2008 Speedcar Series

June 2026 Speedcar Series Drivers' Champion: Johnny Herbert Teams' Champion: Speedcar Team 2008 none 2008–09 Support series:GP2 Asia Series 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.Johnny Herbert wins again to take first Speedcar title http://www.automobilsport.com/speedcar-series-johnny-herbert-wins-title-dubai-autodrome-david-terrien-uwe-alzen-jean-alesi---35677.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080424044332/http://www.automobilsport.com/speedcar-series-johnny-herbert-wins-title-dubai-autodrome-david-terrien-uwe-alzen-jean-alesi---35677.html usurped April 24, 2008 AutoMobilSport.com 12 April 2008 Teams and drivers All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin. Team No. Car Number Driver name Rounds UAE Speedcar Team 06 Japan Ukyo Katayama All 07 Sweden Stefan Johansson All 09 Malaysia Alex Yoong 2 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli All 18 Indonesia Ananda Mikola All 27 France Jean Alesi All 36 Indonesia Moreno Soeprapto 1 50 Hong Kong Marchy Lee 2–4 69 UK Johnny Herbert All 90 Finland JJ Lehto 2–4 96 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 3–4 GER Phoenix Racing 08 Germany Uwe Alzen All 80 Germany Klaus Ludwig 1 Germany Christian Danner 2 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 3 Portugal Pedro Lamy 4 FRA Team First Centreville 17 France Fabien Giroix All 71 France Nicolas Navarro All UAE Union Properties 20 France David Terrien All 85 UAE Hasher Al Maktoum All ITA GPC Squadra Corse 21 Austria Mathias Lauda 1–2 Germany Klaus Ludwig 3 Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report NC R1 UAE Dubai Autodrome(International Circuit) January 25 ITA Gianni Morbidelli FRA David Terrien ITA Gianni Morbidelli UAE Speedcar Team Report R2 January 26 GER Uwe Alzen ITA Gianni Morbidelli UAE Speedcar Team 1 R1 INA Sentul International Circuit February 16 INA Ananda Mikola INA Ananda Mikola FRA Jean Alesi UAE Speedcar Team Report R2 February 17 ITA Gianni Morbidelli GER Uwe Alzen GER Phoenix Racing 2 R1 MYS Sepang International Circuit March 22 France Jean Alesi FRA Jean Alesi FRA Jean Alesi UAE Speedcar Team Report R2 March 23 UK Johnny Herbert Germany Uwe Alzen GER Phoenix Racing 3 R1 BHR Bahrain International Circuit April 5 UK Johnny Herbert FRA Nicolas Navarro FRA David Terrien UAE Union Properties Report R2 April 6 GER Uwe Alzen Italy Gianni Morbidelli UAE Speedcar Team 4 R1 UAE Dubai Autodrome(Grand Prix Circuit) April 11 FRA Nicolas Navarro UK Johnny Herbert UK Johnny Herbert UAE Speedcar Team Report R2 April 12 UK Johnny Herbert UK Johnny Herbert UAE Speedcar Team Championship Standings Drivers Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure: Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thPoints108654321 Pos Driver SENIndonesia SEPMalaysia BHRBahrain DUBUAE Points 1UK Johnny Herbert 3 7 2 4 5 Ret 1 1 45 2France David Terrien 4 4 8 2 1 Ret 2 2 45 3Germany Uwe Alzen 5 1 4 1 DSQ 2 4 11 42 4France Jean Alesi 1 2 1 3 10 3 Ret Ret 40 5Italy Gianni Morbidelli 11 13 9 5 2 1 3 4 33 6France Nicolas Navarro 6 10 7 7 3 7 6 5 22 7Austria Mathias Lauda 2 5 3 Ret 18 8Indonesia Ananda Mikola 8 3 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 7 17 9Hong Kong Marchy Lee 14 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 15 10France Fabien Giroix 10 12 Ret DNS Ret 4 10 6 8 11Germany Klaus Ludwig 7 6 Ret 6 8 12Sweden Stefan Johansson 12 11 6 6 9 8 8 9 8 13UAE Hasher Al Maktoum 9 9 10 8 7 Ret 7 12 5 14Canada Jacques Villeneuve 6 Ret 9 Ret 3 15Japan Ukyo Katayama 13 8 15 11 8 Ret 12 Ret 2 16Finland JJ Lehto 12 10 Ret Ret 11 8 1 17Malaysia Alex Yoong 11 9 0 18Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11 9 0 19Portugal Pedro Lamy 13 10 0 20Germany Christian Danner 13 12 0Indonesia Moreno Soeprapto Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver SENIndonesia SEPMalaysia BHRBahrain DUBUAE Points Notes:  – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. References External links Driver Database The GEL Motorsport Information Page Category:Speedcar Series seasons Speedcar Series season