2008 British Formula 3 International Series

The 2008 British Formula Three season was the 58th British Formula Three Championship season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four different countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.

Drivers and teams

Team	No	Driver	Class	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Hitech Racing	1	Max Chilton	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
Hitech Racing	2	Walter Grubmüller	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
Carlin Motorsport	3	Brendon Hartley	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	4	Jaime Alguersuari	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	17	Oliver Turvey	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	18	Sam Abay	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	42	Henry Surtees	Template:National	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	21–22
	43	Adriano Buzaid	Template:National	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	21–22
	54	Kristján Einar	Template:National	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	1–20
	56	Andrew Meyrick	Template:National	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	1–12
	56	Martin O'Connell	Template:National	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	13–14
Nexa Racing	5	Viktor Jensen	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	3–14
Nexa Racing	55	Craig Reiff	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	1–8, 15–18
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	6	Henry Arundel	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	24	John Martin	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	25	Alistair Jackson	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1–4
	25	Clemente de Faria, Jr.	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	17–18
	26	Atte Mustonen	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
Fortec Motorsport	7	Sebastian Hohenthal	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1–16
	7	Dean Smith	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	21–22
	8	Marcus Ericsson	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
	14	Philip Major	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	Alle
T-Sport	9	Sergio Pérez	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	Alle
	53	Steven Guerrero	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	Alle
	57	Salman Al Khalifa	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	1–20
	57	Callum MacLeod	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	21–22
Ultimate Motorsport	11	Esteban Guerrieri	Template:Champ	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	1–6, 19–20
	11	Alistair Jackson	Template:Champ	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	7–18
	12	Ricardo Teixeira	Template:Champ	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	1–20
	13	Michael Devaney	Template:Champ	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	1–8
	16	Michael Devaney	Template:Champ	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	9–20
Eurotek Motorsport	15	Oliver Oakes	Template:Champ	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3–4, 15–16
Eurotek Motorsport	85	Oliver Oakes	I	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	17–22
JTR with Marshall Westland	28	Nick Tandy	Template:Champ	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes HWA	1–18, 21–22
Fluid Motorsport	50	Jay Bridger	Template:National	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	Alle
Fluid Motorsport	51	Stefan Wilson	Template:National	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	Alle
C F Racing	52	Hywel Lloyd	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	Alle
Team Loctite	58	Niall Quinn	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	1–4, 7–8
Team Loctite	59	Jordan Williams	Template:National	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	9–14
Litespeed F3	60	Callum MacLeod	Template:National	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	9–10
Litespeed F3	61	Jonathan Legris	Template:National	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	13–14, 17–18, 21–22
Ombra Racing	71	Matteo Chinosi	I	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	5–6
Ombra Racing	72	Federico Leo	I	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	5–6
HBR Motorsport	73	Daniel Campos-Hull	I	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	15–16
HBR Motorsport	74	Basil Shaaban	I	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	15–16
Cesario Formula	84	Clemente de Faria, Jr.	I	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	21–22

Icon	Class
Template:Champ	Championship
Template:National	National
I	Invitation

Driver changes

Following the departure of Marko Asmer, who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team.
Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari. Brit Oliver Turvey, who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain, and Australian Sam Abay, also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class.
Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them.
Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel, Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats.
Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo, left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson, who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major. Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team.
T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
Ultimate Motorsport, the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney, both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Oulton Park	24 March	Jaime Alguersuari	John Martin	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
2	Oulton Park	24 March	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
3	Croft	27 April	Marcus Ericsson	Max Chilton	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
4	Croft	27 April	Brendon Hartley	Sergio Pérez	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
5	Monza	17 May	Matteo Chinosi	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
6	Monza	18 May	Max Chilton	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
7	Rockingham	26 May	Max Chilton	Jaime Alguersuari	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
8	Rockingham	26 May	Jaime Alguersuari	Oliver Turvey	Sebastian Hohenthal	Fortec Motorsport
9	Snetterton	8 June	Michael Devaney	Marcus Ericsson	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport
10	Snetterton	8 June	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport
11	Thruxton	29 June	Jaime Alguersuari	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
12	Thruxton	29 June	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
13	Brands Hatch	13 July	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
14	Brands Hatch	13 July	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport
15	Spa-Francorchamps	1 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
16	Spa-Francorchamps	2 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
17	Silverstone	16 August	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
18	Silverstone	16 August	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport
19	Bucharest	23 August	Brendon Hartley	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
20	Bucharest	24 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
21	Donington Park	12 October	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport
22	Donington Park	12 October	Oliver Oakes	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport

