Formula 3 Euro Series 2008 season

Stefano Coletti (Signature Plus) at the Hockenheimring

The 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the sixth season of the Formula 3 Euro Series . A total of ten race weekends took place. The kick-off and the final took place at the Hockenheimring . Nico Hülkenberg won the drivers' championship title. ART Grand Prix won the teams championship.

Starting field

team	No.	driver	engine	Race weekend
ART Grand Prix	1	Nico Hulkenberg	Mercedes Benz	1-10
	2	James Jakes		1-10
	24	Jules Bianchi		1-10
	25th	Jon Lancaster		1-10
ASL Mücke Motorsport	3	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes Benz	1-10
	4th	Erik Janiš		1-10
	26th	Mika Mäki		1-10
Manor Motorsport	5	Sam Bird	Mercedes Benz	1-10
	6th	Niall Breen		1-8
	28	Kodai Tsukakoshi		1-10
	29	Kazuya shima		1-10
Signature plus	7th	Edoardo Mortara	Volkswagen	1-10
	8th	Franck Mailleux		1-10
	30th	Jean Karl Vernay		1-10
	31	Stefano Coletti		1-2
	35	Robert Wickens		3-6, 8-10
Prema Powerteam	9	Renger van der Zande	Mercedes Benz	1-10
	10	Charlie Kimball		1-3
	23	Dani Clos		1-10
	31	Stefano Coletti		4-10
Jo Zeller Racing	14th	Michael Klein	Mercedes Benz	1-4
	19th	Tom Dillmann		6th
HBR Motorsport	15th	Daniel Campos-Hull	Mercedes Benz	1-10
	27	Basil Shaaban		1-10
RC motorsport	17th	Maximilian Götz	Volkswagen	1-4
	18th	Martin Plowman		1-7
	32	Jens Klingmann		1-10
	33	Cong Fu Cheng		3-10
	41	Brendon Hartley		6th
	43	Peter Elkmann		8th
	44	Nelson Panciatici		9
	45	Frédéric Vervisch		10
SG Formula	19th	Tom Dillmann	Mercedes Benz	1-3
	20th	Henkie Waldschmidt		1-10
	21st	Richard Philippe		8-10
	34	Yann Clairay		1-10
	40	Daniel Ricciardo		6th
Carlin Motorsport	21st	Richard Philippe	Mercedes Benz	1-7
	22nd	Rodolfo González		1-9
	41	Brendon Hartley		8-10
	46	Oliver Oakes		10
Barazi epsilon	42	Stéphane Richelmi	Mercedes Benz	8-10

Racing calendar

A total of ten race weekends took place. There were two races on each race weekend.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	12. April	Hockenheim	Mika Mäki	Charlie Kimball	Edoardo Mortara
2.	April 13th		Renger van der Zande	Christian Vietoris	Edoardo Mortara
3.	May 3rd	Mugello	Nico Hulkenberg	Kodai Tsukakoshi	Jules Bianchi
4th	May 4th		Mika Mäki	Yann Clairay	Edoardo Mortara
5.	31. May	Pau	James Jakes	Edoardo Mortara	Jon Lancaster
6th	June 1st		Edoardo Mortara	Renger van der Zande	Dani Clos
7th	June 28th	Nuremberg	Nico Hulkenberg	Kodai Tsukakoshi	Jean Karl Vernay
8th.	June 29th		Christian Vietoris	Robert Wickens	Edoardo Mortara
9.	July 12	Zandvoort	Nico Hulkenberg	Mika Mäki	Jules Bianchi
10.	July 13th		Renger van der Zande	Yann Clairay	Franck Mailleux
11.	July 26th	Nürburg	Nico Hulkenberg	Jules Bianchi	Tom Dillmann
12.	July 27th		Jon Lancaster	Niall Breen	Jules Bianchi
13.	August 30th	Brands Hatch	Nico Hulkenberg	Kodai Tsukakoshi	Yann Clairay
14th	August 31		Franck Mailleux	Jean Karl Vernay	Renger van der Zande
15th	September 20th	Barcelona	Nico Hulkenberg	Sam Bird	Christian Vietoris
16.	21st September		Kazuya shima	Christian Vietoris	Jules Bianchi
17th	4th of October	Le Mans	Jules Bianchi	Sam Bird	Mika Mäki
18th	5th October		Robert Wickens	Dani Clos	Jean Karl Vernay
19th	October 25	Hockenheim	Nico Hulkenberg	Renger van der Zande	Mika Mäki
20th	October 26th		Jules Bianchi	Kodai Tsukakoshi	Nico Hulkenberg

Rating

Driver ranking

Item driver Points 1.  Nico Hulkenberg 85, 0 2.  Edoardo Mortara 49.5 3.  Jules Bianchi 47, 0 4th  Renger van der Zande 46, 0 5.  Mika Mäki 46, 0 6th  Christian Vietoris 36, 0 7th  Kodai Tsukakoshi 36, 0 8th.  Jean Karl Vernay 35, 0 9.  Yann Clairay 33, 0 10.  Franck Mailleux 27, 0 11.  Sam Bird 23, 0

Item driver Points 12.  Jon Lancaster 19th, 0 13.  James Jakes 19th, 0 14th  Dani Clos 16.5 15th  Robert Wickens 10.5 16.  Niall Breen 8th, 0 17th  Charlie Kimball 8th, 0 18th  Tom Dillmann 8th, 0 19th  Kazuya shima 7th, 0 20th  Stefano Coletti 6.5 21st  Erik Janiš 5, 0

Item driver Points 22nd  Maximilian Götz 3, 0 23.  Michael Klein 2, 0 24.  Rodolfo González 0.5 25th  Daniel Campos-Hull 0, 0 26th  Henkie Waldschmidt 0, 0 27.  Jens Klingmann 0, 0 28.  Richard Philippe 0, 0 29  Cong Fu Cheng 0, 0 30th  Basil Shaaban 0, 0 31.  Martin Plowman 0, 0

• Peter Elkmann , Brendon Hartley , Oliver Oakes , Nelson Panciatici , Daniel Ricciardo , Stéphane Richelmi and Frédéric Vervisch started as guest drivers and were therefore not included in the ranking.

Team evaluation

Item	team	Points
1.	ART Grand Prix	159, 0
2.	Signature plus	110.5
3.	ASL Mücke Motorsport	88, 0
4th	Prema Powerteam	80, 0
5.	Manor Motorsport	76.5
6th	SG Formula	37, 0
7th	Jo Zeller Racing	11, 0
8th.	RC motorsport	4th, 0
9.	Carlin Motorsport	1.5
10.	HBR Motorsport	0, 0

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