2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the eighth Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 3, 2008 and ended on November 2. The Spanish driver Germán Sánchez was crowned champion, two points ahead of runner-up Nelson Panciatici, who was driving an older 'B-class' car. The title was decided in favour of Sánchez and Natacha Gachnang after the resolution of various claims.^[1] Panciatici was disqualified for using duct tape on the wings of the car, a common technique in this championship, which does not influence the behavior of the vehicle or guarantee any improvement according to a press release from Hache Team.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by Fiat engines. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Rounds
Class A
Escuderia TEC-Auto	1	Bruno Méndez	nowrap	Dallara F308	All
	2	Víctor García	Dallara F308	1–5
	14	Gustavo Yacamán	Dallara F308	1–7
	14	Roberto Merhi	Dallara F308	9
RP Motorsport	2	Víctor García	Dallara F308	6–9
	11	Nicola de Marco	Dallara F308	All
	15	David Fumanelli	Dallara F308	6–7
Campos F3 Racing	3	Adrián Campos Jr.	Dallara F308	All
Campos F3 Racing	4	Germán Sánchez	Dallara F308	All
GTA Motor Competición	6	Jaime Alguersuari	Dallara F308	1, 4, 6–7
		Edoardo Piscopo		2
		Roberto Merhi		5
		Augusto Scalbi		9
emiliodevillota.com	6	Alex Waters	Dallara F308	3
emiliodevillota.com	7	Will Bratt	Dallara F308	All
Novo Team ECA	8	José Luis Abadín	Dallara F308	1–6
Meycom	9	Alejandro Núñez	Dallara F308	1
Meycom	9	Celso Míguez^[3]	Dallara F308	2–9
Cetea Sport	10	Sergio Canamasas	Dallara F308	1–2, 4–9
Team West-Tec	88	Christian Ebbesvik	Dallara F308	3–9
Copa F306/300
emiliodevillota.com	13	Gustavo Yacamán	Dallara F306	8–9
	22	Cástor Benítez	Dallara F306	1–3, 5, 7
		Alex Waters		4
		Máximo Cortés		6
		Isaac López Navarro		8–9
Escuderia TEC-Auto	16	Toño Fernández	Dallara F306	1–8
Escuderia TEC-Auto	16	Marcos Martínez	Dallara F306	9
Campos F3 Racing	17	Carmen Jordá	Dallara F306	All
Campos F3 Racing	18	Natacha Gachnang	Dallara F306	All
Team West-Tec	19	Alex Waters	Dallara F306	1–2
	55	Qinghua Ma	Dallara F306	4–9
	58	Francisco Villar	Dallara F300	1–2
	58	Francisco Villar	Dallara F306	3–9
	85	Jonathan Legris	Dallara F300	All
	88	Christian Ebbesvik	Dallara F306	1–2
GTA Motor Competición	21	Jimmy Auby	Dallara F306	All
GTA Motor Competición	27	Nil Montserrat	Dallara F306	1–4
Novo Team ECA	23	José Luis Ituarte	Dallara F306	1–7
RP Motorsport	24	Xavi Barrio	Dallara F306	1–3
		Augusto Scalbi		4–5
		Stefano Bizzarri		6–9
Cetea Sport	25	Toni Rubiejo	Dallara F306	1–2, 5
Sammy & Zoy	26	Samuel Checa	Dallara F306	1, 3–5
Q8 Oils Hache Team	28	José Alonso Liste	Dallara F306	All
	29	Nelson Panciatici	Dallara F306	All
	30	Edgar Fernández	Dallara F306	All
Llusiá Racing	31	Pedro Quesada	Dallara F306	1–3
	31	Roberto Merhi	Dallara F306	4
	32	Xavi Barrio	Dallara F306	4
	32	Richard Campollo	Dallara F306	5
Victoria Racing Team Sur	38	Miguel Ángel Montes	Dallara F300	1
Dallara F306	38	8

