ADAC GT Masters 2008

ADAC GT Masters 2008
master
Driver:	Tim Bergmeister
Team:	Engineering tab
Season dates
Number of races:	14th
<2007 season	2009 season>

The ADAC GT Masters 2008 was the second season of the ADAC GT Masters . 14 races were held on seven race weekends. The first run on May 10th took place in Oschersleben and the final run on September 21st took place at the Sachsenring . The races were held in Germany and the Netherlands .

The drivers' championship won Tim Bergmeister with 80 points in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S . Reiter Engineering won the team classification with 97 points.

Starting field

The following drivers, teams and guest starters started the season:

team	vehicle	No.	driver	Race weekend
Engineering tab	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	1	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	all
			Christopher Haase
		2	Dennis Retera	1
			Gianni Morbidelli
			Roman Rusinov	2, 3, 7
			Peter Kox
		11	Marius Ritskes	1-5
			Mike Hezemans	1
			Jan Lammers	2-5
ARGO Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	3	Sebastian Asch	all
			Frank Schmickler
		4th	Harald Becker	all
			Frank Kechele
Matech Concepts	Ford GT GT3	5	Kenneth Heyer	1-6
			Marc Hennerici
		6th	Jürgen von Gartzen	1
			Thomas Mutsch
Marius Ritskes	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	11	Marius Ritskes	6, 7
			Jan Lammers
Mühlner Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S.	14th	Jiří Janák	3
			Frank Stippler
			Frank Krähling	5
			Marc Gindorf
			Dino Steiner	6th
			Jürgen Haring
			Jeroen Bleekemolen	7th
			Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
		15th	Tim Bergmeister	all
			Jörg Bergmeister	1, 6, 7
			Marc Basseng	2, 3
			Frank Stippler	4, 5
		16	Ronald Van De Laar	all
			Michael Bleekemolen	1, 4, 7
			Melvin de Groot	2, 6
			Jeroen Bleekemolen	3
			Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	5
Toni Seiler Racing	Corvette Z06.R GT3	18th	Oliver Mayer	all
			Toni Seiler
		19th	Hans Hauser	1, 2, 5, 7
			Mauro Casadei	1, 2
			Dominik Schwager	3
			Klaus Ludwig
		19th	Martin Wachter	5-7
			Holger Goedicke	6th
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia GT3	22nd	Freddy Kremer	1-3, 5-7
			Peter Terting	1
			Lori's cauldron	2
			Thomas Wille	3, 5-7
		23	Thomas Wille	1, 2
			Carsten Welpmann
			Niki Cadei	5
			Plamen Kralev
		24	Chris Hyman	1
			Paul Warren
		24	Stephane Jaggi	5
			Leonhard Vernet
Schnabl engineering	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	27	Sven Hannawald	1-3, 5
			Christoph Langen	1, 2, 6
			Johannes Stuck	3
		27	Thomas Hunter	5
			Roland Rehfeld	6th
Buchbinder by emotional engineering	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	27	Christoph Langen	7th
			Ronny Melkus
Lauck Manuel	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	28	Manuel Lauck	1-4
			Jens Richter
Jörg van Ommen Autosport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	28	Jens Richter	5
			Christopher Mies
Hexis Racing	Aston Martin DBRS9	29	Julien Rodrigues	1-4
			Thomas Accary	1
			Michel Frey	2, 4, 5
			Christian Hohenadel	3, 5-7
			Philippe Dumas	6th
			Frédéric Makowiecki	7th
		30th	Manuel Rodrigues	1-4, 6, 7
			Philippe Dumas	1, 3
			Christian Hohenadel	2, 4
			Julien Rodrigues	6, 7
		30th	Pierre-Brice Mena	5
			Tobias Blättler
		51	Tobias Blättler	4th
			Philippe Dumas
MM-Racing	Corvette Z06.R GT3	31	Martin Matzke	all
			Jiří Skula
		52	Adam Lacko	4-6
			Štěpán Vojtěch
HEICO Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S.	33	Frank Stippler	1, 2
			Dirk Ebeling	1
			Lance David Arnold	2
G-Private Racing	Corvette Z06.R GT3	38	Alois Meir	1, 3, 5
			Luca Pirri	1
			Sascha Bert	3, 5
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	39	Otto Dragun	1-3, 5, 7
			Alex Guillaume Ellinger	1-3, 5
			Georg Zoltan	7th
		40	Jörg Peham	1-3, 5-7
			Mathias Schmitter	1-3, 5, 6
			Ruben Zeltner	7th
		52	Patrick Ortlieb	3
			Martin Sagmeister
Michael Raja	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	44	Michael Raja	1-3, 5-7
			Rainer boots	1, 2, 5
			Alfred Renauer	3
			Michael Funke	6th
			Markus Lungstrass	7th
Red Race	Corvette Z06.R GT3	55	David Ferrer	5
			Ulric Amado
Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	57	Dominik Schwager	5, 7
			Klaus Ludwig
Christoph Schrezenmeier	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	61	Christoph Schrezenmeier	6th
			Alfred Renauer
Hermann Bacon	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	62	Hermann Bacon	6th
			Robert Renauer

