2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Explained

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.^[1] 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

2008 Entry List^[2] Team Driver name Class Rounds Epsilon Euskadi 1 1 Jake Rosenzweig All 2 Pablo Montilla All 3 Richard Campollo All SG Drivers Project 4 Ramez Azzam All 5 Anton Nebylitskiy All 6 Jean-Éric Vergne All Epsilon Euskadi 2 7 Albert Costa All 8 Roberto Merhi All 9 Carlos Muñoz 2-7 Motopark Academy 10 Tobias Hegewald All 11 Valtteri Bottas All 70 António Félix da Costa 1, 4, 6 SG Formula 12 Daniel Ricciardo All 14 Andrea Caldarelli All 15 Nelson Lukes 1-2 Alexander Sims 5 Miki Monrás 6-7 Prema Powerteam 16 Carlos Muñoz 1 Víctor García 3 Sergio Campana 4-7 17 2-3 Kazim Vasiliauskas 1, 4-7 18 Patrick Reiterer All Krenek Motorsport 19 Adam Kout All 74 Jakub Knoll 1 Boutsen Energy Racing 21 Nathanaël Berthon All Team Motorpark 22 Kuba Giermaziak All 23 Juan Pablo García All 71 Vinicius Sammarone 1, 4, 6 BVM Minardi Team 24 Daniel Zampieri All 25 César Ramos All 26 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs All Jenzer Motorsport 27 Michele Faccin All 28 Pål Varhaug All 29 Siso Cunill 1-3 Christopher Zanella 4 Luís Santos 6 iQuick 30 Miguel Otegui All 31 Himar Acosta 1-2, 4-5 Johan Jokinen 6-7 Amiter Galuppo Sport 32 Marcelo Conchado 1-2, 5-7 Epsilon Sport 33 Tristan Vautier 1 Paul Meijer 3-4 Bastien Borget 5 34 3 Mathieu Arzeno 1-2, 5-7 35 Stéphane Richelmi 1-5 Hitech Junior Team 36 Richard Singleton All 37 Miki Monrás 1-5 Hitech Junior Racing 38 Luciano Bacheta All 39 Juan Jacobo All RB Racing Team 40 Dino Butorac 1-5, 7 Fortec Motorsport 41 Dean Smith All 42 Daniel McKenzie All Fortec Competition 43 Gabriel Dias 1-6 44 Alex Morgan All TCS Racing 45 Nicolas Marroc 1-5 Race Performance 66 Christopher Zanella 3 MP Motorsport 75 Paul Meijer 1 76 Nicky Catsburg 1 77 Mateusz Adamski 1 Pole Services 78 Benjamin Lariche 2

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May	Valtteri Bottas	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	R2		4 May	Valtteri Bottas	Daniel Zampieri	Paul Meijer	MP Motorsport
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	7 June	Valtteri Bottas	Mathieu Arzeno	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
	R2		8 June	Valtteri Bottas	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
3	R1	Hungaroring	5 July	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	R2		6 July	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
4	R1	Nürburgring	30 August	Roberto Merhi	Valtteri Bottas	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		31 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 September	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		7 September	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	27 September	Daniel Ricciardo	Albert Costa	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	R2		28 September	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	18 October	Daniel Ricciardo	Richard Singleton	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
	R2		19 October	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

* - only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos	Driver	SPA		SIL		HUN		NÜR		LMS		EST		CAT		Pts
		width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7		width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	10	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14
1	Valtteri Bottas	3	27	1	2	Ret	13	2	1	3	1	3	1	1	4	139
2	Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	5	Ret	6	1	10	6	1	136
3		2	Ret	2	3	2	2	5	3	2	2	8	12	3	2	123
4		7	Ret	3	5	3	6	1	2	1	3	2	7	8	28†	108
5	Tobias Hegewald	11	5	10	6	6	3	4	6	5	8	6	Ret	2	5	72
6	Jean-Éric Vergne	10	24	38†	8	4	4	6	27	7	5	4	Ret	12	3	53
7	César Ramos	6	2	24	Ret	5	9	25	10	4	7	18	Ret	Ret	11	38
8	Albert Costa	5	Ret	8	Ret	7	5	30	4	Ret	4	34	15	Ret	Ret	35
9	Michele Faccin	8	8	6	4	23	7	15	15	13	16	14	9	4	12	33
10	Mathieu Arzeno	9	Ret	5	7					Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	5	6	23
11	Paul Meijer	Ret	1			11	8	8	38							21
12	Daniel Zampieri	4	3	14	Ret	13	10	21	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	10	15	20
13		16	9					10	9			5	4			19
14	Alex Morgan	13	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	11	8	22	17	11	3	11	17	17
15		14	7	13	12	8	12	28	20	14	20	12	5	13	7	17
16	Richard Singleton	41	14	23	37†	32	29	Ret	14	12	13	9	2	28	9	16
17	Dean Smith	12	Ret	18	16	29	Ret	7	12	Ret	10	10	6	17	Ret	11
18	Kuba Giermaziak	22	Ret	25	25	10	31	9	7	Ret	Ret	13	8	14	27	10
19	Alexander Sims									6	9					7
20	Anton Nebilitskyi	24	Ret	16	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	26	17	7	8	7
21		19	11	30	24	12	22	14	Ret	16	27	7	Ret	9	Ret	6
22	Siso Cunill	Ret	6	12	13	Ret	17									5
23	Luciano Bacheta	15	18	35	36	31†	Ret	17	Ret	8	11	Ret	NC	Ret	18	3
24	Gabriel Dias	36	23	9	10	Ret	11	18	21	15	14	Ret	18			3
25	Sergio Campana			21	29	9	14	19	11	21	29	15	14	Ret	13	2
26		Ret	Ret	11	9	14	19	29	24	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	2
27	Patrick Reiterer	23	Ret	31	27	24	18	Ret	22	9	Ret	20	Ret	19	21	2
28	Jake Rosenzweig	18	Ret	37	28	20	16	13	18	10	18	22	29†	24	10	2
29	Tristan Vautier	25	10													1
30	Adam Kout	20	12	22	18	21	25	24	37†	11	28	25	23	22	Ret	0
31	Himar Acosta	40†	21	15	11			16	16	DNQ	DNQ					0
32	Juan Pablo García	21	17	36	34	18	21	20	25	Ret	21	30	11	26	Ret	0
33	Nathanaël Berthon	39†	20	27	30	26	23	12	19	17	25	24	Ret	23	24	0
34		28	25	29	20	Ret	24	Ret	13	19	19	Ret	13	16	26	0
35	Stéphane Richelmi	17	13	39†	15	Ret	15	34†	23	DNQ	DNQ					0
36	Daniel McKenzie	26	19	19	14	DNQ	DNQ	32	31	20	23	19	19	15	19	0
37	Ramez Azzam	32	15	17	23	16	20	Ret	26	Ret	DNS	21	24	18	20	0
38						15	Ret									0
39	Johan Jokinen											17	16	20	Ret	0
40	Kazim Vasiliauskas	33	Ret					33	28	Ret	22	27	20	Ret	16	0
41	Nicky Catsburg	34	16													0
42	Bastien Borget					17	Ret			Ret	24					0
43						25	26	31	17							0
44	Benjamin Lariche			26	17											0
45	Nicolas Marroc	31	22	28	Ret	27	27	Ret	29	18	Ret					0
46	Richard Campollo	42†	29	20	19	30†	NC	22	32	DNQ	DNQ	33†	22	25	Ret	0
47	Miguel Otegui	Ret	Ret	33	26	19	30	Ret	33	Ret	Ret	29	25	Ret	22	0
48	Pablo Montilla	37	Ret	32	21	22	Ret	26	34	Ret	26	Ret	26	Ret	23	0
49	Juan Esteban Jacobo	30	Ret	34	32	28	28	27	35	DNQ	DNQ	23	28	21	25	0
50	Vinicius Sammarone	Ret	28					23	30			32†	21			0
51	Mateusz Adamski	29	26													0
52	Luís Santos											28	27			0
53	Marcelo Conchado	35	31	40	33					DNQ	30	31	Ret	27	Ret	0
54	Nelson Lukes	27	Ret	Ret	31											0
55	Jakub Knoll	Ret	30													0
56	Dino Butorac	38	Ret	41	35	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	36	DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ	0
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	SPA		SIL		HUN		NÜR		LMS		EST		CAT		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

• Christopher Zanella race as guest driver with Race Performance at the Hungaroring.

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	SG Formula	259
2	Motopark Academy	220
3	Epsilon Euskadi 2	143
4	SG Drivers Project	60
5	Jenzer Motorsport	50
6	BVM Minardi Team	54
7	Fortec Competition	53
8	Epsilon Sport	44
9	Hitech Junior Team	16
10	MP Motorsport	15
11	TCS Racing	11
12	Fortec Motorsport	11
13	Team Motopark	10
14	Prema Powerteam	4
15	Hitech Junior Racing	3
16	Epsilon Euskadi 1	2

External links

• Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup - Season 2008. Speedsport Magazine. 17 March 2012.
2. News: Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2008. Speedsport Magazine. 17 March 2012.