2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the eighteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 3 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 19, after fourteen rounds.^[1] Four drivers went into the final meeting with a shot of winning the title, with Valtteri Bottas coming out on top, to claim his second title in the year.

Teams and drivers

2008 Entry List^[2]
Team	No.	Driver name	Class	Rounds
Epsilon Euskadi 1	1	Jake Rosenzweig		All
	2	Pablo Montilla		All
	3	Richard Campollo		All
SG Drivers Project	4	Ramez Azzam	J	All
	5	Anton Nebylitskiy		All
	6	Jean-Éric Vergne		All
Epsilon Euskadi 2	7	Albert Costa		All
	8	Roberto Merhi	J	All
	9	Carlos Muñoz	J	2-7
Motopark Academy	10	Tobias Hegewald		All
	11	Valtteri Bottas		All
	70	António Félix da Costa	J	1, 4, 6
SG Formula	12	Daniel Ricciardo		All
	14	Andrea Caldarelli		All
	15	Nelson Lukes		1-2
		Alexander Sims		5
		Miki Monrás	J	6-7
Prema Powerteam	16	Carlos Muñoz	J	1
		Víctor García	J	3
		Sergio Campana		4-7
	17	Sergio Campana		2-3
	17	Kazim Vasiliauskas		1, 4-7
	18	Patrick Reiterer		All
Krenek Motorsport	19	Adam Kout		All
Krenek Motorsport	74	Jakub Knoll	J	1
Boutsen Energy Racing	21	Nathanaël Berthon		All
Team Motorpark	22	Kuba Giermaziak		All
	23	Juan Pablo García		All
	71	Vinicius Sammarone		1, 4, 6
BVM Minardi Team	24	Daniel Zampieri		All
	25	César Ramos		All
	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	J	All
Jenzer Motorsport	27	Michele Faccin		All
	28	Pål Varhaug	J	All
	29	Siso Cunill		1-3
		Christopher Zanella		4
		Luís Santos		6
iQuick	30	Miguel Otegui	J	All
	31	Himar Acosta		1-2, 4-5
	31	Johan Jokinen		6-7
Amiter Galuppo Sport	32	Marcelo Conchado		1-2, 5-7
Epsilon Sport	33	Tristan Vautier		1
		Paul Meijer		3-4
		Bastien Borget	J	5
	34	Bastien Borget	J	3
	34	Mathieu Arzeno		1-2, 5-7
	35	Stéphane Richelmi		1-5
Hitech Junior Team	36	Richard Singleton		All
Hitech Junior Team	37	Miki Monrás	J	1-5
Hitech Junior Racing	38	Luciano Bacheta		All
Hitech Junior Racing	39	Juan Jacobo	J	All
RB Racing Team	40	Dino Butorac		1-5, 7
Fortec Motorsport	41	Dean Smith		All
Fortec Motorsport	42	Daniel McKenzie		All
Fortec Competition	43	Gabriel Dias		1-6
Fortec Competition	44	Alex Morgan		All
TCS Racing	45	Nicolas Marroc		1-5
Race Performance	66	Christopher Zanella¹		3
MP Motorsport	75	Paul Meijer		1
	76	Nicky Catsburg		1
	77	Mateusz Adamski	J	1
Pole Services	78	Benjamin Lariche		2

Icon	Class
J	Junior Class

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May	Valtteri Bottas	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
1	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	4 May	Valtteri Bottas	Daniel Zampieri	Paul Meijer	MP Motorsport
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	7 June	Valtteri Bottas	Mathieu Arzeno	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
2	R2	Silverstone Circuit	8 June	Valtteri Bottas	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
3	R1	Hungaroring	5 July	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
3	R2	Hungaroring	6 July	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
4	R1	Nürburgring	30 August	Roberto Merhi	Valtteri Bottas	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
4	R2	Nürburgring	31 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 September	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
5	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	7 September	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	27 September	Daniel Ricciardo	Albert Costa	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
6	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	28 September	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	18 October	Daniel Ricciardo	Richard Singleton	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	19 October	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP*
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

