2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours

Motor racing championship season September 2023 thumb|The layout of the Bucharest Ring The 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth race of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season back racing After summer break and was organised by City Challenge GmbH. It took place at the Bucharest Ring temporary street circuit in Bucharest, Romania, on 23 – 24 August 2008. Format Unlike the previous running at Bucharest in 2007, the 2008 event introduced a new event format that involved two races. After qualification, a one-hour race was held and entries were awarded half of the standard FIA points for their finishing positions. On Sunday, a second one-hour race was held, with the starting grid being determined by the finishing order of the first race. Half points were again rewarded based on finishing order. http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1761 23 August 2008 Fässler and Bruni on pole for Race One FIA 23 August 2008 23 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080928140235/http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1761 28 September 2008 live Race results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Saturday Phoenix Carsport lead the field as the #5 Corvette of Swiss drivers Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Délétraz earned victory from pole position over the team's second car. In the GT2 category, CR Scuderia earned their first ever victory in the FIA GT Championship, just ahead of defending class champions AF Corse. http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2008&event=6&session=Race%20after%201%20Hour Results: 2008 Round 6 – Bucharest (Results after 1 Hour) FIA 23 August 2008 23 August 2008 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT1 5 DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing CHE Jean-Denis DélétrazCHE Marcel Fāssler Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 46 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 2 GT1 6 DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing NLD Mike HezemansITA Fabrizio Gollin Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 46 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 3 GT1 1 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DEU Michael BartelsITA Andrea Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 46 Maserati 6.0 L V12 4 GT1 2 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team PRT Miguel RamosBRA Alexandre Negrão Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 46 Maserati 6.0 L V12 5 GT1 3 BEL Selleslagh Racing Team FRA Christophe BouchutNLD Xavier Maassen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 46 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 6 GT1 4 BEL Peka Racing BEL Anthony KumpenBEL Bert Longin Saleen S7-R Pirelli 46 Ford 7.0 L V8 7 GT1 10 GBR Gigawave Motorsport AUT Philipp PeterDNK Allan Simonsen Aston Martin DBR9 Michelin 46 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 8 GT1 8 RUS IPB Spartak RacingDEU Reiter Engineering NLD Peter KoxRUS Roman Rusinov Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Michelin 45 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 9 GT2 56 GBR CR Scuderia Racing GBR Andrew KirkaldyGBR Rob Bell Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 50 ITA AF Corse ITA Gianmaria BruniFIN Toni Vilander Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 11 GT2 61 BEL Prospeed Competition FRA Emmanuel CollardGBR Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 45 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 77 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Paolo RubertiITA Matteo Malucelli Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 44 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 13 GT2 51 ITA AF Corse ITA Thomas BiagiSMR 1862 Christian Montanari Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 44 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 GT2 55 GBR CR Scuderia Racing CAN Chris NiarchosGBR Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 44 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 62 GBR Scuderia Ecosse GBR Jamie DaviesITA Fabio Babini Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 44 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 16 GT2 78 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia CHE Joël CamathiasITA Davide Rigon Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 44 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 66 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Marc LiebAUT Horst Felbermayr Jr. Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 43 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GT2 69 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton AUT Richard LietzAUT Horst Felbermayr Sr. Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 43 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 G2 101 BEL Belgian Racing BEL Bas LeindersBEL Renaud Kuppens Gillet Vertigo Streiff Pirelli 42 Maserati 4.2 L V8 20DNF GT2 95 ITA Advanced EngineeringARG PeCom Racing Team ARG Matías RussoARG Luís Pérez Companc Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 28 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21DNF GT2 57 CHE Kessel Racing CHE Henri MoserITA Fabrizio del Monte Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 23 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 DNS GT1 33 AUT Jetalliance Racing AUT Karl WendlingerGBR Ryan Sharp Aston Martin DBR9 Michelin – Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 DNS GT1 36 AUT Jetalliance Racing AUT Lukas Lichtner-HoyerDEU Alex Müller Aston Martin DBR9 Michelin – Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 DNS GT2 60 BEL Prospeed Competition FIN Markus PalttalaFIN Mikael Forsten Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin – Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Sunday Phoenix Carsport continued their victorious run on Sunday as the #5 car once again led the field to the checkered flag, although the team's second Corvette failed to make the finish after hitting a wall with ten laps remaining. CR Scuderia also won for the second time, Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell's Ferrari overtaking the AF Corse Ferrari in the closing laps.http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=6&season=2008&session=Race%20Result Results: 2008 Round 6 – Bucharest (Race Result) FIA 24 August 2008 24 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080902045905/http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=6&season=2008&session=Race%20Result 2 September 2008 live Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT1 5 DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing CHE Jean-Denis DélétrazCHE Marcel Fāssler Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 46 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 2 GT1 2 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team PRT Miguel RamosBRA Alexandre Negrão Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 46 Maserati 6.0 L V12 3 GT1 1 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DEU Michael BartelsITA Andrea Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 46 Maserati 6.0 L V12 4 GT1 4 BEL Peka Racing BEL Anthony KumpenBEL Bert Longin Saleen S7-R Pirelli 46 Ford 7.0 L V8 5 GT1 10 GBR Gigawave Motorsport AUT Philipp PeterDNK Allan Simonsen Aston Martin DBR9 Michelin 46 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 6 GT1 3 BEL Selleslagh Racing Team FRA Christophe BouchutNLD Xavier Maassen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 46 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 7 GT1 8 RUS IPB Spartak RacingDEU Reiter Engineering NLD Peter KoxRUS Roman Rusinov Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Michelin 46 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 8 GT2 56 GBR CR Scuderia Racing GBR Andrew KirkaldyGBR Rob Bell Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 9 GT2 50 ITA AF Corse ITA Gianmaria BruniFIN Toni Vilander Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 61 BEL Prospeed Competition FRA Emmanuel CollardGBR Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 45 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 62 GBR Scuderia Ecosse GBR Jamie DaviesITA Fabio Babini Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 77 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Paolo RubertiITA Matteo Malucelli Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 13 GT2 95 ITA Advanced EngineeringARG PeCom Racing Team ARG Matías RussoARG Luís Pérez Companc Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 GT2 57 CHE Kessel Racing CHE Henri MoserITA Fabrizio del Monte Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 43 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 G2 101 BEL Belgian Racing BEL Bas LeindersBEL Renaud Kuppens Gillet Vertigo Streiff Pirelli 42 Maserati 4.2 L V8 16DNF GT1 6 DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing NLD Mike HezemansITA Fabrizio Gollin Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 36 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 17DNF GT2 66 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Marc LiebAUT Horst Felbermayr Jr. Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 27 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18DNF GT2 78 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia CHE Joël CamathiasITA Davide Rigon Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 21 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 19DNF GT2 55 GBR CR Scuderia Racing CAN Chris NiarchosGBR Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 17 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 20DNF GT2 51 ITA AF Corse ITA Thomas BiagiSMR 1862 Christian Montanari Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 16 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21DNF GT2 69 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton AUT Richard LietzAUT Horst Felbermayr Sr. Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 15 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Statistics Pole Position – #5 Phoenix Carsport Racing – 1:15.348 http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2008&event=6&session=Qualifying%201 Results: 2008 Round 6 – Bucharest (Qualifying 1) FIA 23 August 2008 23 August 2008 Average Speed (Race 1) – 139.24 km/h mph on Average Speed (Race 2) – 138.89 km/h mph on References 2008 FIA GT Championship 2008 Spa 24 Hours 2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours Bucharest FIA GT Bucharest 2 hours