2008 SEAT Cupra Championship

The 2008 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the sixth and final season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 30 March at Brands Hatch, and ended on 21 September at the same circuit, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

2008 SEAT Cupra Championship
Previous: 2007 Next: none
2008 ToCA Tour:
2008 BTCC
2008 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2008 Formula Renault UK
2008 Ginetta Junior Championship
2008 Renault Clio Cup UK

Teams and drivers

All drivers drove Mk2 SEAT Leóns.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Total Control Racing 1 Jonathan Adam All
9 Jamie Ackers All
Welch Motorsport 2 Carl Breeze All
7 Daniel Welch All
11 Jeremy Gumbley All
JHR Developments 3 Andrew Herron All
25 Robert Lawson All
Hardinge Machine Tools 8 James Appleby All
JP Motorsport 12 Steve Mitchell 3–10
Daniels Motorsport 14 David Nye 1, 3–7, 9–10
42 David Green All
DRM M-Sport 32 Daniel Rowbottom All
Z Speed Racing 34 Martin Byford All
Advent Motorsport 44 Freddy Nordström All
Stringfellow Motorsport 69 Dan Stringfellow 1–3, 5–6

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 R1 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 30 March Robert Lawson Daniel Welch Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R2 Martin Byford Martin Byford Martin Byford Z Speed Racing
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 12 April Jonathan Adam Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Welch Motorsport
R4 13 April Robert Lawson Martin Byford Robert Lawson JHR Developments
3 R5 Donington Park National 4 May Robert Lawson Robert Lawson Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R6 Robert Lawson Martin Byford Robert Lawson JHR Developments
4 R7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 18 May Jonathan Adam Daniel Welch Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R8 Robert Lawson Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 1 June Robert Lawson Andrew Herron Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R10 Jonathan Adam Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Run at Snetterton.
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 13 July Robert Lawson Martin Byford Carl Breeze Welch Motorsport
R12 Jonathan Adam Robert Lawson Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R10 Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
7 R13 Oulton Park Island, Cheshire 26 July Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R14 27 July Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
8 R15 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 17 August Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R16 Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 30 August Jonathan Adam Robert Lawson Robert Lawson JHR Developments
R18 31 August Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
10 R19 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 21 September Robert Lawson Martin Byford Martin Byford Z Speed Racing
R20 Jonathan Adam Martin Byford Martin Byford Z Speed Racing

Championship standings

  • Drivers' top 18 results count towards the championship.
Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  Fastest lap Best improvement on
grid position
20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts
1 Jonathan Adam 9 3 2 4 7 Ret 1 1 3 C 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 3 2 301
2 Robert Lawson 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 C Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 7 2 4 295
3 Martin Byford 8 1 3 2 3 2 5 3 4 C 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 285
4 Carl Breeze 2 4 1 5 2 3 4 13 5 C 1 3 4 7 7 5 3 3 3 9 5 252
5 Andrew Herron Ret 8 5 8 4 4 6 2 2 C 7 5 3 4 10 10 7 2 2 6 6 207
6 Daniel Welch 3 NC 10 3 5 5 2 7 7 C 12 4 Ret Ret 4 4 5 10 5 4 3 183
7 Daniel Rowbottom 7 6 6 6 6 6 Ret 9 Ret C 4 8 8 8 6 Ret 6 6 6 8 11 135
8 Freddy Nordström 10 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 5 8 C 2 6 Ret 11 9 9 9 5 8 5 7 112
9 Jeremy Gumbley 4 11 8 9 10 9 9 6 9 C Ret 9 9 5 5 7 8 14 10 Ret 9 102
10 James Appleby 6 7 9 11 8 11 8 11 6 C 9 7 6 6 11 8 11 7 9 Ret 8 99
11 Jamie Ackers 11 9 7 12 11 7 10 8 13 C 6 Ret 11 10 8 11 Ret 9 14 7 10 72
12 David Nye 5 10 12 12 12 C 8 10 10 9 Ret 8 11 10 12 44
13 David Green 12 13 11 13 13 10 7 10 11 C 11 12 7 13 Ret 6 Ret 12 12 Ret DNS 41
14 Dan Stringfellow Ret 12 12 10 9 8 10 C 10 11 12 26
15 Steve Mitchell 12 12 Ret DNS 14 C Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 10 11 13 11 13 11
Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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