2008 European Rally Championship

2008 European Rally Championship 2007 2009 The 2008 European Rally Championship season was the 56th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Luca Rossetti won 4 of the 9 rallies to claim his first European rally championship title. Calendar and winners The calendar of the 2008 season consisted of only 9 events, after the ELPA Rally not taking place in that year. The remaining events were unchanged from the previous year.http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/page.php?cont=30 Calendar rally-erc.com 2011-07-04 2011-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006041529/http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/page.php?cont=30 dead Round Date Event Winner ERC 1 4– 6 April TUR Istanbul Rally ITA Luca Rossetti 218–20 April ITA Rally 1000 Miglia ITA Luca Rossetti 322–24 May CRO Croatia Delta Rally ITA Luca Rossetti 4 6– 8 June POL Rally Poland POL Michał Sołowow 527–28 June BEL Ypres Rally ITA Luca Rossetti 611–13 July BGR Rally Bulgaria BGR Krum Donchev 7 1–2 August PRT Rally Vinho da Madeira ITA Giandomenico Basso 822–24 August CZE Barum Rally Zlín ITA Renato Travaglia 917–19 October FRA Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur POL Michał Sołowow Championship standings For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/standings.php ERC Unofficial Standings rally-erc.com 2011-07-04 2011-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006041433/http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/standings.php dead Pos. Driver TUR ITA CRO POL BEL BGR PRT CZE FRA Points 1 ITA Luca Rossetti 1 1 1 3 2Ret 67 2 POL Michał SołowowRetRet 2 1Ret 3 4 3 1 65 3 TUR Volkan Isik 5Ret 3 3Ret 2 5 5 2 54 4 ITA Corrado Fontana 4 1RetRet 4 3 34 5 BGR Krum Donchev 6 6 4 6 1RetRet 30 6 ITA Luca BettiRet 7 5 4 4 5 6 4Ret 29 7 CZE Antonín Tlusťák 8Ret 5Ret 6 4 13 Not enough events to qualify for championship ITA Renato Travaglia 3 2Ret 2 1 (50) ITA Giandomenico BassoRetRet 2 1Ret (32) FIN Anton Alén 2 3Ret (22) POL Tomasz CzopikRet 2 (12) References 2 External links Official websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20170330003346/http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/index.php 2017-03-30 European Rally Championship Category:European Rally Championship seasons Rally