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2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Motor racing competition

The 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the eighteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 3 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 19, after fourteen rounds. Four drivers went into the final meeting with a shot of winning the title, with Valtteri Bottas coming out on top, to claim his second title in the year.

Teams and drivers

2008 Entry List	Team	No.	Driver name	Class
ESP Epsilon Euskadi 1	1	USA Jake Rosenzweig		All
2	ESP Pablo Montilla		All
3	DOM Richard Campollo		All
FRA SG Drivers Project	4	ARE Ramez Azzam		All
5	RUS Anton Nebylitskiy		All
6	FRA Jean-Éric Vergne		All
ESP Epsilon Euskadi 2	7	ESP Albert Costa		All
8	ESP Roberto Merhi		All
9	COL Carlos Muñoz		2-7
DEU Motopark Academy	10	DEU Tobias Hegewald		All
11	FIN Valtteri Bottas		All
70	PRT António Félix da Costa		1, 4, 6
FRA SG Formula	12	AUS Daniel Ricciardo		All
14	ITA Andrea Caldarelli		All
15	FRA Nelson Lukes		1-2
GBR Alexander Sims		5
ESP Miki Monrás		6-7
ITA Prema Powerteam	16	COL Carlos Muñoz		1
ESP Víctor García		3
ITA Sergio Campana		4-7
17	2-3
LTU Kazim Vasiliauskas		1, 4-7
18	ITA Patrick Reiterer		All
CZE Krenek Motorsport	19	CZE Adam Kout		All
74	CZE Jakub Knoll		1
BEL Boutsen Energy Racing	21	FRA Nathanaël Berthon		All
DEU Team Motorpark	22	POL Kuba Giermaziak		All
23	MEX Juan Pablo García		All
71	BRA Vinicius Sammarone		1, 4, 6
ITA BVM Minardi Team	24	ITA Daniel Zampieri		All
25	BRA César Ramos		All
26	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs		All
CHE Jenzer Motorsport	27	ITA Michele Faccin		All
28	NOR Pål Varhaug		All
29	ESP Siso Cunill		1-3
CHE Christopher Zanella		4
PRT Luís Santos		6
ESP iQuick	30	ESP Miguel Otegui		All
31	ESP Himar Acosta		1-2, 4-5
DNK Johan Jokinen		6-7
ESP Amiter Galuppo Sport	32	ESP Marcelo Conchado		1-2, 5-7
FRA Epsilon Sport	33	FRA Tristan Vautier		1
NLD Paul Meijer		3-4
FRA Bastien Borget		5
34	3
FRA Mathieu Arzeno		1-2, 5-7
35	MCO Stéphane Richelmi		1-5
GBR Hitech Junior Team	36	GBR Richard Singleton		All
37	ESP Miki Monrás		1-5
GBR Hitech Junior Racing	38	GBR Luciano Bacheta		All
39	COL Juan Jacobo		All
HRV RB Racing Team	40	HRV Dino Butorac		1-5, 7
GBR Fortec Motorsport	41	GBR Dean Smith		All
42	GBR Daniel McKenzie		All
GBR Fortec Competition	43	BRA Gabriel Dias		1-6
44	GBR Alex Morgan		All
FRA TCS Racing	45	FRA Nicolas Marroc		1-5
CHE Race Performance	66	CHE Christopher Zanella		3
NLD MP Motorsport	75	NLD Paul Meijer		1
76	NLD Nicky Catsburg		1
77	POL Mateusz Adamski		1
FRA Pole Services	78	FRA Benjamin Lariche		2

Icon	Class
	Junior Class

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May	FIN Valtteri Bottas	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	FRA SG Formula
4 May	FIN Valtteri Bottas	ITA Daniel Zampieri	NLD Paul Meijer	NLD MP Motorsport
GBR Silverstone Circuit	7 June	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FRA Mathieu Arzeno	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
8 June	FIN Valtteri Bottas	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	FRA SG Formula
HUN Hungaroring	5 July	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	FRA SG Formula
6 July	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	FRA SG Formula
DEU Nürburgring	30 August	ESP Roberto Merhi	FIN Valtteri Bottas	ESP Roberto Merhi	ESP Epsilon Euskadi
31 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
FRA Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 September	ESP Roberto Merhi	ESP Roberto Merhi	ESP Roberto Merhi	ESP Epsilon Euskadi
7 September	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
PRT Autódromo do Estoril	27 September	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	ESP Albert Costa	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	FRA SG Formula
28 September	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
ESP Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	18 October	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	GBR Richard Singleton	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
19 October	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	FRA SG Formula

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP*	Points
15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

