2008 European Rally Championship

The 2008 European Rally Championship season was the 56th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Luca Rossetti won 4 of the 9 rallies to claim his first European rally championship title.

Calendar and winners edit

The calendar of the 2008 season consisted of only 9 events, after the ELPA Rally not taking place in that year. The remaining events were unchanged from the previous year.^[1]

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	4– 6 April	Istanbul Rally	Luca Rossetti
2	18–20 April	Rally 1000 Miglia	Luca Rossetti
3	22–24 May	Croatia Delta Rally	Luca Rossetti
4	6– 8 June	Rally Poland	Michał Sołowow
5	27–28 June	Ypres Rally	Luca Rossetti
6	11–13 July	Rally Bulgaria	Krum Donchev
7	1–2 August	Rally Vinho da Madeira	Giandomenico Basso
8	22–24 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Renato Travaglia
9	17–19 October	Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur	Michał Sołowow

Championship standings edit

For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.^[2]

Pos.	Driver										Points
1	Luca Rossetti	1	1			1		3	2	Ret	67
2	Michał Sołowow	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	3	4	3	1	65
3	Volkan Isik	5	Ret	3	3	Ret	2	5	5	2	54
4	Corrado Fontana		4	1	Ret	Ret	4			3	34
5	Krum Donchev	6	6	4	6		1		Ret	Ret	30
6	Luca Betti	Ret	7	5	4	4	5	6	4	Ret	29
7	Antonín Tlusťák		8	Ret		5	Ret		6	4	13
Not enough events to qualify for championship
	Renato Travaglia	3	2			Ret		2	1		(50)
	Giandomenico Basso	Ret	Ret			2		1	Ret		(32)
	Anton Alén	2				3			Ret		(22)
	Tomasz Czopik		Ret		2						(12)

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References edit

^ "Calendar". rally-erc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
^ "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.

External links edit

Official website Archived 2013-02-02 at archive.today

[1] "Calendar". rally-erc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.

[2] "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.

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