2008 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2008 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 44th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on May 10 at Mugello and ended on October 19 at Vallelunga after 16 races.

2008 Italian Formula Three Championship
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The season began with Edoardo Piscopo dominating the field with four successive wins,[1] but another run of seven victories by Mirko Bortolotti,[2] gave him the leadership in the championship.[3] The championship title was delayed to the last round in Vallelunga, the victory in race one and his eighth of the season gave Bortolotti the championship crown.[4][5]

The three first classified drivers of the championship were rewarded with a Formula One test organized by the Scuderia Ferrari at the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 at Fiorano,[6] with Bortolotti setting the new track record.[7]

Teams and drivers
  • All cars were powered by FPT engines, all teams were Italian-registered.
Team No Driver Class Chassis Rounds
Lucidi Motors 1 Giovanni Nava[8] C Dallara F308 All
4 Francesco Castellacci[8] C Dallara F308 All
12 Mirko Bortolotti[8] C Dallara F308 All
Minardi by Corbetta Competizioni 2 Marco Zipoli[9] C Dallara F308 All
3 Michael Dalle Stelle C Dallara F308 All
5 Valentino Sebastiani C Dallara F308 1
Nicolò Piancastelli 2–8
Europa Corse 6 Salvatore Gatto[10] C Dallara F308 1–3
7 Francesco Prandi[11] C Dallara F308 All
8 Federico Glorioso[10] C Dallara F308 4
14 Giulio Glorioso C Dallara F308 2–4, 6
18 Tom Dillmann C Dallara F308 6–8
19 Matteo Davenia T Dallara F304 8
52 Ivan Tramontozzi T Dallara F304 1–2
53 Khalil Beschir T Dallara F304 8
BVM – Target Racing 9 Stamatis Katsimis C Dallara F308 1–2
Facundo Crovo 3–4
Giacomo Ricci 7
Daniel Mancinelli 8
39 Salvatore Cicatelli C Dallara F308 All
Team Ghinzani 11 Alessandro Cicognani C Dallara F308 All
16 Edoardo Piscopo C Dallara F308 All
41 Angelo Fabrizio Comi C Dallara F308 8
51 T Dallara F304 1–7
RP Motorsport 21 Nico Verdonck[12] C Dallara F308 1–4
53 Jimmy Auby C Dallara F308 4
Icon Class
C Campionato Nazionale
T Trofeo Nazionale CSAI

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Mugello Circuit 10 May Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
R2 11 May Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
2 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 7 June Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
R2 8 June Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 7 July Francesco Castellacci Giovanni Nava Mirko Bortolotti Team Ghinzani
R2 Francesco Castellacci Nico Verdonck Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
4 R1 Mugello Circuit 20 July Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 Mirko Bortolotti Edoardo Piscopo Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
5 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano 31 August Mirko Bortolotti Salvatore Cicatelli Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 1 September Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Team Ghinzani
6 R1 Misano World Circuit 13 September Edoardo Piscopo Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 14 September Edoardo Piscopo Tom Dillmann Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
7 R1 Adria International Raceway 27 September Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Lucidi Motors
R2 28 September Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
8 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 18 October Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 19 October Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors

Standings
  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MUG VAR MIS ADR VAL Pts
1 Mirko Bortolotti 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 150
2 Edoardo Piscopo 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 8 2 Ret 2 2 1 1 1 5 4 127
3 Salvatore Cicatelli 8 7 6 4 3 7 2 7 3 3 5 5 12 5 4 7 61
4 Francesco Castellacci 14 3 3 Ret Ret 2 4 3 5 Ret 3 11 6 6 11 2 57
5 Giovanni Nava 4 4 Ret 3 8 6 3 4 7 6 8 4 9 10 3 5 53
6 Marco Zipoli 6 12 5 12 4 5 7 8 2 5 4 6 5 4 9 6 51
7 Tom Dillmann DSQ 2 3 3 2 Ret 29
8 Nico Verdonck 3 2 8 6 Ret 10 5 6 26
9 Michael Dalle Stelle Ret 10 7 Ret 7 8 16 13 4 4 Ret 7 7 7 7 11 23
10 Salvatore Gatto 5 5 4 Ret 6 4 21
11 Alessandro Cicognani 10 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 5 6 7 Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13
12 Facundo Crovo 5 3 9 9 10
13 Daniel Mancinelli 6 3 9
14 Stamatis Katsimis 7 8 Ret 5 7
15 Giulio Glorioso 10 7 11 11 12 Ret 6 9 5
16 Giacomo Ricci 4 Ret 5
17 Francesco Prandi 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 12 13 12 8 8 Ret 10 8 8 8 Ret 5
18 Nicolò Piancastelli 13 8 10 13 14 11 9 Ret 7 13 11 9 12 9 3
19 Angelo Fabrizio Comi 12 13 12 10 9 14 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 10 11 10 8 1
20 Valentino Sebastiani 9 9 0
21 Ivan Tramontozzi 13 14 9 Ret 0
22 Federico Glorioso 10 10 0
23 Matteo Davenia 13 10 0
24 Jimmy Auby 11 Ret 0
Khalil Beschir Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MUG VAR MIS ADR VAL Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "Magione: double victory of Piscopo after the red flag". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  2. "Bortolotti's seventh". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. "Mugello transforms the classification". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  4. "Vallelunga race one report: victory and title to Bortolotti". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  5. "Bortolotti confirmed as champ". crash.net. Crash.Net. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  6. "Test with Ferrari Formula One for the first three drivers of the Italian Formula 3 Championship". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  7. "Amazing Bortolotti, Piscopo and Cicatelli behind the wheel of the F2008 at Fiorano". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  8. "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  9. "Reached agreement for the 2008 between Marco Zipoli and Minardi by Corbetta". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2007-12-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  10. "Moreno Leonardi presents the 2008 programme of Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  11. "Agreement reached between Francesco Prandi and Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  12. "Fabio Pampado's (RP Motorsport) expectations for Mugello". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
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