     Guest starters

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	Oschersleben	10th of May	Jürgen von Gartzen Thomas Mutsch	Jürgen von Gartzen Thomas Mutsch	Jürgen von Gartzen Thomas Mutsch	Ford GT GT3
	Run 2		May 11th	Jürgen von Gartzen Thomas Mutsch	Jürgen von Gartzen Thomas Mutsch	Kenneth Heyer Marc Hennerici	Ford GT GT3
2	Run 1	Nürburgring	23. May	Frank Schmickler Sebastian Asch	Oliver Mayer Toni Seiler	Lance David Arnold Frank Stippler	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S.
	Run 2		May 24th	Roman Rusinov Peter Kox	Roman Rusinov Peter Kox	Roman Rusinov Peter Kox	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
3	Run 1	Norisring	June 28th	Dominik brother-in-law Klaus Ludwig	Alois Meir Sascha Bert	Dominik brother-in-law Klaus Ludwig	Corvette Z06.R GT3
	Run 2		June 29th	Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer	Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager	Tim Bergmeister Marc Basseng	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S.
4th	Run 1	Aces	July 19	Albert von Thurn and Taxis Christopher Haase	Albert von Thurn and Taxis Christopher Haase	Albert von Thurn and Taxis Christopher Haase	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
	Run 2		20th of July	Albert von Thurn and Taxis Christopher Haase	Marius Ritske's Jan Lammers	Albert von Thurn and Taxis Christopher Haase	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
5	Run 1	Nürburgring	August 16	Dominik brother-in-law Klaus Ludwig	Niki Cadei Plamen Kralev	Dominik brother-in-law Klaus Ludwig	Corvette Z06.R GT3
	Run 2		17th August	Harald Becker Frank Kechele	Alois Meir Sascha Bert	Dominik brother-in-law Klaus Ludwig	Corvette Z06.R GT3
6th	Run 1	Lausitzring	September 6th	Christian Hohenadel Philipe Dumas	Martin Matzke Jiří Skula	Tim Bergmeister Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S.
	Run 2		7th of September	Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S.
7th	Run 1	Sachsenring	21st September	Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler	Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki	Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki	Aston Martin DBRS9
	Run 2		September 22	Frédéric Makowiecki Christian Hohenadel	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3

