The 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the eighteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 3 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 19, after fourteen rounds. Four drivers went into the final meeting with a shot of winning the title, with Valtteri Bottas coming out on top, to claim his second title in the year.

Teams and drivers 2008 Entry List Team Driver name Class Rounds Epsilon Euskadi 1 1 Jake Rosenzweig All 2 Pablo Montilla All 3 Richard Campollo All SG Drivers Project 4 Ramez Azzam All 5 Anton Nebylitskiy All 6 Jean-Éric Vergne All Epsilon Euskadi 2 7 Albert Costa All 8 Roberto Merhi All 9 Carlos Muñoz 2-7 Motopark Academy 10 Tobias Hegewald All 11 Valtteri Bottas All 70 António Félix da Costa 1, 4, 6 SG Formula 12 Daniel Ricciardo All 14 Andrea Caldarelli All 15 Nelson Lukes 1-2 Alexander Sims 5 Miki Monrás 6-7 Prema Powerteam 16 Carlos Muñoz 1 Víctor García 3 Sergio Campana 4-7 17 2-3 Kazim Vasiliauskas 1, 4-7 18 Patrick Reiterer All Krenek Motorsport 19 Adam Kout All 74 Jakub Knoll 1 Boutsen Energy Racing 21 Nathanaël Berthon All Team Motorpark 22 Kuba Giermaziak All 23 Juan Pablo García All 71 Vinicius Sammarone 1, 4, 6 BVM Minardi Team 24 Daniel Zampieri All 25 César Ramos All 26 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs All Jenzer Motorsport 27 Michele Faccin All 28 Pål Varhaug All 29 Siso Cunill 1-3 Christopher Zanella 4 Luís Santos 6 iQuick 30 Miguel Otegui All 31 Himar Acosta 1-2, 4-5 Johan Jokinen 6-7 Amiter Galuppo Sport 32 Marcelo Conchado 1-2, 5-7 Epsilon Sport 33 Tristan Vautier 1 Paul Meijer 3-4 Bastien Borget 5 34 3 Mathieu Arzeno 1-2, 5-7 35 Stéphane Richelmi 1-5 Hitech Junior Team 36 Richard Singleton All 37 Miki Monrás 1-5 Hitech Junior Racing 38 Luciano Bacheta All 39 Juan Jacobo All RB Racing Team 40 Dino Butorac 1-5, 7 Fortec Motorsport 41 Dean Smith All 42 Daniel McKenzie All Fortec Competition 43 Gabriel Dias 1-6 44 Alex Morgan All TCS Racing 45 Nicolas Marroc 1-5 Race Performance 66 Christopher Zanella 3 MP Motorsport 75 Paul Meijer 1 76 Nicky Catsburg 1 77 Mateusz Adamski 1 Pole Services 78 Benjamin Lariche 2 Icon Class Junior Class

Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 May Valtteri Bottas Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula R2 4 May Valtteri Bottas Daniel Zampieri Paul Meijer MP Motorsport 2 R1 Silverstone Circuit 7 June Valtteri Bottas Mathieu Arzeno Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy R2 8 June Valtteri Bottas Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula 3 R1 Hungaroring 5 July Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula R2 6 July Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula 4 R1 Nürburgring 30 August Roberto Merhi Valtteri Bottas Roberto Merhi Epsilon Euskadi R2 31 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy 5 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 6 September Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Epsilon Euskadi R2 7 September Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy 6 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 27 September Daniel Ricciardo Albert Costa Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula R2 28 September Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy 7 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 18 October Daniel Ricciardo Richard Singleton Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy R2 19 October Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula

Championship standings

Drivers Points are awarded to the drivers as follows: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP* Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 * - only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos Driver SPA SIL HUN NÜR LMS EST CAT Pts1234567891011121314 1 Valtteri Bottas32712Ret1321313114 139 2 Daniel Ricciardo14411135Ret611061 136 3 Andrea Caldarelli 2Ret2322532281232 123 4 Roberto Merhi 7Ret3536121327828† 108 5 Tobias Hegewald1151066346586Ret25 72 6 Jean-Éric Vergne102438†844627754Ret123 53 7 César Ramos6224Ret5925104718RetRet11 38 8 Albert Costa5Ret8Ret75304Ret43415RetRet 35 9 Michele Faccin8864237151513161494123310 Mathieu Arzeno9Ret57RetRetNCRet562311 Paul MeijerRet1118838 21 12 Daniel Zampieri4314Ret131021RetRet12RetDNS1015 20 13 António Félix da Costa 16910954 19 14 Alex Morgan13Ret7RetDNQDNQ11822171131117 17 15 Pål Varhaug 147131281228201420125137 17 16 Richard Singleton41142337†3229Ret14121392289 16 17 Dean Smith12Ret181629Ret712Ret1010617Ret 11 18 Kuba Giermaziak22Ret2525103197RetRet1381427 10 19 Alexander Sims69720 Anton Nebylitskiy24Ret1622RetRetRetRetRet15261778721 Miki Monrás 19113024122214Ret16277Ret9Ret622 Siso CunillRet61213Ret17523 Luciano Bacheta1518353631†Ret17Ret811RetNCRet18324 Gabriel Dias3623910Ret1118211514Ret18325 Sergio Campana2129914191121291514Ret13226 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs RetRet11914192924RetRet16RetRet14 227 Patrick Reiterer23Ret31272418Ret229Ret20Ret1921 2 28 Jake Rosenzweig18Ret37282016131810182229†2410 2 29 Tristan Vautier2510 1 30 Adam Kout2012221821252437†1128252322Ret 0 31 Himar Acosta40†2115111616DNQDNQ 0 32 Juan Pablo García2117363418212025Ret21301126Ret 0 33 Nathanaël Berthon39†20273026231219172524Ret2324 0 34 Carlos Muñoz 28252920Ret24Ret131919Ret131626 0 35 Stéphane Richelmi171339†15Ret1534†23DNQDNQ 0 36 Daniel McKenzie26191914DNQDNQ3231202319191519 0 37 Ramez Azzam 321517231620Ret26RetDNS21241820 0 38 Víctor García 15Ret 0 39 Johan Jokinen171620Ret 0 40 Kazim Vasiliauskas33Ret3328Ret222720Ret16 0 41 Nicky Catsburg3416 0 42 Bastien Borget 17RetRet24 0 43 Christopher Zanella 25263117 0 44 Benjamin Lariche2617 0 45 Nicolas Marroc312228Ret2727Ret2918Ret 0 46 Richard Campollo42†29201930†NC2232DNQDNQ33†2225Ret 0 47 Miguel Otegui RetRet33261930Ret33RetRet2925Ret22 0 48 Pablo Montilla37Ret322122Ret2634Ret26Ret26Ret23 0 49 Juan Esteban Jacobo 30Ret343228282735DNQDNQ23282125 0 50 Vinicius SammaroneRet28233032†21 0 51 Mateusz Adamski 2926 0 52 Luís Santos2827 0 53 Marcelo Conchado35314033DNQ3031Ret27Ret 0 54 Nelson Lukes27RetRet31 0 55 Jakub Knoll Ret30 0 56 Dino Butorac38Ret4135DNQDNQRet36DNQDNQDNQDNQ 0 Pos Driver SPA SIL HUN NÜR LMS EST CAT Pts † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Christopher Zanella race as guest driver with Race Performance at the Hungaroring.

Teams PosTeamPoints 1 SG Formula259 2 Motopark Academy2203 Epsilon Euskadi 21434 SG Drivers Project60 5 Jenzer Motorsport50 6 BVM Minardi Team54 7 Fortec Competition53 8 Epsilon Sport44 9 Hitech Junior Team1610 MP Motorsport15 11 TCS Racing11 12 Fortec Motorsport11 13 Team Motopark10 14 Prema Powerteam4 15 Hitech Junior Racing3 16 Epsilon Euskadi 12

References

External links Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship