FIA GT Championship 2008

The 2008 FIA GT Championship comprised a total of ten races in eight countries. The race at Spa-Francorchamps was held as a 24-hour race . In Bucharest there were 2 runs of 1 hour each.

Race calendar and results

date	place	Podium GT1	Vehicle GT1	Podium GT2	Vehicle GT2
20th of April	Silverstone	1. Karl Wendlinger / Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9	1. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels	Maserati MC12	2. Andrew Kirkaldy / Rob Bell	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Philipp Peter / Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin DBR9	3. Matteo Malucelli / Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari 430 GT2
May 18	Monza	1. Christophe Bouchut / Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	1. Richard Westbrook / Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
		2. Miguel Ramos / Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12	2. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Philipp Peter / Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin DBR9	3. Thomas Biagi / Christian Montanari	Ferrari 430 GT2
June 21st	Adriatic	1. Mike Hezemans / Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	1. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels	Maserati MC12	2. Thomas Biagi / Christian Montanari	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Marcel Fässler / Jean-Denis Delétraz	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	3. Matteo Malucelli / Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari 430 GT2
July 6th	Oschersleben	1. Karl Wendlinger / Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9	1. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Alex Müller / Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	Aston Martin DBR9	2. Thomas Biagi / Christian Montanari	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Marcel Fässler / Jean-Denis Delétraz	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	3. Andrew Kirkaldy / Rob Bell	Ferrari 430 GT2
2. - 3. August	spa	1. Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels / Eric van de Poele / Stéphane Sarrazin	Maserati MC12	1. Matteo Malucelli / Paolo Ruberti / Joël Camathias / Davide Rigon	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Miguel Ramos / Alexandre Negrão / Stéphane Lemeret / Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati MC12	2. Richard Westbrook / Emmanuel Collard / Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
		3. Philipp Peter / Allan Simonsen / Darren Turner / Andrew Thompson	Aston Martin DBR9	3. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni / Mika Salo / Jaime Melo	Ferrari 430 GT2
August 23	Bucharest 1 Run 1	1. Marcel Fässler / Jean-Denis Delétraz	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	1. Andrew Kirkaldy / Rob Bell	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Mike Hezemans / Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	2. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels	Maserati MC12	3. Richard Westbrook / Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
August 24th	Bucharest 1 Run 2	1. Marcel Fässler / Jean-Denis Delétraz	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	1. Andrew Kirkaldy / Rob Bell	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Miguel Ramos / Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12	2. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels	Maserati MC12	3. Richard Westbrook / Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
September 14th	Brno	1. Karl Wendlinger / Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9	1. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Mike Hezemans / Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	2. Jiří Janák / Tim Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
		3. Christophe Bouchut / Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	3. Matteo Malucelli / Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari 430 GT2
5th October	Nogaro	1. Miguel Ramos / Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12	1. Richard Westbrook / Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
		2. Mike Hezemans / Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	2. Tim Mullen / Andrea Piccini	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Marcel Fässler / Jean-Denis Delétraz	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	3. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
October 19th	Zolder	1. Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels	Maserati MC12	1. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Mike Hezemans / Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	2. Matteo Malucelli / Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Karl Wendlinger / Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9	3. Marc Lieb / Markus Palttala	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
November 23	San Luis	1. Anthony Kumpen / Bert Longin	Saleen S7 -R	1. Matías Russo / Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari 430 GT2
		2. Mike Hezemans / Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	2. Toni Vilander / Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 430 GT2
		3. Maxime Soulet / Christian Ledesma	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	3. Thomas Biagi / Christian Montanari	Ferrari 430 GT2

¹ The two races in Bucharest were classified separately. There were half scores for each run.

Championship results

Drivers and teams GT1

1. Michael Bartels 70 Andrea Bertolini 70 2. Fabrizio Gollin 66 Mike Hezemans 66 3. Alexandre Negrao 52.5 Miguel Ramos 52.5 4th Marcel Fässler 48.5 5. Jean-Denis Delétraz 45.5 6th Karl Wendlinger 44 Ryan Sharp 44 7th Philipp Peter 40 Allan Simonsen 40 8th. Christophe Bouchut 32.5 Xavier Maassen 32.5 9. Stéphane Sarrazin 20th Eric van de Poele 20th 10. Anthony Kumpen 18.5 Bert Longin 18.5 11. Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer 17th Alexander Muller 17th

1. Vitaphone Racing Team 122.5 2. Phoenix Carsport Racing 107 3. Jetalliance Racing 59 4th Gigawave Motorsport 40 5. Selleslagh Racing Team 38.5 6th Peka Racing nv 18.5 7th Labre Competition 10 8th. IPB Spartak Racing 9.5 JMB Racing 9.5 9. ACA Argentina 7th 10. Vitasystems team 1

Drivers and teams GT2

1. Gianmaria Bruni 93 Toni Vilander 93 2. Paolo Ruberti 60.5 Matteo Malucelli 60.5 3. Richard Westbrook 51 4th Christian Montanari 45 Thomas Biagi 45 5. Emmanuel Collard 41 6th Andrew Kirkaldy 37 Rob Bell 37 7th Joeal Camathias 35.5 8th. Davide Rigon 33.5 9. Tim Mullen 27 10. Matias Russo 25.5 ... 13. Marc Lieb 21st 14th Henri Moser 19th 21st Tim Bergmeister 8th 24. Dirk Mueller 5 25th Richard Lietz 4.5 28. Wolf Henzler 1.5 29 Dominik Farnbacher 1

1. AF Corse 138 2. BMS Scuderia Italia 76 3. Prospeed Competition 69.5 4th CR Scuderia 61 5. Scuderia Ecosse 26.5 6th Advanced engineering 24.5 7th Kessel Racing 19th 8th. K plus K motorsport 8th 9. IMSA Performance Matmut 4.5 10. Trackspeed Racing 1

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