2008 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season

The 2008 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the fourth season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 3 May and finished at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 19 October, after seven rounds and fourteen races.^[1] Michaël Rossi won the title, having battled with Maxime Martin for the entire campaign.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Tech 1 Racing[3] 1 Dimitri Enjalbert[3] All 2 Matthieu Cheruy[3] All 3 Jonathan Hirschi[3] All 4 Bernard Delhez[3] G All 22 Matthieu Lahaye[4] 7 Equipe Verschuur[3] 6 Harrie Kollen[3] G All 7 Bernhard ten Brinke[3] All 20 Wim Beelen[3] All 21 Hoevert Vos[3] G All Boutsen Energy Racing[3] 8 Maxime Martin[3] All 9 David Dermont[3] All 22 Renaud Kuppens[3] 1 Marguerite Laffite[5] 5 Race Performance[4] 10 Ralph Meichtry[3] 1–3 Nicolas Maulini[4] 7 Sesterheim Racing 11 Andreas Mayerl[3] All TDS 12 Michaël Rossi[3] All 14 Jean-Philippe Madonia[3] G All Team Lompech Sport 15 Sébastien Dhouailly[3] 1–3, 5–7 Joël Dhouailly[6] G 4 16 Jean-Charles Miginiac[3] G All 17 Pierre Hirschi[3] G All Blue Jumeirah Team 18 Rafael Unzurrunzaga[3] G All Oregon Team[3] 24 Fabrice Walfisch[3] All 25 Giuseppe Termine[3] 1–2 Secondo Gallia[7] G 3 Daniele Perfetti[6] 4 Lorenzo Bontempelli[5] G 5 César Campaniço[8] 6 Robert van de Berg[4] 7 26 Nicolas Maulini[4] 7 73 Angelo Baiguera[3] G All

Icon Class G Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	TDS
	R2		4 May	Michaël Rossi	Jonathan Hirschi	Michaël Rossi	TDS
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	7 June	Maxime Martin	Michaël Rossi	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
	R2		8 June	Maxime Martin	Dimitri Enjalbert	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
3	R1	Hungaroring	5 July	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
	R2		6 July	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	TDS
4	R1	Nürburgring	30 August	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	David Dermont	Boutsen Energy Racing
	R2		31 August	Michaël Rossi	Maxime Martin	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 September	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		7 September	Dimitri Enjalbert	Michaël Rossi	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	27 September	Michaël Rossi	Dimitri Enjalbert	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
	R2		28 September	Michaël Rossi	Dimitri Enjalbert	Michaël Rossi	TDS
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	18 October	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		19 October	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Tech 1 Racing

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SPA SIL HUN NÜR BUG EST CAT Points 1 Michaël Rossi 1 1 7 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 170 2 Maxime Martin 4 6 1 1 1 3 7 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 154 3 Dimitri Enjalbert 13 2 4 3 6 2 Ret 3 1 Ret 2 3 1 1 126 4 Matthieu Cheruy 2 3 8 5 8 4 8 8 5 3 12 6 6 4 84 5 Sébastien Dhouailly Ret 7 3 4 3 6 6 4 4 5 5 8 78 6 Jonathan Hirschi 3 4 6 6 Ret 14 4 4 7 Ret 5 7 3 5 75 7 Bernhard ten Brinke 7 Ret 2 7 4 5 3 7 Ret 7 11 10 7 9 64 8 Fabrice Walfisch 5 8 5 8 7 7 Ret 9 4 5 6 8 10 7 59 9 David Dermont 11 11 15 9 10 12 1 DNS 8 10 10 11 9 10 32 10 Jean-Philippe Madonia Ret 14 9 Ret 5 9 5 5 Ret 8 8 12 11 Ret 32 11 Andreas Mayerl 8 9 13 Ret 9 11 6 DSQ Ret 11 9 13 Ret 13 16 12 Wim Beelen DNS 15 12 10 Ret 8 9 10 9 9 Ret Ret 16 Ret 12 13 Renaud Kuppens 6 5 11 14 Hoevert Vos 9 12 10 Ret 11 13 Ret 12 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret 11 8 15 Ludovic Badey Ret 6 5 16 Bernard Delhez 12 13 14 Ret 12 10 10 DSQ 16 12 15 15 13 Ret 3 17 Giuseppe Termine 10 10 Ret Ret 2 18 Harrie Kolen 15 18 16 11 14 18 Ret DSQ 12 16 13 14 17 16 0 19 Jean-Charles Miginiac 16 Ret 18 Ret 13 15 11 13 11 14 Ret 16 18 17 0 20 Pierre Hirschi 14 16 17 12 15 16 12 11 13 13 16 18 15 18 0 21 Ralph Meichtry DNS Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 22 Angelo Baiguera Ret 17 19 13 16 17 Ret 14 14 17 14 17 14 19 0 23 Rafael Unzurrunzaga 17 Ret 20 14 17 20 14 Ret 17 18 Ret 19 Ret 20 0 24 Joël Dhouailly 13 15 0 25 Secondo Gallia 18 19 0 Daniele Perfetti Ret DNS 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Matthieu Lahaye 4 6 César Campaniço 7 4 Lorenzo Bontempelli Ret 6 Simone di Luca 8 14 Nicolas Maulini 19 12 Robert van de Berg 12 15 Marguerite Laffite 15 15 Pos Driver SPA SIL HUN NÜR BUG EST CAT Points

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) <span style="font-size:

45%">Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links

• The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website
• World Series by Renault results