2008 ADAC Formel Masters explained

The 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season was the first season of the open wheel racing series from Germany. The ADAC Formel Masters is a new continental series for junior drivers powered by Volkswagen,^[1] a 1.6-litre FSI engine delivering 145hp will power the single-seaters made by the Italian manufacturer Dallara.

The season started on May 9, 2008, at the Oschersleben and ended on October 26 at Hockenheim with the win of the Portuguese driver Armando Parente.^[2]

Teams and drivers

• All cars are powered by Volkswagen engines, and Dallara Formulino chassis.

Team		Driver	Rounds
rhino's Leipert Motorsport	2	Ferdinand Stuck	All
	3	Christian Wangard	All
Mücke Motorsport	4	Willi Steindl	All
	5	Philip Wulbusch	All
Team Abt Sportsline	6	Daniel Abt	All
	7	Markus Pommer	All
Eifelland Racing	8	Burkhard Maring	All
Team KUG Motorsport	9	Dennis Vollmair	1–5, 8
Brückner Motorsport	11	Kevin Friesacher	All
	12	Otto Birznieks	All
Zettl Motorsport	14	Michael Zettl	1–2
	15	Denni Ranginger	1–2
	31	Philipp Frommenwiler	8
Van Amersfoort Racing	16	Emma Kimiläinen	All
	17	Kevin Magnussen	2–3, 8
URD Rennsport	18	Nico Monien	All
	19	Armando Parente	All
Team Mayer	20	Maximilian Mayer	All
Maassen Motorsport	21	Sascha Steinhardt	All
Neuhauser Racing	22	Richard Cvörnjek	All
	23	Klaus Bachler	All
ma-con Motorsport	24	Marco Sørensen	5–8
	25	Ashwin Sundar	1–7
	28	Liam Kenney	8
GU-Racing International	26	Valerij Bercha	1
	27	Johann Ledermair	All
Buchbinder by emotional engineering	30	Freddie Hunt	8

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1		10 May	Klaus Bachler	Willi Steindl	Willi Steindl	Mücke Motorsport	ADAC Master Weekend
	R2		11 May	Willi Steindl	Willi Steindl	Willi Steindl	Mücke Motorsport
2	R1	Nürburgring	24 May	nowrap	Sascha Steinhardt	Kevin Magnussen	Burkard Maring	Eifelland Racing	24 Hours Nürburgring
	R2			Burkard Maring	Burkard Maring	Burkard Maring	Eifelland Racing
3	R1	TT Circuit Assen	19 July	nowrap	Armando Parente	Klaus Bachler	Klaus Bachler	Neuhauser Racing	Dutch Truck Grand Prix
	R2		20 July	Kevin Magnussen	Nico Monien	Nico Monien	URD Rennsport
4	R1	Nürburgring	16 August	Daniel Abt	nowrap	Emma Kimiläinen	Markus Pommer	nowrap	Team Abt Sportsline	1000 km Nürburgring
	R2		17 August	Markus Pommer	nowrap	Armando Parente	Kevin Friesacher	nowrap	Brückner Motorsport
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	6 September	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	Kevin Friesacher	Brückner Motorsport	ADAC GT Masters
	R2	7 September	Marco Sørensen	Daniel Abt	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport
6	R1	Sachsenring	nowrap	20 September	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	nowrap	Armando Parente	URD Rennsport	ADAC Master Weekend
	R2		21 September	Marco Sørensen	Nico Monien	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport
7	R1	Oschersleben	11 October	Nico Monien	Nico Monien	Nico Monien	URD Rennsport	ADAC Master Weekend
	R2		12 October	Armando Parente	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport
8	R1	Hockenheim	25 October	Marco Sørensen	Klaus Bachler	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport	DTM
	R2		26 October	Armando Parente	Klaus Bachler	Klaus Bachler	Neuhauser Racing

Championship standings

Drivers'

