The 2008 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the sixth and final season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 30 March at Brands Hatch, and ended on 21 September at the same circuit, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.
Teams and drivers All drivers drove Mk2 SEAT Leóns.
Team Drivers Rounds Total Control Racing 1 Jonathan Adam All 9 Jamie Ackers All Welch Motorsport 2 Carl Breeze All 7 Daniel Welch All 11 Jeremy Gumbley All JHR Developments 3 Andrew Herron All 25 Robert Lawson All Hardinge Machine Tools 8 James Appleby All JP Motorsport 12 Steve Mitchell 3–10 Daniels Motorsport 14 David Nye 1, 3–7, 9–10 42 David Green All DRM M-Sport 32 Daniel Rowbottom All Z Speed Racing 34 Martin Byford All Advent Motorsport 44 Freddy Nordström All Stringfellow Motorsport 69 Dan Stringfellow 1–3, 5–6
Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 30 March Robert Lawson Daniel Welch Robert Lawson JHR Developments R2 Martin Byford Martin Byford Martin Byford Z Speed Racing 2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 12 April Jonathan Adam Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Welch Motorsport R4 13 April Robert Lawson Martin Byford Robert Lawson JHR Developments 3 R5 Donington Park National 4 May Robert Lawson Robert Lawson Robert Lawson JHR Developments R6 Robert Lawson Martin Byford Robert Lawson JHR Developments 4 R7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 18 May Jonathan Adam Daniel Welch Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing R8 Robert Lawson Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing 5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 1 June Robert Lawson Andrew Herron Robert Lawson JHR Developments R10 Jonathan Adam Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Run at Snetterton. 6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 13 July Robert Lawson Martin Byford Carl Breeze Welch Motorsport R12 Jonathan Adam Robert Lawson Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing R10 Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing 7 R13 Oulton Park Island, Cheshire 26 July Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing R14 27 July Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing 8 R15 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 17 August Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing R16 Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing 9 R17 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 30 August Jonathan Adam Robert Lawson Robert Lawson JHR Developments R18 31 August Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing 10 R19 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 21 September Robert Lawson Martin Byford Martin Byford Z Speed Racing R20 Jonathan Adam Martin Byford Martin Byford Z Speed Racing
Championship standings Drivers' top 18 results count towards the championship. Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Fastest lap Best improvement ongrid position 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts 1 Jonathan Adam 9 3 2 4 7 Ret 1 1 3 C 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 3 2 301 2 Robert Lawson 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 C Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 7 2 4 295 3 Martin Byford 8 1 3 2 3 2 5 3 4 C 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 285 4 Carl Breeze 2 4 1 5 2 3 4 13 5 C 1 3 4 7 7 5 3 3 3 9 5 252 5 Andrew Herron Ret 8 5 8 4 4 6 2 2 C 7 5 3 4 10 10 7 2 2 6 6 207 6 Daniel Welch 3 NC 10 3 5 5 2 7 7 C 12 4 Ret Ret 4 4 5 10 5 4 3 183 7 Daniel Rowbottom 7 6 6 6 6 6 Ret 9 Ret C 4 8 8 8 6 Ret 6 6 6 8 11 135 8 Freddy Nordström 10 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 5 8 C 2 6 Ret 11 9 9 9 5 8 5 7 112 9 Jeremy Gumbley 4 11 8 9 10 9 9 6 9 C Ret 9 9 5 5 7 8 14 10 Ret 9 102 10 James Appleby 6 7 9 11 8 11 8 11 6 C 9 7 6 6 11 8 11 7 9 Ret 8 99 11 Jamie Ackers 11 9 7 12 11 7 10 8 13 C 6 Ret 11 10 8 11 Ret 9 14 7 10 72 12 David Nye 5 10 12 12 12 C 8 10 10 9 Ret 8 11 10 12 44 13 David Green 12 13 11 13 13 10 7 10 11 C 11 12 7 13 Ret 6 Ret 12 12 Ret DNS 41 14 Dan Stringfellow Ret 12 12 10 9 8 10 C 10 11 12 26 15 Steve Mitchell 12 12 Ret DNS 14 C Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 10 11 13 11 13 11 Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
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