The 2008 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 16th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2008 Formula One season. It travelled to ten circuits across Europe and also a double-header in Bahrain.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Lechner Racing Bahrain 1   Alessandro Zampedri 1–3, 5–11
2   Štefan Rosina All
  Tolimit 3   Nicolas Armindo 1–8
  Jan Seyffarth 9-11
4   Jocke Mangs 1–9
  Robert Cregan 10–11
31   Sam Hancock 5
  SPS Automotive 5   Uwe Alzen 1–5
  Marc Benz 6–11
6 4
  Nemunas Dagilis 1–3, 5–6
  Lance David Arnold 7–11
  Bleekemolen Race Planet 7   Sebastiaan Bleekemolen All
8   Tim Buijs All
  Jetstream Motorsport 9   Lucas Guerrero 1–9
  Richard Williams 10
  Alx Danielsson 11
10   Jeroen Bleekemolen All
  Racing Team Jetstream 11   Pedro Petiz All
12   Alejandro Núñez 1
  Mike Verschuur 2–3
  Michael Bleekemolen 4, 8–11
  Phil Quaife 5
  James Pickford 6
  Mikael Forsten 7
  Veltins MRS Racing 14   René Rast 1–5, 7–11
  James Sutton 6
15   Norbert Siedler All
33   Will Langhorne 7–11
  Schnabl Engineering 16   Darryl O'Young 1–4, 6, 8–11
  Keita Sawa 5, 7
17   Jiří Janák 1–7
  Jörg Hardt 8–11
  HSF Porsche Eindhoven 18   Simon Frederiks 1–9, 11
  Gosse Stielstra 10
19   Paul van Splunteren 1–7, 9–11
  Mike Verschuur 8
  SAS Lechner Racing 20   Damien Faulkner All
21   Danny Watts All
  Konrad Motorsport 22   Sean Edwards All
23   Jan Seyffarth 1–8
  Jiří Janák 9–10
  Nicolas Armindo 11
  DAMAC Kadach Racing 24   Christian Mamerow All
25   Jaap van Lagen All
  IRWIN Racing 26   David Saelens All
27   Patrick Huisman All
  UPS Porsche Junior Team 28   Martin Ragginger 2, 6–8, 10–11
29   Marco Holzer 2, 6–8, 10–11
  Porsche Cars Great Britain 31   Sam Hancock 6
32   Tim Harvey 6
  Centro Porsche Padova 34   Andrea Boldrini 10
35   Stefano Comandini 10
  Porsche AG 40   António Coimbra 2
  Neel Jani 7
  Albert von Thurn and Taxis 11
Sources:[1][2]

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain 5 April   René Rast   David Saelens   Damien Faulkner   Walter Lechner Racing
R2 6 April   René Rast   Christian Mamerow   Christian Mamerow   DAMAC Kadach Racing
2 R   Circuit de Catalunya Spain 27 April   Jan Seyffarth   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Jan Seyffarth   Konrad Motorsport
3 R   Istanbul Park Turkey 11 May   Christian Mamerow   Jaap van Lagen   Jaap van Lagen   DAMAC Kadach Racing
4 R   Circuit de Monaco Monaco 25 May   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Patrick Huisman   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Jetstream Motorsport
5 R   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours France 22 June   Nicolas Armindo   René Rast   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Jetstream Motorsport
6 R   Silverstone Circuit United Kingdom 6 July   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Sean Edwards   Sean Edwards   Konrad Motorsport
7 R   Hockenheimring Germany 20 July   Jaap van Lagen   Jaap van Lagen   Christian Mamerow   DAMAC Kadach Racing
8 R   Hungaroring Hungary 3 August   Damien Faulkner   Damien Faulkner   Damien Faulkner   Walter Lechner Racing
9 R   Valencia Street Circuit Spain 24 August   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Jörg Hardt   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Jetstream Motorsport
10 R   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium 7 September   René Rast   Jaap van Lagen   Sean Edwards   Konrad Motorsport
11 R   Autodromo Nazionale Monza Italy 14 September   René Rast   Jan Seyffarth   Nicolas Armindo   Konrad Motorsport
Sources:[2][3]

Championship standings

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Pole Ref
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 [4]
Pos Driver BHR
 
CAT
 
IST
 
MON
 
MAG
 
SIL
 
HOC
 
HUN
 
VAL
 
SPA
 
MZA
 
Points
1   Jeroen Bleekemolen 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 14 3 2 1 3 3 192
2   Damien Faulkner 1 10 9 5 2 Ret Ret 4 1 3 25† 12 121
3   Christian Mamerow 4 1 Ret 3 9 7 Ret 1 10 5 Ret 30† 100
4   Patrick Huisman 7 13 8 9 6 4 Ret 9 3 7 5 17 98
5   Sean Edwards 13 11 12 Ret 3 13 1 10 Ret 12 1 6 96
6   René Rast Ret 3 5 Ret 7 Ret 5 8 6 7 9 95
7   Jaap van Lagen 10 Ret 11 1 12 2 Ret 2 Ret Ret 2 19 94
8   Jan Seyffarth 3 5 1 2 8 8 Ret 16 17 16 10 29 93
9   Danny Watts 6 7 6 7 19 5 2 27 4 21† 26† 10 91
10   Štefan Rosina 23† 12 7 17 10 3 3 15 Ret 4 9 4 89
11   Nicolas Armindo 18 6 4 Ret 18 9 15 6 16 1 73
12   David Saelens 5 9 26 6 5 Ret Ret1 8 5 Ret 6 20 73
13   Uwe Alzen 8 4 10 4 4 6 67
14   Jörg Hardt 9 2 11 2 49
15   Alessandro Zampedri 11 15 Ret 11 DNS 12 9 Ret 12 20† 13 8 48
16   Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 12 8 13 10 17 20 5 18 14 Ret 17 25 44
17   Norbert Siedler 17 Ret DNS Ret 16 10 8 26 24 10 4 11 39
18   Jiří Janák 9 DNS 14 12 13 Ret Ret 11 13 8 36
19   Pedro Petiz 24† 14 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 13 8 24 5 32
20   Jocke Mangs 19 Ret 16 Ret 21 Ret 11 14 15 11 22
21   Lucas Guerrero 16 Ret 19 13 14 15 18 20 19 9 21
22   Lance David Arnold 13 7 14 Ret 7 16
23   Tim Buijs 21 19 21 Ret DNQ 17 13 19 22 Ret Ret 14 15
24   Marc Benz 11 12 17 Ret 15 14 23 12
25   Paul van Splunteren 14 17 22 14 22 18 Ret 23 Ret 21 26 8
26   Simon Frederiks 20 18 23 16 23 19 16 24 21 19 28 7
27   Nemunas Dagilis 22 20 25 15 21 17 5
28   Darryl O'Young Ret 16 18 18 15 Ret 23 17 20 27 4
29   Michael Bleekemolen 20 20 18 20 15 3
30   Alejandro Núñez 15 DNS 1
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
  Martin Ragginger 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret 22 0
  James Sutton 4 0
  Marco Holzer 15 6 Ret 6 12 21 0
  Sam Hancock 16 7 0
  Tim Harvey 10 0
  Phil Quaife 11 0
  Mike Verschuur 17 11 0
  Keita Sawa 14 22 0
  Richard Williams 15 0
  Will Langhorne 21 18 Ret 16 13 0
  Robert Cregan 18 16 0
  Albert von Thurn and Taxis 18 0
  Stefano Comandini 19 0
  Gosse Stielstra 23 0
  António Coimbra 24 0
  Alx Danielsson 24 0
  Mikael Forsten 25 0
  James Pickford Ret 0
  Neel Jani Ret 0
  Andrea Boldrini Ret 0
Pos Driver BHR
 
CAT
 
IST
 
MON
 
MAG
 
SIL
 
HOC
 
HUN
 
VAL
 
SPA
 
MZA
 
Points
Sources:[2][5]

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

  1. ^ – David Saelens scored a point despite not finishing the race.

References

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  1. ^ "Porsche Supercup - 2008: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Porsche Supercup - Season 2008: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Porsche Supercup - 2008: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Porsche Supercup - 2008: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Porsche Supercup - Season 2008: Points distribution". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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