2008 World Enduro Championship

Championship season thumb|Samuli Aro won his fifth world championship title. The 2008 World Enduro Championship was the 19th season in the FIM World Enduro Championship. The season consisted of eight events and 16 races. Last season's Enduro 2 champion, Honda's Mika Ahola, took his second world championship title now racing in the Enduro 1 class. In the Enduro 2 class, Yamaha's Johnny Aubert won his first world championship, becoming the first racer to defeat Juha Salminen since the 1998 season. With nine wins, Salminen broke compatriot Kari Tiainen's record (77) for most wins in the series. In Enduro 3, KTM's Samuli Aro became the sixth enduro rider to win five world championship titles. Events thumb|Mike Hartmann riding his KTM at the Grand Prix of Italy. Round Event Location Dates 1 Sweden WEC GP Maxxis of Sweden Östersund 15–16 March 2 Portugal WEC GP Polisport of Portugal Vale de Cambra 19–30 March 3 Spain WEC GP AMV of Spain Sitges 5–6 April 4 Poland WEC GP Maxxis of Poland Kwidzyn 14–15 June 5 Wales WEC GP of Wales Llanidloes 19–20 July 6 France WEC GP AMV of France Uzerche 25–27 July 7 Italy WEC GP LeoVince of Italy Piediluco 27–28 September 8 Europe WEC GP AMV of Europe Mende, France 11–12 October Riders' championship - top 10 Enduro 1 Pos Driver TeamSWESwedenPORPortugalESPSpainPOLPolandGBRUnited KingdomFRAFranceITAItalyEUREurope  Pts  1 Finland Mika Ahola Honda 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 375 2 Spain Iván Cervantes KTM 6 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 346 3 Italy Simone Albergoni Yamaha 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 302 4 France Marc Germain Yamaha 4 6 6 5 5 3 6 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 284 5 Italy Maurizio Micheluz Yamaha 7 7 5 7 7 6 5 8 8 6 7 3 4 7 7 224 6 Spain Cristóbal Guerrero Yamaha 8 9 7 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 4 3 Inj Inj Inj Inj 185 7 Finland Eero Remes KTM 3 4 4 4 3 4 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj 11 5 5 4 172 8 United Kingdom Tom Sagar KTM 8 5 9 7 8 5 5 8 6 9  9  9 164 9 Germany Mike Hartmann KTM 15 13 10 10 8 9 7 11 9 11 9 7 8 11 156 10 France Jordan Curvalle Suzuki 10 12 11  8  12 11  8  10 12 10 10  8  10 141 Pos Driver TeamSWESwedenPORPortugalESPSpainPOLPolandGBRUnited KingdomFRAFranceITAItalyEUREurope Pts Enduro 2 Pos Driver TeamSWESwedenPORPortugalESPSpainPOLPolandGBRUnited KingdomFRAFranceITAItalyEUREurope  Pts  1 France Johnny Aubert Yamaha 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 361 2 Finland Juha Salminen KTM 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 353 3 Italy Alessandro Belometti KTM 7 7 4 4 3 6 3 5 11 11 6 6 4 3 4 4 259 4 France Rodrig Thain TM 6 9 8 10 9 4 4 10 5 5 4 3 5 7 5 226 5 France Antoine Meo Husqvarna 5 6 2 3 4 9 9 4 3 12 4 3 2 222 6 Sweden Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg 1 2 3 4 7 8 7 5 8 11 9 9 5 9 217 7 Italy Fabrizio Dini Yamaha 9 12 7 6 6 5 9 9 10 15 12 10 5 8 9 8 196 8 France Nicolas Paganon Aprilia 6 5 13 16 11 13 6 7 10 8 7 7 6 6 173 9 Italy Fabio Mossini Honda 16  5  9 10 9 13 8 16 7 6 6 14  7  147 10 Finland Simo Kirssi BMW 8 7 8 5 3 8 10 8 5 11 139 Pos Driver TeamSWESwedenPORPortugalESPSpainPOLPolandGBRUnited KingdomFRAFranceITAItalyEUREurope Pts Enduro 3 Pos Driver TeamSWESwedenPORPortugalESPSpainPOLPolandGBRUnited KingdomFRAFranceITAItalyEUREurope  Pts  1 Finland Samuli Aro KTM 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 6 4 6 2 4 328 2 Finland Marko Tarkkala KTM 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 1 3 2 5 2 8 5 1 3 317 3 France Sébastien Guillaume Husqvarna 5 5 7 8 3 5 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 12 6 298 4 France Christophe Nambotin Gas Gas 6 6 4 1 2 2 5 2 1 4 1 16 3 2 7 8 297 5 New Zealand Stefan Merriman Aprilia 13 13 6 4 7 4 3 11 3 3 3 1 1 1 246 6 Germany Marcus Kehr KTM 7 8 3 3 12 6 6 5 5 5 13 4 10 9 5 7 233 7 Sweden Björne Carlsson Husaberg 3 3 8 7 9 7 9 8 6 11 9 9 10 10 189 8 Spain Xavier Galindo KTM 11 10 9 10 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 7 8 8 184 9 Italy Alessandro Botturi Honda 8 7 11 10 10 7 6 7 8 6 4 9  5  176 10 Sweden Anders Eriksson BMW 4 4 9 11 14 13  7  8 9 10 9 11 11 6 170 Pos Driver TeamSWESwedenPORPortugalESPSpainPOLPolandGBRUnited KingdomFRAFranceITAItalyEUREurope Pts Manufacturers' championship thumb|Bartosz Obłucki riding a Husqvarna. "700px" Enduro 1 PosManufacturer  Pts  1 Japan Honda 375 2 Austria KTM 351 3 Japan Yamaha 338 4 Italy Husqvarna 198 5 Japan Suzuki 154 6 Italy TM 102 7 Japan Kawasaki 57 8 France Sherco 12 Enduro 2 PosManufacturer  Pts  1 Austria KTM 378 2 Japan Yamaha 361 3 Italy Husqvarna 248 4 Sweden Husaberg 243 5 Italy TM 226 6 Japan Honda 214 7 Germany BMW 191 8 Italy Aprilia 173 9 Spain Gas Gas 134 10 Italy Beta 66 11 Japan Suzuki 62 12 Japan Kawasaki 12 Enduro 3 PosManufacturer  Pts  1 Austria KTM 355 2 Italy Husqvarna 298 3 Spain Gas Gas 297 4 Italy Aprilia 271 5 Sweden Husaberg 189 6 Japan Honda 179 7 Germany BMW 170 8 Italy TM 112 9 Italy Beta 61 10 Japan Yamaha 30 11 France Sherco 11 External links Full results at the official website World Enduro Category:FIM Enduro World Championship