2008 European Rally Championship season

The 2008 European Rally Championship season was the 56th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Luca Rossetti won 4 of the 9 rallies to claim his first European rally championship title.

Calendar and winners

The calendar of the 2008 season consisted of only 9 events, after the ELPA Rally not taking place in that year. The remaining events were unchanged from the previous year.^[1]

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	4– 6 April	37th Istanbul Rally	Luca Rossetti
2	18–20 April	32nd Rally 1000 Miglia	Luca Rossetti
3	22–24 May	35th INA Croatia Delta Rally	Luca Rossetti
4	6– 8 June	65th Rally Poland	Michał Sołowow
5	27–28 June	44th Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Luca Rossetti
6	11–13 July	39th Rally Bulgaria	Krum Donchev
7	1–2 August	49th Rally Vinho da Madeira	Giandomenico Basso
8	22–24 August	38th Barum Rally Zlín	Renato Travaglia
9	17–19 October	43rd Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur	Michał Sołowow

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 points. Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 points. Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.^[2]

Pos. Driver Points 1 Luca Rossetti 1 1 1 3 2 Ret 67 2 Michał Sołowow Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 3 4 3 1 65 3 Volkan Isik 5 Ret 3 3 Ret 2 5 5 2 54 4 Corrado Fontana 4 1 Ret Ret 4 3 34 5 Krum Donchev 6 6 4 6 1 Ret Ret 30 6 Luca Betti Ret 7 5 4 4 5 6 4 Ret 29 7 Antonín Tlusťák 8 Ret 5 Ret 6 4 13 Not enough events to qualify for championship Renato Travaglia 3 2 Ret 2 1 (50) Giandomenico Basso Ret Ret 2 1 Ret (32) Anton Alén 2 3 Ret (22) Tomasz Czopik Ret 2 (12)

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) Black Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

References

External links

• Official website