2008 SEAT León Eurocup

The 2008 SEAT León Eurocup was the first season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship. The best classified driver at each event was rewarded with a drive in a SUNRED Engineering–run SEAT León TFSI at the next round of the WTCC.[1]

2008 SEAT León Eurocup
Previous: none Next: 2009

Oscar Nogués won the championship tied on 47 points with Marin Čolak, winning by having three race wins to Čolak's two.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Rounds
SUNRED 1 Oscar Nogués 1, 3–6
7 Michal Matějovský All
17 Diego Puyo All
18 Adrián Matheu All
27 James Nash All
87 Javier Ibran 1, 6
Special Tuning 2 Tom Boardman 1–2, 4–6
29 Liam McMillan 1, 4
Rangoni Motorsport 3 Massimiliano Pedalà All
12 Davide Roda 1–4, 6
22 Flavio Berto All
23 Alan Simoni 1–4, 6
86 Tim Coronel 5
Zengő Motorsport 4 Gábor Wéber All
5 György Kontra 3, 6
6 Norbert Michelisz All
PRS Group Speed Racing 8 Andrea Larini 1–4, 6
11 Manuel Flaminio 1–4, 6
15 Eoin Murray All
Team Clairet Sport 9 Jean-Marie Clairet All
SEAT Swiss Racing 10 Fredy Barth All
14 Urs Sonderegger 6
Valvoline Ashland Racing 16 Antonio Aristi All
62 Luis Recuenco 4–6
Team Elias 19 Fernando Navarrete 1
29 Luis Recuenco 3, 5–6
Bastos Sport 20 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 1–3
21 Duarte Félix da Costa 1–5
Exagon Engineering 24 Jean-Robert Niogret 2
Čolak Racing Team 26 Marin Čolak 1–4, 6
MCTPE 32 Martin Morente 2, 5–6
ST Racing
Harriet Arruabarrena		 34 Harriet Arruabarrena 2, 6
Oasis Motorsport 40 Miguel Freitas 3
41 Francisco Fino 3
PubliRacing 42 Francisco Carvalho 3
João Pina Cardoso 43 João Pina Cardoso 3
Italian Racing Motors 50 Aldo Ponti 6
DKM Motorsport 50 Oleg Petrikov 2–6
Oleg Petrikov 50 Oleg Petrikov 1
Dynamo SEAT Racing Team 85 Anton Markin All
Team CMC Motor–Bricofer 93 Marsilio Canuti All
SEAT Sport 99 Sébastien Bernard 6

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 17 May Marin Čolak Marin Čolak Oscar Nogués SUNRED
R2 18 May Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Eoin Murray PRS Group Speed Racing
2 R1 Circuit de Pau-Ville 31 May Tom Boardman Tom Boardman Tom Boardman Special Tuning
R2 1 June Gábor Wéber Gábor Wéber Zengő Motorsport
3 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 12 July Norbert Michelisz Oscar Nogués Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team
R2 13 June Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Bastos Sport
4 R1 Brands Hatch, Kent 26 July Norbert Michelisz Tom Boardman Eoin Murray PRS Group Speed Racing
R2 27 July Diego Puyo Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team
5 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 30 August Norbert Michelisz Michal Matějovský Oscar Nogués SUNRED
R2 31 August Massimiliano Pedalà Massimiliano Pedalà Rangoni Motorsport
6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 4 October Norbert Michelisz Marin Čolak Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport
R2 5 October Marin Čolak Oscar Nogués SUNRED

Championship standings
Pos Driver VAL
 PAU
 EST
 BRH
 OSC
 MNZ
 Pts
1 Oscar Nogués 1 2 22 8 18 10 1 8 2 1 47
2 Marin Čolak Ret 4 2 Ret 1 13 5 1 7 2 47
3 Eoin Murray 8 1 Ret 9 13 6 1 7 4 5 Ret 8 37
4 Massimiliano Pedalà 3 13 10 Ret 7 2 Ret 9 9 1 5 3 36
5 James Nash 14 6 9 5 9 14 2 4 2 Ret 4 6 36
6 Tom Boardman Ret 5 1 4 15 6 7 Ret 3 4 35
7 Jean-Marie Clairet Ret 9 7 2 3 15 3 5 10 6 6 22 32
8 Diego Puyo 4 11 3 Ret 2 3 6 16 8 13 9 7 31
9 Duarte Félix da Costa 2 8 5 15 6 5 17 Ret 6 2 31
10 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 12 18 6 6 4 1 21
11 Gábor Wéber 16 3 8 1 23 9 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret DNS 19
12 Alan Simoni 18 7 19 11 8 7 4 2 16 14 19
13 Rafael Villanueva 5 4 5 3 Ret DNS 19
14 Norbert Michelisz 11 Ret 12 7 25 16 Ret 16 Ret 7 1 5 18
15 Andrea Larini Ret Ret 4 3 Ret DNS 8 3 Ret Ret 18
16 Michal Matějovský 13 20 13 Ret 10 21 Ret Ret 3 Ret 19 Ret 6
17 Fredy Barth Ret 10 Ret Ret 21 12 Ret Ret 16 4 Ret 10 5
18 Antonio Aristi 5 17 Ret 13 15 10 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5
19 Liam McMillan 6 Ret 12 8 4
20 Javier Ibrán 7 Ret 13 Ret 2
21 Manuel Flaminio 15 12 20 Ret 18 18 7 14 Ret 19 17 9 2
22 Flavio Berto 17 16 11 8 Ret DNS 9 Ret 11 11 8 13 2
— Harriet Arruabarrena 16 14 14 12 0
— Sébastien Bernard 21 21 0
— Marsilio Canuti Ret 14 14 10 11 Ret 13 12 12 9 Ret 11 0
— João Pina Cardoso 16 19 0
— Francisco Carvalho Ret DNS 0
— Tim Coronel Ret 10 0
— Francisco Fino 20 11 0
— Miguel Freitas 14 23 0
— György Kontra Ret 20 22 19 0
— Anton Markin 10 21 15 Ret 19 25 16 15 15 17 11 16 0
— Adrián Matheu 9 15 Ret 16 12 22 10 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 0
— Martin Morente Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 20 0
— Fernando Navarrete Ret Ret 0
— Jean-Robert Niogret DNS DNS 0
— Oleg Petrikov Ret 22 17 12 17 17 Ret 13 14 15 20 17 0
— Aldo Ponti 10 Ret 0
— Luis Recuenco Ret Ret 13 18 12 23 0
— Davide Roda 19 19 18 Ret 24 24 14 Ret 15 Ret 0
— Urs Sonderegger 18 18 0
Pos Driver VAL
 PAU
 EST
 BRH
 OSC
 MNZ
 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. Veltman, Rob (7 October 2007). "SEAT Eurocup to support WTCC in 2008". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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