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	3 May
1	R2	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	4 May		Natacha Gachnang	Bruno Méndez	GTA Motor Competición	Nil Montserrat
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	31 May	Will Bratt	Jonathan Legris	Nicola de Marco	RP Motorsport	Jonathan Legris
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	1 June		Toño Fernández	Gustavo Yacamán	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Jonathan Legris
3	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	28 June	Germán Sánchez	Germán Sánchez	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	Nelson Panciatici
3	R2	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	29 June		Nil Montserrat	Nicola de Marco	RP Motorsport	Nil Montserrat
4	R1		27 July	Jaime Alguersuari	Will Bratt	Jaime Alguersuari	GTA Motor Competición	Natacha Gachnang
4	R2		27 July		Will Bratt	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	Nelson Panciatici
5		Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	24 August	Christian Ebbesvik	Natacha Gachnang	Christian Ebbesvik	Team West-Tec	Nelson Panciatici
6	R1		21 September	Máximo Cortés	Nelson Panciatici	Máximo Cortés	Q8 Oils Hache Team	Máximo Cortés
6	R2		21 September		Germán Sánchez	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	Nelson Panciatici
7	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	27 September	Jaime Alguersuari	Germán Sánchez	Jaime Alguersuari	GTA Motor Competición	Natacha Gachnang
7	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia			Germán Sánchez	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	Natacha Gachnang
8	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	18 October				emiliodevillota.com	Jonathan Legris
8	R2	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	19 October		Víctor García	Christian Ebbesvik	Team West-Tec	Natacha Gachnang
9	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	1 November	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Stefano Bizzarri
9	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	2 November		Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Marcos Martínez

Standings

Class A

Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	PP
Race 1	13	11	9	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Race 2	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0

The starting grid of the second race will be based on the results of the first race, but the order of the first six classified may be changed.

Pos	Driver	JAR		SPA		ALB		VSC		VF1	MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Germán Sánchez	7	6	19	10	1	8	6	1	8	6	1	6	1	4	3	DSQ	Ret	88
2	Nelson Panciatici	11	7	4	3	3	Ret	3	2	2	2	5	9	6	9	14	DSQ	8	84
3	Natacha Gachnang	2	13	12	4	6	4	2	3	9	11	7	2	4	7	5	Ret	11	76
4	Nicola de Marco	Ret	Ret	1	5	5	1	4	17	4	4	2	15	9	10	6	7	Ret	74
5	Will Bratt	5	4	3	24	13	7	12	9	DSQ	10	18	10	7	3	2	3	2	67
6	Bruno Méndez	6	1	6	6	2	NC	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	NC	5	2	DSQ	10	5	3	66
7	Jaime Alguersuari	1	5					1	4		NC	NC	1	3					60
8	Adrián Campos Jr.	NC	NC	15	13	18	20	Ret	Ret	6	3	3	4	Ret	1	4	8	5	58
9	Gustavo Yacamán	10	NC	5	1	7	3	NC	6	20	7	4	7	5	6	DNS	18	9	56
10	Christian Ebbesvik	9	Ret	9	8	9	9	13	11	1	8	6	12	13	5	1	Ret	6	49
11	Jonathan Legris	8	Ret	2	2	10	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	11	8	2	Ret	11	10	47
12	Nil Montserrat	4	3	8	7	4	2	7	Ret										38
13	Roberto Merhi							9	18	3							1	1	36
14	Celso Míguez			13	Ret	8	6	8	14	19	5	19	3	10	Ret	12	2	Ret	35
15	Víctor García	3	2	10	11	16	11	21	Ret	5	NC	11	13	15	DSQ	Ret	Ret	7	28
16	Jimmy Auby	22	8	7	9	15	14	DNS	Ret	NC	18	9	8	11	Ret	11	9	12	11
17	Toño Fernández	13	9	20	16	Ret	22	11	5	16	NC	14	18	21	15	8			8
18	Qinghua Ma							15	12	12	15	8	22	14	8	7	Ret	14	7
19	Stefano Bizzarri										Ret	12	17	12	14	Ret	4	20	6
20	José Alonso Liste	Ret	NC	24	17	DNS	16	14	7	10	9	NC	14	16	DNS	13	15	13	5
21	Augusto Scalbi							10	8	17							10	Ret	3
22	Carmen Jordá	18	10	22	18	14	12	19	16	NC	14	10	Ret	20	11	9	13	18	1
	Edoardo Piscopo			25	22														0
	Cástor Benítez	Ret	Ret	17	19	21	17			NC			20	Ret					0
	align=left nowrap	Isaac López Navarro														Ret	18	14	17	0
	José Luis Abadín	17	Ret	14	15	22	19	Ret	15	15	13	Ret							0
	José Luis Ituarte	14	NC	21	Ret	17	18	20	10	18	Ret	16	19	DNS					0
	Alejandro Núñez	16	NC																0
	Sergio Canamasas	Ret	DNS	Ret	20			16	19	13	16	Ret	Ret	18	13	15	16	15	0
	Toni Rubiejo	12	12	18	14					Ret									0
	David Fumanelli										12	17	Ret	DNS					0
	Xavi Barrio	Ret	11	16	Ret	23	DSQ	Ret	Ret										0
	Alex Waters	Ret	14	11	12	11	10	17	20										0
	Francisco Villar	15	16	DNS	21	12	Ret	Ret	NC	11	17	15	16	19	NC	17	12	19	0
	Samuel Checa	19	NC			19	15	18	13	Ret									0
	Edgar Fernández	20	NC	Ret	23	Ret	21	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	21	21	17	12	16	17	16	0
	Pedro Quesada	Ret	Ret	23	Ret	20	13												0
	Richard Campollo									14									0
	align=left nowrap	Miguel Ángel Montes	21	15												Ret	19			0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Máximo Cortés										1	20							0
	Marcos Martínez																6	4	0
Pos	Driver	JAR		SPA		ALB		VSC		VF1	MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Copa F306/300

