The 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.
T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
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Contents 1 Drivers and teams 1 1 Driver changes 2 Calendar 3 Standings 4 References 5 External linksDrivers and teams editTeam Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class nbsp Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1 nbsp Max Chilton All 2 nbsp Walter Grubmuller All nbsp Carlin Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 3 nbsp Brendon Hartley All 4 nbsp Jaime Alguersuari All 17 nbsp Oliver Turvey All 18 nbsp Sam Abay All nbsp Nexa Racing Dallara F308 Mugen Honda 5 nbsp Viktor Jensen 2 7 nbsp Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 6 nbsp Henry Arundel All 24 nbsp John Martin All 25 nbsp Alistair Jackson 1 2 nbsp Clemente de Faria Jr 9 26 nbsp Atte Mustonen All nbsp Fortec Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 7 nbsp Sebastian Hohenthal 1 8 nbsp Dean Smith 11 8 nbsp Marcus Ericsson All 14 nbsp Philip Major All nbsp T Sport Dallara F308 Mugen Honda 9 nbsp Sergio Perez All nbsp Ultimate Motorsport Mygale M 08F3 Mercedes 11 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri 1 3 10 nbsp Alistair Jackson 4 9 12 nbsp Ricardo Teixeira 1 10 13 nbsp Michael Devaney 1 4 16 5 10 nbsp Eurotek Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 15 nbsp Oliver Oakes 2 8 nbsp JTR with Marshall Westland Mygale M 08F3 Mercedes HWA 28 nbsp Nick Tandy 1 9 11 National Class nbsp Carlin Motorsport Dallara F305 Mugen Honda 42 nbsp Henry Surtees 11 43 nbsp Adriano Buzaid 11 54 nbsp Kristjan Einar 1 10 56 nbsp Andrew Meyrick 1 6 nbsp Martin O Connell 7 nbsp Fluid Motorsport Dallara F307 Mugen Honda 50 nbsp Jay Bridger All 51 nbsp Stefan Wilson All nbsp C F Racing Dallara F306 Mugen Honda 52 nbsp Hywel Lloyd All nbsp T Sport Dallara F306 Mugen Honda 53 nbsp Steven Guerrero All 57 nbsp Salman Al Khalifa 1 10 nbsp Callum MacLeod 11 nbsp Nexa Racing Dallara F306 Mugen Honda 55 nbsp Craig Reiff 1 4 8 9 nbsp Team Loctite Dallara F306 Mugen Honda 58 nbsp Niall Quinn 1 2 4 59 nbsp Jordan Williams 5 7 nbsp Litespeed F3 SLC R1 Mugen Honda 60 nbsp Callum MacLeod 5 61 nbsp Jonathan Legris 7 9 11 Invitation Entries nbsp Ombra Racing Dallara F308 Mugen Honda 71 nbsp Matteo Chinosi 3 72 nbsp Federico Leo 3 nbsp HBR Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 73 nbsp Daniel Campos Hull 8 74 nbsp Basil Shaaban 8 nbsp Cesario Formula Dallara F308 Mugen Honda 84 nbsp Clemente de Faria Jr 11 nbsp Eurotek Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 85 nbsp Oliver Oakes 9 11 Driver changes edit Following the departure of Marko Asmer who joined BMW Sauber as the team s test driver Hitech Racing brought in 16 year old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian s replacement Austrian Walter Grubmuller remains with the team Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari Brit Oliver Turvey who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain and Australian Sam Abay also a race winner but at Formula BMW level take the remaining seats in the Championship Class Unlike the previous year Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level Kristjan Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them Raikkonen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats Both Mansell brothers Greg and Leo left the team at the end of 2007 They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team T Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Perez who has been promoted to Championship class Steven Guerrero and Salman Al Khalifa the latter having experience in the championship take up T Sport s vacant national class seats Ultimate Motorsport the only team to use the Mygale chassis retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing Calendar editRound Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National Class Winner 1 nbsp Oulton Park 24 March nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp John Martin nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Andrew Meyrick 2 nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Andrew Meyrick 3 nbsp Croft 27 April nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp Max Chilton nbsp Sergio Perez nbsp T Sport nbsp Andrew Meyrick 4 nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Sergio Perez nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Andrew Meyrick 5 nbsp Monza 17 May nbsp Matteo Chinosi nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Sergio Perez nbsp T Sport nbsp Hywel Lloyd 6 18 May nbsp Max Chilton nbsp Esteban Guerrieri nbsp Sergio Perez nbsp T Sport nbsp Jay Bridger 7 nbsp Rockingham 26 May nbsp Max Chilton nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Atte Mustonen nbsp Raikkonen Robertson Racing nbsp Andrew Meyrick 8 nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Sebastian Hohenthal nbsp Fortec Motorsport