Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2008

René Rast won the championship in 2008 (photo from 2010)

The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany was the 19th season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany . The first round of the brand championship took place on April 13, 2008 and the season finale took place on October 26 at the Hockenheimring .

A total of nine races were held this season in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The races took place as part of the DTM supporting program .

René Rast won the driver's title with 139 points. The team ranking was won by the MRS team .

Starting field

The following drivers and guest drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	Race weekend
1	Martin Ragginger	UPS Porsche Junior Team	all
2	Marco Holzer		all
3	Nicolas Armindo	ARAXA Racing	all
4th	Carl-Olov Carlsson		all
5	Robert Renauer	Farnbacher RT	all
6th	Niclas Kentenich		all
7th	Tim Buijs	Mamerow Racing	1, 3
	Jeroen Bleekemolen		2, 4, 5
	Pascal Kochem		6th
	Lance David Arnold		7-9
8th	Christian Mamerow		all
9	Jiří Janák	Schnabel engineering	1-8
9	David Saelens		9
10	Hannes Plesse		all
11	Alex Davison	Herberth Motorsport	1
11	Uwe Alzen		2-9
12	Jörg Hardt		all
14th	René Rast	MRS team	all
15th	Mario Josten		all
16	Pascal Kochem	Eichin Racing	1-3
	Tim Buijs		4-9
17th	Mike Verschuur		all
18th	Jan Seyffarth	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	all
19th	Robert Lukas		all
20th	Patrick Hirsch	Country Motorsport	all
21st	Andzej Dzikevic		all
22nd	Jiří Mičánek	Mičának Motorsport	all
23	Oleg Kesselman		all
24	Florian Stoll	MS Racing	all
25th	Ivan Jacoma		all
33	Christian Dept.	tolimit	all
44	Christian Engelhart		all
45	Norbert Schratter	MRS team	9
46	Swen Dolenc	Eichin Racing	9
66	Florian Scholze	Online Leasing RT	1, 2, 4-9
66	Christoph Schrezemmeier		3
77	Thomas Hunter		all
88	Patrick Huisman	Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing	all
99	Philipp Wlazik		all

     Guest starters

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	Second	Third
1	Hockenheimring	April 13th	René Rast	Jan Seyffarth	René Rast	Christian Mamerow	Nicolas Armindo
2	Oschersleben	20th of April	Jörg Hardt	Uwe Alzen	Jörg Hardt	Christian Mamerow	Nicolas Armindo
3	Mugello	May 4th	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	René Rast	Nicolas Armindo
4th	Lausitzring	May 18	René Rast	Nicolas Armindo	Jörg Hardt	René Rast	Thomas Hunter
5	Norisring	June 29th	Nicolas Armindo	Nicolas Armindo	Nicolas Armindo	René Rast	Christian Mamerow
6th	Zandvoort	July 13th	Christian Mamerow	René Rast	Jan Seyffarth	Christian Mamerow	René Rast
7th	Nürburgring	July 27th	René Rast	Jörg Hardt	Jan Seyffarth	Martin Ragginger	Marco Holzer
8th	Barcelona	21st September	Jan Seyffarth	René Rast	Jan Seyffarth	Marco Holzer	René Rast
9	Hockenheimring	October 26th	Marco Holzer	Marco Holzer	Marco Holzer	Jörg Hardt	Uwe Alzen

Championship results

Point system

The following number of points was awarded to the first 15 classified drivers. The points from the guest starters were deleted at the end of the season, so the same positions can have different point evaluations:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th
Points	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 30 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	CAT	HOC2	Points
1	René Rast	1	6th	2	2	2	3	7th	3	4th	139
2	Jan Seyffarth	4th	4th	17th	4th	4th	1	1	1	9	123
3	Christian Mamerow	2	2	5	6th	3	2	11	8th	7th	114
4th	Jörg Hardt	DNF	1	DNF	1	6th	5	DNF	5	2	92
5	Marco Holzer	20th	12	7th	10	8th	6th	3	2	1	91
6th	Nicolas Armindo	3	3	3	14th	1	24	DNF	6th	DSQ	90
7th	Martin Ragginger	9	9	DNS	9	7th	7th	2	4th	8th	90
8th	Patrick Huisman	5	5	8th	5	DNF	9	6th	10	DSQ	67
9	Uwe Alzen		DNF	1	DNF	5	4th	DNF	DNF	3	62
10	Thomas Hunter	11	DNF	6th	3	DNF	20th	8th	7th	6th	59
11	Jiří Janák	8th	8th	4th	8th	9	DNF	9	25th		53
12	Robert Renauer	23	22nd	9	DNS	15th	16	4th	9	5	41
13	Mario Josten	21st	DNF	10	21st	12	10	10	12	15th	28
14th	Christian Dept.	10	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	8th	19th	15th	13	24
15th	Lance David Arnold							5	24	11	18th
16	Niclas Kentenich	12	DNF	14th	20th	10	12	16	21st	22nd	17th
17th	Philipp Wlazik	DSQ	7th	19th	15th	11	DNF	18th	16	18th	15th
18th	Jeroen Bleekemolen		11		7th	DNF					14th
19th	Christian Engelhart	18th	DNF	15th	11	20th	11	DNF	DNF	14th	14th
20th	Pascal Kochem	6th	13	25th			18th				13
21st	Patrick Hirsch	13	17th	DSQ	13	17th	15th	DNF	11	DNS	13
22nd	Carl-Olov Carlsson	DSQ	10	22nd	DNF	23	27	20th	22nd	12	11
23	Ivan Jacoma	DSQ	21st	11	18th	19th	21st	13	17th	16	9
24	Tim Buijs	22nd		16	DNF	13	14th	15th	13	29	9
25th	Robert Lukas	15th	14th	18th	DNF	DNF	17th	12	DNF	17th	8th
26th	Florian Stoll	14th	20th	24	17th	14th	13	DNF	DNF	20th	8th
27	Mike Verschuur	19th	15th	12	DNF	22nd	DNF	DNF	14th	21st	7th
28	Andzej Dzikevic	DNF	18th	13	23	18th	22nd	21st	18th	19th	3
29	Hannes Plesse	DNF	16	DNF	19th	16	19th	14th	19th	24	2
30th	Florian Scholze	16	19th		22nd	DNF	26th	DNF	20th	23	1
31	Jiří Mičánek	17th	23	20th	16	DNF	23	DNF	DNF	25th	0
31	Oleg Kesselman	DSQ	24	21st	24	21st	25th	17th	23	27	0
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Alex Davison	7th									0
	David Saelens									10	0
	Christoph Schrezenmeier			23							0
	Swen Dolenc									26th	0
	Norbert Schratter									28	0
space	driver	HOC1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	CAT	HOC2	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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racecam - Internet site: PCC Meister 2008. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 27, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Racecam - website: Allee drivers of the 2008 season at a glance. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 26, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Racecam - website: Allee guest starters of the 2008 season at a glance. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 26, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Racecam - website: Allee teams of the 2008 season at a glance. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 26, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Racecam - website: drivers' ranking Porsche Carrera Cup 2008. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 26, 2019 .