Misplaced Pages

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.

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	4– 6 April	Istanbul Rally	Luca Rossetti
2	18–20 April	Rally 1000 Miglia	Luca Rossetti
3	22–24 May	Croatia Delta Rally	Luca Rossetti
4	6– 8 June	Rally Poland	Michał Sołowow
5	27–28 June	Ypres Rally	Luca Rossetti
6	11–13 July	Rally Bulgaria	Krum Donchev
7	1–2 August	Rally Vinho da Madeira	Giandomenico Basso
8	22–24 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Renato Travaglia
9	17–19 October	Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur	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.

Pos. Driver Points 1 Luca Rossetti 1 1 1 3 2 Ret 67 2 Michał Sołowow Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 3 4 3 1 65 3 Volkan Isik 5 Ret 3 3 Ret 2 5 5 2 54 4 Corrado Fontana 4 1 Ret Ret 4 3 34 5 Krum Donchev 6 6 4 6 1 Ret Ret 30 6 Luca Betti Ret 7 5 4 4 5 6 4 Ret 29 7 Antonín Tlusťák 8 Ret 5 Ret 6 4 13 Not enough events to qualify for championship Renato Travaglia 3 2 Ret 2 1 (50) Giandomenico Basso Ret Ret 2 1 Ret (32) Anton Alén 2 3 Ret (22) 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.

External links

• Official website Archived 2013-02-02 at archive.today

• 2008 in rallying
• European Rally Championship seasons
• 2008 in European sport