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2008 FIA GT Championship

Motor racing season

The 2008 FIA GT Championship season was the twelfth season of the FIA GT Championship. It featured a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes were also allowed to participate but cars in these classes were not eligible to score points. The Championship began on 20 April 2008 and ended on 23 November 2008 after 10 races.

Schedule

The official 2008 calendar was released by the FIA on 24 October 2007. All races were two hours, with exception of the Spa 24 Hours and the Bucharest City Challenge, the latter being a combination of two one-hour races, each awarding half points. The Adria round remained as a night event and the Argentinian finale was the first South American race in FIA GT Championship history.

Rnd	Race	Circuit
GBR RAC Tourist Trophy	Silverstone Circuit	20 April
ITA Monza 2 Hours	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	18 May
ITA Adria 2 Hours	Adria International Raceway	21 June
DEU Oschersleben 2 Hours	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 July
BEL Total 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 August
3 August
ROU Bucharest City Challenge	Bucharest Ring	23 August
24 August
CZE Brno 2 Hours	Masaryk Circuit	14 September
FRA Nogaro 2 Hours	Circuit Paul Armagnac	5 October
BEL Zolder 2 Hours	Circuit Zolder	19 October
ARG San Luis 2 Hours	Potrero de los Funes Circuit	23 November
Source:

Entries

GT1

A † symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0 L V12		1	DEU Michael Bartels	All
ITA Andrea Bertolini	All
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	5
BEL Eric van de Poele	5
2	BRA Alexandre Negrão	All
PRT Miguel Ramos	All
BEL Stéphane Lémeret	5
ITA Alessandro Pier Guidi	5
DEU Team Vitasystems	17	PRT Pedro Lamy	9
ITA Matteo Bobbi	9
BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		3	FRA Christophe Bouchut	1–9
NED Xavier Maassen	1–9
BEL Maxime Soulet	5, 10
CHE Christophe Pillon	5
BEL Armand Fumal	10
ARG Christian Ledesma	10
BEL PekaRacing nv	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8		4	BEL Anthony Kumpen	All
BEL Bert Longin	All
BEL Fredy Bouvy	5
BEL Kurt Mollekens	5
DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		5	CHE Marcel Fässler	1–4, 6–10
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	1–4, 6–9
GRC Alexandros Margaritis	5
NED Jos Menten	5
DEU Robert Schlünssen	5
DEU Uwe Alzen	5
ARG Ricardo Risatti	10
6	NED Mike Hezemans	All
ITA Fabrizio Gollin	All
CHE Marcel Fässler	5
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	5
FRA Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8		7	BEL Grégory Franchi	1–5, 8–9
BEL Vincent Vosse	1–5, 8–9
PRT Pedro Lamy	5
CHE Steve Zacchia	5
FRA Frédéric Makowiecki	10
FRA Roland Bervillé	10
DEU IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0 L V12		8	RUS Roman Rusinov	1–2, 5–6
NED Peter Kox	1–2, 5–6
NED Jan Lammers	5
CZE Tomáš Enge	5
BEL DKR Engineering	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		9	FRA Julien Canal	8
FRA Jean-Philippe Dayraut	8
GBR Gigawave Motorsport	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		10	AUT Philipp Peter	All
DNK Allan Simonsen	All
GBR Darren Turner	5
GBR Andrew Thompson	5
AUT AT Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		12†	BLR Alexander Talkanitsa	1–4, 7
DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann	1–4, 7
AUT Team Rbimmo / B-Racing	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8		13	ITA Andrea Piccini	1–3, 7
NED Jos Menten	1–3
AUT Bernhard Auinger	7
MON JMB Racing	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0 L V12		15	GBR Ben Aucott	1–5
NED Peter Kutemann	1
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	2, 5
FRA Alain Ferté	3–5
CHE Kessel Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12		21†	CHE Loris Kessel	2
CHE Andrea Chiesa	2
ITA Lanza Motorsport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10		22†	ITA Maurizio Strada	2
ITA Massimo Morini	2
ITA Mauro Simoncini	2
AUT Jetalliance Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		33	AUT Karl Wendlinger	1–9
GBR Ryan Sharp	1–9
AUT Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	5
DEU Alex Müller	5
36	DEU Alex Müller	1–4, 6–8
AUT Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	1–4, 6–7
CZE Jiří Janák	8
ARG ACA Argentina	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12		37	ARG Esteban Tuero	1–3, 7–8, 10
ARG Gastón Mazzacane	1–2, 8
ARG José María López	3–4, 9–10
ARG Martín Basso	4, 7, 9
38	ARG Gastón Mazzacane	10
ARG Martín Basso	10
SVK ARC Bratislava	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8		111†	SVK Miroslav Konôpka	1–2
GBR Sean Edwards	1–2
Sources:

