2008 Formula BMW Europe season

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 Gutiérrez became the first Formula BMW Europe champion.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Double R Racing	2	Carlos Huertas		All
	3	Michael Christensen	R	All
	4	Rupert Svendsen-Cook		All
Josef Kaufmann Racing	5	Marco Wittmann		All
	6	Kazeem Manzur	R	All
	7	Esteban Gutiérrez		All
Motaworld Racing	8	Thomas Hilldson	R	All
	9	Mathijs Harkema		All
	10	Asad Rahman	R	All
EuroInternational	11	Daniel Juncadella		All
	12	Facundo Regalia^{[N 1]}	R	All
	14	Giancarlo Vilarinho	R	1, 3, 8
		Ricardo Favoretto		2
		Alexander Rossi		4
		Marlon Stöckinger		5–7
Fortec Motorsport	15	Doru Sechelariu		All
	16	William Buller		All
	17	Ramón Piñeiro	R	All
FMS International	18	Pedro Bianchini		All
	19	Mihai Marinescu		All
	20	Oliver Millroy	R	All
Mücke Motorsport	21	Juan Cevallos		1–5
	22	David Mengesdorf	R	All
	23	Anthony Comas		1–2
		Velibor Jovanovic	R	3
		Philipp Eng		4–5, 7
		Sami Favre		6
AM-Holzer Rennsport	24	Bastian Graber		1–3, 5
	25	Jazeman Jaafar		All
	26	Melvin Moh		1
	26	Kyle Mitchell		5, 6
Eifelland Racing	27	Adrien Tambay		All
	28	Tiago Geronimi		All
	29	Henrique Martins	R	All
DAMS	30	Kévin Breysse		All
	31	Jim Pla		All
	32	Jordan Williams		1, 3
		Joel Volluz		4, 8
		Simon Moss		7

Icon	Class
R	Rookie Cup

Calendar edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	26 April	Adrien Tambay	David Mengesdorf	Adrien Tambay	Eifelland Racing	Report
1	R2	Circuit de Catalunya	27 April	Adrien Tambay	Marco Wittmann	Adrien Tambay	Eifelland Racing	Report
2	R1	Circuit Zolder	31 May	Daniel Juncadella	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
2	R2	Circuit Zolder	1 June	Daniel Juncadella	Michael Christensen	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	5 July	Ramón Piñeiro	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit	6 July	Ramón Piñeiro	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
4	R1	Hockenheimring	19 July	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
4	R2	Hockenheimring	20 July	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
5	R1	Hungaroring	3 August	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	EuroInternational	Report
5	R2	Hungaroring	4 August	Daniel Juncadella	Esteban Gutiérrez	Daniel Juncadella	EuroInternational	Report
6	R1	Valencia Street Circuit	23 August	Kévin Breysse	Esteban Gutiérrez	Tiago Geronimi	Eifelland Racing	Report
6	R2	Valencia Street Circuit	24 August	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Esteban Gutiérrez	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Report
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 September	Marco Wittmann	Ramón Piñeiro	Marco Wittmann	Eifelland Racing	Report
7	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 September	Tiago Geronimi	Kévin Breysse	Kévin Breysse	DAMS	Report
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	Carlos Huertas	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Tiago Geronimi	Eifelland Racing	Report
8	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	14 September	Carlos Huertas	William Buller	Tiago Geronimi	Eifelland Racing	Report

