2008 SEAT Cupra Championship

The 2008 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the sixth and final season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 30 March at Brands Hatch, and ended on 21 September at the same circuit, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers edit

All drivers drove Mk2 SEAT Leóns.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Total Control Racing 1   Jonathan Adam All
9   Jamie Ackers All
Welch Motorsport 2   Carl Breeze All
7   Daniel Welch All
11   Jeremy Gumbley All
JHR Developments 3   Andrew Herron All
25   Robert Lawson All
Hardinge Machine Tools 8   James Appleby All
JP Motorsport 12   Steve Mitchell 3–10
Daniels Motorsport 14   David Nye 1, 3–7, 9–10
42   David Green All
DRM M-Sport 32   Daniel Rowbottom All
Z Speed Racing 34   Martin Byford All
Advent Motorsport 44   Freddy Nordström All
Stringfellow Motorsport 69   Dan Stringfellow 1–3, 5–6

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 R1 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 30 March   Robert Lawson   Daniel Welch   Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R2   Martin Byford   Martin Byford   Martin Byford Z Speed Racing
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 12 April   Jonathan Adam   Carl Breeze   Carl Breeze Welch Motorsport
R4 13 April   Robert Lawson   Martin Byford   Robert Lawson JHR Developments
3 R5 Donington Park National 4 May   Robert Lawson   Robert Lawson   Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R6   Robert Lawson   Martin Byford   Robert Lawson JHR Developments
4 R7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 18 May   Jonathan Adam   Daniel Welch   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R8   Robert Lawson   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 1 June   Robert Lawson   Andrew Herron   Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R10   Jonathan Adam Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Run at Snetterton.
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 13 July   Robert Lawson   Martin Byford   Carl Breeze Welch Motorsport
R12   Jonathan Adam   Robert Lawson   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R10   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
7 R13 Oulton Park Island, Cheshire 26 July   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R14 27 July   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
8 R15 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 17 August   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R16   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 30 August   Jonathan Adam   Robert Lawson   Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R18 31 August   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam   Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
10 R19 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 21 September   Robert Lawson   Martin Byford   Martin Byford Z Speed Racing
R20   Jonathan Adam   Martin Byford   Martin Byford Z Speed Racing

Championship standings edit

  • Drivers' top 18 results count towards the championship.
Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  Fastest lap Best improvement on
grid position
20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts
1   Jonathan Adam 9 3 2 4 7 Ret 1 1 3 C 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 3 2 301
2   Robert Lawson 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 C Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 7 2 4 295
3   Martin Byford 8 1 3 2 3 2 5 3 4 C 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 285
4   Carl Breeze 2 4 1 5 2 3 4 13 5 C 1 3 4 7 7 5 3 3 3 9 5 252
5   Andrew Herron Ret 8 5 8 4 4 6 2 2 C 7 5 3 4 10 10 7 2 2 6 6 207
6   Daniel Welch 3 NC 10 3 5 5 2 7 7 C 12 4 Ret Ret 4 4 5 10 5 4 3 183
7   Daniel Rowbottom 7 6 6 6 6 6 Ret 9 Ret C 4 8 8 8 6 Ret 6 6 6 8 11 135
8   Freddy Nordström 10 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 5 8 C 2 6 Ret 11 9 9 9 5 8 5 7 112
9   Jeremy Gumbley 4 11 8 9 10 9 9 6 9 C Ret 9 9 5 5 7 8 14 10 Ret 9 102
10   James Appleby 6 7 9 11 8 11 8 11 6 C 9 7 6 6 11 8 11 7 9 Ret 8 99
11   Jamie Ackers 11 9 7 12 11 7 10 8 13 C 6 Ret 11 10 8 11 Ret 9 14 7 10 72
12   David Nye 5 10 12 12 12 C 8 10 10 9 Ret 8 11 10 12 44
13   David Green 12 13 11 13 13 10 7 10 11 C 11 12 7 13 Ret 6 Ret 12 12 Ret DNS 41
14   Dan Stringfellow Ret 12 12 10 9 8 10 C 10 11 12 26
15   Steve Mitchell 12 12 Ret DNS 14 C Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 10 11 13 11 13 11
Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

External links edit