The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 23rd German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 13 April at Hockenheim and finished on 26 October at the same circuit, after nine races. It ran as a support championship for the 2008 DTM season. René Rast won the first of his two championships with the MRS-Team.
Teams and drivers
TeamDriversRounds UPS Porsche Junior Team 1 Martin Ragginger All 2 Marco Holzer All ARAXA Racing 3 Nicolas Armindo All 4 Carl-Olov Carlsson All Farnbacher RT 5 Robert Renauer All 6 Niclas Kentenich All Mamerow Racing 7 Tim Buijs 1, 3 Jeroen Bleekemolen 2, 4–5 Pascal Kochem 6 Lance David Arnold 7–9 8 Christian Mamerow All Schnabel Engineering 9 Jiří Janák 1–8 David Saelens 9 10 Hannes Plesse All Herberth Motorsport 11 Alex Davison 1 Uwe Alzen 2–9 12 Jörg Hardt All MRS-Team 14 René Rast All 15 Mario Josten All 45 Norbert Schratter 9 Eichin Racing 16 Pascal Kochem 1–3 Tim Buijs 4–9 17 Mike Verschuur All 46 Swen Dolenc 9 SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport 18 Jan Seyffarth All 19 Robert Lukas All Land Motorsport 20 Patrick Hirsch All 21 Andzej Dzikevic All Mičának Motorsport 22 Jiří Mičának All 23 Oleg Kesselman All MS Racing 24 Florian Stoll All 25 Ivan Jacoma All tolimit 33 Christian Abt All 44 Christian Engelhart All Online Leasing RT 66 Florian Scholze 1–2, 4–9 Christoph Schrezemmeier 3 77 Thomas Jäger All Hermes Attempto Racing 88 Patrick Huisman All 99 Philipp Wlazik All
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Hockenheimring 13 April René Rast Jan Seyffarth René Rast MRS-Team 2 Oschersleben 20 April Jörg Hardt Uwe Alzen Jörg Hardt Herberth Motorsport 3 Mugello 4 May Uwe Alzen Uwe Alzen Uwe Alzen Herberth Motorsport 4 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 18 May René Rast Nicolas Armindo Jörg Hardt Herberth motorsport 5 Norisring 29 June Nicolas Armindo Nicolas Armindo Nicolas Armindo ARAXA Racing 6 Zandvoort 13 July Christian Mamerow René Rast Jan Seyffarth SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport 7 Nürburgring Short 27 July René Rast Jörg Hardt Jan Seyffarth SMS Seyffath-Motorsport 8 Circuit de Catalunya National 21 September Jan Seyffarth René Rast Jan Seyffarth SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport 9 Hockenheimring 26 October Marco Holzer Marco Holzer Marco Holzer UPS Porsche Junior Team
Championship standings
Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 201816141210987654321
Drivers' championship Pos Driver HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR CAT HOC Pts 1 René Rast 1 6 2 2 2 3 7 3 4 139 2 Jan Seyffarth 4 4 17 4 4 1 1 1 9 123 3 Christian Mamerow 2 2 5 6 3 2 11 8 7 114 4 Jörg Hardt Ret 1 Ret 1 6 5 Ret 5 2 92 5 Marco Holzer 20 12 7 10 8 6 3 2 1 91 6 Nicolas Armindo 3 3 3 14 1 24† Ret 6 DSQ 90 7 Martin Ragginger 9 9 DNS 9 7 7 2 4 8 90 8 Patrick Huisman 5 5 8 5 Ret 9 6 10 DSQ 67 9 Uwe Alzen Ret 1 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 3 62 10 Thomas Jäger 11 Ret 6 3 Ret 20 8 7 6 59 11 Jiří Janák 8 8 4 8 9 Ret 9 25† 53 12 Robert Renauer 23† 22 9 DNS 15 16 4 9 5 41 13 Mario Josten 21 Ret 10 21 12 10 10 12 15 28 14 Christian Abt 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 8 19† 15 13 24 15 Lance David Arnold 5 24 11 18 16 Niclas Kentenich 12 Ret 14 20 10 12 16 21 22 17 17 Philipp Wlazik DSQ 7 19 15 11 Ret 18† 16 18 15 18 Jeroen Bleekemolen 11 7 Ret 14 19 Christian Engelhart 18 Ret 15 11 20 11 Ret Ret 14 14 20 Pascal Kochem 6 13 25† 18 13 21 Patrick Hirsch 13 17 DSQ 13 17 15 Ret 11 DNS 13 22 Carl-Olov Carlsson DSQ 10 22 Ret 23 27† 20† 22 12 11 23 Ivan Jacoma DSQ 21 11 18 19 21 13 17 16 9 24 Tim Buijs 22 16 Ret 13 14 15 13 29 9 25 Robert Lukas 15 14 18 Ret Ret 17 12 Ret 17 8 26 Florian Stoll 14 20 24 17 14 13 Ret Ret 20 8 27 Mike Verschuur 19 15 12 Ret 22 Ret Ret 14 21 7 28 Andzej Dzikevic Ret 18 13 23 18 22 21† 18 19 3 29 Hannes Plesse Ret 16 Ret 19 16 19 14 19 24 2 30 Florian Scholze 16 19 22 Ret 26 Ret 20 23 1 Jiří Mičának 17 23 20 16 Ret 23 Ret Ret 25 0 Oleg Kesselman DSQ 24† 21 24 21 25 17 23 27 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Alex Davison 7 0 David Saelens 10 0 Christoph Schrezenmeier 23 0 Swen Dolenc 26 0 Norbert Schratter 28 0 Pos Driver HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR CAT HOC PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
External links The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany website Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Online Magazine