Championship results

Point system

Points were given to the first 8 classified drivers in the following number. Guest starters were not entitled to points:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 52 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	OSC		ONLY1		NOR		ASS		ONLY2		LAU		SAC		Points
1	Tim Bergmeister	2	3	6th	4th	3	1	7th	4th	DNF	4th	1	1	6th	6th	80
2	Christopher Haase	4th	6th	5	3	DNF	2	1	1	8th	DNF	3	5	3	4th	73
2	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	4th	6th	5	3	DNF	2	1	1	8th	DNF	3	5	3	4th	73
3	Frank Kechele	6th	4th	3	8th	DNF	DNF	4th	6th	4th	2	8th	13	9	5	48
3	Harald Becker	6th	4th	3	8th	DNF	DNF	4th	6th	4th	2	8th	13	9	5	48
4th	Sebastian Asch	5	7th	2	DNF	9	11	8th	4th	5	3	4th	3	DNF	14th	44
4th	Frank Schmickler	5	7th	2	DNF	9	11	8th	4th	5	3	4th	3	DNF	14th	44
5	Christian Hohenadel			9	7th	8th	7th	6th	9	DNF	20th	2	2	1	2	43
6th	Jörg Bergmeister	2	3									1	1	6th	6th	42
7th	Frank Stippler	15th	DNF	1	12	5	6th	7th	4th	DNF	4th					31
8th	Jan Lammers			5	9	2	15th	2	2	12	9	DNF	10	12	10	30th
8th	Marius Ritskes	9	9	5	9	2	15th	2	2	12	9	DNF	10	12	10	30th
9	Martin Matzke	7th	10	DNF	6th	4th	5	3	10	3	15th	15th	DSQ	DNF	DNF	28
9	Jiří Skula	7th	10	DNF	6th	4th	5	3	10	3	15th	15th	DSQ	DNF	DNF	28
10	Julien Rodrigues	3	8th	7th	DNF	8th	7th	5	7th			DNF	8th	5	15th	25th
11	Marc Basseng			6th	4th	3	1									24
11	Philippe Dumas	8th	5			6th	9	13	DNF			2	2			24
13	Toni Seiler	14th	17th	8th	5	11	8th	11	8th	7th	10	9	4th	7th	17th	21st
13	Oliver Mayer	14th	17th	8th	5	11	8th	11	8th	7th	10	9	4th	7th	17th	21st
14th	Peter Kox			17th	1	14th	DNF							NC	1	20th
14th	Roman Rusinov			17th	1	14th	DNF							NC	1	20th
14th	Marc Hennerici	DNF	1	DNF	2	18th	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	8th	20th
14th	Kenneth Heyer	DNF	1	DNF	2	18th	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	8th	20th
14th	Manuel Rodrigues	8th	5	9	7th	6th	9	6th	9			DNF	8th	5	15th	20th
17th	Jürgen von Gartzen	1	2													18th
17th	Thomas Mutsch	1	2													18th
17th	Frédéric Makowiecki													1	2	18th
19th	Dominik Schwager					1	4th			1	1			2	3	15th
19th	Klaus Ludwig					1	4th			1	1			2	3	15th
19th	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen									10	5			4th	7th	15th
21st	Sascha Bert					10	3			9	6th					12
21st	Alois Meir	DNF	DNS			10	3			9	6th					12
22nd	Lance David Arnold			1	12											10
22nd	Nicki Cadei									2	21st					10
22nd	Plamen Kralev									2	21st					10
24	Jeroen Bleekemolen					12	18th							4th	7th	9
24	Ronald Van De Laar	DNF	15th	13	14th	12	18th	10	DNF	10	5	7th	15th	DNF	12	9
24	Michel Frey			7th	DNF			5	7th	DNF	20th					9
27	Michael Raja	10	12	11	10	7th	10			15th	8th	10	6th	10	9	8th
28	Thomas Accary	3	8th													7th
28	Jiří Janák					5	6th									7th
30th	Dino Steiner											6th	7th			6th
30th	Jürgen Haring											6th	7th			6th
31	Marc Gindorf									11	7th					3
31	Frank Kräling									11	7th					3
31	Melvin de Groot			13	14th							7th	15th			3
31	Michael Funke											10	6th			3
34	Alfred Renauer					7th	10					11	DNS			2
34	Rainer boots	10	12	11	10					15th	8th					2
34	Jörg Peham	16	16	14th	16	16	13			16	12	DNF	DSQ	8th	11	2
34	Ruben Zeltner													8th	11	2
37	Markus Lungstrass													10	9	1
38	Mike Hezemans	9	9													0
38	Hans Hauser	11	19th	DNF	18th					18th	17th			14th	18th	0
38	Mauro Casadei	11	19th	DNF	18th											0
38	Freddy Kremer	12	DSQ	16	15th	13	19th			13	19th	DNF	12	13	13	0
38	Peter Terting	12	DSQ													0
38	Chris Hyman	13	14th													0
38	Paul Warren	13	14th													0
38	Dirk Ebeling	15th	DNF													0
38	Mathias Schmitter	16	16	14th	16	16	13			16	12	DNF	DSQ			0
38	Sven Hannawald	17th	DNF	DNS	19th	DNF	16			20th	13					0
38	Christoph Langen	17th	DNF	DNS	19th							13	11	11	DNF	0
38	Alex Guillaume Ellinger	18th	18th	15th	17th	15th	12			19th	DNF					0
38	Otto Dragun	18th	18th	15th	17th	15th	12			19th	DNF			15th	16	0
38	Jens Richter	19th	13	12	13	DNF	17th	12	10	17th	14th					0
38	Manuel Lauck	19th	13	12	13	DNF	17th	12	10							0
38	Gianni Morbidelli	DNF	11													0
38	Dennis Retera	DNF	11													0
38	Michael Bleekemolen	DNF	15th					10	DNF					DNF	12	0
38	Luca Pirri	DNF	DNS													0
38	Thomas Wille	DNS	DNS	10	11	13	19th			13	19th	DNF	12	13	13	0
38	Carsten Welpmann	DNS	DNS	10	11											0
38	Lori's cauldron			16	15th											0
38	Patrick Ortlieb					17th	14th									0
38	Martin Sagmeister					17th	14th									0
38	Johannes Stuck					DNF	16									0
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Adam Lacko							9	3	6th	DNF	5	9			0
	Štěpán Vojtěch							9	3	6th	DNF	5	9			0
	Tobias Blättler							13	DNF	14th	11					0
	Pierre-Brice Mena									14th	11					0
	Christopher Mies									17th	14th					0
	Martin Wachter									18th	17th	14th	DNF	14th	18th	0
	Thomas Hunter									20th	13					0
	Stephane Jaggi									21st	16					0
	Leonard Vernet									21st	16					0
	Ulric Amado									22nd	18th					0
	David Ferrer									22nd	18th					0
	Christoph Schrezenmeier											11	DNS			0
	Robert Renauer											12	14th			0
	Hermann Bacon											12	14th			0
	Roland Rehfeld											13	11			0
	Holger Goedicke											14th	DNF			0
	Ronny Melkus													11	DNF	0
	Georg Zoltan													15th	16	0
space	driver	OSC		ONLY1		NOR		ASS		ONLY2		LAU		SAC		Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

