2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Industry	Motorsport
Founded	1991
Area served	Europe
Products	Formula Renault 2.0 racing series

The 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season marked the eighteenth iteration of this championship. The competition began on May 3 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and wrapped up on October 19 at the Circuit de Catalunya, featuring a total of fourteen races. Heading into the final event, four drivers were still in contention for the title, with Valtteri Bottas ultimately clinching his second championship within the year.

Teams and drivers

2008 Participant Roster Team No. Driver Category Rounds Entered Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Epsilon Euskadi 1 1 Jake Rosenzweig Full season 2 Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pablo Montilla Full season 3 Template:Country data DOMTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Campollo Full season Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall SG Drivers Project 4 Template:Country data ARETemplate:Namespace detect showall Ramez Azzam Template:Motorsport class Full season 5 Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Anton Nebylitskiy Full season 6 Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-Éric Vergne Full season Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Epsilon Euskadi 2 7 Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Albert Costa Full season 8 Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto Merhi Template:Motorsport class Full season 9 Template:Country data COLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Carlos Muñoz Template:Motorsport class Rounds 2 to 7 Motopark Academy 10 Tobias Hegewald Entire season 11 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Entire season 70 Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa Template:Motorsport class Selected events (1,4,6) Symbol Category Junior Category Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole Position Holder Fastest Lap Achiever Race Winner Winning Team 1 R1 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps May 3 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall SG Formula R2 May 4 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Zampieri Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Paul Meijer Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall MP Motorsport 2 R1 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Silverstone Circuit June 7 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Mathieu Arzeno Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy R2 June 8 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall SG Formula 3 R1 Template:Country data HUNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hungaroring July 5 Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall SG Formula R2 July 6 Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall SG Formula 4 R1 rowspan=2Template:Flagicon DEU Nürburgring   August 30   Template:Flagicon ESP Roberto Merhi   Template:Flagicon FIN Valtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon ESP Roberto Merhi   Template:Flagicon ESP EPIC Racing#Epsilon Euskadi R2 August 31 Template:Flagicon FIN Valtteri Bottas Template:Flagicon FIN Valtteri Bottas Template:Flagicon FIN Valtteri Bottas Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy rowspan=2 5 R1 " rowspan=2 "Template:Flag icon FR""Bugatti Circuit,Le Mans " September 6 "Template:Flag icon ESP"Roberto Merhi "Template:Flag icon ESP"Roberto Merhi "Template:Flag icon ESP"Roberto Merhi "Template:Flag icon ESP"EPIC Racing#Epsilon Euskadi - "R2" "7 September" "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon DEU"Motopark Academy " - 6 "R1" "rowspan=2"|Template:Flag icon PRT"Autódromo do Estoril " "27 September" "Template:Flag icon AUS"Daniel Ricciardo " "Template:Flag icon ESP"Albert Costa (racing driver) "Template:Flag icon AUS"Daniel Ricciardo " "Template:Flag icon FRA"SG Formula " - "R2" "28 September" "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon DEU"Motopark Academy " - 7 "R1" "rowspan=2"|Template:Flag icon ESP"Circuit de Catalunya,Barcelona " "18 October" "Template:Flag icon AUS"Daniel Ricciardo " "Template:Flag icon GBR" Richard Singleton" "Template:Flag icon FIN"Valtteri Bottas " "Template:Flag icon DEU"Motopark Academy " - "R2" "19 October" "Template:Flag icon AUS"Daniel Ricciardo " "Template:Flag icon AUS"Daniel Ricciardo " "Template:Flag icon AUS"Daniel Ricciardo " "Template:Flag icon FRA"SG Formula " Drivers Points distribution by finishing position: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP* Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 * Granted exclusively to the pole sitter of race one Pos Driver SPA Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall SIL Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall HUN Template:Country data HUNTemplate:Namespace detect showall NÜR LMS Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall EST Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall CAT Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pts 1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 align=left| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|27 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Retired |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4 139 align=left| Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Ricciardo 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Retired |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1 136 † Drivers classified as finishers despite not completing the race (over 90% distance covered). Christopher Zanella participated as a guest driver with Race Performance during the Hungaroring round. 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