2008 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2008 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 24th European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on May 11, with the finale at Jarama on October 5 after nine events. The championship was won by David Vršecký, taking his first title and the second in a row for the Buggyra team.

Teams and drivers[edit]

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Rounds

Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Rounds

Calendar and winners[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team
1	QR1	Circuit de Catalunya	May 10–11	Markus Bösiger	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR1				Frankie Vojtíšek	Frankie Truck Racing Team
	QR2			David Vršecký	David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR2				David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
2	QR1	Misano World Circuit	May 24–25	David Vršecký	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR1				David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	QR2			Markus Bösiger	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR2				Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
3	QR1	Circuito de Albacete	June 7–8	Markus Bösiger	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR1				Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	QR2			Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
4	QR1	Circuit Paul Armagnac	June 28–29	David Vršecký	David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR1				Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	QR2			Antonio Albacete	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
5	QR1	Nürburgring	July 12–13	Markus Bösiger	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR1				Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	QR2			Markus Bösiger	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR2				David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
6	QR1	Autodrom Most	August 30–31	David Vršecký	David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR1				David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	QR2			Markus Bösiger	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR2				Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
7	QR1	Circuit Zolder	September 13–14	Markus Bösiger	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR1				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	QR2			David Vršecký	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR2				David Vršecký	Buggyra Int. Racing System
8	QR1	Bugatti Circuit	September 20–21	David Vršecký	Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	CR1				Markus Bösiger	Buggyra Int. Racing System
	QR2			David Vršecký	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR2				Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
9	QR1	Circuito del Jarama	October 4–5	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR1				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	QR2			David Vršecký	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Each round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 (rank 1 - 10) respectively.

Rank	Driver	Truck	Points
1	David Vršecký	Freightliner	414
2	Markus Bösiger	Freightliner	393
3	Antonio Albacete	MAN	372
4	Jochen Hahn	MAN	305
5	Jean-Philippe Belloc	MAN	239
6	Markus Altenstrasser	Renault	148
7	Stuart Oliver	MAN	116
8	Frankie Vojtíšek	Renault	101
9	Christopher Levett	MAN	98
10	Egon Allgäuer	MAN	97

Rank	Driver	Truck	Points
11	Dominique Lachèze	MAN	65
12	Anthony Janiec	Renault	38
13	Jean-Pierre Blaise	MAN	19
14	Javier Mariezcurrena	MAN	16
15	Balázs Szobi	MAN	12
16	Mikhail Konovalov	MAN	6
17	Steve Horne	Mercedes-Benz	4
18	Pascal Robineau	MAN	4
19	Franck Conti	Volvo	1
20	Michel Bassanelli	DAF	0

Rank	Driver	Truck
21	David Marco Bermejo	MAN
22	José Bermejo	Mercedes-Benz
23	Antonio Conejero	Iveco
24	Pedro Ignacio García	Volvo
25	Jennifer Janiec	Renault
26	Mikael Johansson	Scania
27	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort	Scania
28	Francisco Navarro	Renault
29	Dominique Orsini	Mercedes-Benz
30	David Patalacci	DAF

Source of information:^[1]

Teams' Championship[edit]

Rank	Team	Drivers	Trucks	Points
1	Buggyra Int. Racing System	David Vršecký, Markus Bösiger	Freightliner	878
2	Koller und Schwemmer Team	Jochen Hahn, Jean-Philippe Belloc	MAN	644
3	Frankie Truck Racing Team	Markus Altenstrasser, Frankie Vojtíšek	Renault	459
4	Team Bermejo/Horne	Steve Horne, José Bermejo	Mercedes-Benz	244

Source of information:^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
^ "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

External links[edit]

[1] "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

[2] "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

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