2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours

The 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Bucharest Ring temporary street circuit in Bucharest, Romania, on 23 — 24 August 2008.

Format

Unlike the previous running at Bucharest in 2007, the 2008 event introduced a new event format that involved two races. After qualification, a one-hour race was held and entries were awarded half of the standard FIA points for their finishing positions. On Sunday, a second one-hour race was held, with the starting grid being determined by the finishing order of the first race. Half points were again rewarded based on finishing order.citeweb | url = http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1761 | title = 23/08/2008 Fässler and Bruni on pole for Race One | publisher = FIA | date = 2008-08-23 | accessdate = 2008-08-23]

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

aturday

Phoenix Carsport lead the field as the #5 Corvette of Swiss drivers Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Délétraz earned victory from pole position over the team's second car. In the GT2 category, CR Scuderia earned their first ever victory in the FIA GT Championship, just head of defending class champions AF Corse.citeweb | url = http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2008&event=6&session=Race%20after%201%20Hour | title = Results: 2008 Round 6 - Bucharest (Results after 1 Hour) | publisher = FIA | date = 2008-08-23 | accessdate = 2008-08-23]

unday

Phoenix Carsport continued their victorious run on Sunday as the #5 car once again led the field to the checkered flag, although the team's second Corvette failed to make the finish after hitting a wall with ten laps remaining. CR Scuderia also won for the second time, Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell's Ferrari overtaking the AF Corse Ferrari in the closing laps.citeweb | url = http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=6&season=2008&session=Race%20Result | title = Results: 2008 Round 6 - Bucharest (Race Result) | publisher = FIA | date = 2008-08-24 | accessdate = 2008-08-24]

tatistics

* Pole Position - #5 Phoenix Carsport Racing - 1:15.348citeweb | url = http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2008&event=6&session=Qualifying%201 | title = Results: 2008 Round 6 - Bucharest (Qualifying 1) | publisher = FIA | date = 2008-08-23 | accessdate = 2008-08-23]
* Average Speed (Race 1) - convert|139.24|km/h|mph|abbr=on
* Average Speed (Race 2) - convert|138.89|km/h|mph|abbr=on

References

Sportscar Race Report
Year_of_race = 2008
Sportscar_Series = FIA GT Championship
Previous_race_in_season = 2008 Spa 24 Hours
Next_race_in_season = 2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours