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2008 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2008 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 24th European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on May 11, with the finale at Jarama on October 5 after nine events. The championship was won by David Vršecký, taking his first title and the second in a row for the Buggyra team.

Teams and drivers edit

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Rounds

Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Rounds

Calendar and winners edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 QR1   Circuit de Catalunya May 10–11   Markus Bösiger   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR1   Frankie Vojtíšek   Frankie Truck Racing Team
QR2   David Vršecký   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR2   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
2 QR1   Misano World Circuit May 24–25   David Vršecký   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
CR1   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
QR2   Markus Bösiger   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR2   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
3 QR1   Circuito de Albacete June 7–8   Markus Bösiger   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR1   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
QR2   Antonio Albacete   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
CR2   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
4 QR1   Circuit Paul Armagnac June 28–29   David Vršecký   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR1   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
QR2   Antonio Albacete   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR2   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
5 QR1   Nürburgring July 12–13   Markus Bösiger   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR1   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
QR2   Markus Bösiger   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR2   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
6 QR1   Autodrom Most August 30–31   David Vršecký   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR1   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
QR2   Markus Bösiger   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR2   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
7 QR1   Circuit Zolder September 13–14   Markus Bösiger   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
CR1   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
QR2   David Vršecký   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR2   David Vršecký   Buggyra Int. Racing System
8 QR1   Bugatti Circuit September 20–21   David Vršecký   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
CR1   Markus Bösiger   Buggyra Int. Racing System
QR2   David Vršecký   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
CR2   Jochen Hahn   Team Hahn Racing
9 QR1   Circuito del Jarama October 4–5   Antonio Albacete   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
CR1   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
QR2   David Vršecký   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa
CR2   Antonio Albacete   Equipo Cepsa

Championship standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

Each round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 (rank 1 - 10) respectively.

Rank Driver Truck Points
1   David Vršecký Freightliner 414
2   Markus Bösiger Freightliner 393
3   Antonio Albacete MAN 372
4   Jochen Hahn MAN 305
5   Jean-Philippe Belloc MAN 239
6   Markus Altenstrasser Renault 148
7   Stuart Oliver MAN 116
8   Frankie Vojtíšek Renault 101
9   Christopher Levett MAN 98
10   Egon Allgäuer MAN 97
Rank Driver Truck Points
11   Dominique Lachèze MAN 65
12   Anthony Janiec Renault 38
13   Jean-Pierre Blaise MAN 19
14   Javier Mariezcurrena MAN 16
15   Balázs Szobi MAN 12
16   Mikhail Konovalov MAN 6
17   Steve Horne Mercedes-Benz 4
18   Pascal Robineau MAN 4
19   Franck Conti Volvo 1
20   Michel Bassanelli DAF 0
Rank Driver Truck Points
21   David Marco Bermejo MAN 0
22   José Bermejo Mercedes-Benz 0
23   Antonio Conejero Iveco 0
24   Pedro Ignacio García Volvo 0
25   Jennifer Janiec Renault 0
26   Mikael Johansson Scania 0
27   Erwin Kleinnagelvoort Scania 0
28   Francisco Navarro Renault 0
29   Dominique Orsini Mercedes-Benz 0
30   David Patalacci DAF 0

Source of information:[1]

Teams' Championship edit

Rank Team Drivers Trucks Points
1   Buggyra Int. Racing System   David Vršecký,   Markus Bösiger Freightliner 878
2   Koller und Schwemmer Team   Jochen Hahn,   Jean-Philippe Belloc MAN 644
3   Frankie Truck Racing Team   Markus Altenstrasser,   Frankie Vojtíšek Renault 459
4     Team Bermejo/Horne   Steve Horne,   José Bermejo Mercedes-Benz 244

Source of information:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. ^ "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

External links edit

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