2008 British Formula 3 International Series

The 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio Pérez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.

2008 British Formula 3 International Series
Previous:	2007	Next:	2009

The Drivers' Championship was won by Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Hitech Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1	Max Chilton	All
			2	Walter Grubmüller	All
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3	Brendon Hartley	All
			4	Jaime Alguersuari	All
			17	Oliver Turvey	All
			18	Sam Abay	All
Nexa Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	5	Viktor Jensen	2–7
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	6	Henry Arundel	All
			24	John Martin	All
			25	Alistair Jackson	1–2
				Clemente de Faria, Jr.	9
			26	Atte Mustonen	All
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	7	Sebastian Hohenthal	1–8
				Dean Smith	11
			8	Marcus Ericsson	All
			14	Philip Major	All
T-Sport	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	9	Sergio Pérez	All
Ultimate Motorsport	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes	11	Esteban Guerrieri	1–3, 10
				Alistair Jackson	4–9
			12	Ricardo Teixeira	1–10
			13	Michael Devaney	1–4
			16		5–10
Eurotek Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	15	Oliver Oakes	2, 8
JTR with Marshall Westland	Mygale M-08F3	Mercedes HWA	28	Nick Tandy	1–9, 11
National Class
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	42	Henry Surtees	11
			43	Adriano Buzaid	11
			54	Kristján Einar	1–10
			56	Andrew Meyrick	1–6
				Martin O'Connell	7
Fluid Motorsport	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	50	Jay Bridger	All
			51	Stefan Wilson	All
C F Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	52	Hywel Lloyd	All
T-Sport	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	53	Steven Guerrero	All
			57	Salman Al Khalifa	1–10
				Callum MacLeod	11
Nexa Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	55	Craig Reiff	1–4, 8–9
Team Loctite	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	58	Niall Quinn	1–2, 4
			59	Jordan Williams	5–7
Litespeed F3	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	60	Callum MacLeod	5
			61	Jonathan Legris	7, 9, 11
Invitation Entries
Ombra Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	71	Matteo Chinosi	3
			72	Federico Leo	3
HBR Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	73	Daniel Campos-Hull	8
			74	Basil Shaaban	8
Cesario Formula	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda	84	Clemente de Faria, Jr.	11
Eurotek Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	85	Oliver Oakes	9–11

Driver changes

• Following the departure of Marko Asmer, who joined BMW Sauber as the team's test driver, Hitech Racing brought in 16-year-old British driver Max Chilton as the Estonian's replacement. Austrian Walter Grubmüller remains with the team.
• Carlin Motorsport did not retain any of its drivers from the previous year, instead hiring Red Bull backed Brendon Hartley and Jaime Alguersuari. Brit Oliver Turvey, who has been an A1 Grand Prix rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain, and Australian Sam Abay, also a race winner but at Formula BMW level, take the remaining seats in the Championship Class.
• Unlike the previous year, Carlin also entered two cars in the lower national class level, Kristján Einar and Andrew Meyrick will drive them.
• Räikkönen Robertson Racing retained Finn Atte Mustonen with Henry Arundel, Alistair Jackson and John Martin taking the remaining three seats.
• Both Mansell brothers, Greg and Leo, left the team at the end of 2007. They were replaced by Marcus Ericsson, who won the final British Formula BMW Championship the previous year with Fortec, and fellow Formula BMW champion Philip Major. Sebastian Hohenthal retains his spot at the team.
• T-Sport retain 2007 National Class winner Sergio Pérez who has been promoted to Championship class. Steven Guerrero and Salman Al-Khalifa, the latter having experience in the championship, take up T-Sport's vacant national class seats.
• Ultimate Motorsport, the only team to use the Mygale chassis, retain experienced Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney, both have a total of eight seasons of Formula Three between them. Angolan Ricardo Teixeira joins the team from Performance Racing.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	National Class Winner
1	Oulton Park	24 March	Jaime Alguersuari	John Martin	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
2			Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
3	Croft	27 April	Marcus Ericsson	Max Chilton	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Andrew Meyrick
4			Brendon Hartley	Sergio Pérez	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
5	Monza	17 May	Matteo Chinosi	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Hywel Lloyd
6		18 May	Max Chilton	Esteban Guerrieri	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Jay Bridger
7	Rockingham	26 May	Max Chilton	Jaime Alguersuari	Atte Mustonen	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Andrew Meyrick
8			Jaime Alguersuari	Oliver Turvey	Sebastian Hohenthal	Fortec Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
9	Snetterton	8 June	Michael Devaney	Marcus Ericsson	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport	Jay Bridger
10			Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Michael Devaney	Ultimate Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
11	Thruxton	29 June	Jaime Alguersuari	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Andrew Meyrick
12			Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Steven Guerrero
13	Brands Hatch	13 July	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Jay Bridger
14			Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Sergio Pérez	T-Sport	Steven Guerrero
15	Spa-Francorchamps	1 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
16		2 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Jay Bridger
17	Silverstone	16 August	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
18			Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Hywel Lloyd
19	Bucharest	23 August	Brendon Hartley	Marcus Ericsson	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport	Salman Al Khalifa
20		24 August	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Stefan Wilson
21	Donington Park	12 October	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Henry Surtees
22			Oliver Oakes	Brendon Hartley	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Jay Bridger

