2008 Speedcar Series Explained

The 2008 Speedcar Series was the inaugural Speedcar Series championship. It consisted of four points-scoring race meetings, with a further non-championship round beforehand. The Drivers' Championship was won by Johnny Herbert.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Speedcar Team	06	Ukyo Katayama	All
	07	Stefan Johansson	All
	09	Alex Yoong	2
	10	Gianni Morbidelli	All
	18	Ananda Mikola	All
	27	Jean Alesi	All
	36	Moreno Soeprapto	1
	50	Marchy Lee	2-4
	69	Johnny Herbert	All
	90	JJ Lehto	2-4
	96	Jacques Villeneuve	3-4
Phoenix Racing	08	Uwe Alzen	All
	80	Klaus Ludwig	1
		Christian Danner	2
		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3
		Pedro Lamy	4
Team First Centreville	17	Fabien Giroix	All
Team First Centreville	71	Nicolas Navarro	All
Union Properties	20	David Terrien	All
Union Properties	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	All
GPC Squadra Corse	21	Mathias Lauda	1-2
GPC Squadra Corse	21	Klaus Ludwig	3

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
NC	R1	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	January 25	Gianni Morbidelli	David Terrien	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	Report
NC	R2	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	January 26		Uwe Alzen	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	Report
1	R1	Sentul International Circuit	February 16	Ananda Mikola	Ananda Mikola	Jean Alesi	Speedcar Team	Report
1	R2	Sentul International Circuit	February 17		Gianni Morbidelli	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing	Report
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	March 22	Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	Speedcar Team	Report
2	R2	Sepang International Circuit	March 23		Johnny Herbert	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing	Report
3	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	April 5	Johnny Herbert	Nicolas Navarro	David Terrien	Union Properties	Report
3	R2	Bahrain International Circuit	April 6		Uwe Alzen	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	Report
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	April 11	Nicolas Navarro	Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team	Report
4	R2	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	April 12		Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team	Report

Championship Standings

Drivers

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	SEN		SEP		BHR		DUB		Points
1	Johnny Herbert	3	7	2	4	5	Ret	1	1	45
2	David Terrien	4	4	8	2	1	Ret	2	2	45
3	Uwe Alzen	5	1	4	1	DSQ	2	4	11	42
4	Jean Alesi	1	2	1	3	10	3	Ret	Ret	40
5	Gianni Morbidelli	11	13	9	5	2	1	3	4	33
6	Nicolas Navarro	6	10	7	7	3	7	6	5	22
7	Mathias Lauda	2	5	3	Ret					18
8	Ananda Mikola	8	3	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	7	17
9	Marchy Lee			14	Ret	4	Ret	5	3	15
10	Fabien Giroix	10	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	4	10	6	8
11	Klaus Ludwig	7	6			Ret	6			8
12	Stefan Johansson	12	11	6	6	9	8	8	9	8
13	Hasher Al Maktoum	9	9	10	8	7	Ret	7	12	5
14	Jacques Villeneuve					6	Ret	9	Ret	3
15	Ukyo Katayama	13	8	15	11	8	Ret	12	Ret	2
16	JJ Lehto			12	10	Ret	Ret	11	8	1
17	Alex Yoong			11	9					0
18	Heinz-Harald Frentzen					11	9			0
19	Pedro Lamy							13	10	0
20	Christian Danner			13	12					0
	Moreno Soeprapto	Ret	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	SEN		SEP		BHR		DUB		Points

Notes:

– Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Johnny Herbert wins again to take first Speedcar title. AutoMobilSport.com. 12 April 2008.