2008 Formula BMW Europe season

2008 Formula BMW Europe season none 2009 The 2008 Formula BMW Europe season was the first season of a new open wheel racing series that resulted by the merging of the Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK championships. Formula BMW Europe is a continental series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing. http://www.racecar.com/story.asp?NewsID=17714 Formula BMW Germany/UK team up racecar.com 2007-06-29 2008-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715143139/http://www.racecar.com/story.asp?NewsID=17714 2011-07-15 dead The season started on April 27, 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and ended on September 14 at Monza. All rounds were staged on the undercard of the Formula One World Championship except Zolder, which was a support race of the Masters of Formula 3. After sixteen rounds, Mexican Esteban Gutiérrez became the first Formula BMW Europe champion.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=307709&FS=FBMW 2008 winner's profile – Esteban Gutierrez motorsport.com 2008-09-14 2009-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20081117074832/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=307709&FS=FBMW 2008-11-17 dead Teams and drivers All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics. Team No Driver Class Rounds GBR Double R Racing 2 COL Carlos Huertas All 3 DNK Michael Christensen Rookie All 4 GBR Rupert Svendsen-Cook All DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 DEU Marco Wittmann All 6 GBR Kazeem Manzur Rookie All 7 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez All GBR Motaworld Racing 8 GBR Thomas Hilldson Rookie All 9 NLD Mathijs Harkema All 10 ARE Asad Rahman Rookie All USA EuroInternational 11 ESP Daniel Juncadella All 12 ESP Facundo RegaliaN Regalia is an Argentine driver who raced this year under Spanish racing license. Rookie All 14 BRA Giancarlo Vilarinho Rookie 1, 3, 8 BRA Ricardo Favoretto 2 USA Alexander Rossi 4 PHL Marlon Stöckinger 5–7 GBR Fortec Motorsport 15 ROU Doru Sechelariu All 16 GBR William Buller All 17 ESP Ramón Piñeiro Rookie All ITA FMS International 18 BRA Pedro Bianchini All 19 ROU Mihai Marinescu All 20 GBR Ollie Millroy Rookie All DEU Mücke Motorsport 21 ECU Juan Cevallos 1–5 22 DEU David Mengesdorf Rookie All 23 FRA Anthony Comas 1–2 SRB Velibor Jovanovic Rookie 3 AUT Philipp Eng 4–5, 7 BHR Sami Favre 6 DEU AM-Holzer Rennsport 24 DEU Bastian Graber 1–3, 5–6 25 MYS Jazeman Jaafar All 26 MYS Melvin Moh 1 ZAF Kyle Mitchell 5, 6 DEU Eifelland Racing 27 FRA Adrien Tambay All 28 BRA Tiago Geronimi All 29 BRA Henrique MartinsRookie All FRA DAMS 30 FRA Kévin Breysse All 31 FRA Jim Pla All 32 GBR Jordan Williams 1, 3 CHE Joel Volluz 4, 8 ZAF Simon Moss 7 Icon Class Rookie Rookie Cup Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 R1 ESP Circuit de Catalunya 26 April FRA Adrien Tambay DEU David Mengesdorf FRA Adrien Tambay DEU Eifelland RacingReport R2 27 April FRA Adrien Tambay DEU Marco Wittmann FRA Adrien Tambay DEU Eifelland Racing 2 R1 BEL Circuit Zolder 31 May ESP Daniel Juncadella MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann RacingReport R2 1 June ESP Daniel Juncadella DNK Michael Christensen MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 3 R1 GBR Silverstone Circuit 5 July ESP Ramón Piñeiro MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann RacingReport R2 6 July ESP Ramón Piñeiro MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 4 R1 DEU Hockenheimring 19 July MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann RacingReport R2 20 July MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 R1 HUN Hungaroring 3 August ESP Daniel Juncadella ESP Daniel Juncadella ESP Daniel Juncadella USA EuroInternationalReport R2 4 August ESP Daniel Juncadella MEX Esteban Gutiérrez ESP Daniel Juncadella USA EuroInternational 6 R1 ESP