Speedcar Series 2008 season

The logo of the Speedcar Series

The 2008 Speedcar Series season was the first season of the Speedcar Series and took place in the Asian region in spring 2008. Master became Johnny Herbert .

driver

team	No.	driver
Speedcar team	06	Ukyo Katayama
	07	Stefan Johansson
	09	Alex Yoong
	10	Gianni Morbidelli
	18th	Ananda Mikola
	27	Jean Alesi
	50	Marchy Lee
	69	Johnny Herbert
	90	JJ Lehto
	96	Jacques Villeneuve
Phoenix Racing	08	Uwe Alzen
	80	Klaus Ludwig
		Christian Danner
		Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Team First Centerville	17th	Fabien Giroix
	71	Nicolas Navarro
Union Properties	20th	David Terrien
	85	Hasher Al Maktoum
GPC Squadra Corse	21st	Mathias Lauda
Moreno Suprapto	36	Moreno Suprapto

Racing calendar

No.	date	Country / route	winner
*	January 25th	Dubai Autodrome	Gianni Morbidelli
*	January 26th		Gianni Morbidelli
1	February 16	Sentul	Jean Alesi
2	February 17th		Uwe Alzen
3	March 21st	Sepang	Jean Alesi
4th	March 22		Uwe Alzen
5	4. April	Bahrain International Circuit	David Terrien
6th	April 5th		Gianni Morbidelli
7th	11 April	Dubai Autodrome	Johnny Herbert
8th	12. April		Johnny Herbert

* Without championship points

The first official speed car race was won by Gianni Morbidelli. Starting from pole, he was able to continuously expand his lead over the 20 lap race distance to eight seconds. Uwe Alzen, who had confirmed his participation only a few days before the start of the championship and had completed the first laps in a speed car in the morning, surprisingly came second.

In the second race of the weekend on Saturday, Stefan Johansson was on pole. He had finished eighth in the first run, and the speedcar rules dictate this reversal of the starting order. On the 18th lap, Nicolas Navarro, who had been leading up to this point, was eliminated due to a technical problem. So the way to victory was clear for Morbidelli, but this time Lauda followed directly.

In 2007 two events with demo races were held: on November 3rd at the Bahrain International Circuit and on November 17th at the Dubai Autodrome . In addition, further point races were planned in 2007, but they were not driven because the planning had not yet been completed and the field of participants was still too small.