2008 Formula Palmer Audi season

2008 Formula Palmer Audi

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The 2008 Henderson Formula Palmer Audi motor-racing competition was the eleventh of its kind. It was contested over 20 races at eight circuits in the United Kingdom and Belgium between April and September. The overall winner was Jason Moore.

Championship

The 2008 Formula Palmer Audi Championship was very competitive, with seven winners through the season and a three-way championship battle going into the final round.

Jason Moore emerged as champion, but he was under intense pressure through much of the season from Tom Bradshaw and Jolyon Palmer. Moore made the best start to the season, winning three of the opening five races, with Richard Plant picking up a win in Round Two and Tom Bradshaw winning at Brands Hatch in Round Five. Moore also won in a triple-header at Spa-Francorchamps, although Jolyon Palmer scored an excellent victory in Round Six. Jack Clarke also scored a win in Round 10 at Oulton Park.

In the second half of the season Tom Bradshaw achieved four race wins, including a treble at Snetterton. Elsewhere Richard Keen made a superb albeit brief appearance in the championship, gaining two victories and one pole in three races.

In total there were 33 entrants. There were 20 rounds across eight race events, one of which took place out of the UK, at Spa-Francorchamps. The championship continued to support large international events at Brands Hatch such as A1 Grand Prix, the World Touring Car Championship and DTM.

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jason Moore	Olney Tyres and Exhausts	360	6	14	6
2	Tom Bradshaw	Accident Exchange	351	7	12	5
3	Jolyon Palmer	Comma Oil	338	1	11	3
4	Richard Plant	GW Price	275	1	5	1
5	Jack Clarke	KSS Design Group	264	2	7
6	Alex Brundle	Nasstar	240		3	1
7	Adam Foster (R)	NewNet	219
8	Daniel Brown (R)	Momo UK	187
9	Paul Rees (R)	emedia	177
10	Ivan Lukashevich(R)	Audi Russia	155		2
11	Max Snegirev	Audi Russia	137
12	Max Dmytrenko (R)	Sofiyskiy Fitness	134
13	William Zollo (R)	Hermanos Toledano	131
14	Emma Selway (R)	Relentless	130
15	Luc Paillard	Cult Energy Activator	118
16	Matt Hamilton	Sywell Leisure Sports	110	1	2	1
17	Dan Rozwadowski (R)	Buy A Watt	106
18	Russell Bolesworth	The Mirage	94
19	Richard Keen		66	2	3	1
20	Vibe Smed (R)	Copenhagen Sensor Tech	62
21	Robert Brown (R)	Momo UK	54
22	Jodie Hemming (R)		45
23=	Charles Hollings		34		1
23=	Damien Charveriat		34
25	Kenny Andrews		28
26	Nigel Reuben	Sywell Leisure	9
27	Joe Paterson		8
28=	Luca Orlandi		6
28=	Rachid Bouzouba		6
28=	Gilles Vannelet		6
28=	Giuseppe Cipriani		6
32	Ludovico Manfredi		3
33	Mark Powell	Fujitsu	2

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Laps	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	13 April	Donington Park GP	14	Paul Rees	Jason Moore	Jason Moore
2			14	Tom Bradshaw	Jason Moore	Richard Plant
3			13		Jason Moore	Jason Moore
4	4 May	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix)	16	Jason Moore	Tom Bradshaw	Jason Moore
5			16	Alex Brundle	Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw
6	18 May	Spa-Francorchamps	9	Tom Bradshaw	Ivan Lukashevich	Jolyon Palmer
7			9	Jason Moore	Jolyon Palmer	Jason Moore
8			9		Ivan Lukashevich	Jason Moore
9	28 June	Oulton Park (International)	11	Tom Bradshaw	Jolyon Palmer	Tom Bradshaw
10			14	Tom Bradshaw	Jack Clarke	Jack Clarke
11	27 July	Brands Hatch (International)	16	Jolyon Palmer	Jason Moore	Jason Moore
12			16	Jolyon Palmer	Jack Clarke	Jack Clarke
13	17 August	Snetterton	18	Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw
14			18	Jason Moore	Jack Clarke	Tom Bradshaw
15			18		Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw
16	31 August	Brands Hatch (Indy)	30	Jolyon Palmer	Jolyon Palmer	Tom Bradshaw
17			30	Richard Keen	Jason Moore	Richard Keen
18			30	Jason Moore	Richard Keen	Richard Keen
19	19 September	Silverstone	17	Matt Hamilton	Matt Hamilton	Matt Hamilton
20			17	Matt Hamilton	Matt Hamilton	Tom Bradshaw