2008 British Formula 3 International Series

2008 British Formula 3 International Series

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The 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.

The Drivers' Championship was won by Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Hitech Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1	Max Chilton	All
			2	Walter Grubmüller	All
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3	Brendon Hartley	All
			4	Jaime Alguersuari	All
			17	Oliver Turvey	All
			18	Sam Abay	All
Nexa Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	5	Viktor Jensen	2–7
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	6	Henry Arundel	All
			24	John Martin	All
			25	Alistair Jackson	1–2
				Clemente de Faria, Jr.	9
			26	Atte Mustonen	All
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	7	Sebastian Hohenthal	1–8
				Dean Smith	11
			8	Marcus Ericsson	All
			14	Philip Major	All
T-Sport	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	9	Sergio Pérez	All
Ultimate Motorsport	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	11	Esteban Guerrieri	1–3, 10
				Alistair Jackson	4–9
			12	Ricardo Teixeira	1–10
			13	Michael Devaney	1–4
			16		5–10
Eurotek Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	15	Oliver Oakes	2, 8
JTR with Marshall Westland	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes HWA	28	Nick Tandy	1–9, 11
National Class
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	42	Henry Surtees	11
			43	Adriano Buzaid	11
			54	Kristján Einar	1–10
			56	Andrew Meyrick	1–6
				Martin O'Connell	7
Fluid Motorsport	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	50	Jay Bridger	All
			51	Stefan Wilson	All
C F Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	52	Hywel Lloyd	All
T-Sport	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	53	Steven Guerrero	All
			57	Salman Al Khalifa	1–10
				Callum MacLeod	11
Nexa Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	55	Craig Reiff	1–4, 8–9
Team Loctite	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	58	Niall Quinn	1–2, 4
			59	Jordan Williams	5–7
Litespeed F3	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	60	Callum MacLeod	5
			61	Jonathan Legris	7, 9, 11
Invitation Entries
Ombra Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	71	Matteo Chinosi	3
			72	Federico Leo	3
HBR Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	73	Daniel Campos-Hull	8
			74	Basil Shaaban	8
Cesario Formula	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	84	Clemente de Faria, Jr.	11
Eurotek Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	85	Oliver Oakes	9–11

Driver changes

• Following the departure of Marko Asmer, who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team.
• Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari. Brit Oliver Turvey, who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain, and Australian Sam Abay, also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class.
• Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them.
• Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel, Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats.
• Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo, left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson, who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major. Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team.
• T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
• Ultimate Motorsport, the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney, both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	National Class Winner
1	Oulton Park	24 March	Jaime Alguersuari	John Martin	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
2			Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
3	Croft	27 April	Marcus Ericsson	Max Chilton	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Andrew Meyrick
4			Brendon Hartley	Sergio Pérez	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
5	Monza	17 May	Matteo Chinosi	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Hywel Lloyd
6		18 May	Max Chilton	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Jay Bridger
7	Rockingham	26 May	Max Chilton	Jaime Alguersuari	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Andrew Meyrick
8			Jaime Alguersuari	Oliver Turvey	Sebastian Hohenthal	Fortec Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
9	Snetterton	8 June	Michael Devaney	Marcus Ericsson	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport	Jay Bridger
10			Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
11	Thruxton	29 June	Jaime Alguersuari	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
12			Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Steven Guerrero
13	Brands Hatch	13 July	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Jay Bridger
14			Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Steven Guerrero
15	Spa-Francorchamps	1 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
16		2 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Jay Bridger
17	Silverstone	16 August	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
18			Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Hywel Lloyd
19	Bucharest	23 August	Brendon Hartley	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Salman Al Khalifa
20		24 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
21	Donington Park	12 October	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Henry Surtees
22			Oliver Oakes	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Jay Bridger

