2008 World Enduro Championship

The 2008 World Enduro Championship was the 19th season in the FIM World Enduro Championship. The season consisted of eight events and 16 races.

Samuli Aro won his fifth world championship title.

Last season's Enduro 2 champion, Honda's Mika Ahola, took his second world championship title now racing in the Enduro 1 class. In the Enduro 2 class, Yamaha's Johnny Aubert won his first world championship, becoming the first racer to defeat Juha Salminen since the 1998 season. With nine wins, Salminen broke compatriot Kari Tiainen's record (77) for most wins in the series. In Enduro 3, KTM's Samuli Aro became the sixth enduro rider to win five world championship titles.

Events
Mike Hartmann riding his KTM at the Grand Prix of Italy.
Round Event Location Dates
1 WEC GP Maxxis of Sweden Östersund 15–16 March
2 WEC GP Polisport of Portugal Vale de Cambra 19–30 March
3 WEC GP AMV of Spain Sitges 5–6 April
4 WEC GP Maxxis of Poland Kwidzyn 14–15 June
5 WEC GP of Wales Llanidloes 19–20 July
6 WEC GP AMV of France Uzerche 25–27 July
7 WEC GP LeoVince of Italy Piediluco 27–28 September
8 WEC GP AMV of Europe Mende, France 11–12 October

Riders' championship - top 10

Enduro 1
Pos Driver Team SWE
 POR
 ESP
 POL
 GBR
 FRA
 ITA
 EUR
  Pts 
1 Mika Ahola Honda 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 375
2 Iván Cervantes KTM 6 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 346
3 Simone Albergoni Yamaha 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 302
4 Marc Germain Yamaha 4 6 6 5 5 3 6 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 284
5 Maurizio Micheluz Yamaha 7 7 5 7 7 6 5 8 8 6 7 3 4 7 7 224
6 Cristóbal Guerrero Yamaha 8 9 7 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 4 3 Inj Inj Inj Inj 185
7 Eero Remes KTM 3 4 4 4 3 4 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj 11 5 5 4 172
8 Tom Sagar KTM 8 5 9 7 8 5 5 8 6 9  9  9 164
9 Mike Hartmann KTM 15 13 10 10 8 9 7 11 9 11 9 7 8 11 156
10 Jordan Curvalle Suzuki 10 12 11  8  12 11  8  10 12 10 10  8  10 141
Pos Driver Team SWE
 POR
 ESP
 POL
 GBR
 FRA
 ITA
 EUR
 Pts

Enduro 2
Pos Driver Team SWE
 POR
 ESP
 POL
 GBR
 FRA
 ITA
 EUR
  Pts 
1 Johnny Aubert Yamaha 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 361
2 Juha Salminen KTM 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 353
3 Alessandro Belometti KTM 7 7 4 4 3 6 3 5 11 11 6 6 4 3 4 4 259
4 Rodrig Thain TM 6 9 8 10 9 4 4 10 5 5 4 3 5 7 5 226
5 Antoine Meo Husqvarna 5 6 2 3 4 9 9 4 3 12 4 3 2 222
6 Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg 1 2 3 4 7 8 7 5 8 11 9 9 5 9 217
7 Fabrizio Dini Yamaha 9 12 7 6 6 5 9 9 10 15 12 10 5 8 9 8 196
8 Nicolas Paganon Aprilia 6 5 13 16 11 13 6 7 10 8 7 7 6 6 173
9 Fabio Mossini Honda 16  5  9 10 9 13 8 16 7 6 6 14  7  147
10 Simo Kirssi BMW 8 7 8 5 3 8 10 8 5 11 139
Pos Driver Team SWE
 POR
 ESP
 POL
 GBR
 FRA
 ITA
 EUR
 Pts

Enduro 3
Pos Driver Team SWE
 POR
 ESP
 POL
 GBR
 FRA
 ITA
 EUR
  Pts 
1 Samuli Aro KTM 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 6 4 6 2 4 328
2 Marko Tarkkala KTM 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 1 3 2 5 2 8 5 1 3 317
3 Sébastien Guillaume Husqvarna 5 5 7 8 3 5 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 12 6 298
4 Christophe Nambotin Gas Gas 6 6 4 1 2 2 5 2 1 4 1 16 3 2 7 8 297
5 Stefan Merriman Aprilia 13 13 6 4 7 4 3 11 3 3 3 1 1 1 246
6 Marcus Kehr KTM 7 8 3 3 12 6 6 5 5 5 13 4 10 9 5 7 233
7 Björne Carlsson Husaberg 3 3 8 7 9 7 9 8 6 11 9 9 10 10 189
8 Xavier Galindo KTM 11 10 9 10 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 7 8 8 184
9 Alessandro Botturi Honda 8 7 11 10 10 7 6 7 8 6 4 9  5  176
10 Anders Eriksson BMW 4 4 9 11 14 13  7  8 9 10 9 11 11 6 170
Pos Driver Team SWE
 POR
 ESP
 POL
 GBR
 FRA
 ITA
 EUR
 Pts

Manufacturers' championship
Bartosz Obłucki riding a Husqvarna.
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