2008 SEAT Cupra Championship explained

The 2008 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the sixth and final season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 30 March at Brands Hatch, and ended on 21 September at the same circuit, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

All drivers drove Mk2 SEAT Leóns.

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Total Control Racing	1	Jonathan Adam	All
Total Control Racing	9	Jamie Ackers	All
Welch Motorsport	2	Carl Breeze	All
	7	Daniel Welch	All
	11	Jeremy Gumbley	All
JHR Developments	3	Andrew Herron	All
JHR Developments	25	Robert Lawson	All
Hardinge Machine Tools	8	James Appleby	All
JP Motorsport	12	Steve Mitchell	3–10
Daniels Motorsport	14	David Nye	1, 3–7, 9–10
Daniels Motorsport	42	David Green	All
DRM M-Sport	32	Daniel Rowbottom	All
Z Speed Racing	34	Martin Byford	All
Advent Motorsport	44	Freddy Nordström	All
Stringfellow Motorsport	69	Dan Stringfellow	1–3, 5–6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	30 March	Robert Lawson	Daniel Welch	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
1	R2	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	30 March	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway	12 April	Jonathan Adam	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Welch Motorsport
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway	13 April	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
3	R5	Donington Park National	4 May	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
3	R6	Donington Park National	4 May	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
4	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	18 May	Jonathan Adam	Daniel Welch	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
4	R8	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	18 May	Robert Lawson	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	1 June	Robert Lawson	Andrew Herron	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
5	R10	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	1 June	Jonathan Adam	Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Run at Snetterton.
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	13 July	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Carl Breeze	Welch Motorsport
	R12			Jonathan Adam	Robert Lawson	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
	R10			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
7	R13	Oulton Park Island, Cheshire	26 July	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
7	R14	Oulton Park Island, Cheshire	27 July	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	17 August	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
8	R16	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	17 August	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	30 August	Jonathan Adam	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
9	R18	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	31 August	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	21 September	Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
10	R20	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	21 September	Jonathan Adam	Martin Byford	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' top 18 results count towards the championship.

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Fastest lap	Best improvement on grid position
20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	BHI		ROC		DON		THR		CRO		SNE			OUL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Pts
1	Jonathan Adam	9	3	2	4	7	Ret	1	1	3	C	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	13	1	3	2	301
2	Robert Lawson	1	2	4	1	1	1	3	4	1	C	Ret	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	7	2	4	295
3	Martin Byford	8	1	3	2	3	2	5	3	4	C	3	Ret	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	1	1	285
4	Carl Breeze	2	4	1	5	2	3	4	13	5	C	1	3	4	7	7	5	3	3	3	9	5	252
5	Andrew Herron	Ret	8	5	8	4	4	6	2	2	C	7	5	3	4	10	10	7	2	2	6	6	207
6	Daniel Welch	3	NC	10	3	5	5	2	7	7	C	12	4	Ret	Ret	4	4	5	10	5	4	3	183
7	Daniel Rowbottom	7	6	6	6	6	6	Ret	9	Ret	C	4	8	8	8	6	Ret	6	6	6	8	11	135
8	Freddy Nordström	10	5	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	5	8	C	2	6	Ret	11	9	9	9	5	8	5	7	112
9	Jeremy Gumbley	4	11	8	9	10	9	9	6	9	C	Ret	9	9	5	5	7	8	14	10	Ret	9	102
10	James Appleby	6	7	9	11	8	11	8	11	6	C	9	7	6	6	11	8	11	7	9	Ret	8	99
11	Jamie Ackers	11	9	7	12	11	7	10	8	13	C	6	Ret	11	10	8	11	Ret	9	14	7	10	72
12	David Nye	5	10					12	12	12	C	8	10	10	9	Ret			8	11	10	12	44
13	David Green	12	13	11	13	13	10	7	10	11	C	11	12	7	13	Ret	6	Ret	12	12	Ret	DNS	41
14	Dan Stringfellow	Ret	12	12	10	9	8			10	C	10	11	12									26
15	Steve Mitchell					12	12	Ret	DNS	14	C	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12	10	11	13	11	13	11
Pos	Driver	BHI		ROC		DON		THR		CRO		SNE			OUL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

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