Standings

Pos	Driver	OUL		CRO		MOZ		ROC		SNE		THR		BRH		SPA		SIL		BUC		DON		Pts
1	Jaime Alguersuari	Ret	1	6	5	12	6	3	2	2	3	Ret	3	1	4	3	4	5	6	3	1	1	1	251
2	Oliver Turvey	1	12	8	3	3	13	6	9	4	5	3	2	2	3	1	Ret	1	1	2	2	3	Ret	234
3	Brendon Hartley	Ret	4	Ret	1	2	Ret	10	8	3	Ret	1	1	8	Ret	2	1	2	9	1	3	2	Ret	208
4	Sergio Pérez	7	13	1	2	1	1	5	13	Ret	4	7	4	4	1	6	2	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	195
5	Marcus Ericsson	6	2	5	Ret	7	7	2	10	6	8	2	Ret	5	Ret	7	5	3	2	11	12	8	7	141
6	Atte Mustonen	3	7	4	4	Ret	3	1	4	8	6	6	Ret	3	2	10	Ret	10	5	7	Ret	7	18	138
7	Sebastian Hohenthal	8	3	2	7	Ret	Ret	7	1	5	2	5	6	Ret	6	Ret	8							105
8	Michael Devaney	4	8	16	Ret	Ret	10	12	5	1	1	9	5	10	9	8	Ret	11	8	10	5			91
9	Nick Tandy	NC	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	14	6	7	22	8	Ret	7	5	23	3	9	3			6	2	86
10	Max Chilton	2	14	22	10	Ret	4	4	3	16	7	14	12	Ret	10	17	10	7	10	6	16	21	11	72
11	Sam Abay	10	11	10	Ret	6	11	8	11	10	21	4	9	12	7	4	21	8	Ret	5	8	5	5	71
12	Esteban Guerrieri	5	6	3	Ret	16	2													4	4			63
13	John Martin	11	Ret	9	21	5	9	11	14	12	11	17	7	9	18	5	Ret	6	7	8	Ret	12	12	45
14	Walter Grubmüller	Ret	5	14	11	4	Ret	9	12	9	9	11	11	6	8	9	Ret	13	11	9	6	Ret	20	44
15	Henry Arundel	9	10	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	8	20	11	12	7	12	15	Ret	15	11	10	21
16	Dean Smith																					4	4	20
17	Alistair Jackson	13	9	7	9			Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	11	19	14	Ret					9
18	Philip Major	16	22	Ret	20	9	Ret	20	Ret	19	14	16	10	11	13	20	9	16	12	Ret	Ret	20	17	8
19	Oliver Oakes			12	Ret											13	11	22	14	14	7	13	6	1
20	Viktor Jensen			17	15	13	Ret	21	18	20	Ret	22	17	19	16									1
21	Ricardo Teixeira	14	17	Ret	Ret	DSQ	17	15	15	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	13	Ret	Ret			0
22	Clemente de Faria, Jr.																	20	18			16	19	0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Daniel Campos-Hull															Ret	6							0
	Matteo Chinosi					8	8																	0
	Federico Leo					14	Ret																	0
	Basil Shaaban															Ret	15							0
National Class
1	Jay Bridger	15	19	15	14	Ret	12	19	16	11	13	13	14	14	15	16	12	17	17	15	11	10	8	322
2	Steven Guerrero	20	25	18	16	Ret	16	Ret	17	15	16	15	13	16	12	18	13	19	20	Ret	14	17	13	211
3	Hywel Lloyd	17	20	Ret	13	10	14	22	19	NC	15	19	Ret	22	20	19	16	18	16	13	10	18	16	207
4	Stefan Wilson	21	23	19	18	11	Ret	18	21	17	10	21	Ret	18	17	14	17	15	Ret	Ret	9	15	15	194
5	Andrew Meyrick	12	15	13	8	Ret	Ret	16	7	14	Ret	12	15											174
6	Salman Al Khalifa	Ret	16	24	12	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	18	18	23	Ret	17	14	15	14	21	19	12	13			169
7	Kristján Einar	19	21	20	17	Ret	15	Ret	20	21	17	18	18	24	22	21	Ret	24	23	Ret	Ret			101
8	Craig Reiff	22	24	23	19	15	Ret	24	Ret							22	20	23	22					51
9	Jonathan Legris													16	19			Ret	21			20	21	38
10	Niall Quinn	18	18	21	Ret			23	22															38
11	Henry Surtees																					9	9	35
12	Jordan Williams									Ret	20	20	19	23	21									25
13	Adriano Buzaid																					14	14	22
14	Callum MacLeod									22	Ret											19	Ret	9
15	Martin O'Connell													21	Ret									6
Pos	Driver	OUL		CRO		MOZ		ROC		SNE		THR		BRH		SPA		SIL		BUC		DON		Pts

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Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)

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References

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship