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
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
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
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
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 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.


External links


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