The 2008 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 44th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on May 10 at Mugello and ended on October 19 at Vallelunga after 16 races.
The season began with Edoardo Piscopo dominating the field with four successive wins, but another run of seven victories by Mirko Bortolotti, gave him the leadership in the championship. The championship title was delayed to the last round in Vallelunga, the victory in race one and his eighth of the season gave Bortolotti the championship crown.
The three first classified drivers of the championship were rewarded with a Formula One test organized by the Scuderia Ferrari at the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 at Fiorano, with Bortolotti setting the new track record.
Teams and drivers All cars were powered by FPT engines, all teams were Italian-registered. Team No Driver Chassis Rounds Campionato Nazionale Lucidi Motors 1 Giovanni Nava Dallara F308 All 4 Francesco Castellacci Dallara F308 All 12 Mirko Bortolotti Dallara F308 All Minardi by Corbetta Competizioni 2 Marco Zipoli Dallara F308 All 3 Michael Dalle Stelle Dallara F308 All 5 Valentino Sebastiani Dallara F308 1 Nicolò Piancastelli 2–8 Europa Corse 6 Salvatore Gatto Dallara F308 1–3 7 Francesco Prandi Dallara F308 All 8 Federico Glorioso Dallara F308 4 14 Giulio Glorioso Dallara F308 2–4, 6 18 Tom Dillmann Dallara F308 6–8 BVM – Target Racing 9 Stamatis Katsimis Dallara F308 1–2 Facundo Crovo 3–4 Giacomo Ricci 7 Daniel Mancinelli 8 39 Salvatore Cicatelli Dallara F308 All Team Ghinzani 11 Alessandro Cicognani Dallara F308 All 16 Edoardo Piscopo Dallara F308 All 41 Angelo Fabrizio Comi Dallara F308 8 RP Motorsport 21 Nico Verdonck Dallara F308 1–4 53 Jimmy Auby Dallara F308 4 Trofeo Nazionale CSAI Europa Corse 19 Matteo Davenia Dallara F304 8 52 Ivan Tramontozzi Dallara F304 1–2 53 Khalil Beschir Dallara F304 8 Team Ghinzani 51 Angelo Fabrizio Comi Dallara F304 1–7
Calendar All rounds were held in Italy. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Mugello Circuit 10 May Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani R2 11 May Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani 2 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 7 June Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani R2 8 June Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani 3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 7 July Francesco Castellacci Giovanni Nava Mirko Bortolotti Team Ghinzani R2 Francesco Castellacci Nico Verdonck Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors 4 R1 Mugello Circuit 20 July Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors R2 Mirko Bortolotti Edoardo Piscopo Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors 5 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano 31 August Mirko Bortolotti Salvatore Cicatelli Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors R2 1 September Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Team Ghinzani 6 R1 Misano World Circuit 13 September Edoardo Piscopo Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors R2 14 September Edoardo Piscopo Tom Dillmann Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani 7 R1 Adria International Raceway 27 September Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Lucidi Motors R2 28 September Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani 8 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 18 October Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors R2 19 October Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
Standings Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MUG VAR MIS ADR VLL Pts 1 Mirko Bortolotti 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 150 2 Edoardo Piscopo 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 8 2 Ret 2 2 1 1 1 5 4 127 3 Salvatore Cicatelli 8 7 6 4 3 7 2 7 3 3 5 5 12 5 4 7 61 4 Francesco Castellacci 14 3 3 Ret Ret 2 4 3 5 Ret 3 11 6 6 11 2 57 5 Giovanni Nava 4 4 Ret 3 8 6 3 4 7 6 8 4 9 10 3 5 53 6 Marco Zipoli 6 12 5 12 4 5 7 8 2 5 4 6 5 4 9 6 51 7 Tom Dillmann DSQ 2 3 3 2 Ret 29 8 Nico Verdonck 3 2 8 6 Ret 10 5 6 26 9 Michael Dalle Stelle Ret 10 7 Ret 7 8 16 13 4 4 Ret 7 7 7 7 11 23 10 Salvatore Gatto 5 5 4 Ret 6 4 21 11 Alessandro Cicognani 10 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 5 6 7 Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 12 Facundo Crovo 5 3 9 9 10 13 Daniel Mancinelli 6 3 9 14 Stamatis Katsimis 7 8 Ret 5 7 15 Giulio Glorioso 10 7 11 11 12 Ret 6 9 5 16 Giacomo Ricci 4 Ret 5 17 Francesco Prandi 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 12 13 12 8 8 Ret 10 8 8 8 Ret 5 18 Nicolò Piancastelli 13 8 10 13 14 11 9 Ret 7 13 11 9 12 9 3 19 Angelo Fabrizio Comi 12 13 12 10 9 14 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 10 11 10 8 1 20 Valentino Sebastiani 9 9 0 21 Ivan Tramontozzi 13 14 9 Ret 0 22 Federico Glorioso 10 10 0 23 Matteo Davenia 13 10 0 24 Jimmy Auby 11 Ret 0 Khalil Beschir Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MUG VAR MIS ADR VLL PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
References
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