2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
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The Drivers' Championship was won by Dutch driver Giedo van der Garde.

The 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the fourth Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. It began on 26 April in Monza, Italy and finished on 19 October in Barcelona, Spain after 17 races.

Regulation Changes

Technical

After a three-year cycle, the current Formula Renault 3.5 chassis was replaced by a brand new car built by Italian racecar constructor Dallara. The new car featured flex-fuel technology and could be powered by either premium unleaded petrol or E85 bioethanol, which was a first for this level of motorsport in Europe. The Renault V6 engine, prepared by French company Solution F, will also saw its power increased from 425 horsepower (317 kW) to 500 horsepower (370 kW).

The car also featured a new carbon bodyshell, as well as a new shaped front wing, hollowed sidepods and multiple side deflectors designed to improve aerodynamic performance. However, several areas of the car, including the gearbox, rear suspension and carbon brakes, remained the same in order to keep costs under control.^[1]

The new car made its first public appearance on 21 September at the Magny-Cours round of the 2007 season,^[2] with development driver Andy Soucek demonstrating the car at the final round of the series in Barcelona.^[3]

Sporting

In a change from recent years, only 26 cars (thirteen two-car teams) were allowed into the 2008 championship. The World Series by Renault organising committee announced twelve of the thirteen teams on 5 October 2007,^[4] with newcomers Ultimate Signature confirmed as the final entrant on 12 October 2007.^[5]

The 2008 season also saw the introduction of a new qualifying system to the FR3.5 Series.^[6]

The 26 cars will be split into two equal groups, with each having a 20-minute session
The Top 6 drivers in each group (12 in total) will go forward to a 15-minute 'Super Pole' session
The grid for Race one is decided by reversing the finishing order of the Top 8 drivers in Super Pole. They are followed by the last four in Super Pole (in finishing order) and the remaining 14 drivers in the order they finished qualifying
For Race two, the Top 8 drivers from Super Pole line up in the order they finished the session, with the rest of the field decided by the finishing order of Race one

Teams and drivers

R = Series rookie for 2008

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Tech 1 Racing	1	Julien Jousse^[7]		All
Tech 1 Racing	2	Charles Pic^[7]	R	All
International DracoRacing	3	Bertrand Baguette^[8]		All
International DracoRacing	4	Marco Barba^[9]		All
Carlin Motorsport	5	Mikhail Aleshin^[10]		All
Carlin Motorsport	6	Robert Wickens^[10]		All
Epsilon Euskadi	7	Mario Romancini^[11]	R	1–7
	7	Filipe Albuquerque^[12]		8–9
	8	Alexandre Marsoin^[13]	R	All
Prema Powerteam	9	Miguel Molina^[14]		All
Prema Powerteam	10	Álvaro Barba^[15]		All
RC Motorsport	11	Aleix Alcaraz^[16]	R	1–4
	11	Claudio Cantelli^[17]	R	5–9
	12	Borja García^[18]		1–3
		Duncan Tappy^[19]	R	4–5, 8–9
		Paolo Maria Nocera^[20]	R	6–7
Pons Racing	14	Máximo Cortés^[21]	R	1–4
	14	Aleix Alcaraz^[22]	R	5–9
	15	Marcos Martínez^[21]		All
KTR	16	Daniil Move^[23]		1–5
	16	Siso Cunill^[24]	R	6–9
	17	Guillaume Moreau^[25]		1–5
	17	Sergey Afanasyev^[26]	R	7–9
Interwetten.com Racing	19	Salvador Durán^[27]		All
Interwetten.com Racing	20	Pablo Sánchez López^[27]	R	All
P1 Motorsport	21	Giedo van der Garde^[28]		All
P1 Motorsport	22	Pippa Mann^[29]		All
Fortec Motorsport	23	James Walker^[30]		All
	24	Julian Theobald^[31]		1–2
	24	Fairuz Fauzy^[32]		3–9
Red Devil Comtec Racing	25	Marco Bonanomi^[33]		All
	26	Pasquale Di Sabatino^[34]		1–7
	26	Sten Pentus^[35]	R	9
Ultimate Signature	27	Fabio Carbone^[36]		All
	28	Claudio Cantelli^[37]	R	1–3
	28	Esteban Guerrieri^[38]		4–9

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2008 season was confirmed by Renault Sport on 9 January 2008.^[39] Seven rounds formed meetings of the 2008 World Series by Renault season, with additional rounds supporting the Monza 1000km and Monaco Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	26 April		Marcos Martínez	Giedo van der Garde	P1 Motorsport	Pablo Sánchez López
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	27 April	Giedo van der Garde	Giedo van der Garde	Giedo van der Garde	P1 Motorsport	Charles Pic
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May		Giedo van der Garde	Bertrand Baguette	International DracoRacing	Alexandre Marsoin
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	4 May	Marco Bonanomi	Giedo van der Garde	Giedo van der Garde	P1 Motorsport	Alexandre Marsoin
3	R1	Circuit de Monaco	25 May	Charles Pic	Charles Pic	Charles Pic	Tech 1 Racing	Charles Pic
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	7 June		Salvador Durán	Salvador Durán	Interwetten.com Racing	Máximo Cortés
4	R2	Silverstone Circuit	8 June	Robert Wickens	Salvador Durán	Robert Wickens	Carlin Motorsport	Charles Pic
5	R1	Hungaroring	5 July		Julien Jousse	Giedo van der Garde	P1 Motorsport	Duncan Tappy
5	R2	Hungaroring	6 July	Fabio Carbone	Fabio Carbone	Fabio Carbone	Ultimate Signature	Alexandre Marsoin
6	R1	Nürburgring	30 August		Fabio Carbone	Fabio Carbone	Ultimate Signature	Pablo Sánchez López
6	R2	Nürburgring	31 August	Giedo van der Garde	Julien Jousse	Miguel Molina	Prema Powerteam	Pablo Sánchez López
7	R1	Bugatti Circuit	6 September		Robert Wickens	Charles Pic	Tech 1 Racing	Charles Pic
7	R2	Bugatti Circuit	7 September	Esteban Guerrieri	Robert Wickens	Giedo van der Garde	P1 Motorsport	Charles Pic
8	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	27 September		Álvaro Barba	Fabio Carbone	Ultimate Signature	Pablo Sánchez López
8	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	28 September	Miguel Molina	Charles Pic	Miguel Molina	Prema Powerteam	Charles Pic
9	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	18 October		Robert Wickens	Julien Jousse	Tech 1 Racing	Charles Pic
9	R2	Circuit de Catalunya	19 October	Esteban Guerrieri	Salvador Durán	Esteban Guerrieri	Ultimate Signature	Charles Pic

Season results

Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race											Qualifying
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP	2nd	3rd
Sprint	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Feature	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	4	2	1

The maximum number of points a driver could earn each weekend (except Monaco) was 31 and the maximum number for a team was 55.

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	NÜR SPR	NÜR FEA	LMS SPR	LMS FEA	EST SPR	EST FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	Points
1	Giedo van der Garde	1	1	Ret	1	2	5	2	1	21†	2	7	DNS	1	8	8	DNS	Ret	137
2	Julien Jousse	3	4	Ret	Ret	4	7	10	2	2	Ret	2	9	15	4	3	1	5	106
3	Fabio Carbone	DSQ	Ret	15	Ret	12	4	5	3	1	1	6	3	2	1	Ret	5	10	97
4	Miguel Molina	Ret	Ret	9	6	9	23	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	2	5	7	1	Ret	7	79
5	Mikhail Aleshin	5	5	5	3	6	Ret	18	9	15	3	DNS	6	4	9	23†	2	14	73
6	Charles Pic	9	3	Ret	12	1	15	13	18†	9	Ret	12	1	6	Ret	2	8	8	69
7	Bertrand Baguette	Ret	Ret	1	11	5	6	16	4	4	5	5	Ret	16	Ret	4	Ret	4	69
8	Esteban Guerrieri						22	4	Ret	12	12	9	4	3	5	6	Ret	1	62
9	Salvador Durán	Ret	14	2	4	16	1	3	Ret	16	4	DSQ	7	7	16	22†	Ret	12	61
10	Álvaro Barba	Ret	2	DNS	10	14	3	8	Ret	5	Ret	3	NC	12	2	Ret	6	Ret	58
11	Marco Bonanomi	Ret	DSQ	4	2	13	8	9	5	13	Ret	4	5	11	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	56
12	Robert Wickens	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	19	9	1	Ret	8	13	18	14	22	3	12	3	3	55
13	James Walker	7	7	Ret	16	8	10	12	7	10	Ret	13	Ret	9	Ret	14	7	2	36
14	Marco Barba	12	8	Ret	20	24†	12	7	10	7	Ret	10	10	8	6	10	16†	Ret	24
15	Marcos Martínez	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	15	2	6	13	Ret	11	11	15	24	11	7	Ret	Ret	21
16	Guillaume Moreau	8	6	3	14	7	13	11	Ret	Ret									20
17	Pablo Sánchez López	4	Ret	8	Ret	21	21	24	8	Ret	6	8	Ret	17	13	21	12	Ret	18
18	Fairuz Fauzy					3	Ret	15	12	14	DSQ	Ret	13	19	12	20	Ret	6	17
19	Alexandre Marsoin	14	Ret	6	7	20	17	25	17	6	Ret	16	11	10	20	16	9	15	17
20	Pasquale Di Sabatino	2	10	13	8	25†	11	14	11	11	Ret	15	12	14					16
21	Filipe Albuquerque														10	9	4	9	12
22	Daniil Move	13	13	11	5	22	24†	23	16	20									6
23	Duncan Tappy						16	21	6	19					14	11	10	Ret	6
24	Borja García	6	Ret	Ret	15	11													5
25	Pippa Mann	10	11	16	Ret	18	19	20	15	Ret	7	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	13	13	5
26	Máximo Cortés	17	16	7	13	10	14	17											5
27	Aleix Alcaraz	11	9	Ret	18	Ret	20	22	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	8	13	15	13	11	11	5
28	Claudio Cantelli	16	Ret	12	19	17			14	17	8	17	16	20	18	17	Ret	16	3
29	Mario Romancini	Ret	12	10	17	23†	18	19	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	18					3
30	Siso Cunill										10	NC	18	Ret	17	18	15	Ret	1
31	Sten Pentus																14	17	0
32	Paolo Maria Nocera										Ret	14	Ret	21					0
33	Julian Theobald	15	15	Ret	21														0
34	Sergey Afanasyev												17	23	19	19	Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	NÜR SPR	NÜR FEA	LMS SPR	LMS FEA	EST SPR	EST FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Polesitter for feature race in bold
Driver in italics has been awarded two points for fastest lap
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Car No.	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	NÜR SPR	NÜR FEA	LMS SPR	LMS FEA	EST SPR	EST FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	Points
1	Tech 1 Racing	1	3	4	Ret	Ret	4	7	10	2	2	Ret	2	9	15	4	3	1	5	175
1	Tech 1 Racing	2	9	3	Ret	12	1	15	13	18†	9	Ret	12	1	6	Ret	2	8	8	175
2	Ultimate Signature	27	DSQ	Ret	15	Ret	12	4	5	3	1	1	6	3	2	1	Ret	5	10	159
2	Ultimate Signature	28	16	Ret	12	19	17	22	4	Ret	12	12	9	4	3	5	6	Ret	1	159
3	P1 Motorsport	21	1	1	Ret	1	2	5	2	1	21†	2	7	DNS	1	8	8	DNS	Ret	142
3	P1 Motorsport	22	10	11	16	Ret	18	19	20	15	Ret	7	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	13	13	142
4	Prema Powerteam	9	Ret	Ret	9	6	9	23	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	2	5	7	1	Ret	7	137
4	Prema Powerteam	10	Ret	2	DNS	10	14	3	8	Ret	5	Ret	3	NC	12	2	Ret	6	Ret	137
5	Carlin Motorsport	5	5	5	5	3	6	Ret	18	9	15	3	DNS	6	4	9	23	2	14	128
5	Carlin Motorsport	6	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	19	9	1	Ret	8	13	18	14	22	3	12	3	3	128
6	International DracoRacing	3	Ret	Ret	1	11	5	6	16	4	4	5	5	Ret	16	Ret	4	Ret	4	93
6	International DracoRacing	4	12	8	Ret	20	24†	12	7	10	7	Ret	10	10	8	6	10	16	Ret	93
7	Interwetten.com	19	Ret	14	2	4	16	1	3	Ret	16	4	DSQ	7	7	16	22	Ret	12	79
7	Interwetten.com	20	4	Ret	8	Ret	21	21	24	8	Ret	6	8	Ret	17	13	21	12	Ret	79
8	Red Devil Team Comtec	25	Ret	DSQ	4	2	13	8	9	5	13	Ret	4	5	11	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	72
8	Red Devil Team Comtec	26	2	10	13	8	25†	11	14	11	11	Ret	15	12	14			14	17	72
9	Fortec Motorsport	23	7	7	Ret	16	8	10	12	7	10	Ret	13	Ret	9	Ret	14	7	2	53
9	Fortec Motorsport	24	15	15	Ret	21	3	Ret	15	12	14	DSQ	Ret	13	19	12	20	Ret	6	53
10	Epsilon Euskadi	7	Ret	12	10	17	23†	18	19	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	18	10	9	4	9	32
10	Epsilon Euskadi	8	14	Ret	6	7	20	17	25	17	6	Ret	16	11	10	20	16	9	15	32
11	Pons Racing	14	17	16	7	13	10	14	17	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	8	13	15	13	11	11	29
11	Pons Racing	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	15	2	6	13	Ret	11	11	15	24	11	7	Ret	Ret	29
12	KTR	16	13	13	11	5	22	24†	23	16	20	10	NC	18	Ret	17	18	15	Ret	27
12	KTR	17	8	6	3	14	7	13	11	Ret	Ret			17	23	19	19	Ret	Ret	27
13	RC Motorsport	11	11	9	Ret	18	Ret	20	22	14	17	8	17	16	20	18	17	Ret	16	16
13	RC Motorsport	12	6	Ret	Ret	15	11	16	21	6	19	Ret	14	Ret	21	14	11	10	Ret	16
Pos	Team	Car No.	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	NÜR SPR	NÜR FEA	LMS SPR	LMS FEA	EST SPR	EST FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

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