The2008 FIA GT3 European Championship was the third season of theFIA GT3 European Championship. The season began on 19 April 2008 and ended on 6 December 2008, and featured twelve one-hour races.
Arnaud Peyroles and James Ruffier claimed the drivers' title in what turned out to be the final race of the season at the first round ofDubai.[1][2]Matech GT Racing claimed the teams' title after dominating the championship, clearing second-place finisherHexis Racing by 30 points.[3]
All races were one hour in length, and served as support races for theFIA GT Championship.
| Round | Race | Event | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Silverstone The RAC Tourist Trophy | Silverstone Circuit | April 19 |
| 2 | April 20 | |||
| 2 | 3 |  Motors & Music in Monza | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | May 17 |
| 4 | May 18 | |||
| 3 | 5 |  Oschersleben | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | July 5 |
| 6 | July 6 | |||
| 4 | 7 |  Brno | Masaryk circuit | September 13 |
| 8 | September 14 | |||
| 5 | 9 |  Nogaro | Circuit Paul Armagnac | October 4 |
| 10 | October 5 | |||
| 6 | 11 |  Dubai Motorsport Festival | Dubai Autodrome | December 5 |
| 12 | December 6 | |||
| Source:[4] | ||||
| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MartiniCallaway Racing | Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 | 1 | James Ruffier | All |
| Arnaud Peyroles | All | ||||
| 2 | Sascha Bert | 2–6 | |||
 Alois Meir | 2–6 | ||||
 Kessel Racing | Ferrari F430 GT3 | Ferrari F136 4.3 L V8 | 3 |  Plamen Kralev | 1–4 |
| Dimitar Iliev | 1–3 | ||||
| Nicki Cadei | 4, 6 | ||||
 Vadim Kuzminykh | 5–6 | ||||
| Loris Kessel | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Paul Warren | All | |||
| Chris Hyman | 1–4, 6 | ||||
| Henri Moser | 5 | ||||
| 5 |  Jose Manuel Balbiani | 1–5 | |||
| Nicki Cadei | 1, 3 | ||||
 Claudio Ricci | 4–5 | ||||
| Alessandro Tonoli | 2 | ||||
| Fabio Casagrande | 6 | ||||
| Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche M96/75 3.6 L Flat-6 | 6 | David Ashburn | All |
| Richard Williams | All | ||||
| 7 | Philip Nuttall | All | |||
| Andrew Shelley | All | ||||
| Hexis Racing | Aston Martin DBRS9 | Aston MartinAM04 5.9 L V12 | 8 | Thomas Accary | All |
| Pierre-Brice Mena | All | ||||
| 9 | Julien Rodrigues | All | |||
| Manuel Rodrigues | All | ||||
| 10 | Jean-Claude Lagniez | All | |||
| Frédéric Makowiecki | All | ||||
 JMB Racing | Ferrari F430 GT3 | Ferrari F136 4.3 L V8 | 11 | Bruce Lorgere-Roux | 1–4 |
| Michael Petit | 1–2 | ||||
| Pascal Ballay | 3, 5 | ||||
| Wesley Fongenie | 4 | ||||
| Jonathan Sicart | 5 | ||||
| Dino Lunardi | 6 | ||||
| Nicolas Misslin | 6 | ||||
| 12 | Johan Rambeaud | All | |||
| Nicolas Misslin | 1–2 | ||||
| Nicolas Comar | 4, 6 | ||||
 Arjan van der Zwaan | 3 | ||||
| Philippe Rambeaud | 5 | ||||
| 13 | Michael Petit | 3–5 | |||
| Pascal Ballay | 1–2 | ||||
| Mauro Casadei | 1 | ||||
| Jonathan Sicart | 2 | ||||
| Nicolas Misslin | 3 | ||||
| Philippe Rambeaud | 4 | ||||
| Dino Lunardi | 5 | ||||
| Bruce Lorgere-Roux | 6 | ||||
| Frederic O Neill | 6 | ||||
| S-Berg Racing Team | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V10 | 14 | Dominik Kraihamer | All |
| Hans Knauss | 1–3 | ||||
| Dennis Retera | 5–6 | ||||
| Luca Polato | 4 | ||||
| 15 | Vadim Kuzminykh | 1–3 | |||
| Luca Polato | 1–3 | ||||
| Dennis Retera | 4 | ||||
| Antoine Leclerc | 6 | ||||
| Marius Ritskes | 6 | ||||
| Brixia Racing | Aston Martin DBRS9 | Aston MartinAM04 5.9 L V12 | 16 | Gianmarino Zenere | All |
| Maurizio Fratti | 4, 6 | ||||
| Jaromir Jirik | 1 | ||||
| Philippe Prette | 2 | ||||
| Riccardo Errani | 3 | ||||
| Pietro Zumerle | 5 | ||||
| 17 | Marcello Zani | All | |||
| Gianluca Giraudi | 1–3 | ||||
| Diego Alessi | 4 | ||||
| Giuseppe Ciro | 5 | ||||
| Alex Frassinetti | 6 | ||||
| 18 | Massimo Mantovani | 1–4, 6 | |||
| Pietro Zumerle | 1–4, 6 | ||||
| Matech GT Racing | Ford GT GT3 | Ford 5.0 LSupercharged V8 | 19 | Juergen von Gartzen[5] | All |
| Luca Pirri[5] | All | ||||
| 20 | Ian Khan[5] | All | |||
| Thomas Mutsch[5] | All | ||||
| 21 | Bradley Ellis[5] | All | |||
| Alex Mortimer[6] | 2–6 | ||||
| Edward Morris[5] | 1 | ||||
| 50 | Eric La Marca | 6 | |||
| Lloyd La Marca | 6 | ||||
| Matech Mustang Racing | Ford Mustang FR500 GT | FordCammer 5.0 L V8 | 22 |  Eric de Doncker[5] | 1–4 |
 Scott Maxwell[5] | 1–2, 4 | ||||
 Gunnar Jeannette | 3 | ||||
| 23 | John Graham | 2–3 | |||
| Thierry Blaise[5] | 1 | ||||
| Nigel Greensall[5] | 1 | ||||
 Christos Peyiazis | 2 | ||||
| Romain Bera | 3 | ||||
| 24 | Romain Bera[5] | 1, 4 | |||
| Ron Marshal | 1 | ||||
| John Graham | 4 | ||||
| Team Berlanga | Ascari KZ1R | BMW S62 4.9 L V8 | 25 | Erik Zwart | 1–3, 6 |
| Chris Dymond | 1–2 | ||||
| Michael Greenhalgh | 3–4 | ||||
| Jonathan Lang | 4 | ||||
| Martin Rich | 6 | ||||
| 26 | Martin Rich | 1–4 | |||
| Andrew Thompson | 1–3 | ||||
| Ingo Gerstl | 4 | ||||
| Michael Greenhalgh | 6 | ||||
| Jonathan Lang | 6 | ||||
| Marc Sourd Racing | Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 | 27 | Michael Vorba | 4 |
| Alessandro Tonoli | 4 | ||||
| Laurent Cazenave | 5 | ||||
| Frederic Depresle | 5 | ||||
| 28 | Marc Sourd | All | |||
| Johan Charpilienne | 2–4 | ||||
| Gilles Vannelet | 5–6 | ||||
| Stephane Lacroix-Wasover | 1 | ||||
| AutoGt Racing | Morgan Aero 8 | BMW S50LA 4.9 L V8 | 29 | Gael Lesoudier[7] | All |
| Johan-Boris Scheier[7] | All | ||||
| 30 | Frédéric O'Neill[7] | 1–5 | |||
| Jacques Laffite[7] | 1–2, 5 | ||||
| Charles Morgan[7] | 3–4 | ||||
| 31 | Marguerite Laffite[7] | All | |||
| Georges-Alexandre Sturdza[7] | 1–5 | ||||
| Maxime Martin | 6 | ||||
| Apex Motorsport | Jaguar XKR-S GT3 | Jaguar AJ34S 4.2 LSupercharged V8 | 32 | Robert Hissom[8] | 1, 3–6 |
| Ben Clucas | 1, 3–5 | ||||
| Phil Quaife[8] | 6 | ||||
| 33 | Stuart Hall[8] | 1–3, 6 | |||
| Phil Quaife | 1, 3–5 | ||||
| Chris Dymond[8] | 4–6 | ||||
| Ray Bellm | 2 | ||||
| Prospeed Competition | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche M97/75 3.6 L Flat-6 | 35 | Rudi Penders | All |
| Franz Lamot | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
 Mikael Forsten | 4 | ||||
