2008 British Formula 3 International Series

April 2020 2008 British Formula 3 International Series 2007 2009 thumb|right|The Drivers' Championship was won by Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari. The 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington. The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. If a Class B driver or a guest driver finished among the top finishers, he would not score points for the main championship, and the points would be awarded to the next driver in the standings. Three events (six rounds) were held outside the United Kingdom: Monza, Spa-Francorchamps and Bucharest. Drivers and teams Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class GBR Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1 GBR Max Chilton All 2 AUT Walter Grubmüller All GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 3 NZL Brendon Hartley All 4 ESP Jaime Alguersuari All 17 GBR Oliver Turvey All 18 AUS Sam Abay All GBR Nexa Racing Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 5 ISL Viktor Jensen 2–7 GBR Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 6 GBR Henry Arundel All 24 AUS John Martin All 25 GBR Alistair Jackson 1–2 BRA Clemente de Faria, Jr. 9 26 FIN Atte Mustonen All GBR Fortec Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 7 SWE Sebastian Hohenthal 1–8 GBR Dean Smith 11 8 SWE Marcus Ericsson All 14 CAN Philip Major All GBR T-Sport Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 9 MEX Sergio Pérez All GBR Ultimate Motorsport Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes 11 ARG Esteban Guerrieri 1–3, 10 GBR Alistair Jackson 4–9 12 AGO Ricardo Teixeira 1–10 13 IRL Michael Devaney 1–4 16 5–10 GBR Eurotek Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 15 GBR Oliver Oakes 2, 8 GBR JTR with Marshall Westland Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes HWA 28 GBR Nick Tandy 1–9, 11 National Class GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 42 GBR Henry Surtees 11 43 BRA Adriano Buzaid 11 54 ISL Kristján Einar 1–10 56 GBR Andrew Meyrick 1–6 GBR Martin O'Connell 7 GBR Fluid Motorsport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 50 GBR Jay Bridger All 51 GBR Stefan Wilson All GBR C F Racing Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 52 GBR Hywel Lloyd All GBR T-Sport Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 53 COL Steven Guerrero All 57 BHR Salman Al Khalifa 1–10 GBR Callum MacLeod 11 GBR Nexa Racing Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 55 DEU Craig Reiff 1–4, 8–9 GBR Team Loctite Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 58 IRL Niall Quinn 1–2, 4 59 GBR Jordan Williams 5–7 GBR Litespeed F3 SLC R1 Mugen-Honda 60 GBR Callum MacLeod 5 61 GBR Jonathan Legris 7, 9, 11 Invitation Entries ITA Ombra Racing Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 71 ITA Matteo Chinosi 3 72 ITA Federico Leo 3 AUT HBR Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 73 ESP Daniel Campos-Hull 8 74 LBN Basil Shaaban 8 BRA Cesario Formula Dallara F308 Mugen-Honda 84 BRA Clemente de Faria, Jr. 11 GBR Eurotek Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 85 GBR Oliver Oakes 9–11 Driver changes Following the departure of Marko Asmer, who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team. Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari. Brit Oliver Turvey, who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain, and Australian Sam Abay, also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class. Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them. Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel, Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats. Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo, left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson, who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major. Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team. T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats. Ultimate Motorsport, the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney, both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing. Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team National Class Winner 1 GBR Oulton Park 24 March ESP Jaime Alguersuari AUS John Martin GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Andrew Meyrick 2 ESP Jaime Alguersuari ESP Jaime Alguersuari ESP Jaime Alguersuari GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Andrew Meyrick 3 GBR Croft 27 April SWE Marcus Ericsson GBR Max Chilton MEX Sergio Pérez GBR T-Sport GBR Andrew Meyrick 4 NZL Brendon Hartley MEX Sergio Pérez NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Andrew Meyrick 5 ITA Monza 17 May ITA Matteo Chinosi ARG Esteban Guerrieri MEX Sergio Pérez GBR T-Sport GBR Hywel Lloyd 6 18 May GBR Max Chilton ARG Esteban Guerrieri MEX Sergio Pérez GBR T-Sport GBR Jay Bridger 7 GBR Rockingham 26 May GBR Max Chilton ESP Jaime Alguersuari FIN Atte Mustonen GBR Räikkönen Robertson Racing GBR Andrew Meyrick 8 ESP Jaime Alguersuari GBR Oliver Turvey SWE Sebastian Hohenthal GBR Fortec Motorsport GBR Andrew Meyrick 9 GBR Snetterton 8 June IRL Michael Devaney SWE