* - only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos	Driver	SPA		SIL		HUN		NÜR		LMS		EST		CAT		Pts
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts
1	Valtteri Bottas	3	27	1	2	Ret	13	2	1	3	1	3	1	1	4	139
2	Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	5	Ret	6	1	10	6	1	136
3	Andrea Caldarelli J	2	Ret	2	3	2	2	5	3	2	2	8	12	3	2	123
4	Roberto Merhi J	7	Ret	3	5	3	6	1	2	1	3	2	7	8	28†	108
5	Tobias Hegewald	11	5	10	6	6	3	4	6	5	8	6	Ret	2	5	72
6	Jean-Éric Vergne	10	24	38†	8	4	4	6	27	7	5	4	Ret	12	3	53
7	César Ramos	6	2	24	Ret	5	9	25	10	4	7	18	Ret	Ret	11	38
8	Albert Costa	5	Ret	8	Ret	7	5	30	4	Ret	4	34	15	Ret	Ret	35
9	Michele Faccin	8	8	6	4	23	7	15	15	13	16	14	9	4	12	33
10	Mathieu Arzeno	9	Ret	5	7					Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	5	6	23
11	Paul Meijer	Ret	1			11	8	8	38							21
12	Daniel Zampieri	4	3	14	Ret	13	10	21	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	10	15	20
13	António Félix da Costa J	16	9					10	9			5	4			19
14	Alex Morgan	13	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	11	8	22	17	11	3	11	17	17
15	Pål Varhaug J	14	7	13	12	8	12	28	20	14	20	12	5	13	7	17
16	Richard Singleton	41	14	23	37†	32	29	Ret	14	12	13	9	2	28	9	16
17	Dean Smith	12	Ret	18	16	29	Ret	7	12	Ret	10	10	6	17	Ret	11
18	Kuba Giermaziak	22	Ret	25	25	10	31	9	7	Ret	Ret	13	8	14	27	10
19	Alexander Sims									6	9					7
20	Anton Nebilitskyi	24	Ret	16	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	26	17	7	8	7
21	Miki Monrás J	19	11	30	24	12	22	14	Ret	16	27	7	Ret	9	Ret	6
22	Siso Cunill	Ret	6	12	13	Ret	17									5
23	Luciano Bacheta	15	18	35	36	31†	Ret	17	Ret	8	11	Ret	NC	Ret	18	3
24	Gabriel Dias	36	23	9	10	Ret	11	18	21	15	14	Ret	18			3
25	Sergio Campana			21	29	9	14	19	11	21	29	15	14	Ret	13	2
26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs J	Ret	Ret	11	9	14	19	29	24	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	2
27	Patrick Reiterer	23	Ret	31	27	24	18	Ret	22	9	Ret	20	Ret	19	21	2
28	Jake Rosenzweig	18	Ret	37	28	20	16	13	18	10	18	22	29†	24	10	2
29	Tristan Vautier	25	10													1
30	Adam Kout	20	12	22	18	21	25	24	37†	11	28	25	23	22	Ret	0
31	Himar Acosta	40†	21	15	11			16	16	DNQ	DNQ					0
32	Juan Pablo García	21	17	36	34	18	21	20	25	Ret	21	30	11	26	Ret	0
33	Nathanaël Berthon	39†	20	27	30	26	23	12	19	17	25	24	Ret	23	24	0
34	Carlos Muñoz J	28	25	29	20	Ret	24	Ret	13	19	19	Ret	13	16	26	0
35	Stéphane Richelmi	17	13	39†	15	Ret	15	34†	23	DNQ	DNQ					0
36	Daniel McKenzie	26	19	19	14	DNQ	DNQ	32	31	20	23	19	19	15	19	0
37	Ramez Azzam J	32	15	17	23	16	20	Ret	26	Ret	DNS	21	24	18	20	0
38	Víctor García J					15	Ret									0
39	Johan Jokinen											17	16	20	Ret	0
40	Kazim Vasiliauskas	33	Ret					33	28	Ret	22	27	20	Ret	16	0
41	Nicky Catsburg	34	16													0
42	Bastien Borget J					17	Ret			Ret	24					0
43	Christopher Zanella ¹					25	26	31	17							0
44	Benjamin Lariche			26	17											0
45	Nicolas Marroc	31	22	28	Ret	27	27	Ret	29	18	Ret					0
46	Richard Campollo	42†	29	20	19	30†	NC	22	32	DNQ	DNQ	33†	22	25	Ret	0
47	Miguel Otegui J	Ret	Ret	33	26	19	30	Ret	33	Ret	Ret	29	25	Ret	22	0
48	Pablo Montilla	37	Ret	32	21	22	Ret	26	34	Ret	26	Ret	26	Ret	23	0
49	Juan Esteban Jacobo J	30	Ret	34	32	28	28	27	35	DNQ	DNQ	23	28	21	25	0
50	Vinicius Sammarone	Ret	28					23	30			32†	21			0
51	Mateusz Adamski J	29	26													0
52	Luís Santos											28	27			0
53	Marcelo Conchado	35	31	40	33					DNQ	30	31	Ret	27	Ret	0
54	Nelson Lukes	27	Ret	Ret	31											0
55	Jakub Knoll J	Ret	30													0
56	Dino Butorac	38	Ret	41	35	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	36	DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	SPA		SIL		HUN		NÜR		LMS		EST		CAT		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

^1 Christopher Zanella race as guest driver with Race Performance at the Hungaroring.

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	SG Formula	259
2	Motopark Academy	220
3	Epsilon Euskadi 2	143
4	SG Drivers Project	60
5	Jenzer Motorsport	50
6	BVM Minardi Team	54
7	Fortec Competition	53
8	Epsilon Sport	44
9	Hitech Junior Team	16
10	MP Motorsport	15
11	TCS Racing	11
12	Fortec Motorsport	11
13	Team Motopark	10
14	Prema Powerteam	4
15	Hitech Junior Racing	3
16	Epsilon Euskadi 1	2

References

External links

Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship

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