Standings

Pos Driver OUL CRO MOZ ROC SNE THR BRH SPA SIL BUC DON Pts 1 Jaime Alguersuari Ret 1 6 5 12 6 3 2 2 3 Ret 3 1 4 3 4 5 6 3 1 1 1 251 2 Oliver Turvey 1 12 8 3 3 13 6 9 4 5 3 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 3 Ret 234 3 Brendon Hartley Ret 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 10 8 3 Ret 1 1 8 Ret 2 1 2 9 1 3 2 Ret 208 4 Sergio Pérez 7 13 1 2 1 1 5 13 Ret 4 7 4 4 1 6 2 4 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 195 5 Marcus Ericsson 6 2 5 Ret 7 7 2 10 6 8 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 3 2 11 12 8 7 141 6 Atte Mustonen 3 7 4 4 Ret 3 1 4 8 6 6 Ret 3 2 10 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 7 18 138 7 Sebastian Hohenthal 8 3 2 7 Ret Ret 7 1 5 2 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 8 105 8 Michael Devaney 4 8 16 Ret Ret 10 12 5 1 1 9 5 10 9 8 Ret 11 8 10 5 91 9 Nick Tandy NC Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 14 6 7 22 8 Ret 7 5 23 3 9 3 6 2 86 10 Max Chilton 2 14 22 10 Ret 4 4 3 16 7 14 12 Ret 10 17 10 7 10 6 16 21 11 72 11 Sam Abay 10 11 10 Ret 6 11 8 11 10 21 4 9 12 7 4 21 8 Ret 5 8 5 5 71 12 Esteban Guerrieri 5 6 3 Ret 16 2 4 4 63 13 John Martin 11 Ret 9 21 5 9 11 14 12 11 17 7 9 18 5 Ret 6 7 8 Ret 12 12 45 14 Walter Grubmüller Ret 5 14 11 4 Ret 9 12 9 9 11 11 6 8 9 Ret 13 11 9 6 Ret 20 44 15 Henry Arundel 9 10 11 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 20 11 12 7 12 15 Ret 15 11 10 21 16 Dean Smith 4 4 20 17 Alistair Jackson 13 9 7 9 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 19 14 Ret 9 18 Philip Major 16 22 Ret 20 9 Ret 20 Ret 19 14 16 10 11 13 20 9 16 12 Ret Ret 20 17 8 19 Oliver Oakes 12 Ret 13 11 22 14 14 7 13 6 1 20 Viktor Jensen 17 15 13 Ret 21 18 20 Ret 22 17 19 16 1 21 Ricardo Teixeira 14 17 Ret Ret DSQ 17 15 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret Ret 0 22 Clemente de Faria, Jr. 20 18 16 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Daniel Campos-Hull Ret 6 0 Matteo Chinosi 8 8 0 Federico Leo 14 Ret 0 Basil Shaaban Ret 15 0 National Class 1 Jay Bridger 15 19 15 14 Ret 12 19 16 11 13 13 14 14 15 16 12 17 17 15 11 10 8 322 2 Steven Guerrero 20 25 18 16 Ret 16 Ret 17 15 16 15 13 16 12 18 13 19 20 Ret 14 17 13 211 3 Hywel Lloyd 17 20 Ret 13 10 14 22 19 NC 15 19 Ret 22 20 19 16 18 16 13 10 18 16 207 4 Stefan Wilson 21 23 19 18 11 Ret 18 21 17 10 21 Ret 18 17 14 17 15 Ret Ret 9 15 15 194 5 Andrew Meyrick 12 15 13 8 Ret Ret 16 7 14 Ret 12 15 174 6 Salman Al Khalifa Ret 16 24 12 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 18 23 Ret 17 14 15 14 21 19 12 13 169 7 Kristján Einar 19 21 20 17 Ret 15 Ret 20 21 17 18 18 24 22 21 Ret 24 23 Ret Ret 101 8 Craig Reiff 22 24 23 19 15 Ret 24 Ret 22 20 23 22 51 9 Jonathan Legris 16 19 Ret 21 20 21 38 10 Niall Quinn 18 18 21 Ret 23 22 38 11 Henry Surtees 9 9 35 12 Jordan Williams Ret 20 20 19 23 21 25 13 Adriano Buzaid 14 14 22 14 Callum MacLeod 22 Ret 19 Ret 9 15 Martin O'Connell 21 Ret 6 Pos Driver OUL CRO MOZ ROC SNE THR BRH SPA SIL BUC DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship