2008 European Rally Championship Explained

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.

Calendar and winners

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]

RoundDateEventWinner ERC
14 - 6 April Luca Rossetti
218 - 20 April Luca Rossetti
322 - 24 May Luca Rossetti
46 - 8 June Michał Sołowow
527 - 28 June Luca Rossetti
611 - 13 July Krum Donchev
71 - 2 August Giandomenico Basso
822 - 24 August Renato Travaglia
917 - 19 October Michał Sołowow

Championship standings

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]

Pos.DriverPoints
1 Luca Rossetti11132Ret67
2 Michał SołowowRetRet21Ret343165
3 Volkan Isik5Ret33Ret255254
4 Corrado Fontana41RetRet4334
5 Krum Donchev66461RetRet30
6 Luca BettiRet7544564Ret29
7 Antonín Tlusťák8Ret5Ret6413
Not enough events to qualify for championship
Renato Travaglia32Ret21(50)
Giandomenico BassoRetRet21Ret(32)
Anton Alén23Ret(22)
Tomasz CzopikRet2(12)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calendar. rally-erc.com. 2011-07-04. 2011-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006041529/http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/page.php?cont=30. dead.
  2. Web site: ERC Unofficial Standings. rally-erc.com. 2011-07-04. 2011-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006041433/http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/standings.php. dead.