2008 Formula 3 Sudamericana season explained

The 2008 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 22nd Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 19 April 2008, at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba and ended on 30 November at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo. Brazilian driver Nelson Merlo won the title.

Drivers and teams

All drivers competed in Pirelli-shod, Berta-powered Dallara F301s. All teams were Brazilian-registered.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Cesário Fórmula	1	Pedro Enrique	All
Cesário Fórmula	2	Leonardo Cordeiro	All
Cesário Fórmula Júnior	3	Denis Navarro	All
Cesário Fórmula Júnior	4	Renan Bussiere	2–6, 8–9
Amir Nasr Racing	5	Rodolpho Santos	1–4
Razia Sports	5	Rodolpho Santos	5
	17	Luiz Boesel	1–2, 4–6
		Yann Cunha	3, 7, 9
		Gerardo Salaverria	8
	18	Eduardo Leite	1, 2
		Daniel Landi	4
		Facundo Crovo	5
		Henrique Lambert	6
		Wilfredo Pomés	8
PropCar Racing	7	Fernando Galera	1–4
		Guido Falaschi	5
		Nilton Molina	7–9
	8	Werner Neugebauer	All
Bassani Racing	9	Nilton Molina	2–3
	15	Nilton Molina	4–6
	10	Nelson Merlo	All
Bassan Motorsport	14	Felipe Ferreira	1–2, 4–6
		Tiago Pinheiros	7
		Fernando Galera	8–9
Meyer	22	Paulo Meyer	8–9
Baumer Racing	27	Luiz Boesel	3
Baumer Racing	27	Lucilio Baumer	7
Nacional Sports	61	Leonardo Otero	All
Kemba Racing	91	Leonardo de Souza	1–2, 4–5, 7–9

Race calendar and results

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Supporting
1	R1	Pinhais, Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	19 April	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Stand-alone event
1	R2	Pinhais, Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	20 April	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Stand-alone event
2	R1	São Paulo, Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	10 May	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Pedro Enrique	Stand-alone event
2	R2	São Paulo, Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 May	Denis Navarro	Pedro Enrique	Nelson Merlo	Stand-alone event
3	R1	Brasília, Brazil	Brasília	14 June	Pedro Enrique	Pedro Enrique	Pedro Enrique	Stand-alone event
3	R2	Brasília, Brazil	Brasília	15 June	Pedro Enrique	Pedro Enrique	Pedro Enrique	Stand-alone event
4	R1	São Paulo, Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	12 July	Leonardo Cordeiro	Leonardo Cordeiro	Pedro Enrique	Stand-alone event
4	R2	São Paulo, Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	13 July	Leonardo Cordeiro	Leonardo Cordeiro	Nelson Merlo	Stand-alone event
5	R1	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	9 August	Pedro Enrique	Nelson Merlo	Nelson Merlo	Buenos Aires Grand Prix
5	R2	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	10 August	Denis Navarro	Guido Falaschi	Nelson Merlo
6	R1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jacarepaguá	6 September	Leonardo Otero	Nelson Merlo	Nelson Merlo	Stand-alone event
6	R2	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jacarepaguá	nowrap	7 September	Leonardo Otero	Nelson Merlo	Stand-alone event	Nelson Merlo
7	R1	Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul	11 October	Nelson Merlo	Leonardo Cordeiro	Nelson Merlo	Stand-alone event
7	R2	12 October	Nelson Merlo	Leonardo Cordeiro	Nelson Merlo			Stand-alone event
8	R1	Pinhais, Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	15 November	Leonardo Cordeiro	Pedro Enrique	Pedro Enrique	Stand-alone event
8	R2	Pinhais, Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	16 November	nowrap	Leonardo Cordeiro	nowrap	Stand-alone event	Leonardo Cordeiro	nowrap	Leonardo Cordeiro
9	R1	São Paulo, Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	29 November	Leonardo Cordeiro	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Stand-alone event
9	R2	São Paulo, Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	nowrap	30 November	Denis Navarro	Denis Navarro	Stand-alone event	Denis Navarro

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	CUR 1	CUR 2	INT 1	INT 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	INT 1	INT 2	BUE 1	BUE 2	JAC 1	JAC 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	INT 1	INT 2	Pts
1	Nelson Merlo	2	3	6	1	Ret	4	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	3	2	2	128
2	Pedro Enrique	3	DNS	1	2	1	1	1	Ret	4	2	2	3	4	4	1	4	3	Ret	112
3	Denis Navarro	1	1	4	7	2	2	6	7	3	3	3	4	3	DNS	Ret	2	1	1	105
4	Leonardo Cordeiro	8	2	3	3	5	5	3	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	3	2	1	4	3	74
5	Leonardo Otero	DNS	DNS	Ret	4	6	6	7	4	6	7	Ret	2	10	8	5	5	Ret	5	44
6	align=left nowrap	Werner Neugebauer	5	10	DNS	6	7	11	Ret	9	5	5	5	Ret	Ret	6	3	6	7	6	38
7	Fernando Galera	10	7	2	DNS	4	3	12	DNS							4	Ret	8	8	28
8	Luiz Boesel	6	6	9	11	8	7	4	3	13	8	DNS	6							24
9	Leonardo de Souza	7	9	DNS	Ret			Ret	5	11	6			8	Ret	6	7	5	4	24
10	Lucilio Baumer													2	2					16
11	Daniel Landi							2	2											16
12	Rodolpho Santos	DNS	8	7	8	3	8	10	6	10	Ret									14
13	Felipe Ferreira	4	5	8	10			8	Ret	8	10	DNS	7							14
14	Guido Falaschi									2	4									13
15	Eduardo Leite	9	4	5	5															13
16	Renan Bussiere			11	12	Ret	10	9	8	9	Ret	4	5			Ret	8	10	Ret	11
17	Nilton Molina			10	9	10	Ret	11	DNS	12	11	Ret	8	7	7	Ret	9	6	7	10
18	Tiago Pinheiros													6	5					7
19	Henrique Lambert											6	10							3
20	Facundo Crovo									7	9									2
21	Yann Cunha					9	9							9	Ret			Ret	9	0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Paulo Meyer															7	10	9	10	0
	Wilfredo Pomés															8	11			0
	Gerardo Salaverria															9	12			0
Pos	Driver	CUR 1	CUR 2	INT 1	INT 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	INT 1	INT 2	BUE 1	BUE 2	JAC 1	JAC 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	INT 1	INT 2	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

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