2008 Superleague Formula season

The 2008 Superleague Formula season was the inaugural Superleague Formula championship. The season started very late in 2008 with the first round being on August 31 at Donington Park. There were six rounds (twelve races) in total with the successful season finale at Circuito Permanente de Jerez on 23 November. In the 18 cars on the grid were established A1GP and GP2 drivers as well as two ex-Formula One race starters, Robert Doornbos and Antônio Pizzonia.

2008 Superleague Formula
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Olympiacos CFP (Kasper Andersen) at Superleague Formula Round 1
Galatasaray S.K. (Alessandro Pier Guidi) at Superleague Formula Round 1

Beijing Guoan, run under former Formula One team Zakspeed with driver Davide Rigon, were eventually crowned the first ever champions at the last event of the season.

Teams and drivers
Entrant Race team No. Race driver(s) Rounds
A.C. Milan[1] Scuderia Playteam[1] 3 Robert Doornbos[2] All
Galatasaray S.K.[1] 4 Alessandro Pier Guidi[1] All
PSV Eindhoven[1] Azerti Motorsport[3][4] 5 Yelmer Buurman[3] All
Al Ain[1] 6 Andreas Zuber[5] 1–2
Bertrand Baguette[6] 3, 6
Paul Meijer 4
Dominick Muermans[7] 5
CR Flamengo[1] Team Astromega[1] 7 Tuka Rocha[5] All
R.S.C. Anderlecht[1] 8 Craig Dolby[8] All
Olympiacos CFP[1] GU-Racing International[1] 9 Kasper Andersen[9] 1–4
Stamatis Katsimis[10] 5–6
FC Basel 1893[1] 10 Max Wissel[1] All
Borussia Dortmund[1] Zakspeed[1] 11 Nelson Philippe[5] 1–2
Paul Meijer[6] 3
Enrico Toccacelo 4–5
James Walker 6
Beijing Guoan[1] 12 Davide Rigon[5] All
SC Corinthians[1] EuroInternational[1] 14 Andy Soucek[5] 1
Antônio Pizzonia[11] 2–6
Atlético Madrid[12] 15 Andy Soucek[12] 2–6
F.C. Porto[1] Alan Docking Racing[13] 16 Tristan Gommendy[14] 1–4
Rangers F.C.[1] 17 Ryan Dalziel[15] 1, 3–6
James Walker[16] 2
Sevilla FC[1] GTA Motor Competición[17] 18 Borja García[17] All
Tottenham Hotspur[18] 19 Duncan Tappy[5] 1–3, 5–6
Dominik Jackson 4
F.C. Porto[19] Hitech Junior Team[20] 16 Tristan Gommendy[14] 5–6
Liverpool F.C. 21 Adrián Vallés[21] All
A.S. Roma[1] FMS International[1] 22 Enrico Toccacelo[1] 1–3
Franck Perera 4–6
  • No numbers 1 or 2 because it was the first season.
  • Cars 16 and 17 were run by Team West-Tec during pre-season.
  • Atlético Madrid did not enter until prior to round 2.
  • FC Porto switched from Alan Docking Racing to Hitech Racing prior round 5.

Test/reserve drivers
Driver Driver
Jérôme d'Ambrosio Bruce Jouanny
Jimmy Auby[22] Robbie Kerr[23]
Zsolt Baumgartner Paolo Maria Nocera
Enrique Bernoldi Giacomo Ricci[1]
Dan Clarke[22] Daniel la Rosa[1]
Giambattista Giannoccaro Jason Tahincioglu[23]
Jan Heylen Nico Verdonck[23]
Jens Höing[24] Andreas Wirth[25]

2008 Schedule

Race calendar and results
Round Race Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Club Winning Team Report
1 R1 Donington Park August 31 Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Zakspeed Report
R2 PSV Eindhoven Sevilla FC GTA Motor Competición
2 R1 Nürburgring September 21 A.C. Milan PSV Eindhoven A.C. Milan Scuderia Playteam Report
R2 SC Corinthians PSV Eindhoven Azerti Motorsport
3 R1 Zolder October 5 Borussia Dortmund Liverpool F.C. Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior Team Report
R2 Atlético Madrid Beijing Guoan Zakspeed
4 R1 Estoril October 19 A.S. Roma Atlético Madrid Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior Team Report
R2 Borussia Dortmund Al Ain Azerti Motorsport
5 R1 Vallelunga November 2 Liverpool F.C. Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Zakspeed Report
R2 Atlético Madrid F.C. Porto Hitech Junior Team
6 R1 Jerez November 23 Liverpool F.C. R.S.C. Anderlecht A.C. Milan Scuderia Playteam Report
R2 Beijing Guoan Borussia Dortmund Zakspeed
  • Race 2 starts with reverse grid from finishing order of Race 1.

Test calendar and results

Championship standings
Pos Entrant Drivers DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Beijing Guoan Davide Rigon 1 6 5 3 17 1 5 5 1 5 9 3 413
2 PSV Eindhoven Yelmer Buurman 4 8 10 1 7 3 9 8 10 3 8 9 337
3 A.C. Milan Robert Doornbos 17 DN 1 6 18 4 2 2 2 17 1 10 335
4 Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés 5 3 14 14 1 6 1 12 9 4 7 15 325
5 A.S. Roma Enrico Toccacelo 2 10 17 4 13 7 307
Franck Perera 3 16 15 2 5 5
6 R.S.C. Anderlecht Craig Dolby 14 16 2 2 2 16 14 9 7 6 4 8 303
7 F.C. Porto Tristan Gommendy 7 9 8 5 6 15 16 DN 8 1 2 12 277
8 Galatasaray S.K. Alessandro Pier Guidi 13 13 3 7 14 12 7 3 3 11 18 4 277
9 SC Corinthians Andy Soucek 11 12 264
Antônio Pizzonia 7 10 10 18 4 4 6 16 12 2
10 Sevilla FC Borja García 10 1 6 8 16 8 8 7 17 13 6 11 262
11 Tottenham Hotspur Duncan Tappy 3 5 13 17 12 2 11 10 3 14 257
Dominik Jackson 15 11
12 Al Ain Andreas Zuber 6 15 11 11 244
Bertrand Baguette 11 10 10 7
Paul Meijer 12 1
Dominick Muermans 14 8
13 Rangers F.C. Ryan Dalziel 8 14 8 17 13 15 5 7 15 6 227
James Walker 4 12
14 Borussia Dortmund Nelson Philippe 15 4 15 DN 218
Paul Meijer 3 11
Enrico Toccacelo 17 6 18 14
James Walker 14 1
15 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 9 7 9 13 4 5 18 14 12 15 11 17 205
16 CR Flamengo Tuka Rocha 16 2 16 16 9 14 11 10 4 18 17 13 189
17 Olympiacos CFP Kasper Andersen 12 11 12 15 15 9 10 13 161
Stamatis Katsimis 13 9 13 16
18 Atlético Madrid Andy Soucek DN 9 5 13 6 17 16 12 16 18 132
Pos Entrant Drivers R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (X)
Black Disqualified (DQ)
White Did not start (DN)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Excluded (EX)
Withdrew (WD)
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

NOTE – R2 starts
with reverse grid

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22ndDNS
Points5045403632292623201816141210876543210

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