British Touring Car Championship 2008

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The 51st British Touring Car Championship 2008 began at Brands Hatch on March 29 and ended at Brands Hatch on September 21.

As in 2007 , the 2008 season consisted of ten race weekends with three races each. Dunlop was no longer a sponsor of the BTCC, the new sponsor was HiQ. However, both companies belong to the same parent company. The defending champion was the Italian Fabrizio Giovanardi .

Important teams and drivers

driver	team	vehicle
Mat Jackson	BMW Dealer Team UK	BMW 320si E90
Colin Turkington	Team RAC	BMW 320si E90
Gordon Shedden	Team Halfords	Honda Civic
Tom Chilton	Team Halfords	Honda Civic
Fabrizio Giovanardi	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra
Matt Neal	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra
Tom Onslow-Cole	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra
Jason Plato	Seat Sport UK	Seat Leon TDI
Darren Turner	Seat Sport UK	Seat Leon TDI

Results and ratings

calendar

	date	run	route	Pole position	1st place	place 2	place 3
1, 2, 3	29-30 March	England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Mat Jackson	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Mat Jackson	Jason Plato
					Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gordon Shedden	Jason Plato
					Colin Turkington	Mat Jackson	Matt Neal
4, 5, 6	12-13 April	England	Rockingham	Gordon Shedden	Gordon Shedden	Darren Turner	Matt Neal
					Mat Jackson	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Darren Turner
					Matt Neal	Tom Chilton	Adam Jones
7, 8, 9	3rd to 4th May	England	Donington	Tom Onslow-Cole	Jason Plato	Matt Neal	Tom Onslow-Cole
					Fabrizio Giovanardi	Jason Plato	Tom Onslow-Cole
					Darren Turner	Tom Onslow-Cole	Fabrizio Giovanardi
10, 11, 12	17.-18. May	England	Thruxton	Tom Onslow-Cole	Tom Onslow-Cole	Colin Turkington	Fabrizio Giovanardi
					Tom Onslow-Cole	Colin Turkington	Matt Neal
					Jason Plato	Mat Jackson	Fabrizio Giovanardi
13, 14, 15	May 31st - June 1st	England	Croft	Darren Turner	Colin Turkington	Matt Neal	Gordon Shedden
					Colin Turkington	Mat Jackson	Matt Neal
					Fabrizio Giovanardi	Adam Jones	Matt Neal
16, 17, 18	12-13 July	England	Snetterton	Jason Plato	Jason Plato	Darren Turner	Tom Chilton
					Jason Plato	Colin Turkington	Fabrizio Giovanardi
					Mat Jackson	Steven Kane	Fabrizio Giovanardi
19, 20, 21	26.-27. July	England	Oulton Park	Jason Plato	Jason Plato	Tom Chilton	Fabrizio Giovanardi
					Colin Turkington	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Tom Onslow-Cole
					Gordon Shedden	Adam Jones	Andrew Jordan
22, 23, 24	16.-17. August	Scotland	Knockhill	Darren Turner	Jason Plato	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Tom Onslow-Cole
					Jason Plato	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Tom Onslow-Cole
					Darren Turner	Robert Collard	Andrew Jordan
25, 26, 27	30.-31. August	England	Silverstone	Jason Plato	Jason Plato	Mat Jackson	Darren Turner
					Fabrizio Giovanardi	Colin Turkington	Adam Jones
					Mat Jackson	Adam Jones	Fabrizio Giovanardi
28, 29, 30	20-21 September	England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Stephen Jelley	Mat Jackson	Steven Kane	Robert Collard
					Mat Jackson	Matt Neal	Colin Turkington
					Tom Chilton	Steven Kane	Tom Onslow-Cole

Score

driver

Pl. driver Points 1. Fabrizio Giovanardi 262 2. Mat Jackson 226 3. Jason Plato 223 4th Colin Turkington 212 5. Matt Neal 185 6th Tom Onslow-Cole 170 7th Gordon Shedden 144 8th. Darren Turner 133

Pl. driver Points 9. Adam Jones 119 10. Tom Chilton 107 11. Steven Kane 86 12. Robert Collard 84 13. Andrew Jordan 56 14th Mike Jordan 34 15th Stephen Jelley 34 16. Michael Doyle 5

Pl. driver Points 17th Matt Allison 3 Chris Stockton 3 19th Harry Vaulkhard 2 Jason Hughes 2 21st John George 1 Erkut Kızılırmak 1

brand

Pl.	driver	Points
1.	Vauxhall	697
2.	Seat	545

Web links

Commons : British Touring Car Championship 2008  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 2008 season at btccpages.com (English)
• Season 2008 ( Memento from May 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at btccaction.co.uk (English)