The 2008 European Rally Championship season was the 56th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Luca Rossetti won 4 of the 9 rallies to claim his first European rally championship title.
The calendar of the 2008 season consisted of only 9 events, after the ELPA Rally not taking place in that year. The remaining events were unchanged from the previous year.[1]
Round | Date | Event | Winner ERC | |
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1 | 4 - 6 April | Luca Rossetti | ||
2 | 18 - 20 April | Luca Rossetti | ||
3 | 22 - 24 May | Luca Rossetti | ||
4 | 6 - 8 June | Michał Sołowow | ||
5 | 27 - 28 June | Luca Rossetti | ||
6 | 11 - 13 July | Krum Donchev | ||
7 | 1 - 2 August | Giandomenico Basso | ||
8 | 22 - 24 August | Renato Travaglia | ||
9 | 17 - 19 October | Michał Sołowow |
For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.[2]
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