2008 European Truck Racing Championship

none 2008 European Truck Racing Championship 2007 2009 The 2008 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 24th European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on May 11, with the finale at Jarama on October 5 after nine events. The championship was won by David Vršecký, taking his first title and the second in a row for the Buggyra team. Teams and drivers No. Driver Team Manufacturer Rounds Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race: No. Driver Team Manufacturer Rounds Calendar and winners Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 QR1 ESP Circuit de Catalunya May 10–11 SUI Markus Bösiger SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR1 CZE Frankie Vojtíšek CZE Frankie Truck Racing Team QR2 CZE David Vršecký CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR2 CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System 2 QR1 ITA Misano World Circuit May 24–25 CZE David Vršecký ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa CR1 CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System QR2 SUI Markus Bösiger SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR2 SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System 3 QR1 ESP Circuito de Albacete June 7–8 SUI Markus Bösiger SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR1 SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System QR2 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa CR2 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa 4 QR1 FRA Circuit Paul Armagnac June 28–29 CZE David Vršecký CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR1 SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System QR2 ESP Antonio Albacete SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR2 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa 5 QR1 GER Nürburgring July 12–13 SUI Markus Bösiger SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR1 SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System QR2 SUI Markus Bösiger SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR2 CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System 6 QR1 CZE Autodrom Most August 30–31 CZE David Vršecký CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR1 CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System QR2 SUI Markus Bösiger SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR2 SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System 7 QR1 BEL Circuit Zolder September 13–14 SUI Markus Bösiger ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa CR1 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa QR2 CZE David Vršecký SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR2 CZE David Vršecký CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System 8 QR1 FRA Bugatti Circuit September 20–21 CZE David Vršecký SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CR1 SUI Markus Bösiger CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System QR2 CZE David Vršecký ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa CR2 GER Jochen Hahn GER Team Hahn Racing 9 QR1 ESP Circuito del Jarama October 4–5 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa CR1 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa QR2 CZE David Vršecký ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa CR2 ESP Antonio Albacete ESP Equipo Cepsa Championship standings Drivers' Championship Each round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 (rank 1 - 10) respectively. Rank Driver Truck Points 1 CZE David Vršecký Freightliner 414 2 SUI Markus Bösiger Freightliner 393 3 ESP Antonio Albacete MAN 372 4 GER Jochen Hahn MAN 305 5 FRA Jean-Philippe Belloc MAN 239 6 AUT Markus Altenstrasser Renault 148 7 GBR Stuart Oliver MAN 116 8 CZE Frankie Vojtíšek Renault 101 9 GBR Christopher Levett MAN 98 10 AUT Egon Allgäuer MAN 97 Rank Driver Truck Points 11 FRA Dominique Lachèze MAN 65 12 FRA Anthony Janiec Renault 38 13 BEL Jean-Pierre Blaise MAN 19 14 ESP Javier Mariezcurrena MAN 16 15 HUN Balázs Szobi MAN 12 16 RUS Mikhail Konovalov MAN 6 17 GBR Steve Horne Mercedes-Benz 4 18 FRA Pascal Robineau MAN 4 19 FRA Franck Conti Volvo 1 20 FRA Michel Bassanelli DAF 0 Rank Driver Truck Points 21 ESP David Marco Bermejo MAN 0 22 ESP José Bermejo Mercedes-Benz 0 23 ESP Antonio Conejero Iveco 0 24 ESP Pedro Ignacio García Volvo 0 25 FRA Jennifer Janiec Renault 0 26 SWE Mikael Johansson Scania 0 27 NED Erwin Kleinnagelvoort Scania 0 28 ESP Francisco Navarro Renault 0 29 FRA Dominique Orsini Mercedes-Benz 0 30 FRA David Patalacci DAF 0 Source of information:http://www.truckracing.de/truckrace/de/gesamtwertung2008/rt/index.html Overall Standings 2008 2018-01-11 André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR Teams' Championship Rank Team Drivers Trucks Points 1 CZE Buggyra Int. Racing System CZE David Vršecký, SUI Markus Bösiger Freightliner 878 2 GER Koller und Schwemmer Team GER Jochen Hahn, FRA Jean-Philippe Belloc MAN 644 3 CZE Frankie Truck Racing Team AUT Markus Altenstrasser, CZE Frankie Vojtíšek Renault 459 4 GBR ESP Team Bermejo/Horne GBR Steve Horne, ESP José Bermejo Mercedes-Benz 244 Source of information:http://www.truckracing.de/truckrace/de/gesamtwertung2008/rt/index.html Overall Standings 2008 2018-01-11 André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR References Bibliography Göttl Thomas Paul Brandenburg Bert Truck Sport Book 2008: Truck Race & Truck Trial Europameisterschaft 2008 Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart en, de 978-3-613-30613-4 External links http://www.fia.com/en-GB/sport/championships/Pages/truck.aspx Truck Race Organization TruckRacing.de de Category:European Truck Racing Championship seasons European Truck Racing Championship Truck Racing Championship