- only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos	Driver	SPA
BEL	SIL
GBR	HUN
HUN	NÜR
DEU	LMS
FRA	EST
PRT	CAT
ESP	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	1	139	2	136	3	123	4	108	5	72	6	53	7	38	8	35	9	33	10	23	11	21	12	20	13	19	14	17	15	17	16	16	17	11	18	10	19	7	20	7	21	6	22	5	23	3	24	3	25	2	26	2	27	2	28	2	29	1	30	0	31	0	32	0	33	0	34	0	35	0	36	0	37	0	38	0	39	0	40	0	41	0	42	0	43	0	44	0	45	0	46	0	47	0	48	0	49	0	50	0	51	0	52	0	53	0	54	0	55	0	56	0	Pos	Driver	SPA
BEL	SIL
GBR	HUN
HUN	NÜR
DEU	LMS
FRA	EST
PRT	CAT
ESP	Pts
FIN Valtteri Bottas	3	27	1	2	Ret	13	2	1	3	1	3	1	1	4
AUS Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	5	Ret	6	1	10	6	1
ITA Andrea Caldarelli	2	Ret	2	3	2	2	5	3	2	2	8	12	3	2
ESP Roberto Merhi	7	Ret	3	5	3	6	1	2	1	3	2	7	8	28†
DEU Tobias Hegewald	11	5	10	6	6	3	4	6	5	8	6	Ret	2	5
FRA Jean-Éric Vergne	10	24	38†	8	4	4	6	27	7	5	4	Ret	12	3
BRA César Ramos	6	2	24	Ret	5	9	25	10	4	7	18	Ret	Ret	11
ESP Albert Costa	5	Ret	8	Ret	7	5	30	4	Ret	4	34	15	Ret	Ret
ITA Michele Faccin	8	8	6	4	23	7	15	15	13	16	14	9	4	12
FRA Mathieu Arzeno	9	Ret	5	7					Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	5	6
NLD Paul Meijer	Ret	1			11	8	8	38
ITA Daniel Zampieri	4	3	14	Ret	13	10	21	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	10	15
PRT António Félix da Costa	16	9					10	9			5	4
GBR Alex Morgan	13	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	11	8	22	17	11	3	11	17
NOR Pål Varhaug	14	7	13	12	8	12	28	20	14	20	12	5	13	7
GBR Richard Singleton	41	14	23	37†	32	29	Ret	14	12	13	9	2	28	9
GBR Dean Smith	12	Ret	18	16	29	Ret	7	12	Ret	10	10	6	17	Ret
POL Kuba Giermaziak	22	Ret	25	25	10	31	9	7	Ret	Ret	13	8	14	27
GBR Alexander Sims									6	9
RUS Anton Nebylitskiy	24	Ret	16	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	26	17	7	8
ESP Miki Monrás	19	11	30	24	12	22	14	Ret	16	27	7	Ret	9	Ret
ESP Siso Cunill	Ret	6	12	13	Ret	17
GBR Luciano Bacheta	15	18	35	36	31†	Ret	17	Ret	8	11	Ret	NC	Ret	18
BRA Gabriel Dias	36	23	9	10	Ret	11	18	21	15	14	Ret	18
ITA Sergio Campana			21	29	9	14	19	11	21	29	15	14	Ret	13
GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Ret	Ret	11	9	14	19	29	24	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14
ITA Patrick Reiterer	23	Ret	31	27	24	18	Ret	22	9	Ret	20	Ret	19	21
USA Jake Rosenzweig	18	Ret	37	28	20	16	13	18	10	18	22	29†	24	10
FRA Tristan Vautier	25	10
CZE Adam Kout	20	12	22	18	21	25	24	37†	11	28	25	23	22	Ret
ESP Himar Acosta	40†	21	15	11			16	16	DNQ	DNQ
MEX Juan Pablo García	21	17	36	34	18	21	20	25	Ret	21	30	11	26	Ret
FRA Nathanaël Berthon	39†	20	27	30	26	23	12	19	17	25	24	Ret	23	24
COL Carlos Muñoz	28	25	29	20	Ret	24	Ret	13	19	19	Ret	13	16	26
MCO Stéphane Richelmi	17	13	39†	15	Ret	15	34†	23	DNQ	DNQ
GBR Daniel McKenzie	26	19	19	14	DNQ	DNQ	32	31	20	23	19	19	15	19
ARE Ramez Azzam	32	15	17	23	16	20	Ret	26	Ret	DNS	21	24	18	20
ESP Víctor García					15	Ret
DNK Johan Jokinen											17	16	20	Ret
LTU Kazim Vasiliauskas	33	Ret					33	28	Ret	22	27	20	Ret	16
NLD Nicky Catsburg	34	16
FRA Bastien Borget					17	Ret			Ret	24
CHE Christopher Zanella					25	26	31	17
FRA Benjamin Lariche			26	17
FRA Nicolas Marroc	31	22	28	Ret	27	27	Ret	29	18	Ret
DOM Richard Campollo	42†	29	20	19	30†	NC	22	32	DNQ	DNQ	33†	22	25	Ret
ESP Miguel Otegui	Ret	Ret	33	26	19	30	Ret	33	Ret	Ret	29	25	Ret	22
ESP Pablo Montilla	37	Ret	32	21	22	Ret	26	34	Ret	26	Ret	26	Ret	23
COL Juan Esteban Jacobo	30	Ret	34	32	28	28	27	35	DNQ	DNQ	23	28	21	25
BRA Vinicius Sammarone	Ret	28					23	30			32†	21
POL Mateusz Adamski	29	26
PRT Luís Santos											28	27
ESP Marcelo Conchado	35	31	40	33					DNQ	30	31	Ret	27	Ret
FRA Nelson Lukes	27	Ret	Ret	31
CZE Jakub Knoll	Ret	30
HRV Dino Butorac	38	Ret	41	35	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	36	DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Christopher Zanella race as guest driver with Race Performance at the Hungaroring.

Teams

Pos	Team	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
FRA SG Formula	259
DEU Motopark Academy	220
ESP Epsilon Euskadi 2	143
FRA SG Drivers Project	60
CHE Jenzer Motorsport	50
ITA BVM Minardi Team	54
GBR Fortec Competition	53
FRA Epsilon Sport	44
GBR Hitech Junior Team	16
NLD MP Motorsport	15
FRA TCS Racing	11
GBR Fortec Motorsport	11
DEU Team Motopark	10
ITA Prema Powerteam	4
GBR Hitech Junior Racing	3
ESP Epsilon Euskadi 1	2

References

"Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup - Season 2008". Speedsport Magazine.
"Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2008". Speedsport Magazine.

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