2008 Porsche Supercup

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The 2008 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 16th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2008 Formula One season. It travelled to ten circuits across Europe and also a double-header in Bahrain.

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Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Austria.svg Lechner Racing Bahrain 1 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zampedri 1–3, 5–11
2 Flag of Slovakia.svg Štefan Rosina All
Flag of Germany.svg Tolimit 3 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Armindo 1–8
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth 9-11
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Jocke Mangs1–9
Flag of Ireland.svg Robert Cregan 10–11
31 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Hancock 5
Flag of Germany.svg SPS Automotive5 Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Alzen 1–5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Benz 6–11
64
Flag of Lithuania.svg Nemunas Dagilis1–3, 5–6
Flag of Germany.svg Lance David Arnold 7–11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bleekemolen Race Planet7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sebastiaan Bleekemolen All
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim BuijsAll
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jetstream Motorsport9 Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Guerrero1–9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Williams 10
Flag of Sweden.svg Alx Danielsson 11
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen All
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Racing Team Jetstream11 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Petiz All
12 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Núñez 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Verschuur 2–3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Bleekemolen 4, 8–11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Quaife 5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Pickford 6
Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Forsten7
Flag of Germany.svg Veltins MRS Racing14 Flag of Germany.svg René Rast 1–5, 7–11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Sutton 6
15 Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Siedler All
33 Flag of the United States.svg Will Langhorne 7–11
Flag of Germany.svg Schnabl Engineering16 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young 1–4, 6, 8–11
Flag of Japan.svg Keita Sawa 5, 7
17 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Janák 1–7
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Hardt8–11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg HSF Porsche Eindhoven18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simon Frederiks1–9, 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gosse Stielstra10
19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul van Splunteren1–7, 9–11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Verschuur 8
Flag of Austria.svg SAS Lechner Racing 20 Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner All
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts All
Flag of Austria.svg Konrad Motorsport 22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Edwards All
23 Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth 1–8
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Janák 9–10
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Armindo 11
Flag of Germany.svg DAMAC Kadach Racing24 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mamerow All
25 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg IRWIN Racing 26 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Saelens All
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Huisman All
Flag of Germany.svg UPS Porsche Junior Team 28 Flag of Austria.svg Martin Ragginger2, 6–8, 10–11
29 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Holzer 2, 6–8, 10–11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Porsche Cars Great Britain31 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Hancock 6
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Harvey 6
Flag of Italy.svg Centro Porsche Padova34 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Boldrini 10
35 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Comandini10
Flag of Germany.svg Porsche AG40 Flag of Portugal.svg António Coimbra2
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani 7
Flag of Germany.svg Albert von Thurn and Taxis 11
Sources: [1] [2]

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitCountryDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain 5 April Flag of Germany.svg René Rast Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Saelens Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner Flag of Austria.svg Walter Lechner Racing
R26 April Flag of Germany.svg René Rast Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mamerow Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mamerow Flag of Germany.svg DAMAC Kadach Racing
2R Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Catalunya Spain 27 April Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth Flag of Austria.svg Konrad Motorsport
3R Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul Park Turkey 11 May Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mamerow Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Flag of Germany.svg DAMAC Kadach Racing
4R Flag of Monaco.svg Circuit de Monaco Monaco 25 May Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Huisman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jetstream Motorsport
5R Flag of France.svg Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours France 22 June Flag of France.svg Nicolas Armindo Flag of Germany.svg René Rast Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jetstream Motorsport
6R Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit United Kingdom 6 July Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Edwards Flag of Austria.svg Konrad Motorsport
7R Flag of Germany.svg Hockenheimring Germany 20 July Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mamerow Flag of Germany.svg DAMAC Kadach Racing
8R Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring Hungary 3 August Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner Flag of Austria.svg Walter Lechner Racing
9R Flag of Spain.svg Valencia Street Circuit Spain 24 August Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Hardt Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jetstream Motorsport
10R Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium 7 September Flag of Germany.svg René Rast Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Edwards Flag of Austria.svg Konrad Motorsport
11R Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale Monza Italy 14 September Flag of Germany.svg René Rast Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth Flag of France.svg Nicolas Armindo Flag of Austria.svg Konrad Motorsport
Sources: [2] [3]

Championship standings

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thPoleRef
Points2018161412109876543212 [4]
PosDriver BHR
Flag of Bahrain.svg
CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
IST
Flag of Turkey.svg
MON
Flag of Monaco.svg
MAG
Flag of France.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
HOC
Flag of Germany.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
VAL
Flag of Spain.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
MZA
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen 222Ret111432133192
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner 110952RetRet41325†12121
3 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mamerow 41Ret397Ret1105Ret30†100
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Huisman 7138964Ret93751798
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Edwards 131112Ret313110Ret121696
6 Flag of Germany.svg René Rast Ret35Ret7Ret5867995
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen 10Ret111122Ret2RetRet21994
8 Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth 351288Ret161716102993
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts 6767195227421†26†1091
10 Flag of Slovakia.svg Štefan Rosina 23†12717103315Ret49489
11 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Armindo 1864Ret18915616173
12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Saelens 592665RetRet 1 85Ret62073
13 Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Alzen 841044667
14 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Hardt9211249
15 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zampedri 1115Ret11DNS129Ret1220†13848
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 1281310172051814Ret172544
17 Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Siedler 17RetDNSRet1610826241041139
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Janák 9DNS141213RetRet1113836
19 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Petiz 24†1420RetRetRetRet1213824532
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Jocke Mangs19Ret16Ret21Ret1114151122
21 Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Guerrero16Ret19131415182019921
22 Flag of Germany.svg Lance David Arnold 13714Ret716
23 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim Buijs211921RetDNQ17131922RetRet1415
24 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Benz 111217Ret15142312
25 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul van Splunteren141722142218Ret23Ret21268
26 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simon Frederiks20182316231916242119287
27 Flag of Lithuania.svg Nemunas Dagilis2220251521175
28 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Darryl O'Young Ret16181815Ret231720274
29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Bleekemolen 20201820153
30 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Núñez 15DNS1
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Ragginger3Ret7RetRet220
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Sutton 40
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Holzer 156Ret612210
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Hancock 1670
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Harvey 100
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Quaife 110
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Verschuur 17110
Flag of Japan.svg Keita Sawa 14220
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Williams 150
Flag of the United States.svg Will Langhorne 2118Ret16130
Flag of Ireland.svg Robert Cregan 18160
Flag of Germany.svg Albert von Thurn and Taxis 180
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Comandini190
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gosse Stielstra230
Flag of Portugal.svg António Coimbra240
Flag of Sweden.svg Alx Danielsson 240
Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Forsten250
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Pickford Ret0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani Ret0
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Boldrini Ret0
PosDriver BHR
Flag of Bahrain.svg
CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
IST
Flag of Turkey.svg
MON
Flag of Monaco.svg
MAG
Flag of France.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
HOC
Flag of Germany.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
VAL
Flag of Spain.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
MZA
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
Sources: [2] [5]

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

  1. ^ – David Saelens scored a point despite not finishing the race.

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