GT2

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ITA AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.3 L V8		50	ITA Gianmaria Bruni	All
FIN Toni Vilander	All
FIN Mika Salo	5
BRA Jaime Melo	5
51	ITA Thomas Biagi	All
SMR Christian Montanari	All
ARG Matías Russo	5
DEU Dominik Farnbacher	5
ITA Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team	95	ARG Matías Russo	1–4, 6–10
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	1–4, 6–10
GBR CR Scuderia	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.3 L V8		55	GBR Tim Mullen	All
CAN Chris Niarchos	1, 3–7, 10
GBR Tim Sugden	2
GBR Gordon Shedden	5
ITA Andrea Piccini	5, 8
GBR James Sutton	9
56	GBR Andrew Kirkaldy	All
GBR Rob Bell	1–6, 8–10
GBR James Sutton	5
DEU Dirk Müller	5, 7
CHE Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.3 L V8		57	CHE Henri Moser	All
ITA Fabrizio Del Monte	1–7
FRA Gilles Vannelet	5
ITA Andrea Palma	5
ITA Maurizio Mediani	8
ITA Marcello Zani	9
ITA Niki Cadei	10
GBR Trackspeed Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		59	GBR Richard Williams	1–5, 7–8, 10
GBR David Ashburn	1–5, 7–8, 10
GBR Tim Sugden	5
FRA Xavier Pompidou	5
BEL Prospeed Competition	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		60	FIN Markus Palttala	All
FIN Mikael Forsten	1–8, 10
DEU Wolf Henzler	5
BEL Geoffroy Horion	5
DEU Marc Lieb	9
61	GBR Richard Westbrook	All
FRA Emmanuel Collard	1–7, 9–10
DEU Marc Lieb	5
AUS Alex Davison	8
GBR Scuderia Ecosse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.3 L V8		62	GBR Jamie Davies	All
ITA Fabio Babini	All
ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	5
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		66	DEU Marc Lieb	6
AUT Horst Felbermayr Jr.	6
69	AUT Richard Lietz	6
AUT Horst Felbermayr	6
ITA Easy Race SRL	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.3 L V8		70	ITA Maurice Basso	5
ITA Paolo Tenchini	5
ITA Roberto Plati	5
BEL Bertrand Baguette	5
AUS Juniper Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		75	NZL Craig Baird	5
AUS Shaun Juniper	5
AUS Max Twigg	5
AUS Rodney Forbes	5
FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		76	FRA Raymond Narac	5
AUT Richard Lietz	5
USA Patrick Long	5
ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.3 L V8		77	ITA Paolo Ruberti	All
ITA Matteo Malucelli	All
ITA Davide Rigon	5
CHE Joël Camathias	5
78	CHE Joël Camathias	1–4, 6–10
ITA Davide Rigon	1–4, 6–7
ARG José Manuel Balbiani	8–10
CZE K plus K Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		79	CZE Jiří Janák	7
DEU Tim Bergmeister	7
SVK ARC Bratislava	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		88	SVK Miroslav Konôpka	7
AUS Karl Reindler	7
ITA Victor Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		99	ITA Victor Coggiola	2
ITA Giovanni Coggiola	2
ITA Giorgio Coggiola	2
Sources:

Season results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team
Silverstone	AUT #33 Jetalliance Racing	ITA #50 AF Corse	Results
AUT Karl Wendlinger
GBR Ryan Sharp	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander
Monza	BEL #3 Selleslagh Racing Team	BEL #61 Prospeed Competition	Results
FRA Christophe Bouchut
NLD Xavier Maassen	FRA Emmanuel Collard
GBR Richard Westbrook
Adria	DEU #6 Phoenix Carsport	ITA #50 AF Corse	Results
NLD Mike Hezemans
ITA Fabrizio Gollin	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander
Oschersleben	AUT #33 Jetalliance Racing	ITA #50 AF Corse	Results
AUT Karl Wendlinger
GBR Ryan Sharp	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander
Spa-Francorchamps	DEU #1 Vitaphone Racing Team	ITA #77 BMS Scuderia Italia	Results
DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini
BEL Eric van de Poele
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	ITA Davide Rigon
ITA Paolo Ruberti
ITA Matteo Malucelli
CHE Joël Camathias
Bucharest	DEU #5 Phoenix Carsport	GBR #56 CR Scuderia Racing	Results
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz
CHE Marcel Fässler	GBR Andrew Kirkaldy
GBR Rob Bell
DEU #5 Phoenix Carsport	GBR #56 CR Scuderia Racing
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz
CHE Marcel Fässler	GBR Andrew Kirkaldy
GBR Rob Bell
Brno	AUT #33 Jetalliance Racing	ITA #50 AF Corse	Results
AUT Karl Wendlinger
GBR Ryan Sharp	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander
Nogaro	DEU #2 Vitaphone Racing Team	BEL #61 Prospeed Competition	Results
PRT Miguel Ramos
BRA Alexandre Negrão	AUS Alex Davison
GBR Richard Westbrook
Zolder	DEU #1 Vitaphone Racing Team	ITA #50 AF Corse	Results
DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander
Potrero de los Funes	BEL #4 Peka Racing	ITA #95 Advanced Engineering PeCom	Results
BEL Bert Longin
BEL Anthony Kumpen	ARG Luís Pérez Companc
ARG Matías Russo
Source:

Teams championships

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points were also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. Both cars scored points towards the championship regardless of finishing position. The G2 class did not have a championship.

GT1 standings

Pos.	Team	SIL
GBR	MON
ITA	ADR
ITA	OSC
DEU	SPA BEL	BUC ROM	BRN
CZE	NOG
FRA	ZOL
BEL	SAN
ARG	Total
points	6H	12H	24H	R1	R2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	-	-	-	-	-
DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	2	2	2	4	1	1	1	3	2	6	1	1	5	122.5
7	5	10	5	2	2	2	4	3	7	6	6	Ret
DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	5	4	1	3	4	5	Ret	1	1	2	2	2	2	107
8	Ret	3	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	3	5	6
AUT Jetalliance Racing	1	7	Ret	1	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	1	5	3		59
6	Ret	Ret	2				DNS	DNS	5	DNS
GBR Gigawave Motorsport	3	3	6	DNS	3	3	3	7	5	Ret	4	4	DNS	40
BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	4	1	4	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	3	8	Ret	3	38.5
BEL PekaRacing nv	12	6	Ret	10	8	7	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	18.5
FRA Larbre Compétition	9	8	5	8	DNS	DNS	DNS				7	7	Ret	10
MCO JMB Racing	15	9	7	9	7	6	4							9.5
DEU IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering	10	Ret			6	4	5	8	7					9.5
ARG Escuderia ACA Argentina	13	10	8	Ret						8	9	Ret	4	7
												Ret
DEU Team Vitasystems												8		1
AUT AT Racing	14	11	9	Ret						9				0
AUT Team Rbimmo / B-Racing	11	Ret	Ret							DNS				0
ITA Lanza Motorsport		Ret												0
BEL DKR Engineering											Ret			0
CHE Kessel Racing		DNS												0
Sources:

GT2 standings

Pos.	Team	SIL
GBR	MON
ITA	ADR
ITA	OSC
DEU	SPA BEL	BUC ROM	BRN
CZE	NOG
FRA	ZOL
BEL	SAN
ARG	Total
points	6H	12H	24H	R1	R2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	-	-	-	-
ITA AF Corse	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	138
4	3	2	2	7	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	5	Ret	3
ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	3	5	3	5	1	1	1	4	5	3	7	2	6	76
7	6	5	8				8	Ret	10	10	7	Ret
BEL Prospeed Competition	6	1	DSQ	4	3	2	2	3	3	5	1	3	5	69.5
DSQ	11	DSQ	9	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	4	Ret
GBR CR Scuderia	2	7	7	3	9	4	4	1	1	9	2	6	4	64
5	8	Ret	11	5	9	6	6	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	9
ITA Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team	9	9	6	6				Ret	6	6	9	5	1	24.5
GBR Scuderia Ecosse	10	4	4	10	8	6	8	7	4	8	6	8	7	23.5
CHE Kessel Racing	8	10	8	7	11	5	5	Ret	7	7	4	Ret	8	19
CZE K plus K Motorsport										2				8
FRA IMSA Performance Matmut					4	11	7							4.5
GBR Trackspeed Racing	11	12	DSQ	12	10	7	Ret			11	11		DNS	1
AUS Juniper Racing					13	8	9							0.5
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton								9	Ret					0
							10	Ret
SVK ARC Bratislava										12				0
ITA Victor Racing		13												0
ITA Easy Race SRL					12	10	Ret							0
Sources:

Drivers championships

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who did not drive the car for a minimum of 35 minutes did not score points.

GT1 standings

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL
GBR	MON
ITA	ADR
ITA	OSC
DEU	SPA BEL	BUC ROM	BRN
CZE	NOG
FRA	ZOL
BEL	SAN
ARG	Total
points	6H	12H	24H	R1	R2	1	1	2	2	3	3	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	25	25	Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL
GBR	MON
ITA	ADR
ITA	OSC
DEU	6H	12H	24H	R1	R2	BRN
CZE	NOG
FRA	ZOL
BEL	SAN
ARG	Total
points	SPA BEL	BUC ROM
DEU Michael Bartels	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	2	5	2	5	1	1	1	3	3	6	6	1	5	70
ITA Andrea Bertolini	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	2	5	2	5	1	1	1	3	3	6	6	1	5	70
NLD Mike Hezemans	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	5	4	1	6	4	5	Ret	2	Ret	2	2	2	2	66
ITA Fabrizio Gollin	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	5	4	1	6	4	5	Ret	2	Ret	2	2	2	2	66
PRT Miguel Ramos	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	7	2	10	4	2	2	2	4	2	7	1	6	Ret	52.5
BRA Alexandre Negrão	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	7	2	10	4	2	2	2	4	2	7	1	6	Ret	52.5
CHE Marcel Fässler	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	8	Ret	3	3	4	5	Ret	1	1	4	3	5	6	48.5
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	8	Ret	3	3	4	5	Ret	1	1	4	3	5		45.5
AUT Karl Wendlinger	AUT Jetalliance Racing	1	7	Ret	1	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	1	5	3		44
GBR Ryan Sharp	AUT Jetalliance Racing	1	7	Ret	1	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	1	5	3		44
AUT Philipp Peter	GBR Gigawave Motorsport	3	3	6	DNS	3	3	3	7	5	Ret	4	4	DNS	40
DNK Allan Simonsen	GBR Gigawave Motorsport	3	3	6	DNS	3	3	3	7	5	Ret	4	4	DNS	40
FRA Christophe Bouchut	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	4	1	4	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	3	8	Ret		32.5
NLD Xavier Maassen	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	4	1	4	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	3	8	Ret		32.5
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team					1	1	1							20
BEL Eric van de Poele	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team					1	1	1							20
BEL Bert Longin	BEL PekaRacing nv	12	6	Ret	10	8	7	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	18.5
BEL Anthony Kumpen	BEL PekaRacing nv	12	6	Ret	10	8	7	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	18.5
DEU Alex Müller	AUT Jetalliance Racing	6	Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	DNS			17
AUT Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	AUT Jetalliance Racing	6	Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	5				17
ITA Alessandro Pier Guidi	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team					2	2	2							16
BEL Stéphane Lémeret	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team					2	2	2							16
GBR Darren Turner	GBR Gigawave Motorsport					3	3	3							12
GBR Andrew Thompson	GBR Gigawave Motorsport					3	3	3							12
BEL Vincent Vosse	FRA Larbre Compétition	9	8	5	8	DNS	DNS	DNS				7	7		10
BEL Grégory Franchi	FRA Larbre Compétition	9	8	5	8	DNS	DNS	DNS				7	7		10
GBR Ben Aucott	MCO JMB Racing	15	9	7	9	7	6	4							9.5
FRA Alain Ferté	MCO JMB Racing			7	9	7	6	4							9.5
RUS Roman Rusinov	DEU IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering	10	Ret			6	4	5	8	7					9.5
NLD Peter Kox	DEU IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering	10	Ret			6	4	5	8	7					9.5
NLD Jan Lammers	DEU IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering					6	4	5							8
CZE Tomáš Enge	DEU IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering					6	4	5							8
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	MCO JMB Racing		9			7	6	4							7.5
ARG Esteban Tuero	ARG Escuderia ACA Argentina	13	10	8							8	9		4	7
BEL Maxime Soulet	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team					Ret	Ret	Ret						3	6
ARG Christian Ledesma	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team													3	6
ARG José María López	ARG Escuderia ACA Argentina			8	Ret								Ret	4	6
ARG Ricardo Risatti	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing													6	3
BEL Frédéric Bouvy	BEL PekaRacing nv					8	7	Ret							1.5
BEL Kurt Mollekens	BEL PekaRacing nv					8	7	Ret							1.5
ARG Martín Basso	ARG Escuderia ACA Argentina				Ret						8		Ret	Ret	1
PRT Pedro Lamy	DEU Team Vitasystems												8		1
ITA Matteo Bobbi	DEU Team Vitasystems												8		1
Sources:

GT2 standings

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL
GBR	MON
ITA	ADR
ITA	OSC
DEU	SPA BEL	BUC ROM	BRN
CZE	NOG
FRA	ZOL
BEL	SAN
ARG	Total
points	6H	12H	24H	R1	R2	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	36	36	Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL
GBR	MON
ITA	ADR
ITA	OSC
DEU	6H	12H	24H	R1	R2	BRN
CZE	NOG
FRA	ZOL
BEL	SAN
ARG	Total
points	SPA BEL	BUC ROM
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	ITA AF Corse	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	93
FIN Toni Vilander	ITA AF Corse	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	93
ITA Paolo Ruberti	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	3	5	3	8	1	1	1	4	5	3	7	2	6	60.5
ITA Matteo Malucelli	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	3	5	3	8	1	1	1	4	5	3	7	2	6	60.5
GBR Richard Westbrook	BEL Prospeed Competition	DSQ	1	DSQ	4	3	2	2	3	3	Ret	1	4	Ret	51
ITA Thomas Biagi	ITA AF Corse	4	3	2	2	7	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	5	Ret	3	45
SMR Christian Montanari	ITA AF Corse	4	3	2	2	7	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	5	Ret	3	45
FRA Emmanuel Collard	BEL Prospeed Competition	DSQ	1	DSQ	4	3	2	2	3	3	Ret		4	Ret	41
GBR Andrew Kirkaldy	GBR CR Scuderia	2	7	Ret	3	5	9	6	1	1	Ret	8	Ret	4	37
GBR Rob Bell	GBR CR Scuderia	2	7	Ret	3	5	9	6	1	1		8	Ret	4	37
CHE Joël Camathias	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	7	6	5	5	1	1	1	8	Ret	10	10	7	Ret	35.5
ITA Davide Rigon	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	7	6	5	5	1	1	1	8	Ret	10				33.5
GBR Tim Mullen	GBR CR Scuderia	5	8	7	11	9	4	4	6	Ret	9	2	6	9	27
ARG Matías Russo	ITA Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team	9	9	6	6				Ret	6	6	9	5	1	25.5
ITA AF Corse					7	Ret	Ret
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	ITA Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team	9	9	6	6				Ret	6	6	9	5	1	24.5
GBR Jamie Davies	GBR Scuderia Ecosse	10	4	4	10	8	6	8	7	4	8	6	8	7	24.5
ITA Fabio Babini	GBR Scuderia Ecosse	10	4	4	10	8	6	8	7	4	8	6	8	7	24.5
DEU Marc Lieb	BEL Prospeed Competition					3	2	2					3		21
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton								9	Ret
CHE Henri Moser	CHE Kessel Racing	8	10	8	7	11	5	5	Ret	7	7	4	Ret	8	19
FIN Markus Palttala	BEL Prospeed Competition	6	11	DSQ	9	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	Ret	3	5	18.5
ITA Andrea Piccini	GBR CR Scuderia					9	4	4				2			15.5
CAN Chris Niarchos	GBR CR Scuderia	5		7	11	9	4	4	6	Ret	9			9	15
BRA Jaime Melo	ITA AF Corse					2	3	3							13
FIN Mika Salo	ITA AF Corse					2	3	3							13
ITA Fabrizio Del Monte	CHE Kessel Racing	8	10	8	7	11	5	5	Ret	7	7				13
FIN Mikael Forsten	BEL Prospeed Competition	6	11	DSQ	9	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	Ret		5	12.5
AUS Alex Davison	BEL Prospeed Competition											1			10
CZE Jiří Janák	CZE K plus K Motorsport										2				8
DEU Tim Bergmeister	CZE K plus K Motorsport										2				8
GBR James Sutton	GBR CR Scuderia					5	9	6					6		8
GBR Gordon Shedden	GBR CR Scuderia					9	4	4							7.5
ITA Andrea Palma	CHE Kessel Racing					11	5	5							6
FRA Gilles Vannelet	CHE Kessel Racing					11	5	5							6
ITA Maurizio Mediani	CHE Kessel Racing											4			5
DEU Dirk Müller	GBR CR Scuderia					5	9	6			Ret				5
AUT Richard Lietz	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut					4	11	7							4.5
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton								10	Ret
USA Patrick Long	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut					4	11	7							4.5
FRA Raymond Narac	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut					4	11	7							4.5
ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	GBR Scuderia Ecosse					8	6	8							3
ARG José Manuel Balbiani	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia											10	7	10	2
GBR Tim Sugden	GBR CR Scuderia		8												2
GBR Trackspeed Racing					10	7	Ret
DEU Wolf Henzler	BEL Prospeed Competition					6	Ret	Ret							1.5
BEL Geoffroy Horion	BEL Prospeed Competition					6	Ret	Ret							1.5
ITA Niki Cadei	CHE Kessel Racing													8	1
GBR David Ashburn	GBR Trackspeed Racing	11	12	DSQ	12	10	7	Ret			11	11		DNS	1
GBR Richard Williams	GBR Trackspeed Racing	11	12	DSQ	12	10	7	Ret			11	11		DNS	1
DEU Dominik Farnbacher	ITA AF Corse					7	Ret	Ret							1
NZL Craig Baird	AUS Juniper Racing					13	8	9							0.5
AUS Rodney Forbes	AUS Juniper Racing					13	8	9							0.5
AUS Shaun Juniper	AUS Juniper Racing					13	8	9							0.5
AUS Max Twigg	AUS Juniper Racing					13	8	9							0.5
Sources:

Citation Cup standings

The Citation Cup, which was limited to non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars, did not include the Spa 24 Hours (Round 6) and the San Luis 2 Hours (Round 10).

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 9
BLR Alexander Talkanitsa	AUT AT Racing	10	10	20
DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann	AUT AT Racing	10	10	20
SVK Miro Konôpka	SVK ARC Bratislava	8		8
GBR Sean Edwards	SVK ARC Bratislava	8		8
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Team & driver changes

BMS Scuderia Italia entered two Ferrari F430 GT2's, replacing the sole Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Gigawave Motorsport contested the full season in 2008 running one Aston Martin DBR9 driven by Allan Simonsen and Philipp Peter. Gigawave also entered one Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 in the GT2 class.
A new team, CR Scuderia, entered two Ferrari F430 GT2's in the GT2 class, driven by Chris Niarchos, Andrew Kirkaldy, Rob Bell, and Tim Mullen.
PK Carsport replaced their sole Corvette C5-R with a Saleen S7-R.

References

(2007-10-24). "FIA confirms future FIA GT plans and 2008 calendar". planetlemans.com.
"FIA GT Championship Calendar 2008". Motorsport Stats.
"FIA GT Championship Entry List 2008". Motorsport Stats.
"FIA GT Championship - 2008: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine.
"FIA GT Championship - Season 2008: Results". Speedsport Magazine.
(1 April 2008). "FIA GT Championship". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
"FIA GT Championship Standings 2008". Motorsport Stats.
"Citation Cup Rules". FIA GT Championship.
"Points Chart: Citation Cup". FIA GT Championship.

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