2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the ninth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. It was won by Pål Varhaug driving for Jenzer Motorsport.

Daniel Mancinelli would win the winter series driving for It Loox Racing Car.

Drivers and Teams

2008 Entry List
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Italy CO2 Motorsport	2	Italy Federico Rossi	1-2
4	Italy Sergio Campana	All
56	Italy Alberto Bassi	7
Italy Cram Competition	3	Spain Genis Olivé	All
6	Canada Tyler Dueck	All
30	Italy Alessandro Kouzkin	All
31	Italy Samuele Buttarelli	1-5
Italy RP Motorsport	5	San Marino Nicola Zonzini	1-5
12	Argentina Augusto Scalbi	7
18	Finland Jesse Krohn	6-7
21	Italy David Fumanelli	1-6
81	Italy Stefano Bizzarri	1-5
San Marino W&D Racing	7	San Marino Paolo Meloni	All
Italy Tomcat Racing	8	Italy Riccardo Cinti	1-4, 6-7
11	Italy Andrea Roda	All
Italy IT Loox Racing Car	10	Italy Marco Betti	All
23	Italy Niki Sebastiani	All
Italy Facondini Racing	15	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	All
Italy Prema Powerteam	16	Colombia Carlos Muñoz	All
17	Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas	1-2, 6-7
37	Sweden Felix Rosenqvist	4
38	Italy Patrick Reiterer	All
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing	19	Netherlands Nigel Melker	1-3, 5-6
20	Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp	1-3, 5-7
Italy BVM Minardi Team	24	Italy Daniel Zampieri	All
25	Brazil César Ramos	All
26	United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	All
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport	27	Italy Michele Faccin	All
28	Norway Pål Varhaug	All
29	Spain Siso Cunill	1-5
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 2	67	Switzerland Nico Müller	4-5
68	Switzerland Fabien Thuner	4
69	Switzerland Simon Trummer	4-6
Italy Paragon Motorsports	33	Italy Daniel Mancinelli	5-7
Italy Team Dueppì	47	Switzerland Stefano Comini	All
87	Italy Andrea Borio	1-6
Italy BVE Racing Team	74	Italy Alberto Cola	7

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit	April 12	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Niki Sebastiani	Italy Niki Sebastiani	Italy IT Loox Racing Car
R2	April 13	Italy Niki Sebastiani	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Michele Faccin	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Hungary Hungaroring	May 11	Norway Pål Varhaug	Italy Niki Sebastiani	Norway Pål Varhaug	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
R2	Norway Pål Varhaug	United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Norway Pål Varhaug	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
3	R1	Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit	May 24	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	Norway Pål Varhaug	Norway Pål Varhaug	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
R2	May 25	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	Italy Facondini Racing
4	R1	Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 31	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Michele Faccin	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
R2	June 1	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Michele Faccin	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	Italy Misano World Circuit	July 19	Norway Pål Varhaug	Brazil César Ramos	Italy Sergio Campana	Italy CO2 Motorsport
R2	July 20	Italy Sergio Campana	Brazil César Ramos	Italy Sergio Campana	Italy CO2 Motorsport
6	R1	Italy Mugello Circuit	September 13	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Michele Faccin	Italy Daniel Mancinelli	Italy Paragon Motorsports
R2	September 14	Italy Daniel Mancinelli	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	Italy Facondini Racing
7	R1	Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza	October 11	Brazil César Ramos	Italy Sergio Campana	Spain Genis Olivé	Italy Cram Competition
R2	October 12	Brazil César Ramos	Italy Sergio Campana	Italy Sergio Campana	Italy CO2 Motorsport