nbsp Andrew Meyrick 9 nbsp Snetterton 8 June nbsp Michael Devaney nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp Michael Devaney nbsp Ultimate Motorsport nbsp Jay Bridger 10 nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Michael Devaney nbsp Ultimate Motorsport nbsp Stefan Wilson 11 nbsp Thruxton 29 June nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Andrew Meyrick 12 nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Steven Guerrero 13 nbsp Brands Hatch 13 July nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Jay Bridger 14 nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp Sergio Perez nbsp T Sport nbsp Steven Guerrero 15 nbsp Spa Francorchamps 1 August nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Stefan Wilson 16 2 August nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Jay Bridger 17 nbsp Silverstone 16 August nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Stefan Wilson 18 nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Hywel Lloyd 19 nbsp Bucharest 23 August nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Salman Al Khalifa 20 24 August nbsp Oliver Turvey nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Stefan Wilson 21 nbsp Donington Park 12 October nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Henry Surtees 22 nbsp Oliver Oakes nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Jaime Alguersuari nbsp Carlin Motorsport nbsp Jay BridgerStandings editPos Driver OUL nbsp CRO nbsp MOZ nbsp ROC nbsp SNE nbsp THR nbsp BRH nbsp SPA nbsp SIL nbsp BUC nbsp DON nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Jaime Alguersuari Ret 1 6 5 12 6 3 2 2 3 Ret 3 1 4 3 4 5 6 3 1 1 1 251 2 nbsp Oliver Turvey 1 12 8 3 3 13 6 9 4 5 3 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 3 Ret 234 3 nbsp Brendon Hartley Ret 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 10 8 3 Ret 1 1 8 Ret 2 1 2 9 1 3 2 Ret 208 4 nbsp Sergio Perez 7 13 1 2 1 1 5 13 Ret 4 7 4 4 1 6 2 4 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 195 5 nbsp Marcus Ericsson 6 2 5 Ret 7 7 2 10 6 8 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 3 2 11 12 8 7 141 6 nbsp Atte Mustonen 3 7 4 4 Ret 3 1 4 8 6 6 Ret 3 2 10 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 7 18 138 7 nbsp Sebastian Hohenthal 8 3 2 7 Ret Ret 7 1 5 2 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 8 105 8 nbsp Michael Devaney 4 8 16 Ret Ret 10 12 5 1 1 9 5 10 9 8 Ret 11 8 10 5 91 9 nbsp Nick Tandy NC Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 14 6 7 22 8 Ret 7 5 23 3 9 3 6 2 86 10 nbsp Max Chilton 2 14 22 10 Ret 4 4 3 16 7 14 12 Ret 10 17 10 7 10 6 16 21 11 72 11 nbsp Sam Abay 10 11 10 Ret 6 11 8 11 10 21 4 9 12 7 4 21 8 Ret 5 8 5 5 71 12 nbsp Esteban Guerrieri 5 6 3 Ret 16 2 4 4 63 13 nbsp John Martin 11 Ret 9 21 5 9 11 14 12 11 17 7 9 18 5 Ret 6 7 8 Ret 12 12 45 14 nbsp Walter Grubmuller Ret 5 14 11 4 Ret 9 12 9 9 11 11 6 8 9 Ret 13 11 9 6 Ret 20 44 15 nbsp Henry Arundel 9 10 11 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 20 11 12 7 12 15 Ret 15 11 10 21 16 nbsp Dean Smith 4 4 20 17 nbsp Alistair Jackson 13 9 7 9 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 19 14 Ret 9 18 nbsp Philip Major 16 22 Ret 20 9 Ret 20 Ret 19 14 16 10 11 13 20 9 16 12 Ret Ret 20 17 8 19 nbsp Oliver Oakes 12 Ret 13 11 22 14 14 7 13 6 1 20 nbsp Viktor Jensen 17 15 13 Ret 21 18 20 Ret 22 17 19 16 1 21 nbsp Ricardo Teixeira 14 17 Ret Ret DSQ 17 15 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret Ret 0 22 nbsp Clemente de Faria Jr 20 18 16 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points nbsp Daniel Campos Hull Ret 6 0 nbsp Matteo Chinosi 8 8 0 nbsp Federico Leo 14 Ret 0 nbsp Basil Shaaban Ret 15 0 National Class 1 nbsp Jay Bridger 15 19 15 14 Ret 12 19 16 11 13 13 14 14 15 16 12 17 17 15 11 10 8 322 2 nbsp Steven Guerrero 20 25 18 16 Ret 16 Ret 17 15 16 15 13 16 12 18 13 19 20 Ret 14 17 13 211 3 nbsp Hywel Lloyd 17 20 Ret 13 10 14 22 19 NC 15 19 Ret 22 20 19 16 18 16 13 10 18 16 207 4 nbsp Stefan Wilson 21 23 19 18 11 Ret 18 21 17 10 21 Ret 18 17 14 17 15 Ret Ret 9 15 15 194 5 nbsp Andrew Meyrick 12 15 13 8 Ret Ret 16 7 14 Ret 12 15 174 6 nbsp Salman Al Khalifa Ret 16 24 12 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 18 23 Ret 17 14 15 14 21 19 12 13 169 7 nbsp Kristjan Einar 19 21 20 17 Ret 15 Ret 20 21 17 18 18 24 22 21 Ret 24 23 Ret Ret 101 8 nbsp Craig Reiff 22 24 23 19 15 Ret 24 Ret 22 20 23 22 51 9 nbsp Jonathan Legris 16 19 Ret 21 20 21 38 10 nbsp Niall Quinn 18 18 21 Ret 23 22 38 11 nbsp Henry Surtees 9 9 35 12 nbsp Jordan Williams Ret 20 20 19 23 21 25 13 nbsp Adriano Buzaid 14 14 22 14 nbsp Callum MacLeod 22 Ret 19 Ret 9 15 nbsp Martin O Connell 21 Ret 6 Pos Driver OUL nbsp CRO nbsp MOZ nbsp ROC nbsp SNE nbsp THR nbsp BRH nbsp SPA nbsp SIL nbsp BUC nbsp DON nbsp Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not 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