2008–09 Speedcar Series

The 2008–09 Speedcar Series 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.

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 Zoechling	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 Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

• Results in bold indicate pole position.
• Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

References

External links

• The official website of the Speedcar Series