Championship standings

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	32	28	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Italy VLL	Hungary HUN	Czech Republic BRN	Belgium SPA	Italy MIS	Italy MUG	Italy MNZ	Points
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Norway Pål Varhaug	5	4	1	1	1	5	2	5	12	2	7	5	5	3	330
2	Italy Michele Faccin	4	1	9	8	15	6	1	1	Ret	8	3	11	4	5	271
3	Italy Niki Sebastiani	1	Ret	3	3	2	2	3	3	20	3	6	9	10	8	270
4	United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	16	2	5	4	3	3	5	4	11	6	2	4	11	Ret	250
5	Italy Sergio Campana	6	19	22	9	12	4	Ret	2	1	1	5	Ret	2	1	238
6	Brazil César Ramos	3	Ret	2	2	7	7	4	13	23	4	4	Ret	3	19	216
7	Germany Patrick Kronenberger	7	5	6	22	DSQ	1	8	10	Ret	5	15	1	9	9	196
8	Spain Genís Olivé	11	8	4	5	16	23	10	11	4	26	12	12	1	2	178
9	Italy Daniel Zampieri	2	13	8	6	17	20	Ret	6	8	10	11	3	6	DNS	158
10	Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp	14	15	7	7	6	9			16	18	14	6	Ret	4	125
11	Italy Patrick Reiterer	23	14	11	13	4	15	7	8	2	9	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	109
12	Italy Riccardo Cinti	8	3	21	11	Ret	12	9	9			10	17	12	10	104
13	Spain Siso Cunill	10	7	Ret	Ret	13	11	6	7	6	12					96
14	Italy Alessandro Kouzkin	17	20	10	Ret	8	8	22	20	3	11	18	Ret	Ret	12	76
15	Italy Daniel Mancinelli									5	14	1	2	8	Ret	66
16	Colombia Carlos Muñoz	13	18	Ret	Ret	14	10			17	7	22	19	7	6	66
17	Italy Stefano Comini	12	Ret	17	17	Ret	21	20	21	16	15	9	10	Ret	7	47
18	Netherlands Nigel Melker	21	Ret	16	15	5	16			22	19	Ret	7			37
19	Italy Marco Betti	Ret	10	Ret	20	Ret	22	14	14	24	17	8	13	20	Ret	34
20	San Marino Paolo Meloni	Ret	Ret	13	16	10	19	19	23	9	Ret	18	18	13	13	34
21	Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas	18	9	5	Ret							21	8	14	15	30
22	Italy Federico Rossi	Ret	6	Ret	10											28
23	Italy Andrea Borio	Ret	11	Ret	21	11	25	23	Ret	14	22	13	16			24
24	Italy Stefano Bizzarri	9	Ret	20	14	18	13	15	18	21	16					19
25	Italy David Fumanelli	22	12	12	Ret	Ret	14	18	26	19	Ret	19	20			14
26	Italy Andrea Roda	19	16	19	18	9	17	25	25	15	21	Ret	Ret	18	17	13
27	Canada Tyler Dueck	20	17	15	12	Ret	18	24	19	18	25	16	15	15	18	11
28	Italy Samuele Buttarelli	24	Ret	18	Ret	20	Ret	16	24	10	20					10
29	Switzerland Fabien Thuner							13	12							10
30	San Marino Nicola Zonzini	15	Ret	Ret	19	19	24	11	17	25	24					9
31	Italy Alberto Cola													DNS	11	8
32	Switzerland Nico Müller							17	16	13	13					8
33	Switzerland Simon Trummer							12	15	26	23	Ret	Ret			7
34	Finland Jesse Krohn											17	Ret	16	14	2
35	Argentina Augusto Scalbi													17	16	0
36	Italy Alberto Bassi													19	Ret	0
37	Sweden Felix Rosenqvist							21	22							0
Sources:

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport	515
2	Italy BVM Minardi Team	384
3	Italy It Loox Racing Car	280
4	Italy CO2 Motorsport	227
5	Italy Cram Competition	188
6	Italy Facondini Racing	172
7	Italy Prema Powerteam	155
8	Netherlands van Amersfoort Racing	140
9	Italy Tomcat Racing	101
10	Italy Team Dueppì	82
11	Italy RP Motorsport	28
12	San Marino W&D Racing	26
13	Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 2	25
14	Italy AP Motorsport	0
15	Italy Line Race Technology	0
16	Italy Emmebi Motorsport	0
17	Italy Antonino Racing	0
18	Italy Team BVE	0

Winter Series

Race point system
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	32	28	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

2 points are awarded to the fastest driver in each lap and 4 points to the pole position holder.

Pos	Driver	Team	Italy Imola Nov 2	Points
1	2
1	Italy Daniel Mancinelli	It Loox Racing Car	1	5	58
2	Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas	CO2 Motorsport	5	1	54
3	Switzerland Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	3	2	52
4	Spain Genis Olive	Cram Competition	4	3	46
5	Italy Daniel Zampieri	BVM Minardi Team	2	7	44
6	Italy Federico Scionti	Tomcat Racing	6	8	32
7	Germany Thiemo Storz	CO2 Motorsport	7	11	24
8	Colombia Carlos Muñoz	Jenzer Motorsport	Ret	4	22
9	Czech Republic Tomas Pivoda	Jenzer Motorsport	9	10	22
10	Brazil Adriano Buzaid	BVM Minardi Team	Ret	6	18
11	Italy Andrea Amici	Viola Formula Racing	8	Ret	14
12	Netherlands Frank Suntjens	Co2 Motorsport	Ret	9	12