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.[1]
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.
^Regalia is an Argentine driver who raced this year under Spanish racing license.
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^. racecar.com. 2007-06-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
^. motorsport.com. 2008-09-14. Archived from the original on 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
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2008, formula, europe, season, previous, none, next, 2009, first, season, open, wheel, racing, series, that, resulted, merging, formula, germany, formula, championships, formula, europe, continental, series, junior, drivers, whose, mission, develop, talented, . 2008 Formula BMW Europe season Previous none Next 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 1 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 Gutierrez became the first Formula BMW Europe champion 2 Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Calendar 3 Results 3 1 Drivers 4 Teams 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksTeams and drivers editAll cars are powered by BMW engines and Mygale FB02 chassis Guest drivers in italics Team No Driver Class Rounds nbsp Double R Racing 2 nbsp Carlos Huertas All 3 nbsp Michael Christensen R All 4 nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook All nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 nbsp Marco Wittmann All 6 nbsp Kazeem Manzur R All 7 nbsp Esteban Gutierrez All nbsp Motaworld Racing 8 nbsp Thomas Hilldson R All 9 nbsp Mathijs Harkema All 10 nbsp Asad Rahman R All nbsp EuroInternational 11 nbsp Daniel Juncadella All 12 nbsp Facundo Regalia N 1 R All 14 nbsp Giancarlo Vilarinho R 1 3 8 nbsp Ricardo Favoretto 2 nbsp Alexander Rossi 4 nbsp Marlon Stockinger 5 7 nbsp Fortec Motorsport 15 nbsp Doru Sechelariu All 16 nbsp William Buller All 17 nbsp Ramon Pineiro R All nbsp FMS International 18 nbsp Pedro Bianchini All 19 nbsp Mihai Marinescu All 20 nbsp Oliver Millroy R All nbsp Mucke Motorsport 21 nbsp Juan Cevallos 1 5 22 nbsp David Mengesdorf R All 23 nbsp Anthony Comas 1 2 nbsp Velibor Jovanovic R 3 nbsp Philipp Eng 4 5 7 nbsp Sami Favre 6 nbsp AM Holzer Rennsport 24 nbsp Bastian Graber 1 3 5 25 nbsp Jazeman Jaafar All 26 nbsp Melvin Moh 1 nbsp Kyle Mitchell 5 6 nbsp Eifelland Racing 27 nbsp Adrien Tambay All 28 nbsp Tiago Geronimi All 29 nbsp Henrique Martins R All nbsp DAMS 30 nbsp Kevin Breysse All 31 nbsp Jim Pla All 32 nbsp Jordan Williams 1 3 nbsp Joel Volluz 4 8 nbsp Simon Moss 7 Icon Class R Rookie CupCalendar editRound Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 R1 nbsp Circuit de Catalunya 26 April nbsp Adrien Tambay nbsp David Mengesdorf nbsp Adrien Tambay nbsp Eifelland Racing Report R2 27 April nbsp Adrien Tambay nbsp Marco Wittmann nbsp Adrien Tambay nbsp Eifelland Racing 2 R1 nbsp Circuit Zolder 31 May nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing Report R2 1 June nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp Michael Christensen nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing 3 R1 nbsp Silverstone Circuit 5 July nbsp Ramon Pineiro nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing Report R2 6 July nbsp Ramon Pineiro nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing 4 R1 nbsp Hockenheimring 19 July nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing Report R2 20 July nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 R1 nbsp Hungaroring 3 August nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp EuroInternational Report R2 4 August nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp EuroInternational 6 R1 nbsp Valencia Street Circuit 23 August nbsp Kevin Breysse nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Tiago Geronimi nbsp Eifelland Racing Report R2 24 August nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Esteban Gutierrez nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing 7 R1 nbsp Circuit de Spa Francorchamps 6 September nbsp Marco Wittmann nbsp Ramon Pineiro nbsp Marco Wittmann nbsp