2008 ADAC Formel Masters

The 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season was the first season of the open wheel racing series from Germany. The ADAC Formel Masters is a new continental series for junior drivers powered by Volkswagen,^[1] a 1.6-litre FSI engine delivering 145 hp (108 kW) will power the single-seaters made by the Italian manufacturer Dallara.

The season started on May 9, 2008, at the Oschersleben and ended on October 26 at Hockenheim with the win of the Portuguese driver Armando Parente.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by Volkswagen engines, and Dallara Formulino chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
rhino's Leipert Motorsport	2	Ferdinand Stuck	All
rhino's Leipert Motorsport	3	Christian Wangard	All
Mücke Motorsport	4	Willi Steindl	All
Mücke Motorsport	5	Philip Wulbusch	All
Team Abt Sportsline	6	Daniel Abt	All
Team Abt Sportsline	7	Markus Pommer	All
Eifelland Racing	8	Burkhard Maring	All
Team KUG Motorsport	9	Dennis Vollmair	1–5, 8
Brückner Motorsport	11	Kevin Friesacher	All
Brückner Motorsport	12	Otto Birznieks	All
Zettl Motorsport	14	Michael Zettl	1–2
	15	Denni Ranginger	1–2
	31	Philipp Frommenwiler	8
Van Amersfoort Racing	16	Emma Kimiläinen	All
Van Amersfoort Racing	17	Kevin Magnussen	2–3, 8
URD Rennsport	18	Nico Monien	All
URD Rennsport	19	Armando Parente	All
Team Mayer	20	Maximilian Mayer	All
Maassen Motorsport	21	Sascha Steinhardt	All
Neuhauser Racing	22	Richard Cvörnjek	All
Neuhauser Racing	23	Klaus Bachler	All
ma-con Motorsport	24	Marco Sørensen	5–8
	25	Ashwin Sundar	1–7
	28	Liam Kenney	8
GU-Racing International	26	Valerij Bercha	1
GU-Racing International	27	Johann Ledermair	All
Buchbinder by emotional engineering	30	Freddie Hunt	8

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Oschersleben	10 May	Klaus Bachler	Willi Steindl	Willi Steindl	Mücke Motorsport	ADAC Master Weekend
1	R2	Oschersleben	11 May	Willi Steindl	Willi Steindl	Willi Steindl	Mücke Motorsport	ADAC Master Weekend
2	R1	Nürburgring	24 May	Sascha Steinhardt	Kevin Magnussen	Burkard Maring	Eifelland Racing	24 Hours Nürburgring
2	R2	Nürburgring	24 May	Burkard Maring	Burkard Maring	Burkard Maring	Eifelland Racing	24 Hours Nürburgring
3	R1	TT Circuit Assen	19 July	Armando Parente	Klaus Bachler	Klaus Bachler	Neuhauser Racing	Dutch Truck Grand Prix
3	R2	TT Circuit Assen	20 July	Kevin Magnussen	Nico Monien	Nico Monien	URD Rennsport	Dutch Truck Grand Prix
4	R1	Nürburgring	16 August	Daniel Abt	Emma Kimiläinen	Markus Pommer	Team Abt Sportsline	1000 km Nürburgring
4	R2	Nürburgring	17 August	Markus Pommer	Armando Parente	Kevin Friesacher	Brückner Motorsport	1000 km Nürburgring
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	6 September	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	Kevin Friesacher	Brückner Motorsport	ADAC GT Masters
5	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	7 September	Marco Sørensen	Daniel Abt	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport	ADAC GT Masters
6	R1	Sachsenring	20 September	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	Armando Parente	URD Rennsport	ADAC Master Weekend
6	R2	Sachsenring	21 September	Marco Sørensen	Nico Monien	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport	ADAC Master Weekend
7	R1	Oschersleben	11 October	Nico Monien	Nico Monien	Nico Monien	URD Rennsport	ADAC Master Weekend
7	R2	Oschersleben	12 October	Armando Parente	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport	ADAC Master Weekend
8	R1	Hockenheim	25 October	Marco Sørensen	Klaus Bachler	Marco Sørensen	ma-con Motorsport	DTM
8	R2	Hockenheim	26 October	Armando Parente	Klaus Bachler	Klaus Bachler	Neuhauser Racing	DTM

Championship standings

Drivers'

