The 2008 Formula BMW Europe season was the first season of a new open wheel racing series that resulted by the merging of the Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK championships. Formula BMW Europe is a continental series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing.

The season started on April 27, 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and ended on September 14 at Monza. All rounds were staged on the undercard of the Formula One World Championship except Zolder, which was a support race of the Masters of Formula 3.

After sixteen rounds, Mexican Esteban Gutiérrez became the first Formula BMW Europe champion.

Teams and drivers All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics. Team No Driver Class Rounds Double R Racing 2 Carlos Huertas All 3 Michael Christensen All 4 Rupert Svendsen-Cook All Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 Marco Wittmann All 6 Kazeem Manzur All 7 Esteban Gutiérrez All Motaworld Racing 8 Thomas Hilldson All 9 Mathijs Harkema All 10 Asad Rahman All EuroInternational 11 Daniel Juncadella All 12 Facundo Regalia All 14 Giancarlo Vilarinho 1, 3, 8 Ricardo Favoretto 2 Alexander Rossi 4 Marlon Stöckinger 5–7 Fortec Motorsport 15 Doru Sechelariu All 16 William Buller All 17 Ramón Piñeiro All FMS International 18 Pedro Bianchini All 19 Mihai Marinescu All 20 Ollie Millroy All Mücke Motorsport 21 Juan Cevallos 1–5 22 David Mengesdorf All 23 Anthony Comas 1–2 Velibor Jovanovic 3 Philipp Eng 4–5, 7 Sami Favre 6 AM-Holzer Rennsport 24 Bastian Graber 1–3, 5–6 25 Jazeman Jaafar All 26 Melvin Moh 1 Kyle Mitchell 5, 6 Eifelland Racing 27 Adrien Tambay All 28 Tiago Geronimi All 29 Henrique Martins All DAMS 30 Kévin Breysse All 31 Jim Pla All 32 Jordan Williams 1, 3 Joel Volluz 4, 8 Simon Moss 7 Icon Class Rookie Cup

Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 R1 Circuit de Catalunya 26 April Adrien Tambay David Mengesdorf Adrien Tambay Eifelland RacingReport R2 27 April Adrien Tambay Marco Wittmann Adrien Tambay Eifelland Racing 2 R1 Circuit Zolder 31 May Daniel Juncadella Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann RacingReport R2 1 June Daniel Juncadella Michael Christensen Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing 3 R1 Silverstone Circuit 5 July Ramón Piñeiro Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann RacingReport R2 6 July Ramón Piñeiro Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing 4 R1 Hockenheimring 19 July Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann RacingReport R2 20 July Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 R1 Hungaroring 3 August Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella EuroInternationalReport R2 4 August Daniel Juncadella Esteban Gutiérrez Daniel Juncadella EuroInternational 6 R1 Valencia Street Circuit 23 August Kévin Breysse Esteban Gutiérrez Tiago Geronimi Eifelland RacingReport R2 24 August Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing 7 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 September Marco Wittmann Ramón Piñeiro Marco Wittmann Eifelland RacingReport R2 7 September Tiago Geronimi Kévin Breysse Kévin Breysse DAMS 8 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 13 September Carlos Huertas Giancarlo Vilarinho Tiago Geronimi Eifelland RacingReport R2 14 September Carlos Huertas William Buller Tiago Geronimi Eifelland Racing

Results Drivers Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PP 30 24 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Pos Driver CAT ZOL SIL HOC HUN VSC SPA MNZ Pts 1 Esteban Gutiérrez 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 17 8 4 3 353 2 Marco Wittmann 4 5 3 2 5 5 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 6 3 2 327 3 Adrien Tambay 1 1 8 3 3 3 2 2 Ret 4 Ret 4 3 2 18 Ret 260 4 Daniel Juncadella 2 3 2 6 8 7 6 4 1 1 Ret 5 10 7 Ret 17 237 5 Tiago Geronimi 11 Ret 13 15 27 27† 25 19 6 6 1 6 2 3 1 1 187 6 Michael Christensen Ret 6 DNS 20 2 8 7 26 5 5 9 8 7 10 6 6 158 7 Pedro Bianchini 6 11 12 7 4 2 8 6 16 16 4 17 5 19 9 Ret 145 8 Kévin Breysse 10 4 9 13 23 Ret 14 5 3 9 21† 3 13 1 Ret Ret 136 9 Carlos Huertas 9 7 6 5 6 16 19 18 12 11 20 13 15 5 2 5 136 10 David Mengesdorf DSQ 8 5 4 15 6 12 21 7 7 7 11 6 18 13 Ret 124 11 Mihai Marinescu 7 10 7 10 7 4 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 13 7 16 118 12 William Buller 8 16 10 9 Ret 21 17 11 4 8 8 9 25† Ret 11 10 87 13 Rupert Svendsen-Cook 17 12 11 8 9 9 13 14 14 19 13 16 12 11 5 9 81 14 Jazeman Jaafar 5 24 16 19 17 12 4 7 8 10 Ret 26 20 16 15 Ret 67 15 Doru Sechelariu 12 23 4 11 11 15 26 20 11 12 Ret 20 24† 9 16 7 64 16 Facundo Regalia Ret DNS 21 21 12 24 15 13 9 20 6 7 16 15 8 15 60 17 Jim Pla 15 Ret 17 16 19 17 21 17 18 24 19 18 9 4 10 4 54 18 Kazeem Manzur 13 13 24 23 10 11 9 27† 15 14 Ret 10 14 Ret Ret 8 47 19 Henrique Martins 14 15 15 14 13 19 11 15 19 13 5 25 23 Ret 17 Ret 38 20 Ramón Piñeiro 25 9 22 12 21 18 24† 24 10 17 17 Ret 8 Ret Ret 14 37 21 Ollie Millroy 16 Ret 18 17 24 10 Ret 9 Ret 22 11 15 19 Ret Ret DNS 20 22 Mathijs Harkema 21 21 Ret Ret 16 13 10 Ret Ret DNS 12 12 Ret Ret 14 Ret 20 23 Thomas Hillsdon 19 19 Ret 24 18 14 16 16 17 15 10 22 18 14 Ret 12 19 24 Jordan Williams 23 14 14 23 4 25 Juan Cevallos 22 Ret 26 26 22 Ret 20 22 13 26 3 26 Bastian Graber 18 20 20 22 26 22 23† DNS 14 21 2 27 Anthony Comas Ret 17 19 25 0 28 Asad Rahman 24 25 25 27 25 25 23 25 22 25 18 27 Ret 21 19 Ret 0 29 Kyle Mitchell 20 21 Ret 19 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Philipp Eng 18 12 Ret 18 4 12 0 Alexander Rossi 22 10 0 Joel Volluz Ret 23 Ret 11 0 Giancarlo Vilarinho 20 18 20 20 12 13 0 Ricardo Favoretto 14 18 0 Marlon Stöckinger 21 23 15 23 20 21 0 Sami Favre 16 24 0 Simon Moss 22 17 0 Melvin Moh Ret 22 0 Velibor Jovanovic Ret 26 0 Pos Driver CAT ZOL SIL HOC HUN VSC SPA MNZ PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap – Rookie Cup † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams Pos Team Pts 1 Josef Kaufmann Racing 723 2 Eifelland Racing 481 3 Double R Racing 374 4 EuroInternational 293 5 FMS International 283 6 DAMS 193 7 Fortec Motorsport 186 8 Mücke Motorsport 127 9 AM-Holzer Rennsport 69 10 Motaworld Racing 39

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References

External links BMW-Motorsport.com