2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round

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2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round
Superleague Formula round Spain
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Circuit Map
DateNovember 23, 2008
Location Flag of Spain.svg Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.751 mi (4.427 km)
Laps30 & 30
Pole position
Team Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés
Time 1:29.088
Podium (1st race)
First Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Robert Doornbos
Second Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Tristan Gommendy
Third Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Duncan Tappy
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Craig Dolby
Time 1:30.101 (on lap 12)
Podium (2nd race)
First Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund James Walker
Second Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Antônio Pizzonia
Third Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Davide Rigon
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Davide Rigon
Time 1:30.029 (on lap 12)

The 2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round was the sixth and final round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on November 23, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the previous four rounds. There were two driver changes before this round of the championship: James Walker replaced Enrico Toccacelo in the Borussia Dortmund car and Bertrand Baguette returned to the Al Ain cockpit replacing Dominick Muermans. Paul Meijer had been expected to return, however his injury from the previous round at Vallelunga kept him out. [1] The meeting saw a second win for A.C. Milan and a first win for Borussia Dortmund. With a ninth in the first race coupled with other low placings for Liverpool F.C. and PSV Eindhoven, Beijing Guoan clinched the first Superleague Formula title. With a third in the final race, Beijing won the title with 413 points, some 66 points clear of PSV, and two points further back were Milan.

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Report

Qualifying

After the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) and Bertrand Baguette (Al Ain) both missed out on the top eight, despite setting times faster than Group B 4th Borja García in the Sevilla FC car. As fastest drivers in their groups, Adrián Vallés (Liverpool F.C.) and Franck Perera (A.S. Roma) were expected to meet in the final, and sure enough, they did. Vallés became the first repeat polesitter in Superleague, with his 1:29.088 beating Perera's 1:29.328.

Race 1

At the start, Vallés led away from Perera, with Andy Soucek (Atlético Madrid) passing Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto) for third on the opening lap. On lap five, Wissel spun out of tenth place, and this allowed Craig Dolby's R.S.C. Anderlecht car into the top ten and towards the front, Soucek passed Perera for second place. Lap seven saw the first retirement, with Alessandro Pier Guidi pulling the Galatasaray S.K. car off with engine troubles. Lap eight saw the first pitstop - Antônio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) pitting from sixth position. Vallés then brought in the Liverpool machine on lap nine, allowing Soucek through into the lead. Tuka Rocha retired on lap ten, having suddenly slowed the lap before in the CR Flamengo car, nearly taking out Davide Rigon's championship-leading Beijing Guoan car due to gearbox issues. Soucek continued to lead until his pitstop on lap 14 - except he didn't make it all the way to the garage. A spin on the way in, caused too much damage and Soucek retired. Vallés thus returned to lead by over 10 seconds from Robert Doornbos (A.C. Milan), Pizzonia, Gommendy and Duncan Tappy (Tottenham Hotspur). Fifteen of the sixteen laps remaining passed and Vallés looked untroubled. However, the engine in the Liverpool car died on the final lap, and Vallés fell from first to seventh, and with it went the championship hopes. Doornbos inherited victory ahead of Gommendy, Tappy, Dolby, Perera, García, Vallés, Yelmer Buurman (PSV Eindhoven), Rigon (which sealed the championship for Beijing Guoan), Baguette, Wissel, Pizzonia (who had been demoted due to pitting outside the window), Stamatis Katsimis (Olympiacos CFP), James Walker (Borussia Dortmund) and Ryan Dalziel (Rangers F.C.), who was seven laps down.

Race 2

Pier Guidi started from pole for the final race of the season, with Rocha alongside. Again, Soucek made up a place at the start, passing Walker for fourth. Pier Guidi's lead was up to nine seconds on lap six, when Soucek exited from fourth - spinning out to complete a miserable weekend. Lap eight saw a massive shunt, involving seventh-placed Katsimis and eighth-placed Wissel clashed in spectacular fashion - Wissel going over the back over the Olympiacos machine. Most teams started pitting on lap ten, with Pier Guidi pitting on lap twelve. Pizzonia took the lead for one lap before his pitstop, handing Dalziel the lead. During these stops, Vallés and Tappy both retired with gearbox failures. Pier Guidi returned to the lead, leading by some fourteen seconds from Walker, Pizzonia, Rigon and Rocha. However, Pier Guidi was struggling with his new set of tyres, and within five laps, the lead was only four seconds and was one second by lap 23. The pressure got to the Italian as he spun down to fourth at the entrance to the back straight. At the same time, Rocha exited fifth place with a spin into the barriers. That's how it finished, as Walker went on to claim the first victory for Dortmund, winning by 1.5 seconds from Pizzonia and Rigon, before a massive gap to the rest of the field led by Pier Guidi followed by Perera, Dalziel, Baguette, Dolby, Buurman, Doornbos, García and Gommendy.

Results

Qualifying

Group A

Pos.TeamDriverTime
1 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 1:28.998
2 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek 1:29.192
3 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 1:29.208
4 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 1:29.598
5 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 1:29.600
6 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette 1:29.851
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 1:29.948
8 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Greece.svg Stamatis Katsimis 1:30.280
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 1:43.254

Group B

Pos.TeamDriverTime
1 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Franck Perera 1:28.986
2 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 1:29.040
3 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:29.571
4 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 1:29.940
5 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 1:30.088
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel 1:30.114
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 1:30.142
8 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Tuka Rocha 1:30.771
9 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker no time

Knockout stages

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Pole Shoot Out
A1 Liverpool F.C. 1:28.778
B4 Sevilla FC 1:29.742 A1 Liverpool F.C. 1:28.952
A3 F.C. Porto 1:29.041A3 F.C. Porto 1:29.499
B2 A.C. Milan 1:29.223 A1 Liverpool F.C. 1:29.088
A2 Atlético Madrid 1:29.634B1 A.S. Roma 1:29.328
B3 Galatasaray S.K. 1:30.811 A2 Atlético Madrid 1:29.317
A4 SC Corinthians 1:29.598 B1 A.S. Roma 1:28.889
B1 A.S. Roma 1:28.986

Grid

Pos.TeamDriverTime
1 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 1:29.088
2 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Franck Perera 1:29.328
3 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 1:29.499
4 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek 1:29.317
5 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:30.811
6 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 1:29.223
7 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 1:29.742
8 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 1:29.966
9 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 1:30.088
10 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 1:29.600
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel 1:30.114
12 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette 1:29.851
13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 1:30.142
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 1:29.948
15 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Tuka Rocha 1:30.771
16 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Greece.svg Stamatis Katsimis 1:30.280
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 1:43.254
18 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker no time

Race 1

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
13 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 3046:39.203650
216 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 30+1.290345
319 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 30+4.122940
48 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 30+5.4281336
522 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Franck Perera 30+7.059232
618 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 30+7.684729
721 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 30+7.984126
85 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 30+8.2081423
912 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 30+15.8101720
106 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette 30+27.2061218
1110 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 30+28.9891016
1214 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 30+30.628*814
139 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Greece.svg Stamatis Katsimis 30+52.6091612
1411 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker 30+53.0631810
1517 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel 23+7 Laps118
1615 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek 13Spin47
177 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Tuka Rocha 9Gearbox156
184 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi 6Engine55
Fastest lap: Craig Dolby (R.S.C. Anderlecht) 1:30.101 (109.934 mph)

* - Pizzonia penalised 30 seconds for pitting outside the compulsory window.

Race 2

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
111 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker 3046:42.999450
214 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 30+1.535745
312 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 30+2.3451040
44 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi 30+25.500136
522 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Franck Perera 30+25.7311432
617 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel 30+30.622329
76 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette 30+31.906926
88 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 30+32.9861523
95 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 30+34.7561120
103 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 30+38.7231818
1118 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 30+40.8781316
1216 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 30+41.2051714
137 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Tuka Rocha 23Spin212
1419 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 14Gearbox1610
1521 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 13Gearbox128
169 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Greece.svg Stamatis Katsimis 7Accident67
1710 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 7Accident86
1815 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek 5Spin5*5
Fastest lap: Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan) 1:30.029 (?? mph)

* - Soucek penalised two places for causing an avoidable accident.

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