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	3

Pos Driver OSC NÜR ASS NÜR LAU SAC OSC HOC Pts 1 Armando Parente 5 9 4 4 2 3 14 2 6 2 1 4 3 3 14 2 171 2 Nico Monien 12 6 6 6 4 1 3 3 12 3 4 6 1 2 11 13 141 3 Klaus Bachler 4 2 3 Ret 1 5 6 11 Ret 5 6 3 8 6 3 1 141 4 Marco Sørensen 2 1 14 1 2 1 1 14 125 5 Markus Pommer 3 3 5 9 6 Ret 1 15 Ret 9 3 7 5 7 2 Ret 108 6 Philip Wulbusch 2 5 NC 3 3 13 18 5 4 10 11 2 4 5 13 5 107 7 Burkard Maring 7 16 1 1 5 6 5 7 7 13 Ret 11 10 9 6 3 98 8 Daniel Abt 17 8 9 20 7 8 2 Ret 3 4 2 Ret 7 4 4 Ret 91 9 Kevin Friesacher 11 14 7 17 8 4 9 1 1 8 7 5 10 8 16 6 84 10 Emma Kimiläinen 6 4 8 18 Ret 2 4 Ret 5 6 Ret 12 6 9 Ret 4 76 11 Willi Steindl 1 1 Ret Ret 14 14 17 Ret 8 11 5 10 12 Ret 12 Ret 55 12 Kevin Magnussen 2 2 DSQ DSQ Ret Ret 30 13 Christian Wangard 9 17 Ret 7 9 11 15 9 9 16 Ret 8 13 11 5 7 27 14 Dennis Vollmair Ret 11 10 5 11 7 12 4 DNS DNS Ret Ret 23 15 Sascha Steinhardt 10 10 Ret 19 18 15 8 8 14 19 8 9 14 Ret 18 8 19 16 Richard Cvörnjek 8 7 Ret 12 16 10 10 12 10 17 10 16 11 15 9 DNS 13 17 Johann Ledermair Ret 12 11 8 12 9 7 16 11 15 13 15 Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 18 Otto Birznieks 15 15 Ret 13 15 12 19 6 15 14 12 18 15 14 17 10 7 19 Ferdinand Stuck Ret 19 12 11 10 Ret 16 13 DNS 7 Ret 14 18 Ret Ret 9 7 20 Liam Kenney 7 DNS 4 21 Maximilian Mayer 13 21 Ret 10 17 16 11 14 Ret 18 Ret 17 17 16 8 11 4 22 Ashwin Sundar Ret 13 Ret 14 13 Ret 13 10 13 12 9 13 16 13 3 23 10 DNS 1 Freddie Hunt 15 12 0 Danny Reininger 16 22 14 16 0 Michael Zettl DNS 18 13 15 0 Valerij Bercha 14 20 0 Pos Driver OSC NÜR ASS NÜR LAU SAC OSC HOC Pts

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap W - Wet Race

Teams'

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Team	OSC		NÜR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		OSC		HOC		Pts
1	URD Motorsport	4	5	4	4	2	1	2	2	6	2	1	4	1	2	8	2	207
2	Neuhauser Racing	3	2	3	10	1	4	5	9	9	4	4	3	6	5	3	1	160
3	Team Abt Sportsline	2	3	5	8	6	7	1	11	3	3	2	6	4	3	2	Ret	152
4	Mücke Motorsport	1	1	Ret	3	4	10	13	4	4	8	3	2	3	4	9	5	147
5	ma-con Motorsport	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	Ret	11	7	2	1	7	1	2	1	1	11	120
6	Eifelland-Racing	6	11	1	1	5	5	4	5	7	9	Ret	9	7	8	5	3	117
7	Van Amersfoort Racing	5	4	2	2	3	2	3	Ret	5	5	Ret	10	5	7	Ret	4	114
8	Brückner Motorsport	9	10	6	11	7	3	8	1	1	7	5	5	8	6	11	6	105
9	Team rhino's Leipert	7	12	9	6	8	9	12	7	8	6	Ret	7	9	9	4	7	53
10	Team KUG Motorsport	Ret	7	7	5	9	6	10	3	DNS	DNS					Ret	Ret	38
11	Maassen Motorsport	8	6	Ret	14	13	11	7	6	11	12	6	8	10	Ret	12	8	32
12	GU-Racing International	11	8	8	7	10	8	6	12	10	10	8	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	27
13	Team Mayer	10	14	Ret	9	12	12	9	10	Ret	11	Ret	12	11	11	6	9	14
14	Zettl Motorsport	12	13	10	13											7	DNS	5
15	Buchbinder by emotional engineering															10	10	2
Pos	Team	OSC		NÜR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		OSC		HOC		Pts

External links

• Official Website
• ADAC Masters Weekend

Notes and References

1. News: New ADAC Formula Series "powered by Volkswagen". https://archive.today/20120918134118/http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com/web/news/index.php?PHPSESSID=296090484898f26986a54945b93cf0e2&flash=&lg=e&st=239&id=1568. dead. 2012-09-18. volkswagen-motorsport.com. Volkswagen. 2007-11-30. 2008-05-21.
2. News: Armando Parente erster Champion der "Formel ADAC" . German . automobilsport.com . automobilsport . 2008-10-26 . 2009-08-14 . Maggy Parries . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707192435/http://www.automobilsport.com/adac-fomel-masters-armando-parente-champion-abt-vollmair-dennis-kug-racing---46611.html . 2011-07-07 . live .