Results edit

Drivers 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		ZOL		SIL		HOC		HUN		VSC		SPA		MNZ		Pts
1	Esteban Gutiérrez	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	2	1	17	8	4	3	353
2	Marco Wittmann	4	5	3	2	5	5	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	6	3	2	327
3	Adrien Tambay	1	1	8	3	3	3	2	2	Ret	4	Ret	4	3	2	18	Ret	260
4	Daniel Juncadella	2	3	2	6	8	7	6	4	1	1	Ret	5	10	7	Ret	17	237
5	Tiago Geronimi	11	Ret	13	15	27	27†	25	19	6	6	1	6	2	3	1	1	187
6	Michael Christensen	Ret	6	DNS	20	2	8	7	26	5	5	9	8	7	10	6	6	158
7	Pedro Bianchini	6	11	12	7	4	2	8	6	16	16	4	17	5	19	9	Ret	145
8	Kévin Breysse	10	4	9	13	23	Ret	14	5	3	9	21†	3	13	1	Ret	Ret	136
9	Carlos Huertas	9	7	6	5	6	16	19	18	12	11	20	13	15	5	2	5	136
10	David Mengesdorf	DSQ	8	5	4	15	6	12	21	7	7	7	11	6	18	13	Ret	124
11	Mihai Marinescu	7	10	7	10	7	4	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	11	13	7	16	118
12	William Buller	8	16	10	9	Ret	21	17	11	4	8	8	9	25†	Ret	11	10	87
13	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	17	12	11	8	9	9	13	14	14	19	13	16	12	11	5	9	81
14	Jazeman Jaafar	5	24	16	19	17	12	4	7	8	10	Ret	26	20	16	15	Ret	67
15	Doru Sechelariu	12	23	4	11	11	15	26	20	11	12	Ret	20	24†	9	16	7	64
16	Facundo Regalia	Ret	DNS	21	21	12	24	15	13	9	20	6	7	16	15	8	15	60
17	Jim Pla	15	Ret	17	16	19	17	21	17	18	24	19	18	9	4	10	4	54
18	Kazeem Manzur	13	13	24	23	10	11	9	27†	15	14	Ret	10	14	Ret	Ret	8	47
19	Henrique Martins	14	15	15	14	13	19	11	15	19	13	5	25	23	Ret	17	Ret	38
20	Ramón Piñeiro	25	9	22	12	21	18	24†	24	10	17	17	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	14	37
21	Oliver Millroy	16	Ret	18	17	24	10	Ret	9	Ret	22	11	15	19	Ret	Ret	DNS	20
22	Mathijs Harkema	21	21	Ret	Ret	16	13	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	12	12	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	20
23	Thomas Hillsdon	19	19	Ret	24	18	14	16	16	17	15	10	22	18	14	Ret	12	19
24	Jordan Williams	23	14			14	23											4
25	Juan Cevallos	22	Ret	26	26	22	Ret	20	22	13	26							3
26	Bastian Graber	18	20	20	22	26	22			23†	DNS	14	21					2
27	Anthony Comas	Ret	17	19	25													0
28	Asad Rahman	24	25	25	27	25	25	23	25	22	25	18	27	Ret	21	19	Ret	0
29	Kyle Mitchell									20	21	Ret	19					0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Philipp Eng							18	12	Ret	18			4	12			0
	Alexander Rossi							22	10									0
	Joel Volluz							Ret	23							Ret	11	0
	Giancarlo Vilarinho	20	18			20	20									12	13	0
	Ricardo Favoretto			14	18													0
	Marlon Stöckinger									21	23	15	23	20	21			0
	Sami Favre											16	24					0
	Simon Moss													22	17			0
	Melvin Moh	Ret	22															0
	Velibor Jovanovic					Ret	26											0
Pos	Driver	CAT		ZOL		SIL		HOC		HUN		VSC		SPA		MNZ		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 edit

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	723
2	Eifelland Racing	481
3	Double R Racing	374
4	EuroInternational	293
5	FMS International	283
6	DAMS	193
7	Fortec Motorsport	186
8	Mücke Motorsport	127
9	AM-Holzer Rennsport	69
10	Motaworld Racing	39

Notes 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 edit

BMW-Motorsport.com

[3] Regalia is an Argentine driver who raced this year under Spanish racing license.

[1] "Formula BMW Germany/UK team up". racecar.com. 2007-06-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.

[2] "2008 winner's profile – Esteban Gutierrez". motorsport.com. 2008-09-14. Archived from the original on 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

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