2008 SEAT León Eurocup explained

The 2008 SEAT León Eurocup was the first season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship. The best classified driver at each event was rewarded with a drive in a SUNRED Engineering–run SEAT León TFSI at the next round of the WTCC.^[1]

Oscar Nogués won the championship tied on 47 points with Marin Čolak, winning by having three race wins to Čolak's two.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
SUNRED	1	Oscar Nogués	1, 3–6
	7	Michal Matějovský	All
	17	Diego Puyo	All
	18	Adrián Matheu	All
	27	James Nash	All
	31	Javier Ibran	1, 6
Special Tuning	2	Tom Boardman	1–2, 4–6
Special Tuning	29	Liam McMillan	1, 4
Rangoni Motorsport	3	Massimiliano Pedalà	All
	12	Davide Roda	1-4, 6
	22	Flavio Berto	All
	23	Alan Simoni	All
	86	Tim Coronel	5
Zengő Motorsport	4	Gábor Wéber	All
	5	György Kontra	3, 6
	6	Norbert Michelisz	All
PRS Group Speed Racing	8	Andrea Larini	All
	11	Manuel Flaminio	All
	15	Eoin Murray	All
Team Clairet Sport	9	Jean-Marie Clairet	All
SEAT Swiss Racing	10	Fredy Barth	All
SEAT Swiss Racing	14	Urs Sonderegger	6
Valvoline Ashland Racing	16	Antonio Aristi	All
Valvoline Ashland Racing	62	Luis Recuenco	4–6
Team Elias	19	Fernando Navarrete	1
Team Elias	29	Rafael Villanueva	3, 5–6
Bastos Sport	20	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	1–3
Bastos Sport	21	Duarte Félix da Costa	1–5
Exagon Engineering	24	Jean-Robert Niogret	2
Čolak Racing Team	26	Marin Čolak	1–4, 6
MCTPE	32	Martin Morente	1–2, 5–6
ST Racing Harriet Arruabarrena	34	Harriet Arruabarrena	2, 6
Oasis Motorsport	40	Miguel Freitas	3
Oasis Motorsport	41	Francisco Fino	3
PubliRacing	42	Francisco Carvalho	3
João Pina Cardoso	43	João Pina Cardoso	3
Italian Racing Motors	50	Aldo Ponti	6
DKM Motorsport	50	Oleg Petrikov	2–6
Oleg Petrikov	61	Oleg Petrikov	1
Dynamo SEAT Racing Team	85	Anton Markin	All
Team CMC Motor–Bricofer	93	Marsilio Canuti	All
SEAT Sport	99	Sébastien Bernard	6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	17 May	Marin Čolak	Marin Čolak	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED
1	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	18 May		Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Eoin Murray	PRS Group Speed Racing
2	R1	Circuit de Pau-Ville	31 May	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Special Tuning
2	R2	Circuit de Pau-Ville	1 June		Gábor Wéber	Gábor Wéber	Zengő Motorsport
3	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	12 July	Norbert Michelisz	Oscar Nogués	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team
3	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	13 July		Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Bastos Sport
4	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 July	Norbert Michelisz	Tom Boardman	Eoin Murray	PRS Group Speed Racing
4	R2	Brands Hatch, Kent	27 July		Diego Puyo	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	30 August	Norbert Michelisz	Michal Matějovský	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED
5	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	31 August		Massimiliano Pedalà	Massimiliano Pedalà	Rangoni Motorsport
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	4 October	Norbert Michelisz	Marin Čolak	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 October		Marin Čolak	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED

Championship standings

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	VAL		PAU		EST		BRH		OSC		MNZ	valign=middle	Pts
1	Oscar Nogués	1	2			22	8	18	10	1	8	2	1	47
2	Marin Čolak	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	13	5	1			7	2	47
3	Eoin Murray	8	1	Ret	9	13	6	1	7	4	5	Ret	8	37
4	Massimiliano Pedalà	3	13	10	Ret	7	2	Ret	9	9	1	5	3	36
5	James Nash	14	6	9	5	9	14	2	4	2	Ret	4	6	36
6	Tom Boardman	Ret	5	1	4			15	6	7	Ret	3	4	35
7	Jean-Marie Clairet	Ret	9	7	2	3	15	3	5	10	6	6	22	32
8	Diego Puyo	4	11	3	Ret	2	3	6	16	8	13	9	7	31
9	Duarte Félix da Costa	2	8	5	15	6	5	17	Ret	6	2			31
10	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	12	18	6	6	4	1							21
11	Gábor Wéber	16	3	8	1	23	9	Ret	Ret	17	16	Ret	DNS	19
12	Alan Simoni	18	7	19	11	8	7	4	2			16	14	19
13	Rafael Villanueva					5	4			5	3	Ret	DNS	19
14	Norbert Michelisz	11	Ret	12	7	25	16	Ret	16	Ret	7	1	5	18
15	Andrea Larini	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	DNS	8	3			Ret	Ret	18
16	Michal Matějovský	13	20	13	Ret	10	21	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	19	Ret	6
17	Fredy Barth	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	21	12	Ret	Ret	16	4	Ret	10	5
18	Antonio Aristi	5	17	Ret	13	15	10	11	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	5
19	Liam McMillan	6	Ret					12	8					4
20	Javier Ibrán	7	Ret									13	Ret	2
21	Manuel Flaminio	15	12	20	Ret	18	18	7	14	Ret	19	17	9	2
22	Flavio Berto	17	16	11	8	Ret	DNS	9	Ret	11	11	8	13	2
—	Harriet Arruabarrena			16	14							14	12	0
—	Sébastien Bernard											21	21	0
—	Marsilio Canuti	Ret	14	14	10	11	Ret	13	12	12	9	Ret	11	0
—	João Pina Cardoso					16	19							0
—	Francisco Carvalho					Ret	DNS							0
—	Tim Coronel									Ret	10			0
—	Francisco Fino					20	11							0
—	Miguel Freitas					14	23							0
—	György Kontra					Ret	20					22	19	0
—	Anton Markin	10	21	15	Ret	19	25	16	15	15	17	11	16	0
—	Adrián Matheu	9	15	Ret	16	12	22	10	11	Ret	14	Ret	15	0
—	Martin Morente	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					Ret	Ret	23	20	0
—	Fernando Navarrete	Ret	Ret											0
—	Jean-Robert Niogret			DNS	DNS									0
—	Oleg Petrikov	Ret	22	17	12	17	17	Ret	13	14	15	20	17	0
—	Aldo Ponti											10	Ret	0
—	Luis Recuenco							Ret	Ret	13	18	12	23	0
—	Davide Roda	19	19	18	Ret	24	24	14	Ret			15	Ret	0
—	Urs Sonderegger											18	18	0
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	VAL		PAU		EST		BRH		OSC		MNZ	valign=middle	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

- Championship standings: SEAT Leon Eurocup 2008 at Driver Database (Archived 2009-07-23)

Notes and References

News: Veltman. Rob. SEAT Eurocup to support WTCC in 2008. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 June 2014. 7 October 2007.