The 2008 World Enduro Championship was the 19th season in the FIM World Enduro Championship. The season consisted of eight events and 16 races.
Last season's Enduro 2 champion, Honda's Mika Ahola, took his second world championship title now racing in the Enduro 1 class. In the Enduro 2 class, Yamaha's Johnny Aubert won his first world championship, becoming the first racer to defeat Juha Salminen since the 1998 season. With nine wins, Salminen broke compatriot Kari Tiainen's record (77) for most wins in the series. In Enduro 3, KTM's Samuli Aro became the sixth enduro rider to win five world championship titles.
Events
Round Event Location Dates 1 WEC GP Maxxis of Sweden Östersund 15–16 March 2 WEC GP Polisport of Portugal Vale de Cambra 19–30 March 3 WEC GP AMV of Spain Sitges 5–6 April 4 WEC GP Maxxis of Poland Kwidzyn 14–15 June 5 WEC GP of Wales Llanidloes 19–20 July 6 WEC GP AMV of France Uzerche 25–27 July 7 WEC GP LeoVince of Italy Piediluco 27–28 September 8 WEC GP AMV of Europe Mende, France 11–12 October
Riders' championship - top 10
Enduro 1 Pos Driver TeamSWEPORESPPOLGBRFRAITAEUR Pts 1 Mika Ahola Honda 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 375 2 Iván Cervantes KTM 6 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 346 3 Simone Albergoni Yamaha 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 302 4 Marc Germain Yamaha 4 6 6 5 5 3 6 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 284 5 Maurizio Micheluz Yamaha 7 7 5 7 7 6 5 8 8 6 7 3 4 7 7 224 6 Cristóbal Guerrero Yamaha 8 9 7 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 4 3 Inj Inj Inj Inj 185 7 Eero Remes KTM 3 4 4 4 3 4 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj 11 5 5 4 172 8 Tom Sagar KTM 8 5 9 7 8 5 5 8 6 9 9 9 164 9 Mike Hartmann KTM 15 13 10 10 8 9 7 11 9 11 9 7 8 11 156 10 Jordan Curvalle Suzuki 10 12 11 8 12 11 8 10 12 10 10 8 10 141 Pos Driver TeamSWEPORESPPOLGBRFRAITAEUR Pts
Enduro 2 Pos Driver TeamSWEPORESPPOLGBRFRAITAEUR Pts 1 Johnny Aubert Yamaha 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 361 2 Juha Salminen KTM 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 353 3 Alessandro Belometti KTM 7 7 4 4 3 6 3 5 11 11 6 6 4 3 4 4 259 4 Rodrig Thain TM 6 9 8 10 9 4 4 10 5 5 4 3 5 7 5 226 5 Antoine Meo Husqvarna 5 6 2 3 4 9 9 4 3 12 4 3 2 222 6 Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg 1 2 3 4 7 8 7 5 8 11 9 9 5 9 217 7 Fabrizio Dini Yamaha 9 12 7 6 6 5 9 9 10 15 12 10 5 8 9 8 196 8 Nicolas Paganon Aprilia 6 5 13 16 11 13 6 7 10 8 7 7 6 6 173 9 Fabio Mossini Honda 16 5 9 10 9 13 8 16 7 6 6 14 7 147 10 Simo Kirssi BMW 8 7 8 5 3 8 10 8 5 11 139 Pos Driver TeamSWEPORESPPOLGBRFRAITAEUR Pts
Enduro 3 Pos Driver TeamSWEPORESPPOLGBRFRAITAEUR Pts 1 Samuli Aro KTM 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 6 4 6 2 4 328 2 Marko Tarkkala KTM 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 1 3 2 5 2 8 5 1 3 317 3 Sébastien Guillaume Husqvarna 5 5 7 8 3 5 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 12 6 298 4 Christophe Nambotin Gas Gas 6 6 4 1 2 2 5 2 1 4 1 16 3 2 7 8 297 5 Stefan Merriman Aprilia 13 13 6 4 7 4 3 11 3 3 3 1 1 1 246 6 Marcus Kehr KTM 7 8 3 3 12 6 6 5 5 5 13 4 10 9 5 7 233 7 Björne Carlsson Husaberg 3 3 8 7 9 7 9 8 6 11 9 9 10 10 189 8 Xavier Galindo KTM 11 10 9 10 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 7 8 8 184 9 Alessandro Botturi Honda 8 7 11 10 10 7 6 7 8 6 4 9 5 176 10 Anders Eriksson BMW 4 4 9 11 14 13 7 8 9 10 9 11 11 6 170 Pos Driver TeamSWEPORESPPOLGBRFRAITAEUR Pts
Manufacturers' championship
Enduro 1 PosManufacturer Pts 1 Honda 375 2 KTM 351 3 Yamaha 338 4 Husqvarna 198 5 Suzuki 154 6 TM 102 7 Kawasaki 57 8 Sherco 12
Enduro 2 PosManufacturer Pts 1 KTM 378 2 Yamaha 361 3 Husqvarna 248 4 Husaberg 243 5 TM 226 6 Honda 214 7 BMW 191 8 Aprilia 173 9 Gas Gas 134 10 Beta 66 11 Suzuki 62 12 Kawasaki 12
Enduro 3 PosManufacturer Pts 1 KTM 355 2 Husqvarna 298 3 Gas Gas 297 4 Aprilia 271 5 Husaberg 189 6 Honda 179 7 BMW 170 8 TM 112 9 Beta 61 10 Yamaha 30 11 Sherco 11
External links
Full results at the official website