2008 British Formula Three season

The Drivers' Championship was won by Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari.

The 2008 British Formula Three season was the 58th British Formula Three Championship season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four different countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.

Drivers and teams

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds Hitech Racing 1 Max Chilton C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 2 Walter Grubmüller C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All Carlin Motorsport 3 Brendon Hartley C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 4 Jaime Alguersuari C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 17 Oliver Turvey C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 18 Sam Abay C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 42 Henry Surtees N Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 21–22 43 Adriano Buzaid N Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 21–22 54 Kristján Einar N Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1–20 56 Andrew Meyrick N Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1–12 Martin O'Connell 13–14 Nexa Racing 5 Viktor Jensen C Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 3–14 55 Craig Reiff N Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 1–8, 15–18 Räikkönen Robertson Racing 6 Henry Arundel C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 24 John Martin C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 25 Alistair Jackson C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1–4 Clemente de Faria, Jr. 17–18 26 Atte Mustonen C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All Fortec Motorsport 7 Sebastian Hohenthal C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1–16 Dean Smith 21–22 8 Marcus Ericsson C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All 14 Philip Major C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA All T-Sport 9 Sergio Pérez C Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda All 53 Steven Guerrero N Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda All 57 Salman Al Khalifa N Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 1–20 Callum MacLeod 21–22 Ultimate Motorsport 11 Esteban Guerrieri C Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes 1–6, 19–20 Alistair Jackson 7–18 12 Ricardo Teixeira C Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes 1–20 13 Michael Devaney C Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes 1–8 16 9–20 Eurotek Motorsport 15 Oliver Oakes C Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 3–4, 15–16 85 I 17–22 JTR with Marshall Westland 28 Nick Tandy C Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes HWA 1–18, 21–22 Fluid Motorsport 50 Jay Bridger N Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda All 51 Stefan Wilson N Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda All C F Racing 52 Hywel Lloyd N Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda All Team Loctite 58 Niall Quinn N Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 1–4, 7–8 59 Jordan Williams N Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 9–14 Litespeed F3 60 Callum MacLeod N SLC R1 Mugen-Honda 9–10 61 Jonathan Legris N SLC R1 Mugen-Honda 13–14, 17–18, 21–22 Ombra Racing 71 Matteo Chinosi I Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 5–6 72 Federico Leo I Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 5–6 HBR Motorsport 73 Daniel Campos-Hull I Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 15–16 74 Basil Shaaban I Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 15–16 Cesario Formula 84 Clemente de Faria, Jr. I Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 21–22

Icon Class C Championship N National I Invitation

Driver changes

• Following the departure of Marko Asmer, who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team.
• Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari. Brit Oliver Turvey, who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain, and Australian Sam Abay, also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class.
• Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them.
• Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel, Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats.
• Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo, left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson, who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major. Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team.
• T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
• Ultimate Motorsport, the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney, both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Oulton Park	24 March	Jaime Alguersuari	John Martin	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
2			Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
3	Croft	27 April	Marcus Ericsson	Max Chilton	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
4			Brendon Hartley	Sergio Pérez	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
5	Monza	17 May	Matteo Chinosi	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
6		18 May	Max Chilton	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
7	Rockingham	26 May	Max Chilton	Jaime Alguersuari	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
8			Jaime Alguersuari	Oliver Turvey	Sebastian Hohenthal	Fortec Motorsport
9	Snetterton	8 June	Michael Devaney	Marcus Ericsson	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport
10			Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport
11	Thruxton	29 June	Jaime Alguersuari	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
12			Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
13	Brands Hatch	13 July	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
14			Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
15	Spa-Francorchamps	1 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
16		2 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
17	Silverstone	16 August	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
18			Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
19	Bucharest	23 August	Brendon Hartley	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
20		24 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
21	Donington Park	12 October	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
22			Oliver Oakes	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver OUL CRO MOZ ROC SNE THR BRH SPA SIL BUC DON Pts 1 Jaime Alguersuari Ret 1 6 5 12 6 3 2 2 3 Ret 3 1 4 3 4 5 6 3 1 1 1 251 2 Oliver Turvey 1 12 8 3 3 13 6 9 4 5 3 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 3 Ret 234 3 Brendon Hartley Ret 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 10 8 3 Ret 1 1 8 Ret 2 1 2 9 1 3 2 Ret 208 4 Sergio Pérez 7 13 1 2 1 1 5 13 Ret 4 7 4 4 1 6 2 4 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 195 5 Marcus Ericsson 6 2 5 Ret 7 7 2 10 6 8 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 3 2 11 12 8 7 141 6 Atte Mustonen 3 7 4 4 Ret 3 1 4 8 6 6 Ret 3 2 10 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 7 18 138 7 Sebastian Hohenthal 8 3 2 7 Ret Ret 7 1 5 2 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 8 105 8 Michael Devaney 4 8 16 Ret Ret 10 12 5 1 1 9 5 10 9 8 Ret 11 8 10 5 91 9 Nick Tandy NC Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 14 6 7 22 8 Ret 7 5 23 3 9 3 6 2 86 10 Max Chilton 2 14 22 10 Ret 4 4 3 16 7 14 12 Ret 10 17 10 7 10 6 16 21 11 72 11 Sam Abay 10 11 10 Ret 6 11 8 11 10 21 4 9 12 7 4 21 8 Ret 5 8 5 5 71 12 Esteban Guerrieri 5 6 3 Ret 16 2 4 4 63 13 John Martin 11 Ret 9 21 5 9 11 14 12 11 17 7 9 18 5 Ret 6 7 8 Ret 12 12 45 14 Walter Grubmüller Ret 5 14 11 4 Ret 9 12 9 9 11 11 6 8 9 Ret 13 11 9 6 Ret 20 44 15 Henry Arundel 9 10 11 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 20 11 12 7 12 15 Ret 15 11 10 21 16 Dean Smith 4 4 20 17 Alistair Jackson 13 9 7 9 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 19 14 Ret 9 18 Philip Major 16 22 Ret 20 9 Ret 20 Ret 19 14 16 10 11 13 20 9 16 12 Ret Ret 20 17 8 19 Oliver Oakes 12 Ret 13 11 22 14 14 7 13 6 1 20 Viktor Jensen 17 15 13 Ret 21 18 20 Ret 22 17 19 16 1 21 Ricardo Teixeira 14 17 Ret Ret DSQ 17 15 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret Ret 0 22 Clemente de Faria, Jr. 20 18 16 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Daniel Campos-Hull Ret 6 0 Matteo Chinosi 8 8 0 Federico Leo 14 Ret 0 Basil Shaaban Ret 15 0 Pos Driver OUL CRO MOZ ROC SNE THR BRH SPA SIL BUC DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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)

National Class

Pos Driver OUL CRO MOZ ROC SNE THR BRH SPA SIL BUC DON Pts 1 Jay Bridger 15 19 15 14 Ret 12 19 16 11 13 13 14 14 15 16 12 17 17 15 11 10 8 322 2 Steven Guerrero 20 25 18 16 Ret 16 Ret 17 15 16 15 13 16 12 18 13 19 20 Ret 14 17 13 211 3 Hywel Lloyd 17 20 Ret 13 10 14 22 19 NC 15 19 Ret 22 20 19 16 18 16 13 10 18 16 207 4 Stefan Wilson 21 23 19 18 11 Ret 18 21 17 10 21 Ret 18 17 14 17 15 Ret Ret 9 15 15 194 5 Andrew Meyrick 12 15 13 8 Ret Ret 16 7 14 Ret 12 15 174 6 Salman Al Khalifa Ret 16 24 12 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 18 23 Ret 17 14 15 14 21 19 12 13 169 7 Kristján Einar 19 21 20 17 Ret 15 Ret 20 21 17 18 18 24 22 21 Ret 24 23 Ret Ret 101 8 Craig Reiff 22 24 23 19 15 Ret 24 Ret 22 20 23 22 51 9 Jonathan Legris 16 19 Ret 21 20 21 38 10 Niall Quinn 18 18 21 Ret 23 22 38 11 Henry Surtees 9 9 35 12 Jordan Williams Ret 20 20 19 23 21 25 13 Adriano Buzaid 14 14 22 14 Callum MacLeod 22 Ret 19 Ret 9 15 Martin O'Connell 21 Ret 6 Pos Driver OUL CRO MOZ ROC SNE THR BRH SPA SIL BUC DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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

External links

• The official website of the British Formula Three Championship