2008 SEAT León Eurocup

The 2008 SEAT León Eurocup 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

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
  SUNRED 1   Oscar Nogués 1, 3–6
7   Michal Matějovský All
17   Diego Puyo All
18   Adrián Matheu All
27   James Nash All
31   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 All
86   Tim Coronel 5
  Zengő Motorsport 4   Gábor Wéber All
5   György Kontra 3, 6
6   Norbert Michelisz All
  PRS Group Speed Racing 8   Andrea Larini All
11   Manuel Flaminio All
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   Rafael Villanueva 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 1–2, 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 61   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

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 17 May   Marin Čolak   Marin Čolak   Oscar Nogués   SUNRED
R2 18 May   Lourenço Beirão da Veiga   Eoin Murray   PRS Group Speed Racing
2 R1   Circuit de Pau-Ville 31 May   Tom Boardman   Tom Boardman   Tom Boardman   Special Tuning
R2 1 June   Gábor Wéber   Gábor Wéber   Zengő Motorsport
3 R1   Autódromo do Estoril 12 July   Norbert Michelisz   Oscar Nogués   Marin Čolak   Čolak Racing Team
R2 13 July   Lourenço Beirão da Veiga   Lourenço Beirão da Veiga   Bastos Sport
4 R1   Brands Hatch, Kent 26 July   Norbert Michelisz   Tom Boardman   Eoin Murray   PRS Group Speed Racing
R2 27 July   Diego Puyo   Marin Čolak   Čolak Racing Team
5 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 30 August   Norbert Michelisz   Michal Matějovský   Oscar Nogués   SUNRED
R2 31 August   Massimiliano Pedalà   Massimiliano Pedalà   Rangoni Motorsport
6 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 4 October   Norbert Michelisz   Marin Čolak   Norbert Michelisz   Zengő Motorsport
R2 5 October   Marin Čolak   Oscar Nogués   SUNRED

Championship standings

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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 Matějovský 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
  György 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 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

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  1. ^ Veltman, Rob (7 October 2007). "SEAT Eurocup to support WTCC in 2008". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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