2008–09 Speedcar Series season

2008–09 Speedcar Series season
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The 2008–09 Speedcar Series season was the second Speedcar Series championship. The championship consisted of five meetings, starting on December 5, 2008 at the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates and finishing at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 25, 2009. Gianni Morbidelli finished as champion, pipping defending champion Johnny Herbert by just two points.

Contents

Entry list

2008–09 Entry List
Team No Driver Rounds
Palm Beach 04 Thomas Biagi 2–5
07 Stefan Johansson 1
10 Gianni Morbidelli All
Continental Circus 09 Marcel Tiemann 1
Enzo Panacci 2
26 Christopher Zoechling 4–5
32 Eric Charles 1–2, 4
80 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 5
JMB Racing 13 Damien Pasini All
69 Johnny Herbert All
Scuderia Giudici 09 Gianni Giudici 5
96 Ramez Azzam 5
UP 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi All
85 Hasher Al Maktoum All
Ramez Azzam* 4
Phoenix Racing
Team Lavaggi		 21 Mathias Lauda 1
Chris Buncombe 2
33 Marco Melandri 3–4
80 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1–4
West-Tec 21 Chris Buncombe 5
44 David Terrien 5
Durango 25 Christopher Zöchling 1–3
Hamad Al Fardan 4
32 Marco Cioci 5
44 David Terrien 4
71 Nicolas Navarro 5
96 Jacques Villeneuve 1–3
HPR 27 Jean Alesi All
50 Marchy Lee All
QMMF Team 59 Fahad Al Thani 3
95 Ahamad Al Kuwari 3
Team Siram/Team Barwa 90 Giovanni Lavaggi 2
Nasser Al-Attiyah 3

* – Ramez Azzam replaced Hasher Al Maktoum in the second race of the second Dubai meeting.

Race calendar

Round Location Circuit Date Winning Driver
1 R1  United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome December 5 Vitantonio Liuzzi
R2 December 6 Race cancelled[1].
2 R1  Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit January 23 Jean Alesi
R2 January 24 Johnny Herbert
3 R1  Qatar Losail International Circuit February 13 Gianni Morbidelli
R2 February 14 Vitantonio Liuzzi
4 R1  United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome February 27 Jean Alesi
R2 February 28 Jean Alesi
5 R1  Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit April 24 Johnny Herbert
R2 April 25 Vitantonio Liuzzi

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver DUB
1
 DUB
2
 BHR
1
 BHR
2
 LOS
1
 LOS
2
 DUB
1
 DUB
2
 BHR
1
 BHR
2
 Points
1 Gianni Morbidelli 3 C 4 2 1 2 7 2 5 5 55
2 Johnny Herbert 4 C 3 1 3 6 5 3 1 6 53
3 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 C Ret 8 2 1 12 Ret 3 1 45
4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2 C 2 4 Ret 5 3 4 2 12 44
5 Jean Alesi 10 C 1 6 4 Ret 1 1 Ret 10 38
6 Thomas Biagi 6 3 7 3 9 6 8 2 29
7 Hasher Al Maktoum 5 C 5 7 6 Ret 6 DNS 6 3 25
8 Christopher Zoechling 11 C Ret Ret 9 4 2 10 4 8 19
9 Damien Pasini 8 C 7 5 Ret 8 8 9 7 Ret 11
10 David Terrien 4 5 Ret Ret 9
11 Jacques Villeneuve 6 C 10 Ret 5 Ret 7
12 Marchy Lee 7 C Ret Ret Ret 7 11 7 12 9 6
13 Nicolas Navarro 9 4 5
14 Chris Buncombe 9 9 Ret 7 2
15 Marco Melandri 8 11 10 8 2
16 Giovanni Lavaggi 8 10 1
17 Nasser Al-Attiyah 10 9 0
18 Eric Charles 9 C 11 11 Ret 12 0
19 Ramez Azzam 11 10 Ret 0
20 Fahad Al Thani 12 10 0
21 Marco Cioci 11 11 0
22 Ahamad Al Kuwari 11 Ret 0
23 Hamad Al Fardan 13 Ret 0
Gianni Giudici Ret Ret 0
Enzo Panacci Ret Ret 0
Stefan Johansson Ret C 0
Mathias Lauda Ret C 0
Marcel Tiemann Ret C 0
Pos Driver DUB
1
 DUB
2
 BHR
1
 BHR
2
 LOS
1
 LOS
2
 DUB
1
 DUB
2
 BHR
1
 BHR
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)

References

  1. ^ "Speedcar race canceled after it floods in the desert". http://blog.al.com.+2008-12-06. http://blog.al.com/blogoftomorrow/2008/12/speedcar_race_canceled_after_i.html. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 

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