2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
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The 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the eighteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 3 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 19, after fourteen rounds. Four drivers went into the final meeting with a shot of winning the title, with Valtteri Bottas coming out on top, to claim his second title in the year.
Teams and drivers
Calendar
Championship standings
Drivers
Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
* - only awarded to race one polesitters
| Pos | Driver | SPA Belgium | SIL United Kingdom | HUN Hungary | NÜR Germany | LMS France | EST Portugal | CAT Spain | Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 1 | Finland Valtteri Bottas | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 139 |
| 2 | Australia Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 136 |
| 3 | Italy Andrea Caldarelli J | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 123 |
| 4 | Spain Roberto Merhi J | 7 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 28† | 108 |
| 5 | Germany Tobias Hegewald | 11 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 72 |
| 6 | France Jean-Éric Vergne | 10 | 24 | 38† | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 3 | 53 |
| 7 | Brazil César Ramos | 6 | 2 | 24 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 38 |
| 8 | Spain Albert Costa | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 30 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 34 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 35 |
| 9 | Italy Michele Faccin | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 10 | France Mathieu Arzeno | 9 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | 5 | 6 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Netherlands Paul Meijer | Ret | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 21 | ||||||||
| 12 | Italy Daniel Zampieri | 4 | 3 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 15 | 20 |
| 13 | Portugal António Félix da Costa J | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||
| 14 | United Kingdom Alex Morgan | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 11 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
| 15 | Norway Pål Varhaug J | 14 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 17 |
| 16 | United Kingdom Richard Singleton | 41 | 14 | 23 | 37† | 32 | 29 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 16 |
| 17 | United Kingdom Dean Smith | 12 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 29 | Ret | 7 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 6 | 17 | Ret | 11 |
| 18 | Poland Kuba Giermaziak | 22 | Ret | 25 | 25 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 10 |
| 19 | United Kingdom Alexander Sims | 6 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Russia Anton Nebylitskiy | 24 | Ret | 16 | 22 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 21 | Spain Miki Monrás J | 19 | 11 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 27 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 |
| 22 | Spain Siso Cunill | Ret | 6 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 5 | ||||||||
| 23 | United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta | 15 | 18 | 35 | 36 | 31† | Ret | 17 | Ret | 8 | 11 | Ret | NC | Ret | 18 | 3 |
| 24 | Brazil Gabriel Dias | 36 | 23 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Italy Sergio Campana | 21 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 2 | ||
| 26 | United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs J | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 24 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 2 |
| 27 | Italy Patrick Reiterer | 23 | Ret | 31 | 27 | 24 | 18 | Ret | 22 | 9 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 2 |
| 28 | United States Jake Rosenzweig | 18 | Ret | 37 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 29† | 24 | 10 | 2 |
| 29 | France Tristan Vautier | 25 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Czech Republic Adam Kout | 20 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 37† | 11 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 22 | Ret | 0 |
| 31 | Spain Himar Acosta | 40† | 21 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 16 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
| 32 | Mexico Juan Pablo García | 21 | 17 | 36 | 34 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 25 | Ret | 21 | 30 | 11 | 26 | Ret | 0 |
| 33 | France Nathanaël Berthon | 39† | 20 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 24 | Ret | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| 34 | Colombia Carlos Muñoz J | 28 | 25 | 29 | 20 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 13 | 19 | 19 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 26 | 0 |
| 35 | Monaco Stéphane Richelmi | 17 | 13 | 39† | 15 | Ret | 15 | 34† | 23 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||
| 36 | United Kingdom Daniel McKenzie | 26 | 19 | 19 | 14 | DNQ | DNQ | 32 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 0 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates Ramez Azzam J | 32 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 20 | Ret | 26 | Ret | DNS | 21 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 0 |
| 38 | Spain Víctor García J | 15 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | Denmark Johan Jokinen | 17 | 16 | 20 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas | 33 | Ret | 33 | 28 | Ret | 22 | 27 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | Netherlands Nicky Catsburg | 34 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 42 | France Bastien Borget J | 17 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Switzerland Christopher Zanella 1 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | France Benjamin Lariche | 26 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 45 | France Nicolas Marroc | 31 | 22 | 28 | Ret | 27 | 27 | Ret | 29 | 18 | Ret | 0 | ||||
| 46 | Dominican Republic Richard Campollo | 42† | 29 | 20 | 19 | 30† | NC | 22 | 32 | DNQ | DNQ | 33† | 22 | 25 | Ret | 0 |
| 47 | Spain Miguel Otegui J | Ret | Ret | 33 | 26 | 19 | 30 | Ret | 33 | Ret | Ret | 29 | 25 | Ret | 22 | 0 |
| 48 | Spain Pablo Montilla | 37 | Ret | 32 | 21 | 22 | Ret | 26 | 34 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 23 | 0 |
| 49 | Colombia Juan Esteban Jacobo J | 30 | Ret | 34 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 35 | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 0 |
| 50 | Brazil Vinicius Sammarone | Ret | 28 | 23 | 30 | 32† | 21 | 0 | ||||||||
| 51 | Poland Mateusz Adamski J | 29 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 52 | Portugal Luís Santos | 28 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 53 | Spain Marcelo Conchado | 35 | 31 | 40 | 33 | DNQ | 30 | 31 | Ret | 27 | Ret | 0 | ||||
| 54 | France Nelson Lukes | 27 | Ret | Ret | 31 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Czech Republic Jakub Knoll J | Ret | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 56 | Croatia Dino Butorac | 38 | Ret | 41 | 35 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 36 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||
| Pos | Driver | SPA Belgium | SIL United Kingdom | HUN Hungary | NÜR Germany | LMS France | EST Portugal | CAT Spain | Pts |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
- ^1 Christopher Zanella race as guest driver with Race Performance at the Hungaroring.
Teams
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France SG Formula | 259 |
| 2 | Germany Motopark Academy | 220 |
| 3 | Spain Epsilon Euskadi 2 | 143 |
| 4 | France SG Drivers Project | 60 |
| 5 | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | 50 |
| 6 | Italy BVM Minardi Team | 54 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Fortec Competition | 53 |
| 8 | France Epsilon Sport | 44 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Hitech Junior Team | 16 |
| 10 | Netherlands MP Motorsport | 15 |
| 11 | France TCS Racing | 11 |
| 12 | United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport | 11 |
| 13 | Germany Team Motopark | 10 |
| 14 | Italy Prema Powerteam | 4 |
| 15 | United Kingdom Hitech Junior Racing | 3 |
| 16 | Spain Epsilon Euskadi 1 | 2 |