2008 Speedcar Series season

2008 Speedcar Series season
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The 2008 Speedcar Series season was the inaugural Speedcar Series championship. It consisted of four points-scoring race meetings, with a further non-championship round beforehand. The Drivers' Championship was won by Johnny Herbert.

Contents

Driver line-up

2008 Entry List
Team No Driver
Speedcar Team 06 Ukyo Katayama
07 Stefan Johansson
09 Alex Yoong
10 Gianni Morbidelli
18 Ananda Mikola
27 Jean Alesi
50 Marchy Lee
69 Johnny Herbert
90 JJ Lehto
96 Jacques Villeneuve
Phoenix Racing 08 Uwe Alzen
80 Klaus Ludwig
Christian Danner
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Team First Centreville 17 Fabien Giroix
71 Nicolas Navarro
Union Properties 20 David Terrien
85 Hasher Al Maktoum
GPC Squadra Corse 21 Mathias Lauda
Moreno Suprapto 36 Moreno Suprapto

Race calendar

Round Location Circuit Date Winning Driver
NC United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome January 25 Gianni Morbidelli
NC January 26 Gianni Morbidelli
1 Indonesia Sentul International Circuit February 16 Jean Alesi
2 February 17 Uwe Alzen
3 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit March 22 Jean Alesi
4 March 23 Uwe Alzen
5 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit April 5 David Terrien
6 April 6 Gianni Morbidelli
7 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome April 11 Johnny Herbert
8 April 12 Johnny Herbert

Drivers' Championship

Results at a glance

Pos Driver SEN 1 SEN 2 SEP 1 SEP 2 BHR 1 BHR 2 DUB 1 DUB 2 Points
1 Johnny Herbert 3 7 2 4 5 Ret 1 1 45
2 David Terrien 4 4 8 2 1 Ret 2 2 45
3 Uwe Alzen 5 1 4 1 DSQ 2 4 11 42
4 Jean Alesi 1 2 1 3 10 3 Ret Ret 40
5 Gianni Morbidelli 11 13 9 5 2 1 3 4 33
6 Nicolas Navarro 6 10 7 7 3 7 6 5 22
7 Mathias Lauda 2 5 3 Ret 18
8 Ananda Mikola 8 3 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 7 17
9 Marchy Lee 14 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 15
10 Fabien Giroix 10 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 6 8
11 Klaus Ludwig 7 6 Ret 6 8
12 Stefan Johansson 12 11 6 6 9 8 8 9 8
13 Hasher Al Maktoum 9 9 10 8 7 Ret 7 12 5
14 Jacques Villeneuve 6 Ret 9 Ret 3
15 Ukyo Katayama 13 8 15 11 8 Ret 12 Ret 2
16 JJ Lehto 12 10 Ret Ret 11 8 1
17 Alex Yoong 11 9 0
18 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11 9 0
19 Pedro Lamy 13 10 0
20 Christian Danner 13 12 0
Pos Driver SEN 1 SEN 2 SEP 1 SEP 2 BHR 1 BHR 2 DUB 1 DUB 2 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)