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2008–09 Speedcar Series

Teams' Champion: Union Properties GP2 Asia Series

The 2008–09 Speedcar Series was the second and final season 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.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
USA Palm Beach
USA Palm Racing	04	ITA Thomas Biagi	2-5
07	SWE Stefan Johansson	1
10	ITA Gianni Morbidelli	All
UAE Continental Circus	09	GER Marcel Tiemann	1
ITA Enzo Panacci	2
26	AUT Christopher Zöchling	4-5
32	FRA Eric Charles	1-2, 4
80	GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5
ITA Scuderia Giudici	09	ITA Gianni Giudici	5
96	UAE Ramez Azzam	5
Monaco JMB Racing	13	FRA Damien Pasini	All
69	UK Johnny Herbert	All
UAE Union Properties	20	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
85	UAE Hasher Al Maktoum	All
UAE Ramez Azzam	4
GER Phoenix Racing	21	AUT Mathias Lauda	1
80	GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1
ITA Team Lavaggi	21	UK Chris Buncombe	2
33	ITA Marco Melandri	3-4
80	GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2-4
UK West-Tec	21	UK Chris Buncombe	5
44	FRA David Terrien	5
ITA Durango	25	AUT Christopher Zöchling	1-3
BHR Hamad Al Fardan	4
32	ITA Marco Cioci	5
44	FRA David Terrien	4
71	FRA Nicolas Navarro	5
96	CAN Jacques Villeneuve	1-3
UK HPR	27	FRA Jean Alesi	All
50	HKG Marchy Lee	All
QAT QMMF Team	59	QAT Fahad Al Thani	3
95	QAT Ahamad Al Kuwari	3
ITA Team Siram	90	ITA Giovanni Lavaggi	2
ITA Team Barwa	90	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	3

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
UAE Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit)	December 5	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	UAE Union Properties	Report
December 6
BHR Bahrain International Circuit	January 23	GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	FRA Jean Alesi	UK HPR	Report
January 24		GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	UK Johnny Herbert	MON JMB Racing
QAT Losail International Circuit	February 13	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	ITA Gianni Morbidelli	USA Palm Beach	Report
February 14		ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	UAE Union Properties
UAE Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit)	February 27	AUT Christopher Zöchling	AUT Christopher Zöchling	FRA Jean Alesi	UK HPR	Report
February 28		FRA Jean Alesi	FRA Jean Alesi	UK HPR
BHR Bahrain International Circuit	April 25	UK Johnny Herbert	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	UK Johnny Herbert	MON JMB Racing	Report
April 26		ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	UAE Union Properties

Championship Standings

Drivers

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	Points
1st	2nd
10	8

Pos	Driver	DUB
UAE	BHR
BHR	LOS
QAT	DUB
UAE	BHR
Bahrain	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Driver	DUB
UAE	BHR
BHR	LOS
QAT	DUB
UAE	BHR
Bahrain	Points
ITA Gianni Morbidelli	3	C	4	2	1	2	7	2	5	5	55
UK Johnny Herbert	4	C	3	1	3	6	5	3	1	6	53
ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	C	Ret	8	2	1	12	Ret	3	1	45
GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	C	2	4	Ret	5	3	4	2	12	44
FRA Jean Alesi	10	C	1	6	4	Ret	1	1	Ret	10	38
ITA Thomas Biagi			6	3	7	3	9	6	8	2	29
UAE Hasher Al Maktoum	5	C	5	7	6	Ret	6	DNP	6	3	25
AUT Christopher Zöchling	11	C	DNS	Ret	9	4	2	10	4	8	19
FRA Damien Pasini	8	C	7	5	Ret	8	8	9	7	Ret	11
FRA David Terrien							4	5	Ret	Ret	9
CAN Jacques Villeneuve	6	C	10	Ret	5	Ret					7
HKG Marchy Lee	7	C	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	7	12	9	6
FRA Nicolas Navarro									9	4	5
UK Chris Buncombe			9	9					Ret	7	2
ITA Marco Melandri					8	11	10	8			2
ITA Giovanni Lavaggi			8	10							1
QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah					10	9					0
FRA Eric Charles	9	C	11	11			14	12			0
UAE Ramez Azzam								11	10	Ret	0
QAT Fahad Al Thani					12	10					0
ITA Marco Cioci									11	11	0
QAT Ahamad Al Kuwari					11	Ret					0
BHR Hamad Al Fardan							13	Ret			0
SWE Stefan Johansson	Ret	C									0
GER Marcel Tiemann	Ret	C									0
AUT Mathias Lauda	Ret	C									0
ITA Enzo Panacci			DNS	Ret							0
ITA Gianni Giudici									Ret	Ret	0

Notes:

– Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams

Pos	Driver	DUB
UAE	BHR
BHR	LOS
QAT	DUB
UAE	BHR
Bahrain	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	EX	Pos	Driver	DUB
UAE	BHR
BHR	LOS
QAT	DUB
UAE	BHR
Bahrain	Points
UAE Union Properties	1	C	Ret	8	2	1	12	Ret	3	1	70
5	C	5	7	6	Ret	6	11	6	3
Monaco JMB Racing	8	C	7	5	Ret	8	8	9	7	Ret	64
4	C	3	1	3	6	5	3	1	6
UK HPR	10	C	1	6	4	Ret	1	1	Ret	10	44
7	C	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	7	12	9
USA Palm Racing							9	6	8	2	30
						7	2	5	5
ITA Team Lavaggi			9	9							30
				8	11	10	8
		2	4	Ret	5	3	4
ITA Durango	11	C	DNS	Ret	9	4	13	Ret			26
								11	11
						4	5
								9	4
6	C	10	Ret	5	Ret
UAE Continental Circus	Ret	C	DNS	Ret							22
						2	10	4	8
9	C	11	11			14	12
								2	12
GER Phoenix Racing	Ret	C									8
2	C
UK West-Tec									Ret	7	2
								Ret	Ret
ITA Team Siram			8	10							1
ITA Team Barwa					10	9					0
QAT QMMF Team					12	10					0
				11	Ret
ITA Scuderia Giudici									Ret	Ret	0
								10	Ret
USA Palm Beach			6	3	7	3					0 (54)
Ret	C
3	C	4	2	1	2

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Notes:

– Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

"Liuzzi wins Bahrain finale, Morbidelli takes $500,000 prize".
The team had changed its name after the third round.
Ramez Azzam had replaced Hasher Al Maktoum for race 2 of the fourth round.
(2008-12-06). "Speedcar race canceled after it floods in the desert". blog.al.com.
Palm Beach's points were voided and the team excluded from the championship before the fourth round, because it had changed name into Palm Racing.

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