Samuli Aro won his fifth world championship title.The 2008 World Enduro Championship was the 19th season in the FIM World Enduro Championship . The season consisted of eight events and 16 races.
Last season's Enduro 2 champion, Honda 's Mika Ahola , took his second world championship title now racing in the Enduro 1 class. In the Enduro 2 class, Yamaha 's Johnny Aubert won his first world championship, becoming the first racer to defeat Juha Salminen since the 1998 season. With nine wins, Salminen broke compatriot Kari Tiainen 's record (77) for most wins in the series. In Enduro 3, KTM 's Samuli Aro became the sixth enduro rider to win five world championship titles.
Events Mike Hartmann riding his KTM at the Grand Prix of Italy. Round Event Location Dates 1 Sweden WEC GP Maxxis of SwedenÖstersund 15–16 March 2 Portugal WEC GP Polisport of PortugalVale de Cambra 19–30 March 3 Spain WEC GP AMV of SpainSitges 5–6 April 4 Poland WEC GP Maxxis of PolandKwidzyn 14–15 June 5 Wales WEC GP of WalesLlanidloes 19–20 July 6 France WEC GP AMV of FranceUzerche 25–27 July 7 Italy WEC GP LeoVince of ItalyPiediluco 27–28 September 8 Europe WEC GP AMV of EuropeMende , France11–12 October
Riders' championship - top 10 Enduro 1 Pos Driver Team SWE Sweden POR Portugal ESP Spain POL Poland GBR United Kingdom FRA France ITA Italy EUR Europe Pts 1 Finland Mika Ahola Honda 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 375 2 Spain Iván Cervantes KTM 6 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 346 3 Italy Simone AlbergoniYamaha 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 302 4 France Marc GermainYamaha 4 6 6 5 5 3 6 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 284 5 Italy Maurizio MicheluzYamaha 7 7 5 7 7 6 5 8 8 6 7 3 4 7 7 224 6 Spain Cristóbal GuerreroYamaha 8 9 7 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 4 3 Inj Inj Inj Inj 185 7 Finland Eero RemesKTM 3 4 4 4 3 4 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj 11 5 5 4 172 8 United Kingdom Tom SagarKTM 8 5 9 7 8 5 5 8 6 9 9 9 164 9 Germany Mike HartmannKTM 15 13 10 10 8 9 7 11 9 11 9 7 8 11 156 10 France Jordan CurvalleSuzuki 10 12 11 8 12 11 8 10 12 10 10 8 10 141 Pos Driver Team SWE Sweden POR Portugal ESP Spain POL Poland GBR United Kingdom FRA France ITA Italy EUR Europe Pts
Enduro 2 Pos Driver Team SWE Sweden POR Portugal ESP Spain POL Poland GBR United Kingdom FRA France ITA Italy EUR Europe Pts 1 France Johnny Aubert Yamaha 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 361 2 Finland Juha Salminen KTM 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 353 3 Italy Alessandro BelomettiKTM 7 7 4 4 3 6 3 5 11 11 6 6 4 3 4 4 259 4 France Rodrig ThainTM 6 9 8 10 9 4 4 10 5 5 4 3 5 7 5 226 5 France Antoine Meo Husqvarna 5 6 2 3 4 9 9 4 3 12 4 3 2 222 6 Sweden Joakim LjunggrenHusaberg 1 2 3 4 7 8 7 5 8 11 9 9 5 9 217 7 Italy Fabrizio DiniYamaha 9 12 7 6 6 5 9 9 10 15 12 10 5 8 9 8 196 8 France Nicolas PaganonAprilia 6 5 13 16 11 13 6 7 10 8 7 7 6 6 173 9 Italy Fabio MossiniHonda 16 5 9 10 9 13 8 16 7 6 6 14 7 147 10 Finland Simo KirssiBMW 8 7 8 5 3 8 10 8 5 11 139 Pos Driver Team SWE Sweden POR Portugal ESP Spain POL Poland GBR United Kingdom FRA France ITA Italy EUR Europe Pts
Enduro 3 Pos Driver Team SWE Sweden POR Portugal ESP Spain POL Poland GBR United Kingdom FRA France ITA Italy EUR Europe Pts 1 Finland Samuli Aro KTM 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 6 4 6 2 4 328 2 Finland Marko TarkkalaKTM 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 1 3 2 5 2 8 5 1 3 317 3 France Sébastien GuillaumeHusqvarna 5 5 7 8 3 5 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 12 6 298 4 France Christophe NambotinGas Gas 6 6 4 1 2 2 5 2 1 4 1 16 3 2 7 8 297 5 New Zealand Stefan Merriman Aprilia 13 13 6 4 7 4 3 11 3 3 3 1 1 1 246 6 Germany Marcus KehrKTM 7 8 3 3 12 6 6 5 5 5 13 4 10 9 5 7 233 7 Sweden Björne CarlssonHusaberg 3 3 8 7 9 7 9 8 6 11 9 9 10 10 189 8 Spain Xavier GalindoKTM 11 10 9 10 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 7 8 8 184 9 Italy Alessandro BotturiHonda 8 7 11 10 10 7 6 7 8 6 4 9 5 176 10 Sweden Anders ErikssonBMW 4 4 9 11 14 13 7 8 9 10 9 11 11 6 170 Pos Driver Team SWE Sweden POR Portugal ESP Spain POL Poland GBR United Kingdom FRA France ITA Italy EUR Europe Pts
Manufacturers' championship Bartosz Obłucki riding a Husqvarna. External links