The 2008 European Rally Championship season was the 56th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Luca Rossetti won 4 of the 9 rallies to claim his first European rally championship title.

Calendar and winners

The calendar of the 2008 season consisted of only 9 events, after the ELPA Rally not taking place in that year. The remaining events were unchanged from the previous year.[1]

Round Date Event Winner ERC
14– 6 AprilTurkey Istanbul RallyItaly Luca Rossetti
218–20 AprilItaly Rally 1000 MigliaItaly Luca Rossetti
322–24 MayCroatia Croatia Delta RallyItaly Luca Rossetti
46– 8 JunePoland Rally PolandPoland Michał Sołowow
527–28 JuneBelgium Ypres RallyItaly Luca Rossetti
611–13 JulyBulgaria Rally BulgariaBulgaria Krum Donchev
71–2 AugustPortugal Rally Vinho da MadeiraItaly Giandomenico Basso
822–24 AugustCzech Republic Barum Rally ZlínItaly Renato Travaglia
917–19 OctoberFrance Rallye Antibes Côte d'AzurPoland Michał Sołowow

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.[2]

Pos. Driver Turkey Italy Croatia Poland Belgium Bulgaria Portugal Czech Republic France Points
1 Italy Luca Rossetti 1 1 1 3 2 Ret 67
2 Poland Michał Sołowow Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 3 4 3 1 65
3 Turkey Volkan Isik 5 Ret 3 3 Ret 2 5 5 2 54
4 Italy Corrado Fontana 4 1 Ret Ret 4 3 34
5 Bulgaria Krum Donchev 6 6 4 6 1 Ret Ret 30
6 Italy Luca Betti Ret 7 5 4 4 5 6 4 Ret 29
7 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák 8 Ret 5 Ret 6 4 13
Not enough events to qualify for championship
Italy Renato Travaglia 3 2 Ret 2 1 (50)
Italy Giandomenico Basso Ret Ret 2 1 Ret (32)
Finland Anton Alén 2 3 Ret (22)
Poland Tomasz Czopik Ret 2 (12)
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References

  1. ↑ "Calendar". rally-erc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. ↑ "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
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