2008 Porsche Supercup

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.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Lechner Racing Bahrain	1	Alessandro Zampedri	1–3, 5–11
	2	Štefan Rosina	All
Tolimit	3	Nicolas Armindo	1–8
		Jan Seyffarth	9-11
	4	Jocke Mangs	1–9
		Robert Cregan	10–11
	31	Sam Hancock	5
SPS Automotive	5	Uwe Alzen	1–5
		Marc Benz	6–11
	6		4
		Nemunas Dagilis	1–3, 5–6
		Lance David Arnold	7–11
Bleekemolen Race Planet	7	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	All
	8	Tim Buijs	All
Jetstream Motorsport	9	Lucas Guerrero	1–9
		Richard Williams	10
		Alx Danielsson	11
	10	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All
Racing Team Jetstream	11	Pedro Petiz	All
	12	Alejandro Núñez	1
		Mike Verschuur	2–3
		Michael Bleekemolen	4, 8–11
		Phil Quaife	5
		James Pickford	6
		Mikael Forsten	7
Veltins MRS Racing	14	René Rast	1–5, 7–11
		James Sutton	6
	15	Norbert Siedler	All
	33	Will Langhorne	7–11
Schnabl Engineering	16	Darryl O'Young	1–4, 6, 8–11
		Keita Sawa	5, 7
	17	Jiří Janák	1–7
		Jörg Hardt	8–11
HSF Porsche Eindhoven	18	Simon Frederiks	1–9, 11
		Gosse Stielstra	10
	19	Paul van Splunteren	1–7, 9–11
		Mike Verschuur	8
SAS Lechner Racing	20	Damien Faulkner	All
	21	Danny Watts	All
Konrad Motorsport	22	Sean Edwards	All
	23	Jan Seyffarth	1–8
		Jiří Janák	9–10
		Nicolas Armindo	11
DAMAC Kadach Racing	24	Christian Mamerow	All
	25	Jaap van Lagen	All
IRWIN Racing	26	David Saelens	All
	27	Patrick Huisman	All
UPS Porsche Junior Team	28	Martin Ragginger	2, 6–8, 10–11
	29	Marco Holzer	2, 6–8, 10–11
Porsche Cars Great Britain	31	Sam Hancock	6
	32	Tim Harvey	6
Centro Porsche Padova	34	Andrea Boldrini	10
	35	Stefano Comandini	10
Porsche AG	40	António Coimbra	2
		Neel Jani	7
		Albert von Thurn and Taxis	11
Sources: [1] [2]

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	Bahrain	5 April	René Rast	David Saelens	Damien Faulkner	Walter Lechner Racing
	R2			6 April	René Rast	Christian Mamerow	Christian Mamerow	DAMAC Kadach Racing
2	R	Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	27 April	Jan Seyffarth	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jan Seyffarth	Konrad Motorsport
3	R	Istanbul Park	Turkey	11 May	Christian Mamerow	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	DAMAC Kadach Racing
4	R	Circuit de Monaco	Monaco	25 May	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Patrick Huisman	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jetstream Motorsport
5	R	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	France	22 June	Nicolas Armindo	René Rast	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jetstream Motorsport
6	R	Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	6 July	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Konrad Motorsport
7	R	Hockenheimring	Germany	20 July	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Christian Mamerow	DAMAC Kadach Racing
8	R	Hungaroring	Hungary	3 August	Damien Faulkner	Damien Faulkner	Damien Faulkner	Walter Lechner Racing
9	R	Valencia Street Circuit	Spain	24 August	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jörg Hardt	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jetstream Motorsport
10	R	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	7 September	René Rast	Jaap van Lagen	Sean Edwards	Konrad Motorsport
11	R	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	14 September	René Rast	Jan Seyffarth	Nicolas Armindo	Konrad Motorsport
Sources: [2] [3]

Championship standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole	Ref
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	[4]