Eifelland Racing Report R2 7 September nbsp Tiago Geronimi nbsp Kevin Breysse nbsp Kevin Breysse nbsp DAMS 8 R1 nbsp Autodromo Nazionale Monza 13 September nbsp Carlos Huertas nbsp Giancarlo Vilarinho nbsp Tiago Geronimi nbsp Eifelland Racing Report R2 14 September nbsp Carlos Huertas nbsp William Buller nbsp Tiago Geronimi nbsp Eifelland RacingResults editDrivers edit 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 CAT nbsp ZOL nbsp SIL nbsp HOC nbsp HUN nbsp VSC nbsp SPA nbsp MNZ nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Esteban Gutierrez 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 17 8 4 3 353 2 nbsp Marco Wittmann 4 5 3 2 5 5 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 6 3 2 327 3 nbsp Adrien Tambay 1 1 8 3 3 3 2 2 Ret 4 Ret 4 3 2 18 Ret 260 4 nbsp Daniel Juncadella 2 3 2 6 8 7 6 4 1 1 Ret 5 10 7 Ret 17 237 5 nbsp Tiago Geronimi 11 Ret 13 15 27 27 25 19 6 6 1 6 2 3 1 1 187 6 nbsp Michael Christensen Ret 6 DNS 20 2 8 7 26 5 5 9 8 7 10 6 6 158 7 nbsp Pedro Bianchini 6 11 12 7 4 2 8 6 16 16 4 17 5 19 9 Ret 145 8 nbsp Kevin Breysse 10 4 9 13 23 Ret 14 5 3 9 21 3 13 1 Ret Ret 136 9 nbsp Carlos Huertas 9 7 6 5 6 16 19 18 12 11 20 13 15 5 2 5 136 10 nbsp David Mengesdorf DSQ 8 5 4 15 6 12 21 7 7 7 11 6 18 13 Ret 124 11 nbsp Mihai Marinescu 7 10 7 10 7 4 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 13 7 16 118 12 nbsp William Buller 8 16 10 9 Ret 21 17 11 4 8 8 9 25 Ret 11 10 87 13 nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook 17 12 11 8 9 9 13 14 14 19 13 16 12 11 5 9 81 14 nbsp Jazeman Jaafar 5 24 16 19 17 12 4 7 8 10 Ret 26 20 16 15 Ret 67 15 nbsp Doru Sechelariu 12 23 4 11 11 15 26 20 11 12 Ret 20 24 9 16 7 64 16 nbsp Facundo Regalia Ret DNS 21 21 12 24 15 13 9 20 6 7 16 15 8 15 60 17 nbsp Jim Pla 15 Ret 17 16 19 17 21 17 18 24 19 18 9 4 10 4 54 18 nbsp Kazeem Manzur 13 13 24 23 10 11 9 27 15 14 Ret 10 14 Ret Ret 8 47 19 nbsp Henrique Martins 14 15 15 14 13 19 11 15 19 13 5 25 23 Ret 17 Ret 38 20 nbsp Ramon Pineiro 25 9 22 12 21 18 24 24 10 17 17 Ret 8 Ret Ret 14 37 21 nbsp Oliver Millroy 16 Ret 18 17 24 10 Ret 9 Ret 22 11 15 19 Ret Ret DNS 20 22 nbsp Mathijs Harkema 21 21 Ret Ret 16 13 10 Ret Ret DNS 12 12 Ret Ret 14 Ret 20 23 nbsp Thomas Hillsdon 19 19 Ret 24 18 14 16 16 17 15 10 22 18 14 Ret 12 19 24 nbsp Jordan Williams 23 14 14 23 4 25 nbsp Juan Cevallos 22 Ret 26 26 22 Ret 20 22 13 26 3 26 nbsp Bastian Graber 18 20 20 22 26 22 23 DNS 14 21 2 27 nbsp Anthony Comas Ret 17 19 25 0 28 nbsp Asad Rahman 24 25 25 27 25 25 23 25 22 25 18 27 Ret 21 19 Ret 0 29 nbsp Kyle Mitchell 20 21 Ret 19 0 guest drivers ineligible for points nbsp Philipp Eng 18 12 Ret 18 4 12 0 nbsp Alexander Rossi 22 10 0 nbsp Joel Volluz Ret 23 Ret 11 0 nbsp Giancarlo Vilarinho 20 18 20 20 12 13 0 nbsp Ricardo Favoretto 14 18 0 nbsp Marlon Stockinger 21 23 15 23 20 21 0 nbsp Sami Favre 16 24 0 nbsp Simon Moss 22 17 0 nbsp Melvin Moh Ret 22 0 nbsp Velibor Jovanovic Ret 26 0 Pos Driver CAT nbsp ZOL nbsp SIL nbsp HOC nbsp HUN nbsp VSC nbsp SPA nbsp MNZ 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 arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold Pole Italics Fastest Lap R Rookie Cup Drivers did not finish the race but were classified as they completed over 90 of the race distance Teams editPos Team Pts 1 nbsp Josef Kaufmann Racing 723 2 nbsp Eifelland Racing 481 3 nbsp Double R Racing 374 4 nbsp EuroInternational 293 5 nbsp FMS International 283 6 nbsp DAMS 193 7 nbsp Fortec Motorsport 186 8 nbsp Mucke Motorsport 127 9 nbsp AM Holzer Rennsport 69 10 nbsp Motaworld Racing 39Notes edit Regalia is an Argentine driver who raced this year under Spanish racing license References edit Formula BMW Germany UK team up racecar com 2007 06 29 Archived from the original on 2011 07 15 Retrieved 2008 05 03 2008 winner s profile Esteban Gutierrez motorsport com 2008 09 14 Archived from the original on 2008 11 17 Retrieved 2009 05 23 External links editBMW Motorsport com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Formula BMW Europe season amp oldid 1209641892, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
