2008 SEAT León Eurocup season

The 2008 SEAT León Eurocup season was the first season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship. The best classified driver at each event was rewarded with a drive in a SUNRED Engineering–run SEAT León TFSI at the next round of the WTCC.^[1]

Oscar Nogués won the championship tied on 47 points with Marin Čolak, winning by having three race wins to Čolak's two.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
SUNRED	1	Oscar Nogués	1, 3–6
	7	Michal Matejovsky	All
	17	Diego Puyo	All
	18	Adrián Matheu	All
	27	James Nash	All
	87	Javier Ibran	1, 6
Special Tuning	2	Tom Boardman	1–2, 4–6
	29	Liam McMillan	1, 4
Rangoni Motorsport	3	Massimiliano Pedalà	All
	12	Davide Roda	1–4, 6
	22	Flavio Berto	All
	23	Alan Simoni	1–4, 6
	86	Tim Coronel	5
Zengő Motorsport	4	Gábor Wéber	All
	5	Gyorgy Kontra	3, 6
	6	Norbert Michelisz	All
PRS Group Speed Racing	8	Andrea Larini	1–4, 6
	11	Manuel Flaminio	1–4, 6
	15	Eoin Murray	All
Team Clairet Sport	9	Jean-Marie Clairet	All
SEAT Swiss Racing	10	Fredy Barth	All
	14	Urs Sonderegger	6
Valvoline Ashland Racing	16	Antonio Aristi	All
	62	Luis Recuenco	4–6
Team Elias	19	Fernando Navarrete	1
	29	Luis Recuenco	3, 5–6
Bastos Sport	20	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	1–3
	21	Duarte Félix da Costa	1–5
Exagon Engineering	24	Jean-Robert Niogret	2
Čolak Racing Team	26	Marin Čolak	1–4, 6
MCTPE	32	Martin Morente	2, 5–6
ST Racing Harriet Arruabarrena	34	Harriet Arruabarrena	2, 6
Oasis Motorsport	40	Miguel Freitas	3
	41	Francisco Fino	3
PubliRacing	42	Francisco Carvalho	3
João Pina Cardoso	43	João Pina Cardoso	3
Italian Racing Motors	50	Aldo Ponti	6
DKM Motorsport	50	Oleg Petrikov	2–6
Oleg Petrikov	50	Oleg Petrikov	1
Dynamo SEAT Racing Team	85	Anton Markin	All
Team CMC Motor–Bricofer	93	Marsilio Canuti	All
SEAT Sport	99	Sébastien Bernard	6

Race calendar and results

Round		Date	Country	Track	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	17 May	Spain	Circuit de Valencia	Marin Čolak	Marin Čolak	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED
	R2	18 May				Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Eoin Murray	PRS Group Speed Racing
2	R1	31 May	France	Pau Grand Prix	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Special Tuning
	R2	1 June				Gábor Wéber	Gábor Wéber	Zengő Motorsport
3	R1	12 July	Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril	Norbert Michelisz	Oscar Nogués	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team
	R2	13 June				Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Bastos Sport
4	R1	26 July	United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	Norbert Michelisz	Tom Boardman	Eoin Murray	PRS Group Speed Racing
	R2	27 July				Diego Puyo	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team
5	R1	30 August	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Norbert Michelisz	Michal Matejovsky	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED
	R2	31 August				Massimiliano Pedalà	Massimiliano Pedalà	Rangoni Motorsport
6	R1	4 October	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Norbert Michelisz	Marin Čolak	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport
	R2	5 October				Marin Čolak	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED

Championship standings

Pos Driver VAL PAU EST BRH OSC MNZ Pts 1 Oscar Nogués 1 2 22 8 18 10 1 8 2 1 47 2 Marin Čolak Ret 4 2 Ret 1 13 5 1 7 2 47 3 Eoin Murray 8 1 Ret 9 13 6 1 7 4 5 Ret 8 37 4 Massimiliano Pedalà 3 13 10 Ret 7 2 Ret 9 9 1 5 3 36 5 James Nash 14 6 9 5 9 14 2 4 2 Ret 4 6 36 6 Tom Boardman Ret 5 1 4 15 6 7 Ret 3 4 35 7 Jean-Marie Clairet Ret 9 7 2 3 15 3 5 10 6 6 22 32 8 Diego Puyo 4 11 3 Ret 2 3 6 16 8 13 9 7 31 9 Duarte Félix da Costa 2 8 5 15 6 5 17 Ret 6 2 31 10 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 12 18 6 6 4 1 21 11 Gábor Wéber 16 3 8 1 23 9 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret DNS 19 12 Alan Simoni 18 7 19 11 8 7 4 2 16 14 19 13 Rafael Villanueva 5 4 5 3 Ret DNS 19 14 Norbert Michelisz 11 Ret 12 7 25 16 Ret 16 Ret 7 1 5 18 15 Andrea Larini Ret Ret 4 3 Ret DNS 8 3 Ret Ret 18 16 Michal Matejovsky 13 20 13 Ret 10 21 Ret Ret 3 Ret 19 Ret 6 17 Fredy Barth Ret 10 Ret Ret 21 12 Ret Ret 16 4 Ret 10 5 18 Antonio Aristi 5 17 Ret 13 15 10 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 19 Liam McMillan 6 Ret 12 8 4 20 Javier Ibrán 7 Ret 13 Ret 2 21 Manuel Flaminio 15 12 20 Ret 18 18 7 14 Ret 19 17 9 2 22 Flavio Berto 17 16 11 8 Ret DNS 9 Ret 11 11 8 13 2 — Harriet Arruabarrena 16 14 14 12 0 — Sébastien Bernard 21 21 0 — Marsilio Canuti Ret 14 14 10 11 Ret 13 12 12 9 Ret 11 0 — João Pina Cardoso 16 19 0 — Francisco Carvalho Ret DNS 0 — Tim Coronel Ret 10 0 — Francisco Fino 20 11 0 — Miguel Freitas 14 23 0 — Gyorgy Kontra Ret 20 22 19 0 — Anton Markin 10 21 15 Ret 19 25 16 15 15 17 11 16 0 — Adrián Matheu 9 15 Ret 16 12 22 10 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 0 — Martin Morente Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 20 0 — Fernando Navarrete Ret Ret 0 — Jean-Robert Niogret DNS DNS 0 — Oleg Petrikov Ret 22 17 12 17 17 Ret 13 14 15 20 17 0 — Aldo Ponti 10 Ret 0 — Luis Recuenco Ret Ret 13 18 12 23 0 — Davide Roda 19 19 18 Ret 24 24 14 Ret 15 Ret 0 — Urs Sonderegger 18 18 0 Pos Driver VAL PAU EST BRH OSC MNZ 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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links

• Official Website of the SEAT León Eurocup
• Championship standings: SEAT Leon Eurocup 2008 at Driver Database (Archived 2009-07-23)