1. ↑ ^{a b} In the fifth and seventh races, Dominik Schwager and Klaus Ludwig started as guest starters and received no points.

Team evaluation

14 teams came into the points evaluation.

space	team	OSC		ONLY1		NOR		ASS		ONLY2		LAU		SAC		Points
1	Engineering tab	5	4th	6th	10	8th	8th	10	10	4th	4th	6th	4th	8th	10	97
2	Mühlner Motorsport	8th	8th	5	6th	6th	10	4th	8th	2	8th	10	10	6th	5	96
3	Hexis Racing	6th	5	4th	3	4th	3	5	5	1	2	8th	8th	10	8th	72
4th	ARGO Racing	4th	6th	8th	2	2	1	6th	6th	6th	10	5	6th	3	6th	71
5	Toni Seiler Racing	1	0	3	5	10	5	3	4th	5	3	4th	5	5	0	53
6th	MM-Racing	3	3	0	4th	5	4th	8th	2	8th	0	1	0	0	0	38
7th	Matech Concepts	10	10	0	8th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th	32
8th	Michael Raja	2	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	3	27
9	G-Private Racing	0	0	0	0	1	6th	0	0	3	6th	0	0	4th	1	21st
10	Kessel Racing	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	12
11	HEICO Motorsport	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
12	Jörg van Ommen Autosport	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6th
13	Buchbinder by emotional engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	5
14th	Marius Ritskes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4th
15th	Schnabl engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Lauck Manuel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guest starter without championship points assessment
	Callaway Competition	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Red Race	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Christoph Schrezenmeier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Hermann Bacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Official website of the ADAC GT Masters

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ADAC-GT-Masters - Website: ADAC GT Masters Results 2008. On: www.adac-gt-masters.de , accessed on February 20, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} ADAC-GT-Masters - website: ADAC GT Masters valuation 2008. On: www.adac-gt-masters.de , accessed on February 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ADAC-GT-Masters - website: ADAC GT Masters drivers 2008. On: www.adac-gt-masters.de , accessed on February 20, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ADAC-GT-Masters - website: ADAC GT Masters Teams 2008. On: www.adac-gt-masters.de , accessed on February 20, 2020 .