2008 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2008 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 24th European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on May 11, with the finale at Jarama on October 5 after nine events. The championship was won by , taking his first title and the second in a row for the team.

Teams and drivers[]

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Rounds

Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Rounds

Calendar and winners[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team
1	QR1	Circuit de Catalunya	May 10-11
	CR1
	QR2
	CR2
2	QR1	Misano World Circuit	May 24-25		Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR1
	QR2
	CR2
3	QR1	Circuito de Albacete	June 7-8
	CR1
	QR2			Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
4	QR1	Circuit Paul Armagnac	June 28-29
	CR1
	QR2			Antonio Albacete
	CR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
5	QR1	Nürburgring	July 12-13
	CR1
	QR2
	CR2
6	QR1	Autodrom Most	August 30-31
	CR1
	QR2
	CR2
7	QR1	Circuit Zolder	September 13-14		Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR1				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	QR2
	CR2
8	QR1	Bugatti Circuit	September 20-21
	CR1
	QR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR2				Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
9	QR1	Circuito del Jarama	October 4-5	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR1				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	QR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	CR2				Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Each round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 (rank 1 - 10) respectively.

Rank	Driver	Truck	Points
1		Freightliner	414
2		Freightliner	393
3	Antonio Albacete	MAN	372
4	Jochen Hahn	MAN	305
5	Jean-Philippe Belloc	MAN	239
6		Renault	148
7	Stuart Oliver	MAN	116
8		Renault	101
9		MAN	98
10		MAN	97

Rank	Truck	Points
11	MAN	65
12	Renault	38
13	MAN	19
14	MAN	16
15	MAN	12
16	MAN	6
17	Mercedes-Benz	4
18	MAN	4
19	Volvo	1
20	DAF	0

Rank	Driver	Truck
21		MAN
22		Mercedes-Benz
23		Iveco
24		Volvo
25		Renault
26		Scania
27		Scania
28	Francisco Navarro	Renault
29		Mercedes-Benz
30		DAF

Source of information:^[1]

Teams' Championship[]

Rank	Drivers	Trucks	Points
1	,	Freightliner	878
2	Jochen Hahn, Jean-Philippe Belloc	MAN	644
3	,	Renault	459
4	,	Mercedes-Benz	244

Source of information:^[2]

References[]

^ "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
^ "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

External links[]

[1] "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

[2] "Overall Standings 2008". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

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