The 2008 FIA GT Championship season was the twelfth season of the

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. It featured a series for

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style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes were also allowed to participate but cars in these classes were not eligible to score points. The Championship began on 20 April 2008 and ended on 23 November 2008 after 10 rounds.

Schedule

The official 2008 calendar was released by the

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on 24 October 2007. All races were two hours, with exception of the Spa 24 Hours and the Bucharest City Challenge, the latter being a combination of two one-hour races, each awarding half points. The Adria round remained as a night event and the Argentinian finale was the first South American race in FIA GT Championship history.

Entries

GT1

A † symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.

GT2

Season results

Overall winners in bold.

Teams championships

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points were also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. Both cars scored points towards the championship regardless of finishing position. The G2 class did not have a championship.

GT1 standings

GT2 standings

Drivers championships

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who did not drive the car for a minimum of 35 minutes did not score points.

GT1 standings

GT2 standings

Citation Cup standings

The Citation Cup, which was limited to non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars,Citation Cup Rules
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Team & driver changes

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entered two

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GT2's, replacing the sole Porsche 997 GT3-RSR * Gigawave Motorsport contested the full season in 2008 running one

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driven by Allan Simonsen and

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. Gigawave also entered one Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 in the GT2 class. * A new team, CR Scuderia, entered two

GT2's in the GT2 class, driven by Chris Niarchos, Andrew Kirkaldy,

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, and Tim Mullen. * PK Carsport replaced their sole Corvette C5-R with a Saleen S7-R.

References

External links

Official FIA GT Website as at 18 December 2008

2008 FIA GT Championship points tables at www.fiagt.com via web.archive.org

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2008 FIA GT Championship images
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