World Touring Car Championship 2008

The 2008 World Touring Car Championship began in Curitiba ( Brazil ) on March 2 and ended in Macau on November 16 . The French Yvan Muller became world champion for the first time . In the brand classification, Seat was able to prevail as the winner.

Teams and drivers

No.	driver	team	vehicle
1	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si
2	Augusto Farfus Jr.	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si
3	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si
4th	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si
5	Félix Porteiro	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si
6th	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
7th	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
8th	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
9	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
10	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
11	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
12	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
13	Ibrahim Okyay	Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si
15th	James Thompson	N. Technology	Honda Accord Euro R.
16	Olivier Tielemans	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320si
18th	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
20th	Tom Coronel	SUNRED	SEAT León
23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Exagon engineering	SEAT León
26th	Stefano d'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
28	Viktor Shapovalov	Russian Bears Motorsport	Lada 110 2.0
29	Jaap van Lagen	Russian Bears Motorsport	Lada 110 2.0
31	Sergio Hernández	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
42	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si
43	Andrei Romanov	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si

Racing calendar

No.	date	country	route	Pole position	1st place	place 2	place 3
1 & 2	2nd March	Brazil	Curitiba	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Rickard Rydell	Jörg Müller
					Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	Félix Porteiro
3 & 4	April 6th	Mexico	Puebla	Jordi Gené	Jordi Gené	Rickard Rydell	Nicola Larini
					Tiago Monteiro	Rickard Rydell	Gabriele Tarquini
5 & ​​6	May 18	Spain	Valencia	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	Jordi Gené
					Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Andy Priaulx
7 & 8	June 1st	France	Pau	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	Yvan Muller	Jordi Gené
					Andy Priaulx	Nicola Larini	Rickard Rydell
9 & 10	15th June	Czech Republic	Brno	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	Félix Porteiro	Alain Menu
					Gabriele Tarquini	Alessandro Zanardi	Robert Huff
11 & 12	July 13th	Portugal	Estoril	Nicola Larini	Rickard Rydell	Nicola Larini	Yvan Muller
					Tiago Monteiro	Yvan Muller	Andy Priaulx
13 & 14	July 27th	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	Yvan Muller	Andy Priaulx
					Alain Menu	Félix Porteiro	Alessandro Zanardi
15 & 16	August 31	Germany	Oschersleben	Robert Huff	Augusto Farfus	Robert Huff	Alain Menu
					Félix Porteiro	Tom Coronel	Robert Huff
17 & 18	21st September	Italy	Imola	Rickard Rydell	Yvan Muller	Rickard Rydell	James Thompson
					James Thompson	Jörg Müller	Robert Huff
19 & 20	5th October	Italy	Monza	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx
					Gabriele Tarquini	Jordi Gené	Nicola Larini
21 & 22	October 26th	Japan	Aida	Augusto Farfus	Rickard Rydell	Jörg Müller	Andy Priaulx
					Tom Coronel	Augusto Farfus	Sergio Hernández
23 & 24	November 16	Macau	Macau	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Andy Priaulx	Yvan Muller
					Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Andy Priaulx

Driver ranking

Pl. driver Points 1. Yvan Muller 114 2. Gabriele Tarquini 88 3. Robert Huff 87 4th Andy Priaulx 81 5. Rickard Rydell 77 6th Augusto Farfus 63 7th Jörg Müller 60 8th. Jordi Gené 56 9. Alain Menu 54 10. Félix Porteiro 51 11. Nicola Larini 48

Pl. driver Points 12. Tiago Monteiro 43 13. Alessandro Zanardi 36 14th Tom Coronel 35 15th James Thompson 25th 16. Sergio Hernández 9 17th Franz Engstler 3 18th Stefano d'Aste 2 18th Manabu Orido 2 20th Olivier Tielemans 1 20th Matthew Marsh 1

Brand valuation

Pl.	team	Points
1.	Seat	326
2.	BMW	274
3.	Chevrolet	238
4th	Honda	60