The 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park 's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey , Jaime Alguersuari , Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.
Drivers and teams [ ]
Driver changes [ ]
Following the departure of Marko Asmer , who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian 's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team.
Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari . Brit Oliver Turvey , who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain , and Australian , also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class.
Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them.
Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel , Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats.
Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo , left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson , who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major . Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team.
retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
Ultimate Motorsport , the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney , both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing.
Calendar [ ]
Standings [ ]
Pos
Driver
OUL
CRO
MOZ
ROC
SNE
THR
BRH
SPA
SIL
BUC
DON
Pts
1
Jaime Alguersuari
Ret
1
6
5
12
6
3
2
2
3
Ret
3
1
4
3
4
5
6
3
1
1
1
251
2
Oliver Turvey
1
12
8
3
3
13
6
9
4
5
3
2
2
3
1
Ret
1
1
2
2
3
Ret
234
3
Brendon Hartley
Ret
4
Ret
1
2
Ret
10
8
3
Ret
1
1
8
Ret
2
1
2
9
1
3
2
Ret
208
4
Sergio Pérez
7
13
1
2
1
1
5
13
Ret
4
7
4
4
1
6
2
4
4
Ret
Ret
Ret
3
195
5
Marcus Ericsson
6
2
5
Ret
7
7
2
10
6
8
2
Ret
5
Ret
7
5
3
2
11
12
8
7
141
6
Atte Mustonen
3
7
4
4
Ret
3
1
4
8
6
6
Ret
3
2
10
Ret
10
5
7
Ret
7
18
138
7
Sebastian Hohenthal
8
3
2
7
Ret
Ret
7
1
5
2
5
6
Ret
6
Ret
8
105
8
Michael Devaney
4
8
16
Ret
Ret
10
12
5
1
1
9
5
10
9
8
Ret
11
8
10
5
91
9
Nick Tandy
NC
Ret
Ret
6
Ret
5
14
6
7
22
8
Ret
7
5
23
3
9
3
6
2
86
10
Max Chilton
2
14
22
10
Ret
4
4
3
16
7
14
12
Ret
10
17
10
7
10
6
16
21
11
72
11
Sam Abay
10
11
10
Ret
6
11
8
11
10
21
4
9
12
7
4
21
8
Ret
5
8
5
5
71
12
Esteban Guerrieri
5
6
3
Ret
16
2
4
4
63
13
John Martin
11
Ret
9
21
5
9
11
14
12
11
17
7
9
18
5
Ret
6
7
8
Ret
12
12
45
14
Walter Grubmüller
Ret
5
14
11
4
Ret
9
12
9
9
11
11
6
8
9
Ret
13
11
9
6
Ret
20
44
15
Henry Arundel
9
10
11
Ret
Ret
DNS
13
Ret
Ret
Ret
10
8
20
11
12
7
12
15
Ret
15
11
10
21
16
Dean Smith
4
4
20
17
Alistair Jackson
13
9
7
9
Ret
Ret
13
12
Ret
16
Ret
Ret
11
19
14
Ret
9
18
Philip Major
16
22
Ret
20
9
Ret
20
Ret
19
14
16
10
11
13
20
9
16
12
Ret
Ret
20
17
8
19
Oliver Oakes
12
Ret
13
11
22
14
14
7
13
6
1
20
Viktor Jensen
17
15
13
Ret
21
18
20
Ret
22
17
19
16
1
21
Ricardo Teixeira
14
17
Ret
Ret
DSQ
17
15
15
Ret
19
Ret
Ret
13
Ret
Ret
18
Ret
13
Ret
Ret
0
22
Clemente de Faria, Jr.
20
18
16
19
0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Daniel Campos-Hull
Ret
6
0
Matteo Chinosi
8
8
0
Federico Leo
14
Ret
0
Basil Shaaban
Ret
15
0
National Class
1
Jay Bridger
15
19
15
14
Ret
12
19
16
11
13
13
14
14
15
16
12
17
17
15
11
10
8
322
2
Steven Guerrero
20
25
18
16
Ret
16
Ret
17
15
16
15
13
16
12
18
13
19
20
Ret
14
17
13
211
3
Hywel Lloyd
17
20
Ret
13
10
14
22
19
NC
15
19
Ret
22
20
19
16
18
16
13
10
18
16
207
4
Stefan Wilson
21
23
19
18
11
Ret
18
21
17
10
21
Ret
18
17
14
17
15
Ret
Ret
9
15
15
194
5
Andrew Meyrick
12
15
13
8
Ret
Ret
16
7
14
Ret
12
15
174
6
Salman Al Khalifa
Ret
16
24
12
Ret
Ret
17
Ret
18
18
23
Ret
17
14
15
14
21
19
12
13
169
7
Kristján Einar
19
21
20
17
Ret
15
Ret
20
21
17
18
18
24
22
21
Ret
24
23
Ret
Ret
101
8
Craig Reiff
22
24
23
19
15
Ret
24
Ret
22
20
23
22
51
9
Jonathan Legris
16
19
Ret
21
20
21
38
10
Niall Quinn
18
18
21
Ret
23
22
38
11
Henry Surtees
9
9
35
12
Jordan Williams
Ret
20
20
19
23
21
25
13
Adriano Buzaid
14
14
22
14
Callum MacLeod
22
Ret
19
Ret
9
15
Martin O'Connell
21
Ret
6
Pos
Driver
OUL
CRO
MOZ
ROC
SNE
THR
BRH
SPA
SIL
BUC
DON
Pts
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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