| 36 | David Loix | All | |||
| Stephane Lemeret | 2–4, 5–6 | ||||
| Mikael Forsten | 1 | ||||
| MM-Racing | Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 | 37 | Adam Lacko | 4–6 |
| Stepan Vojtech | 4–6 | ||||
| Martin Matzke | 1–2 | ||||
| Jiri Skula | 1–2 | ||||
| Vladimir Hladík | 3 | ||||
| Michael Vorba | 3 | ||||
| 38 | Martin Matzke | 3–6 | |||
| Jiri Skula | 3–6 | ||||
| Mühlner Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche M96/75 3.6 L Flat-6 | 39 | Mark Thomas[8] | All |
| Jaromir Jirik | 2–4 | ||||
| Jochen Krumbach[7] | 1 | ||||
| Jean-Francois Hemroulle | 5 | ||||
| Frank Schmickler[8] | 6 | ||||
| 40 | Tim Bergmeister[7] | 1–3 | |||
| Tom Cloet[7] | 1–3 | ||||
| Jaromir Jirik[8] | 5–6 | ||||
| Vincent Vosse | 5 | ||||
| Marc Basseng[8] | 6 | ||||
| La Torre Motorsport | Dodge Viper Competition Coupe | Dodge Viper 8.3 L V10 | 41 | Elio Marchetti | 1–3, 5 |
| Riccardo Romagnoli | 1–3, 5 | ||||
| Gabriele Sabatini | 4 | ||||
| Filippo Zadotti | 4 | ||||
| 42 | Gabriele Sabatini | 1–3, 5 | |||
| Filippo Mancini | 1–2 | ||||
| Giuseppe de Pasquale | 3 | ||||
| Filippo Zadotti | 5 | ||||
| 43 | Dino Lunardi | 1–4 | |||
| Gilles Vannelet | 1–4 | ||||
| Gravity Racing International | Ascari KZ1R | BMW S62 4.9 L V8 | 44 | Michael Greenhalgh | 1–2 |
| Jérôme Thiry | 2, 4 | ||||
| Stéphane Lémeret | 1 | ||||
| Maxime Martin | 4 | ||||
| 45 | Ettore Bonaldi | 2, 4 | |||
| Gian Maria Gabbiani | 2, 4 | ||||
| Jonathan Lang | 1 | ||||
| Howard Spooner | 1 | ||||
| Tech 9 Motorsport | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V10 | 46 | Maurizio Fabris[7] | 1, 3–6 |
| Antonio Andolfato | 4, 6 | ||||
| Tom Ferrier | 1 | ||||
| Max Cattori | 3 | ||||
| Joe Macari | 5 | ||||
| 47 |  Dimitris Deverikos | 2, 4 | |||
| Christopher Hasse | 2–3 | ||||
| Dennis Retera[7] | 1 | ||||
| Marius Ritskes[7] | 1 | ||||
| Albert von Thurn und Taxis | 3 | ||||
| Ales Jirasek | 4 | ||||
| Source:[9][10][11][12][13][14] | |||||
Points are awarded to the top eight finishers in the order 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Cars that failed to complete 75% of the winner's distance are awarded half the points awarded for completing the 75% race distance.
| Pos | Drivers | Team | SIL | MON | OSC | BRN | NOG | DUB | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1 | James Ruffier Arnaud Peyroles | MartiniCallaway Racing | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | NC | 27 | 1 | 1 | C | 54 |
| 2 | Thomas Accary Pierre-Brice Mena | Hexis Racing | 14 | NC | 5 | 13 | 2 | NC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | C | 43 |
| 3 | Ian KhanThomas Mutsch | Matech GT Racing | 1 | 1 | NC | 3 | NC | 21 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 4 | C | 41 |
| 4 | Bradley Ellis | Matech GT Racing | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | NC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | C | 41 | |
| 5 | Alex Mortimer | Matech GT Racing | 1 | 1 | 17 | NC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | C | 39 | |||
| Pos | Car | Team | SIL | MON | OSC | BRN | NOG | DUB | Total | ||||||