Pos	Driver	BHR		CAT	IST	MON	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	VAL	SPA	MZA	Points
1	Jeroen Bleekemolen	2	2	2	Ret	1	1	14	3	2	1	3	3	192
2	Damien Faulkner	1	10	9	5	2	Ret	Ret	4	1	3	25†	12	121
3	Christian Mamerow	4	1	Ret	3	9	7	Ret	1	10	5	Ret	30†	100
4	Patrick Huisman	7	13	8	9	6	4	Ret	9	3	7	5	17	98
5	Sean Edwards	13	11	12	Ret	3	13	1	10	Ret	12	1	6	96
6	René Rast	Ret	3	5	Ret	7	Ret		5	8	6	7	9	95
7	Jaap van Lagen	10	Ret	11	1	12	2	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	2	19	94
8	Jan Seyffarth	3	5	1	2	8	8	Ret	16	17	16	10	29†	93
9	Danny Watts	6	7	6	7	19	5	2	27	4	21†	26†	10	91
10	Štefan Rosina	23†	12	7	17	10	3	3	15	Ret	4	9	4	89
11	Nicolas Armindo	18	6	4	Ret	18	9	15	6	16			1	73
12	David Saelens	5	9	26	6	5	Ret	Ret 1	8	5	Ret	6	20	73
13	Uwe Alzen	8	4	10	4	4	6							67
14	Jörg Hardt									9	2	11	2	49
15	Alessandro Zampedri	11	15	Ret	11	DNS	12	9	Ret	12	20†	13	8	48
16	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	12	8	13	10	17	20	5	18	14	Ret	17	25	44
17	Norbert Siedler	17	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	10	8	26	24	10	4	11	39
18	Jiří Janák	9	DNS	14	12	13	Ret	Ret	11		13	8		36
19	Pedro Petiz	24†	14	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	13	8	24	5	32
20	Jocke Mangs	19	Ret	16	Ret	21	Ret	11	14	15	11			22
21	Lucas Guerrero	16	Ret	19	13	14	15	18	20	19	9			21
22	Lance David Arnold								13	7	14	Ret	7	16
23	Tim Buijs	21	19	21	Ret	DNQ	17	13	19	22	Ret	Ret	14	15
24	Marc Benz					11		12	17	Ret	15	14	23	12
25	Paul van Splunteren	14	17	22	14	22	18	Ret	23		Ret	21	26	8
26	Simon Frederiks	20	18	23	16	23	19	16	24	21	19		28	7
27	Nemunas Dagilis	22	20	25	15		21	17						5
28	Darryl O'Young	Ret	16	18	18	15		Ret		23	17	20	27	4
29	Michael Bleekemolen					20				20	18	20	15	3
30	Alejandro Núñez	15	DNS											1
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
–	Martin Ragginger			3				Ret	7	Ret		Ret	22	0
–	James Sutton							4						0
–	Marco Holzer			15				6	Ret	6		12	21	0
–	Sam Hancock						16	7						0
–	Tim Harvey							10						0
–	Phil Quaife						11							0
–	Mike Verschuur			17						11				0
–	Keita Sawa						14		22					0
–	Richard Williams											15		0
–	Will Langhorne								21	18	Ret	16	13	0
–	Robert Cregan											18	16	0
–	Albert von Thurn and Taxis												18	0
–	Stefano Comandini											19		0
–	Gosse Stielstra											23		0
–	António Coimbra			24										0
–	Alx Danielsson												24	0
–	Mikael Forsten								25					0
–	James Pickford							Ret						0
–	Neel Jani								Ret					0
–	Andrea Boldrini											Ret		0
Pos	Driver	BHR		CAT	IST	MON	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	VAL	SPA	MZA	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.

References

1. "Porsche Supercup - 2008: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
2. "Porsche Supercup - Season 2008: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
3. "Porsche Supercup - 2008: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
4. "Porsche Supercup - 2008: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
5. "Porsche Supercup - Season 2008: Points distribution". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

External links

• The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup website
• Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Online Magazine