The following is an overview of the events of 2008 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 26–27 January46th 24 Hours of Daytona 17 February50th Daytona 500 24–25 May36th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 25 May66th Monaco Grand Prix25 May92nd Indianapolis 500 24 May-7 June90th Isle of Man TT 14–15 June76th 24 Hours of Le Mans 27 July31st Suzuka 8 Hours 2–3 August60th 24 Hours of Spa 10 August18th Masters of Formula 3 12 October51st Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 16 November55th Macau Grand Prix 14 December21st Race of Champions
Established championships/events Last raceChampionshipRef31 AugustSuperleague Formula
Disestablished championships/events Last raceChampionshipRef21 SeptemberSEAT Cupra Championship
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef6FebruaryTony Rolt89BritishRacing driver and engineer24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().23Paul Frère91BelgianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().27MarchJean-Marie Balestre86FrenchAuto racing executive administratorThe 9th FIA president13JuneOve Andersson70SwedishRally driver1975 Safari Rally winner.28AugustPhil Hill81AmericanRacing driverFormula One World Champion (). 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, -).
See also List of 2008 motorsport champions
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