Standings

Championship Class

Pos	Driver	OUL		CRO		MOZ		ROC		SNE		THR		BRH		SPA		SIL		BUC		DON		Pts
1	Jaime Alguersuari	Ret	1	6	5	12	6	3	2	2	3	Ret	3	1	4	3	4	5	6	3	1	1	1	251
2	Oliver Turvey	1	12	8	3	3	13	6	9	4	5	3	2	2	3	1	Ret	1	1	2	2	3	Ret	234
3	Brendon Hartley	Ret	4	Ret	1	2	Ret	10	8	3	Ret	1	1	8	Ret	2	1	2	9	1	3	2	Ret	208
4	Sergio Pérez	7	13	1	2	1	1	5	13	Ret	4	7	4	4	1	6	2	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	195
5	Marcus Ericsson	6	2	5	Ret	7	7	2	10	6	8	2	Ret	5	Ret	7	5	3	2	11	12	8	7	141
6	Atte Mustonen	3	7	4	4	Ret	3	1	4	8	6	6	Ret	3	2	10	Ret	10	5	7	Ret	7	18	138
7	Sebastian Hohenthal	8	3	2	7	Ret	Ret	7	1	5	2	5	6	Ret	6	Ret	8							105
8	Michael Devaney	4	8	16	Ret	Ret	10	12	5	1	1	9	5	10	9	8	Ret	11	8	10	5			91
9	Nick Tandy	NC	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	14	6	7	22	8	Ret	7	5	23	3	9	3			6	2	86
10	Max Chilton	2	14	22	10	Ret	4	4	3	16	7	14	12	Ret	10	17	10	7	10	6	16	21	11	72
11	Sam Abay	10	11	10	Ret	6	11	8	11	10	21	4	9	12	7	4	21	8	Ret	5	8	5	5	71
12	Esteban Guerrieri	5	6	3	Ret	16	2													4	4			63
13	John Martin	11	Ret	9	21	5	9	11	14	12	11	17	7	9	18	5	Ret	6	7	8	Ret	12	12	45
14	Walter Grubmüller	Ret	5	14	11	4	Ret	9	12	9	9	11	11	6	8	9	Ret	13	11	9	6	Ret	20	44
15	Henry Arundel	9	10	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	8	20	11	12	7	12	15	Ret	15	11	10	21
16	Dean Smith																					4	4	20
17	Alistair Jackson	13	9	7	9			Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	11	19	14	Ret					9
18	Philip Major	16	22	Ret	20	9	Ret	20	Ret	19	14	16	10	11	13	20	9	16	12	Ret	Ret	20	17	8
19	Oliver Oakes			12	Ret											13	11	22	14	14	7	13	6	1
20	Viktor Jensen			17	15	13	Ret	21	18	20	Ret	22	17	19	16									1
21	Ricardo Teixeira	14	17	Ret	Ret	DSQ	17	15	15	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	13	Ret	Ret			0
22	Clemente de Faria, Jr.																	20	18			16	19	0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Daniel Campos-Hull															Ret	6							0
	Matteo Chinosi					8	8																	0
	Federico Leo					14	Ret																	0
	Basil Shaaban															Ret	15							0
Pos	Driver	OUL		CRO		MOZ		ROC		SNE		THR		BRH		SPA		SIL		BUC		DON		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

National Class

Pos	Driver	OUL		CRO		MOZ		ROC		SNE		THR		BRH		SPA		SIL		BUC		DON		Pts
1	Jay Bridger	15	19	15	14	Ret	12	19	16	11	13	13	14	14	15	16	12	17	17	15	11	10	8	322
2	Steven Guerrero	20	25	18	16	Ret	16	Ret	17	15	16	15	13	16	12	18	13	19	20	Ret	14	17	13	211
3	Hywel Lloyd	17	20	Ret	13	10	14	22	19	NC	15	19	Ret	22	20	19	16	18	16	13	10	18	16	207
4	Stefan Wilson	21	23	19	18	11	Ret	18	21	17	10	21	Ret	18	17	14	17	15	Ret	Ret	9	15	15	194
5	Andrew Meyrick	12	15	13	8	Ret	Ret	16	7	14	Ret	12	15											174
6	Salman Al Khalifa	Ret	16	24	12	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	18	18	23	Ret	17	14	15	14	21	19	12	13			169
7	Kristján Einar	19	21	20	17	Ret	15	Ret	20	21	17	18	18	24	22	21	Ret	24	23	Ret	Ret			101
8	Craig Reiff	22	24	23	19	15	Ret	24	Ret							22	20	23	22					51
9	Jonathan Legris													16	19			Ret	21			20	21	38
10	Niall Quinn	18	18	21	Ret			23	22															38
11	Henry Surtees																					9	9	35
12	Jordan Williams									Ret	20	20	19	23	21									25
13	Adriano Buzaid																					14	14	22
14	Callum MacLeod									22	Ret											19	Ret	9
15	Martin O'Connell													21	Ret									6
Pos	Driver	OUL		CRO		MOZ		ROC		SNE		THR		BRH		SPA		SIL		BUC		DON		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship