2008 ADAC GT Masters

Last updated December 04, 2024

The 2008 ADAC GT Masters season was the second season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 10 June at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 21 September at Sachsenring after seven double-header meetings.^[1] Tim Bergmeister with help of his brother Jörg, Marc Basseng and Frank Stippler clinched the championship title.^[2]

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	10 May	No. 6 Matech Concepts	No. 6 Matech Concepts
	R1		10 May	Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen	Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen
	R2		11 May	No. 6 Matech Concepts	No. 5 Matech Concepts
	R2		11 May	Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen	Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer
2	R1	Nürburgring	23 May	No. 3 Argo Racing	No. 33 Heico Motorsport
	R1		23 May	Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler	Lance David Arnold Frank Stippler
	R2		24 May	No. 2 Reiter Engineering	No. 2 Reiter Engineering
	R2		24 May	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov
3	R1	Norisring	28 June	No. 19 Toni Seiler Racing	No. 19 Toni Seiler Racing
	R1		28 June	Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager	Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager
	R2		29 June	No. 5 Matech Concepts	No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport
	R2		29 June	Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer	Tim Bergmeister Marc Basseng
4	R1	TT Circuit Assen	19 July	No. 1 Reiter Engineering	No. 1 Reiter Engineering
	R1		19 July	Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis
	R2		20 July	No. 1 Reiter Engineering	No. 1 Reiter Engineering
	R2		20 July	Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis
5	R1	Nürburgring	16 August	No. 57 Callaway Competition	No. 57 Callaway Competition
	R1		16 August	Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager	Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager
	R2		17 August	No. 4 Argo Racing	No. 57 Callaway Competition
	R2		17 August	Harald Becker Frank Kechele	Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager
6	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	6 September	No. 29 Hexis Racing	No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport
	R1		6 September	Philippe Dumas Christian Hohenadel	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister
	R2		7 September	No. 5 Matech Concepts	No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport
	R2		7 September	Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister
7	R1	Sachsenring	20 September	No. 3 Argo Racing	No. 29 Hexis Racing
	R1		20 September	Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler	Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki
	R2		21 September	No. 29 Hexis Racing	No. 2 Reiter Engineering
	R2		21 September	Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov

Standings

Pos	Driver	OSC		NÜR		NOR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		Pts
1	Tim Bergmeister	2	3	6	4	3	1	7	4	Ret	4	1	1	6	6	80
2	Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis	4	6	5	3	Ret	2	1	1	8	Ret	3	5	3	4	73
3	Harald Becker Frank Kechele	6	4	3	8	Ret	Ret	4	6	4	2	8	13	9	5	48
4	Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler	5	7	2	Ret	9	11	8	4	5	3	4	3	Ret	14	44
5	Christian Hohenadel			9	7	8	7	6	9	Ret	20	2	2	1	2	43
6	Jörg Bergmeister	2	3									1	1	6	6	42
7	Frank Stippler	15	Ret	1	12	5	6	7	4	Ret	4					31
8	Jan Lammers			5	9	2	15	2	2	12	9	Ret	10	12	10	30
=	Marius Ritskes	9	9	5	9	2	15	2	2	12	9	Ret	10	12	10	30
9	Martin Matzke Jiří Skula	7	10	Ret	6	4	5	3	10	3	15	15	DSQ	Ret	Ret	28
10	Julien Rodrigues	3	8	7	Ret	8	7	5	7			Ret	8	5	15	25
11	Marc Basseng			6	4	3	1									24
=	Philippe Dumas	8	5			6	9	13	Ret			2	2			24
13	Oliver Mayer Toni Seiler	14	17	8	5	11	8	11	8	7	10	9	4	7	17	21
14	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov			17	1	14	Ret							NC	1	20
=	Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer	Ret	1	Ret	2	18	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	20
=	Manu Rodrigues	8	5	9	7	6	9	6	9			Ret	8	5	15	20
17	Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen	1	2													18
=	Frédéric Makowiecki													1	2	18
19	Klaus Ludwig ^{[N 1]} Dominik Schwager ^{[N 1]}					1	4			1	1			2	3	15
=	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen									10	5			4	7	15
21	Sascha Bert					10	3			9	6					12
=	Alois Meir	Ret	DNS			10	3			9	6					12
22	Lance David Arnold			1	12											10
=	Nicki Cadei Plamen Kralev									2	21					10
24	Jeroen Bleekemolen					12	18							4	7	9
=	Ronald Van De Laar	Ret	15	13	14	12	18	10	Ret	10	5	7	15	Ret	12	9
=	Michel Frey			7	Ret			5	7	Ret	20					9
27	Michael Raja	10	12	11	10	7	10			15	8	10	6	10	9	8
28	Thomas Accary	3	8													7
=	Jiří Janak					5	6									7
30	Dino Steiner Jürgen Häring											6	7			6
31	Marc Gindorf Frank Kräling									11	7					3
=	Melvin de Groot			13	14							7	15			3
=	Michael Funke											10	6			3
34	Alfred Renauer					7	10					11	DNS			2
=	Rainer Stiefel	10	12	11	10					15	8					2
=	Jörg Peham	16	16	14	16	16	13			16	12	Ret	DSQ	8	11	2
=	Ruben Zeltner													8	11	2
37	Markus Lungstrass													10	9	1
	Mike Hezemans	9	9													0
	Thomas Wille	DNS	DNS	10	11	13	19			13	19	Ret	12	13	13	0
	Carsten Welpmann	DNS	DNS	10	11											0
	Jens Richter	19	13	12	13	Ret	17	12	10	17	14					0
	Manuel Lauck	19	13	12	13	Ret	17	12	10							0
	Michael Bleekemolen	Ret	15					10	Ret					Ret	12	0
	Christoph Langen	17	Ret	DNS	19							13	11	11	Ret	0
	Hans Hauser	11	19	Ret	18					18	17			14	18	0
	Mauro Casadei	11	19	Ret	18											0
	Gianni Morbidelli Dennis Retera	Ret	11													0
	Freddy Kremer	12	DSQ	16	15	13	19			13	19	Ret	12	13	13	0
	Mathias Schmitter	16	16	14	16	16	13			16	12	Ret	DSQ			0
	Otto Dragun	18	18	15	17	15	12			19	Ret			15	16	0
	Alex Guillaume Ellinger	18	18	15	17	15	12			19	Ret					0
	Peter Terting	12	DSQ													0
	Chris Hyman Paul Warren	13	14													0
	Sven Hannawald	17	Ret	DNS	19	Ret	16			20	13					0
	Patrick Ortlieb Martin Sagmeister					17	14									0
	Dirk Ebeling	14	Ret													0
	Loris Kessel			16	15											0
	Johannes Stuck					Ret	16									0
	Luca Pirri	Ret	DNS													0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Adam Lacko Štěpán Vojtěch							9	3	6	Ret	5	9			0
	Tobias Blättler							13	Ret	14	11					0
	Pierre-Brice Mena									14	11					0
	Roland Rehfeld											13	11			0
	Ronny Melkus													11	Ret	0
	Christoph Schrezenmeier											11	DNS			0
	Robert Renauer Hermann Speck											12	14			0
	Thomas Jäger									20	13					0
	Martin Wachter									18	17	14	Ret	14	18	0
	Christopher Mies									17	14					0
	Holger Goedicke											14	Ret			0
	Georg Zoltan													15	16	0
	Stephane Jaggi Leonard Vernet									21	16					0
	Ulric Amado David Ferrer									22	18					0
Pos	Driver	OSC		NÜR		NOR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Footnotes

1 2 Ineligible for points at Nürburgring and Sachsenring.

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References

↑ "Results 2008". ADAC GT Masters . ADAC . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "ADAC GT Masters 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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[Callaway-3] 1 2 Ineligible for points at Nürburgring and Sachsenring.

[1] "Results 2008". ADAC GT Masters . ADAC . Retrieved 6 September 2013.

[2] "ADAC GT Masters 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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