2008 FIA GT Championship season
- 2008 FIA GT Championship season
Sportscar season
Sportscar_series = FIA GT Championship
Current = 2008
Next = 2009
Previous = 2007The 2008 FIA GT Championship season is the twelfth season of the FIA GT Championship. It features a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes are also allowed to participate, but cars in these classes do not score points towards the championships. The Championship began on April 20, 2008 and will end on November 23, 2008 after 10 races.
chedule
The official 2008 calendar was released by the FIA on October 24, 2007. [cite web | url = http://www.planetlemans.com/2007/10/24/fia-confirms-future-fia-gt-plans-and-2008-calendar/ | title = FIA confirms future FIA GT plans and 2008 calendar | publisher = planetlemans.com | date = 2007-10-24 | accessdate = 2007-10-24] All races are two hours, with exception of the Spa 24 Hours. The Bucharest City Challenge will be a combination of two one hour races, each awarding half points. The Adria round will remain a night event. The Argentinian finale will be the first South American race in FIA GT Championship history.
GT2 standings
Note: The results for Round 3 are provisional following a protest by Prospeed Competition.[citeweb | url = http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1657 | title = Adria results provisional further to exclusion of Porsches and Prospeed appeal | publisher = FIA | date = 2008-07-04 | accessdate = 2008-07-07] ]Citation Cup standings
The Citation Cup, which is limited to non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars, [ [http://www.fiagt.com/citation.php Citation Cup Rules] Retrieved from fiagt.com on 4 October 2008] does not include the Spa 24 Hours (Round 6) and the San Luis 2 Hours (Round 10).
Team & driver changes
* BMS Scuderia Italia are to be using two Ferrari F430 GT2's which will replace the sole Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
* Gigawave Motorsport will be doing a full season in 2008 running one Aston Martin DBR9, which will be driven by Allan Simonsen and Philipp Peter. Gigawave will also be entering one Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 into the GT2 class.
* There will also be a new team in GT2 called CR Scuderia running two Ferrari F430 GT2's driven by Chris Niarchos, Andrew Kirkaldy, Rob Bell, and Tim Mullen.
* PK Carsport will be replacing their sole Corvette C5-R with a Saleen S7-R.
References
External links
* [http://www.fiagt.com Official FIA GT Website]
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