Pos	Driver	JAR		SPA		ALB		VSC		VF1	MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Natacha Gachnang	1	8	7	3	3	2	1	2	2	4	2	1	1	3	1	NC	5	110
2	Nelson Panciatici	5	2	2	2	1	NC	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	5	7	DSQ	2	109
3	Jonathan Legris	3	Ret	1	1	4	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	3	1	NC	4	4	76
4	Nil Montserrat	2	1	4	4	2	1	4	Ret										48
5	Jimmy Auby	14	3	3	6	7	6	DNS	Ret	NC	8	4	2	4	Ret	5	3	6	44
6	José Alonso Liste	Ret	NC	15	10	DNS	8	8	4	3	3	NC	5	7	DNS	6	8	7	25
7	Qinghua Ma							9	7	5	6	3	12	6	4	2	Ret	8	24
8	Carmen Jordá	10	5	13	11	6	4	12	9	NC	5	5	Ret	10	6	4	6	11	21
9	Gustavo Yacamán														2	DNS	10	3	16
10	Toño Fernández	7	4	11	9	Ret	12	7	3	7	NC	8	8	11	9	3			16
11	Francisco Villar	9	11	DNS	13	5	Ret	Ret	NC	4	7	9	6	9	NC	9	5	12	13
12	Christian Ebbesvik	4	Ret	5	5														10
13	Pedro Quesada	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	10	5												3
14	Augusto Scalbi							6	5	8									3
15	Stefano Bizzarri										Ret	6	7	5	8	Ret	1	13	3
16	Roberto Merhi							5	10										3
	Xavi Barrio	Ret	6	8	Ret	12	DSQ	Ret	Ret										0
	Cástor Benítez	Ret	Ret	9	12	11	9			NC			10	Ret					0
	Isaac López Navarro														Ret	10	7	10	0
	José Luis Ituarte	8	NC	12	NC	8	10	13	6	9	Ret	10	9	DNS					0
	Toni Rubiejo	6	7	10	8				NC	Ret									0
	Alex Waters	Ret	9	6	7			10	11										0
	Samuel Checa	11	NC			9	7	11	8	Ret									0
	Edgar Fernández	12	NC	Ret	14	Ret	11	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	12	11	8	7	8	9	9	0
	Richard Campollo									6									0
	align=left nowrap	Miguel Ángel Montes	13	10												Ret	11			0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Marcos Martínez																2	1	0
	Máximo Cortés										1	11							0
Pos	Driver	JAR		SPA		ALB		VSC		VF1	MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts

Team Standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Campos F3 Racing	134
2	GTA Motor Competición	90
3	Q8 Oils Hache Team	68
4	emiliodevillota.com	63
5	RP Motorsport	59
6	Escuderia TEC-Auto	53
7	Team West-Tec	35
8	Meycom	25
	Llusiá Racing	0
	Cetea Sport	0
	Novo Team ECA	0
	Sammy & Zoy	0
	nowrap	Victoria Racing Team Sur	0

External links

Official Site

Notes and References

News: German Sanchez, Spanish Champion at the expense of resolution of appeal . gtsport.es . GT Sport . 2008-11-02 . 2009-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070616/http://www.gtsport.es/index.asp?pagina=f3&subpagina=1412&c=50&anyo=2008&mes=11&p=n . 2011-07-16 . dead .
News: El campeón de España de Fórmula 3 se decidirá en los despachos . Spanish . marca.com . . 2008-11-01 . 2009-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090622180628/http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/motor/mas_motor/es/desarrollo/1180471.html . 2009-06-22 . live .
News: La F-3 española rinde visita a Spa-Francorchamps. Spanish. gtsport.es. GT Sport. 2008-05-28. 2008-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070411/http://www.gtsport.es/index.asp?pagina=f3&subpagina=883&c=3&p=n. 2011-07-16. dead.