The 2008 ADAC GT Masters season was the second season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 10 June at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 21 September at Sachsenring after seven double-header meetings. Tim Bergmeister with help of his brother Jörg, Marc Basseng and Frank Stippler clinched the championship title.

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole Winner 1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 10 May No. 6 Matech Concepts No. 6 Matech Concepts Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen R2 11 May No. 6 Matech Concepts No. 5 Matech Concepts Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer 2 R1 Nürburgring 23 May No. 3 Argo Racing No. 33 Heico Motorsport Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler Lance David Arnold Frank Stippler R2 24 May No. 2 Reiter Engineering No. 2 Reiter Engineering Peter Kox Roman Rusinov Peter Kox Roman Rusinov 3 R1 Norisring 28 June No. 19 Toni Seiler Racing No. 19 Toni Seiler Racing Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager R2 29 June No. 5 Matech Concepts No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer Tim Bergmeister Marc Basseng 4 R1 TT Circuit Assen 19 July No. 1 Reiter Engineering No. 1 Reiter Engineering Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis R2 20 July No. 1 Reiter Engineering No. 1 Reiter Engineering Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis 5 R1 Nürburgring 16 August No. 57 Callaway Competition No. 57 Callaway Competition Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager R2 17 August No. 4 Argo Racing No. 57 Callaway Competition Harald Becker Frank Kechele Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager 6 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 6 September No. 29 Hexis Racing No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport Philippe Dumas Christian Hohenadel Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister R2 7 September No. 5 Matech Concepts No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister 7 R1 Sachsenring 20 September No. 3 Argo Racing No. 29 Hexis Racing Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki R2 21 September No. 29 Hexis Racing No. 2 Reiter Engineering Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki Peter Kox Roman Rusinov

Standings Pos Driver OSC NÜR NOR ASS NÜR LAU SAC Pts 1 Tim Bergmeister 2 3 6 4 3 1 7 4 Ret 4 1 1 6 6 80 2 Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis 4 6 5 3 Ret 2 1 1 8 Ret 3 5 3 4 73 3 Harald Becker Frank Kechele 6 4 3 8 Ret Ret 4 6 4 2 8 13 9 5 48 4 Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler 5 7 2 Ret 9 11 8 4 5 3 4 3 Ret 14 44 5 Christian Hohenadel 9 7 8 7 6 9 Ret 20 2 2 1 2 43 6 Jörg Bergmeister 2 3 1 1 6 6 42 7 Frank Stippler 15 Ret 1 12 5 6 7 4 Ret 4 31 8 Jan Lammers 5 9 2 15 2 2 12 9 Ret 10 12 10 30 = Marius Ritskes 9 9 5 9 2 15 2 2 12 9 Ret 10 12 10 30 9 Martin Matzke Jiří Skula 7 10 Ret 6 4 5 3 10 3 15 15 DSQ Ret Ret 28 10 Julien Rodrigues 3 8 7 Ret 8 7 5 7 Ret 8 5 15 25 11 Marc Basseng 6 4 3 1 24 = Philippe Dumas 8 5 6 9 13 Ret 2 2 24 13 Oliver Mayer Toni Seiler 14 17 8 5 11 8 11 8 7 10 9 4 7 17 21 14 Peter Kox Roman Rusinov 17 1 14 Ret NC 1 20 = Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer Ret 1 Ret 2 18 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 8 20 = Manu Rodrigues 8 5 9 7 6 9 6 9 Ret 8 5 15 20 17 Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen 1 2 18 = Frédéric Makowiecki 1 2 18 19 Klaus LudwigIneligible for points at Nürburgring and Sachsenring. Dominik Schwager 1 4 1 1 2 3 15 = Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 10 5 4 7 15 21 Sascha Bert 10 3 9 6 12 = Alois Meir Ret DNS 10 3 9 6 12 22 Lance David Arnold 1 12 10 = Niki Cadei Plamen Kralev 2 21 10 24 Jeroen Bleekemolen 12 18 4 7 9 = Ronald Van De Laar Ret 15 13 14 12 18 10 Ret 10 5 7 15 Ret 12 9 = Michel Frey 7 Ret 5 7 Ret 20 9 27 Michael Raja 10 12 11 10 7 10 15 8 10 6 10 9 8 28 Thomas Accary 3 8 7 = Jiří Janak 5 6 7 30 Dino Steiner Jürgen Häring 6 7 6 31 Marc Gindorf Frank Kräling 11 7 3 = Melvin de Groot 13 14 7 15 3 = Michael Funke 10 6 3 34 Alfred Renauer 7 10 11 DNS 2 = Rainer Stiefel 10 12 11 10 15 8 2 = Jörg Peham 16 16 14 16 16 13 16 12 Ret DSQ 8 11 2 = Ruben Zeltner 8 11 2 37 Markus Lungstrass 10 9 1 Mike Hezemans 9 9 0 Thomas Wille DNS DNS 10 11 13 19 13 19 Ret 12 13 13 0 Carsten Welpmann DNS DNS 10 11 0 Jens Richter 19 13 12 13 Ret 17 12 10 17 14 0 Manuel Lauck 19 13 12 13 Ret 17 12 10 0 Michael Bleekemolen Ret 15 10 Ret Ret 12 0 Christoph Langen 17 Ret DNS 19 13 11 11 Ret 0 Hans Hauser 11 19 Ret 18 18 17 14 18 0 Mauro Casadei 11 19 Ret 18 0 Gianni Morbidelli Dennis Retera Ret 11 0 Freddy Kremer 12 DSQ 16 15 13 19 13 19 Ret 12 13 13 0 Mathias Schmitter 16 16 14 16 16 13 16 12 Ret DSQ 0 Otto Dragun 18 18 15 17 15 12 19 Ret 15 16 0 Alex Guillaume Ellinger 18 18 15 17 15 12 19 Ret 0 Peter Terting 12 DSQ 0 Chris Hyman Paul Warren 13 14 0 Sven Hannawald 17 Ret DNS 19 Ret 16 20 13 0 Patrick Ortlieb Martin Sagmeister 17 14 0 Dirk Ebeling 14 Ret 0 Loris Kessel 16 15 0 Johannes Stuck Ret 16 0 Luca Pirri Ret DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Adam Lacko Štěpán Vojtěch 9 3 6 Ret 5 9 0 Tobias Blättler 13 Ret 14 11 0 Pierre-Brice Mena 14 11 0 Roland Rehfeld 13 11 0 Ronny Melkus 11 Ret 0 Christoph Schrezenmeier 11 DNS 0 Robert Renauer Hermann Speck 12 14 0 Thomas Jäger 20 13 0 Martin Wachter 18 17 14 Ret 14 18 0 Christopher Mies 17 14 0 Holger Goedicke 14 Ret 0 Georg Zoltan 15 16 0 Stephane Jaggi Leonard Vernet 21 16 0 Ulric Amado David Ferrer 22 18 0 Pos Driver OSC NÜR NOR ASS NÜR LAU SAC PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

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External links

ADAC GT Masters on RacingSportCars