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	3

Pos	Driver	OSC		NÜR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		OSC		HOC		Pts
1	Armando Parente	5	9	4	4	2	3	14	2	6	2	1	4	3	3	14	2	171
2	Nico Monien	12	6	6	6	4	1	3	3	12	3	4	6	1	2	11	13	141
3	Klaus Bachler	4	2	3	Ret	1	5	6	11	Ret	5	6	3	8	6	3	1	141
4	Marco Sørensen									2	1	14	1	2	1	1	14	125
5	Markus Pommer	3	3	5	9	6	Ret	1	15	Ret	9	3	7	5	7	2	Ret	108
6	Philip Wulbusch	2	5	NC	3	3	13	18	5	4	10	11	2	4	5	13	5	107
7	Burkard Maring	7	16	1	1	5	6	5	7	7	13	Ret	11	10	9	6	3	98
8	Daniel Abt	17	8	9	20	7	8	2	Ret	3	4	2	Ret	7	4	4	Ret	91
9	Kevin Friesacher	11	14	7	17	8	4	9	1	1	8	7	5	10	8	16	6	84
10	Emma Kimiläinen	6	4	8	18	Ret	2	4	Ret	5	6	Ret	12	6	9	Ret	4	76
11	Willi Steindl	1	1	Ret	Ret	14	14	17	Ret	8	11	5	10	12	Ret	12	Ret	55
12	Kevin Magnussen			2	2	DSQ	DSQ									Ret	Ret	30
13	Christian Wangard	9	17	Ret	7	9	11	15	9	9	16	Ret	8	13	11	5	7	27
14	Dennis Vollmair	Ret	11	10	5	11	7	12	4	DNS	DNS					Ret	Ret	23
15	Sascha Steinhardt	10	10	Ret	19	18	15	8	8	14	19	8	9	14	Ret	18	8	19
16	Richard Cvörnjek	8	7	Ret	12	16	10	10	12	10	17	10	16	11	15	9	DNS	13
17	Johann Ledermair	Ret	12	11	8	12	9	7	16	11	15	13	15	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	9
18	Otto Birznieks	15	15	Ret	13	15	12	19	6	15	14	12	18	15	14	17	10	7
19	Ferdinand Stuck	Ret	19	12	11	10	Ret	16	13	DNS	7	Ret	14	18	Ret	Ret	9	7
20	Liam Kenney															7	DNS	4
21	Maximilian Mayer	13	21	Ret	10	17	16	11	14	Ret	18	Ret	17	17	16	8	11	4
22	Ashwin Sundar	Ret	13	Ret	14	13	Ret	13	10	13	12	9	13	16	13			3
23	Philipp Frommenwiler															10	DNS	1
	Freddie Hunt															15	12	0
	Danny Reininger	16	22	14	16													0
	Michael Zettl	DNS	18	13	15													0
	Valerij Bercha	14	20															0
Pos	Driver	OSC		NÜR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		OSC		HOC		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
W - Wet Race

Teams'

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Team	OSC		NÜR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		OSC		HOC		Pts
1	URD Motorsport	4	5	4	4	2	1	2	2	6	2	1	4	1	2	8	2	207
2	Neuhauser Racing	3	2	3	10	1	4	5	9	9	4	4	3	6	5	3	1	160
3	Team Abt Sportsline	2	3	5	8	6	7	1	11	3	3	2	6	4	3	2	Ret	152
4	Mücke Motorsport	1	1	Ret	3	4	10	13	4	4	8	3	2	3	4	9	5	147
5	ma-con Motorsport	Ret	9	Ret	12	11	Ret	11	7	2	1	7	1	2	1	1	11	120
6	Eifelland-Racing	6	11	1	1	5	5	4	5	7	9	Ret	9	7	8	5	3	117
7	Van Amersfoort Racing	5	4	2	2	3	2	3	Ret	5	5	Ret	10	5	7	Ret	4	114
8	Brückner Motorsport	9	10	6	11	7	3	8	1	1	7	5	5	8	6	11	6	105
9	Team rhino's Leipert	7	12	9	6	8	9	12	7	8	6	Ret	7	9	9	4	7	53
10	Team KUG Motorsport	Ret	7	7	5	9	6	10	3	DNS	DNS					Ret	Ret	38
11	Maassen Motorsport	8	6	Ret	14	13	11	7	6	11	12	6	8	10	Ret	12	8	32
12	GU-Racing International	11	8	8	7	10	8	6	12	10	10	8	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	27
13	Team Mayer	10	14	Ret	9	12	12	9	10	Ret	11	Ret	12	11	11	6	9	14
14	Zettl Motorsport	12	13	10	13											7	DNS	5
15	Buchbinder by emotional engineering															10	10	2
Pos	Team	OSC		NÜR		ASS		NÜR		LAU		SAC		OSC		HOC		Pts

References

^ "New ADAC Formula Series "powered by Volkswagen"". volkswagen-motorsport.com. Volkswagen. 2007-11-30. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
^ Maggy Parries (2008-10-26). "Armando Parente erster Champion der "Formel ADAC"". automobilsport.com (in German). automobilsport. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-14.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Official Website (in German)
ADAC Masters Weekend^{[permanent dead link]} (in German)

[1] "New ADAC Formula Series "powered by Volkswagen"". volkswagen-motorsport.com. Volkswagen. 2007-11-30. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2008-05-21.

[2] Maggy Parries (2008-10-26). "Armando Parente erster Champion der "Formel ADAC"". automobilsport.com (in German). automobilsport. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-14.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[1]

[2]