◄ 2007 2009 ►
Teams & Drivers
Driver changes
After round 1 in Spain, Super Nova replaced Bakkerud with Soucek, Fisichella Motor Sport replaced Valles with Carroll and BCN replaced Nocera with Valles.
After round 2 in Turkey, Super Nova replaced Soucek with Bakkerud, Durango replaced Valsecchi with Puglisi and David Price racing replaed Ricci with Soucek.
After round 3 in Monaco, Campos replaced Hanley with di Grassi, Super Nova replaced Bakkerud with Soucek, Durango replaced Puglisi with Hanley, Fisichella Motor Sport replaced Carroll with Asmer, David Price Racing replaced Soucek with Herck and BCN replaced Pavlovic with Iaconelli.
After round 4 in France, Durango replaced Hanley with Valsecchi.
After round 5 in the United Kingdom, ART replaced Filippi with Yamamoto and Arden replaced Buurman with Filippi.
Calendar
The 2008 season included 10 rounds, all of which supporting the F1 Grands Prix held at the same venue on the same weekend. All races were held in Europe.
Pre-season tests
Test |
Country |
Circuit |
Date |
Fastest driver |
Team |
1 |
France |
Paul Ricard |
February 28th |
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February 29th |
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2 |
Spain |
Catalunya |
March 4th |
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March 5th |
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3 |
France |
Paul Ricard |
March 11th |
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March 12th |
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March 13th |
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Races
Round |
Country |
Circuit |
Date |
Winner/Polesitter |
Team |
1 |
Spain |
Catalunya |
April 25th |
Pastor Maldonado |
Piquet |
April 26th |
Alvaro Parente |
Super Nova |
April 27th |
Kamui Kobayashi |
DAMS |
2 |
Turkey |
Istanbul |
May 9th |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
May 10th |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
May 11th |
Romain Grosjean |
ART |
3 |
Monaco |
Monte Carlo |
May 22nd |
Pastor Maldonado |
Piquet |
May 23rd |
Bruno Senna |
iSport |
May 24th |
Mike Conway |
Trident |
4 |
France |
Magny-Cours |
June 20th |
Bruno Senna |
iSport |
June 21st |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
June 22nd |
Sebastien Buemi |
Arden |
5 |
United Kingdom |
Silverstone |
July 4th |
Bruno Senna |
iSport |
July 5th |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
July 6th |
Bruno Senna |
iSport |
6 |
Germany |
Hockenheimring |
July 18th |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
July 19th |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
July 20th |
Karun Chandhok |
iSport |
7 |
Hungary |
Hungaroring |
August 1st |
Romain Grosjean |
ART |
August 2nd |
Lucas di Grassi |
Campos |
August 3rd |
Sebastien Buemi |
Arden |
8 |
Europe |
Valencia |
August 22nd |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
August 23rd |
Vitaly Petrov |
Campos |
August 24th |
Lucas di Grassi |
Campos |
9 |
Belgium |
Spa-Francorchamps |
September 5th |
Bruno Senna |
iSport |
September 6th |
Romain Grosjean |
ART |
September 7th |
Pastor Maldonado |
Piquet |
10 |
Italy |
Monza |
September 12th |
Giorgio Pantano |
Racing Engineering |
September 13th |
Lucas di Grassi |
Campos |
September 14th |
Davide Valsecchi |
Durango |
Mid-season tests
Test |
Country |
Circuit |
Date |
Fastest driver |
Team |
1 |
France |
Paul Ricard |
June 10th |
Javier Villa |
Racing Engineering |
June 11th |
Luca Filippi |
ART |
Post-season tests
Test |
Country |
Circuit |
Date |
Fastest driver |
Team |
1 |
France |
Paul Ricard |
September 25th |
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September 26th |
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2 |
Spain |
Jerez |
October 29th |
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October 30th |
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3 |
France |
Paul Ricard |
November 11th |
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November 12th |
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Points
Position |
Feature Race points |
Sprint Race points |
1 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
9+ |
0 |
0 |
Pole position |
2 |
Fastest lap |
1 |
1 |
Standings
Drivers’ Standings
Pos |
Driver |
Country |
Points |
1 |
Giorgio Pantano |
Italy |
76 |
2 |
Bruno Senna |
Brazil |
64 |
3 |
Lucas di Grassi |
Brazil |
63 |
4 |
Romain Grosjean |
France |
62 |
5 |
Pastor Maldonado |
Venezuela |
60 |
6 |
Sebastien Buemi |
Switzerland |
50 |
7 |
Vitaly Petrov |
Russia |
39 |
8 |
Alvaro Parente |
Portugal |
34 |
9 |
Andreas Zuber |
United Arab Emirates |
32 |
10 |
Karun Chandhok |
India |
31 |
11 |
Jerome d’Ambrosio |
Belgium |
21 |
12 |
Mike Conway |
United Kingdom |
20 |
13 |
Roldan Rodriguez |
Spain |
14 |
14 |
Andy Soucek |
Spain |
14 |
15 |
Davide Valsecchi |
Italy |
11 |
16 |
Kamui Kobayashi |
Japan |
10 |
17 |
Javier Villa |
Spain |
8 |
18 |
Ho-Pin Tung |
China |
7 |
19 |
Luca Filippi |
Italy |
6 |
20 |
Yelmer Buurman |
Netherlands |
5 |
21 |
Adrian Valles |
Spain |
5 |
22 |
Diego Nunes |
Brazil |
3 |
23 |
Sakon Yamamoto |
Japan |
3 |
24 |
Ben Hanley |
United Kingdom |
1 |
25 |
Adam Carroll |
United Kingdom |
1 |
26 |
Alberto Valerio |
Brazil |
0 |
27 |
Christian Bakkerud |
Denmark |
0 |
28 |
Marko Asmer |
Estonia |
0 |
29 |
Carlos Iaconelli |
Brazil |
0 |
30 |
Michael Herck |
Romania |
0 |
31 |
Giacomo Ricci |
Italy |
0 |
32 |
Milos Pavlovic |
Serbia |
0 |
33 |
Marcello Puglisi |
Italy |
0 |
34 |
Paolo Maria Nocera |
Italy |
0 |
Teams’ Standings
Pos |
Team |
Country |
Points |
1 |
Campos |
Spain |
103 |
2 |
iSport |
United Kingdom |
95 |
3 |
Piquet |
Brazil |
92 |
4 |
Racing Engineering |
Spain |
84 |
5 |
ART |
France |
70 |
6 |
Arden |
Netherlands |
56 |
7 |
Super Nova |
United Kingdom |
47 |
8 |
DAMS |
France |
31 |
9 |
Trident |
Italy |
27 |
10 |
Fisichella Motor Sport |
Italy |
15 |
11 |
Durango |
Italy |
11 |
12 |
BCN |
Spain |
5 |
13 |
David Price Racing |
United Kingdom |
4 |