Valencia Street Circuit 23 August FRA Kévin Breysse MEX Esteban Gutiérrez BRA Tiago Geronimi DEU Eifelland RacingReport R2 24 August MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Esteban Gutiérrez DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 7 R1 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 September DEU Marco Wittmann ESP Ramón Piñeiro DEU Marco Wittmann DEU Eifelland RacingReport R2 7 September BRA Tiago Geronimi FRA Kévin Breysse FRA Kévin Breysse FRA DAMS 8 R1 ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza 13 September COL Carlos Huertas BRA Giancarlo Vilarinho BRA Tiago Geronimi DEU Eifelland RacingReport R2 14 September COL Carlos Huertas GBR William Buller BRA Tiago Geronimi DEU Eifelland Racing Results Drivers Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PP 30 24 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Pos Driver CATESP ZOLBEL SILGBR HOCDEU HUNHUN VSCESP SPABEL MNZITA Pts 1 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 17 8 4 3 353 2 DEU Marco Wittmann 4 5 3 2 5 5 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 6 3 2 327 3 FRA Adrien Tambay 1 1 8 3 3 3 2 2 Ret 4 Ret 4 3 2 18 Ret 260 4 ESP Daniel Juncadella 2 3 2 6 8 7 6 4 1 1 Ret 5 10 7 Ret 17 237 5 BRA Tiago Geronimi 11 Ret 13 15 27 27† 25 19 6 6 1 6 2 3 1 1 187 6 DNK Michael Christensen Ret 6 DNS 20 2 8 7 26 5 5 9 8 7 10 6 6 158 7 BRA Pedro Bianchini 6 11 12 7 4 2 8 6 16 16 4 17 5 19 9 Ret 145 8 FRA Kévin Breysse 10 4 9 13 23 Ret 14 5 3 9 21† 3 13 1 Ret Ret 136 9 COL Carlos Huertas 9 7 6 5 6 16 19 18 12 11 20 13 15 5 2 5 136 10 DEU David Mengesdorf DSQ 8 5 4 15 6 12 21 7 7 7 11 6 18 13 Ret 124 11 ROU Mihai Marinescu 7 10 7 10 7 4 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 13 7 16 118 12 GBR William Buller 8 16 10 9 Ret 21 17 11 4 8 8 9 25† Ret 11 10 87 13 GBR Rupert Svendsen-Cook 17 12 11 8 9 9 13 14 14 19 13 16 12 11 5 9 81 14 MYS Jazeman Jaafar 5 24 16 19 17 12 4 7 8 10 Ret 26 20 16 15 Ret 67 15 ROU Doru Sechelariu 12 23 4 11 11 15 26 20 11 12 Ret 20 24† 9 16 7 64 16 ESP Facundo Regalia Ret DNS 21 21 12 24 15 13 9 20 6 7 16 15 8 15 60 17 FRA Jim Pla 15 Ret 17 16 19 17 21 17 18 24 19 18 9 4 10 4 54 18 GBR Kazeem Manzur 13 13 24 23 10 11 9 27† 15 14 Ret 10 14 Ret Ret 8 47 19 BRA Henrique Martins 14 15 15 14 13 19 11 15 19 13 5 25 23 Ret 17 Ret 38 20 ESP Ramón Piñeiro 25 9 22 12 21 18 24† 24 10 17 17 Ret 8 Ret Ret 14 37 21 GBR Ollie Millroy 16 Ret 18 17 24 10 Ret 9 Ret 22 11 15 19 Ret Ret DNS 20 22 NLD Mathijs Harkema 21 21 Ret Ret 16 13 10 Ret Ret DNS 12 12 Ret Ret 14 Ret 20 23 GBR Thomas Hillsdon 19 19 Ret 24 18 14 16 16 17 15 10 22 18 14 Ret 12 19 24 GBR Jordan Williams 23 14 14 23 4 25 ECU Juan Cevallos 22 Ret 26 26 22 Ret 20 22 13 26 3 26 DEU Bastian Graber 18 20 20 22 26 22 23† DNS 14 21 2 27 FRA Anthony Comas Ret 17 19 25 0 28 ARE Asad Rahman 24 25 25 27 25 25 23 25 22 25 18 27 Ret 21 19 Ret 0 29 ZAF Kyle Mitchell 20 21 Ret 19 0 guest drivers ineligible for points AUT Philipp Eng 18 12 Ret 18 4 12 0 USA Alexander Rossi 22 10 0 CHE Joel Volluz Ret 23 Ret 11 0 BRA Giancarlo Vilarinho 20 18 20 20 12 13 0 BRA Ricardo Favoretto 14 18 0 PHL Marlon Stöckinger 21 23 15 23 20 21 0 BHR Sami Favre 16 24 0 ZAF Simon Moss 22 17 0 MYS Melvin Moh Ret 22 0 SRB Velibor Jovanovic Ret 26 0 Pos Driver CATESP ZOLBEL SILGBR HOCDEU HUNHUN VSCESP SPABEL MNZITA PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Rookie – Rookie Cup † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Teams Pos Team Pts 1 DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 723 2 DEU Eifelland Racing 481 3 GBR Double R Racing 374 4 USA EuroInternational 293 5 ITA FMS International 283 6 FRA DAMS 193 7 GBR Fortec Motorsport 186 8 DEU Mücke Motorsport 127 9 DEU AM-Holzer Rennsport 69 10 GBR Motaworld Racing 39 Notes N References External links BMW-Motorsport.com Category:Formula BMW seasons BMW Category:2008 in European sport BMW Europe