Marcus Ericsson IRL Michael Devaney GBR Ultimate Motorsport GBR Jay Bridger 10 NZL Brendon Hartley ESP Jaime Alguersuari IRL Michael Devaney GBR Ultimate Motorsport GBR Stefan Wilson 11 GBR Thruxton 29 June ESP Jaime Alguersuari SWE Marcus Ericsson NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Andrew Meyrick 12 NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Oliver Turvey NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Carlin Motorsport COL Steven Guerrero 13 GBR Brands Hatch 13 July ESP Jaime Alguersuari ESP Jaime Alguersuari ESP Jaime Alguersuari GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Jay Bridger 14 SWE Marcus Ericsson SWE Marcus Ericsson MEX Sergio Pérez GBR T-Sport COL Steven Guerrero 15 BEL Spa-Francorchamps1 August GBR Oliver Turvey NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Stefan Wilson 162 August GBR Oliver Turvey NZL Brendon Hartley NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Jay Bridger 17 GBR Silverstone 16 August GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Stefan Wilson 18 NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Oliver Turvey GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Hywel Lloyd 19 ROU Bucharest23 August NZL Brendon Hartley SWE Marcus Ericsson NZL Brendon Hartley GBR Carlin Motorsport BHR Salman Al Khalifa 2024 August GBR Oliver Turvey NZL Brendon Hartley ESP Jaime Alguersuari GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Stefan Wilson 21 GBR Donington Park 12 October ESP Jaime Alguersuari ESP Jaime Alguersuari ESP Jaime Alguersuari GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Henry Surtees 22 GBR Oliver Oakes NZL Brendon Hartley ESP Jaime Alguersuari GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Jay Bridger Standings Pos Driver OULGBR CROGBR MNZITA ROCGBR SNEGBR THRGBR BRHGBR SPABEL SILGBR BUCROU DONGBR Pts 1 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Ret 1 6 5 12 6 3 2 2 3 Ret 3 1 4 3 4 5 6 3 1 1 1 251 2 GBR Oliver Turvey 1 12 8 3 3 13 6 9 4 5 3 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 3 Ret 234 3 NZL Brendon Hartley Ret 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 10 8 3 Ret 1 1 8 Ret 2 1 2 9 1 3 2 Ret 208 4 MEX Sergio Pérez 7 13 1 2 1 1 5 13 Ret 4 7 4 4 1 6 2 4 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 195 5 SWE Marcus Ericsson 6 2 5 Ret 7 7 2 10 6 8 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 3 2 11 12 8 7 141 6 FIN Atte Mustonen 3 7 4 4 Ret 3 1 4 8 6 6 Ret 3 2 10 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 7 18 138 7 SWE Sebastian Hohenthal 8 3 2 7 Ret Ret 7 1 5 2 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 8 105 8 IRL Michael Devaney 4 8 16 Ret Ret 10 12 5 1 1 9 5 10 9 8 Ret 11 8 10 5 91 9 GBR Nick Tandy NC Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 14 6 7 22 8 Ret 7 5 23 3 9 3 6 2 86 10 GBR Max Chilton 2 14 22 10 Ret 4 4 3 16 7 14 12 Ret 10 17 10 7 10 6 16 21 11 72 11 AUS Sam Abay 10 11 10 Ret 6 11 8 11 10 21 4 9 12 7 4 21 8 Ret 5 8 5 5 71 12 ARG Esteban Guerrieri 5 6 3 Ret 16 2 4 4 63 13 AUS John Martin 11 Ret 9 21 5 9 11 14 12 11 17 7 9 18 5 Ret 6 7 8 Ret 12 12 45 14 AUT Walter Grubmüller Ret 5 14 11 4 Ret 9 12 9 9 11 11 6 8 9 Ret 13 11 9 6 Ret 20 44 15 GBR Henry Arundel 9 10 11 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 20 11 12 7 12 15 Ret 15 11 10 21 16 GBR Dean Smith 4 4 20 17 GBR Alistair Jackson 13 9 7 9 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 19 14 Ret 9 18 CAN Philip Major 16 22 Ret 20 9 Ret 20 Ret 19 14 16 10 11 13 20 9 16 12 Ret Ret 20 17 8 19 GBR Oliver Oakes 12 Ret 13 11 22 14 14 7 13 6 1 20 ISL Viktor Jensen 17 15 13 Ret 21 18 20 Ret 22 17 19 16 1 21 AGO Ricardo Teixeira 14 17 Ret Ret DSQ 17 15 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret Ret 0 22 BRA Clemente de Faria, Jr. 20 18 16 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points ESP Daniel Campos-Hull Ret 6 0 ITA Matteo Chinosi 8 8 0 ITA Federico Leo 14 Ret 0 LBN Basil Shaaban Ret 15 0 National Class 1 GBR Jay Bridger 15 19 15 14 Ret 12 19 16 11 13 13 14 14 15 16 12 17 17 15 11 10 8 322 2 COL Steven Guerrero 20 25 18 16 Ret 16 Ret 17 15 16 15 13 16 12 18 13 19 20 Ret 14 17 13 211 3 GBR Hywel Lloyd 17 20 Ret 13 10 14 22 19 NC 15 19 Ret 22 20 19 16 18 16 13 10 18 16 207 4 GBR Stefan Wilson 21 23 19 18 11 Ret 18 21 17 10 21 Ret 18 17 14 17 15 Ret Ret 9 15 15 194 5 GBR Andrew Meyrick 12 15 13 8 Ret Ret 16 7 14 Ret 12 15 174 6 BHR Salman Al Khalifa Ret 16 24 12 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 18 23 Ret 17 14 15 14 21 19 12 13 169 7 ISL Kristján Einar 19 21 20 17 Ret 15 Ret 20 21 17 18 18 24 22 21 Ret 24 23 Ret Ret 101 8 DEU Craig Reiff 22 24 23 19 15 Ret 24 Ret 22 20 23 22 51 9 GBR Jonathan Legris 16 19 Ret 21 20 21 38 10 IRL Niall Quinn 18 18 21 Ret 23 22 38 11 GBR Henry Surtees 9 9 35 12 GBR Jordan Williams Ret 20 20 19 23 21 25 13 BRA Adriano Buzaid 14 14 22 14 GBR Callum MacLeod 22 Ret 19 Ret 9 15 GBR Martin O'Connell 21 Ret 6 Pos Driver OULGBR CROGBR MNZITA ROCGBR SNEGBR THRGBR BRHGBR SPABEL SILGBR BUCROU DONGBR Pts References External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three season British British Formula 3 Championship