2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

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
Team No. Drivers Rounds
Germany UPS Porsche-Junior Team 1 Austria Martin Ragginger All
2 Germany Marco Holzer All
Germany ARAXA Racing 3 France Nicolas Armindo All
4 Sweden Carl-Olov Carlsson All
Germany Farnbacher RT 5 Germany Robert Renauer All
6 Germany Niclas Kentenich All
Germany Mamerow Racing 7 Netherlands Tim Buijs 1, 3
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 2, 4–5
Germany Pascal Kochem 6
Germany Lance David Arnold 7–9
8 Germany Christian Mamerow All
Germany Schnabel Engineering 9 Czech Republic Jiří Janák 1–8
Belgium David Saelens 9
10 Germany Hannes Plesse All
Germany Herberth Motorsport 11 Australia Alex Davison 1
Germany Uwe Alzen 2–9
12 Germany Jörg Hardt All
Germany MRS-Team 14 Germany René Rast All
15 Germany Mario Josten All
45 Austria Norbert Schratter 9
Germany Eichin Racing 16 Germany Pascal Kochem 1–3
Netherlands Tim Buijs 4–9
17 Netherlands Mike Verschuur All
46 Germany Swen Dolenc 9
Germany SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport 18 Germany Jan Seyffarth All
19 Poland Robert Lukas All
Germany Land Motorsport 20 Germany Patrick Hirsch All
21 Lithuania Andzej Dzikevic All
Czech Republic Mičának Motorsport 22 Czech Republic Jiří Mičának All
23 Russia Oleg Kesselman All
Germany MS Racing 24 Germany Florian Stoll All
25 Switzerland Ivan Jacoma All
Germany tolimit 33 Germany Christian Abt All
44 Germany Christian Engelhart All
Germany Online Leasing RT 66 Germany Florian Scholze 1–2, 4–9
Germany Christoph Schrezemmeier 3
77 Germany Thomas Jäger All
Turkey Hermes Attempto Racing 88 Netherlands Patrick Huisman All
99 Germany Philipp Wlazik All

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Germany Hockenheimring 13 April Germany René Rast Germany Jan Seyffarth Germany René Rast Germany MRS-Team
2 Germany Oschersleben 20 April Germany Jörg Hardt Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Jörg Hardt Germany Herberth Motorsport
3 Italy Mugello 4 May Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Herberth Motorsport
4 Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 18 May Germany René Rast France Nicolas Armindo Germany Jörg Hardt Germany Herberth motorsport
5 Germany Norisring 29 June France Nicolas Armindo France Nicolas Armindo France Nicolas Armindo Germany ARAXA Racing
6 Netherlands Zandvoort 13 July Germany Christian Mamerow Germany René Rast Germany Jan Seyffarth Germany SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport
7 Germany Nürburgring Short 27 July Germany René Rast Germany Jörg Hardt Germany Jan Seyffarth Germany SMS Seyffath-Motorsport
8 Spain Circuit de Catalunya National 21 September Germany Jan Seyffarth Germany René Rast Germany Jan Seyffarth Germany SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport
9 Germany Hockenheimring 26 October Germany Marco Holzer Germany Marco Holzer Germany Marco Holzer Germany UPS Porsche-Junior Team

Championship standings
Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver HOC
Germany		 OSC
Germany		 MUG
Italy		 LAU
Germany		 NOR
Germany		 ZAN
Netherlands		 NÜR
Germany		 CAT
Spain		 HOC
Germany		 Pts
1 Germany René Rast 1 6 2 2 2 3 7 3 4 139
2 Germany Jan Seyffarth 4 4 17 4 4 1 1 1 9 123
3 Germany Christian Mamerow 2 2 5 6 3 2 11 8 7 114
4 Germany Jörg Hardt Ret 1 Ret 1 6 5 Ret 5 2 92
5 Germany Marco Holzer 20 12 7 10 8 6 3 2 1 91
6 France Nicolas Armindo 3 3 3 14 1 24† Ret 6 DSQ 90
7 Austria Martin Ragginger 9 9 DNS 9 7 7 2 4 8 90
8 Netherlands Patrick Huisman 5 5 8 5 Ret 9 6 10 DSQ 67
9 Germany Uwe Alzen Ret 1 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 3 62
10 Germany Thomas Jäger 11 Ret 6 3 Ret 20 8 7 6 59
11 Czech Republic Jiří Janák 8 8 4 8 9 Ret 9 25† 53
12 Germany Robert Renauer 23† 22 9 DNS 15 16 4 9 5 41
13 Germany Mario Josten 21 Ret 10 21 12 10 10 12 15 28
14 Germany Christian Abt 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 8 19† 15 13 24
15 Germany Lance David Arnold 5 24 11 18
16 Germany Niclas Kentenich 12 Ret 14 20 10 12 16 21 22 17
17 Germany Philipp Wlazik DSQ 7 19 15 11 Ret 18† 16 18 15
18 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 11 7 Ret 14
19 Germany Christian Engelhart 18 Ret 15 11 20 11 Ret Ret 14 14
20 Germany Pascal Kochem 6 13 25† 18 13
21 Germany Patrick Hirsch 13 17 DSQ 13 17 15 Ret 11 DNS 13
22 Sweden Carl-Olov Carlsson DSQ 10 22 Ret 23 27† 20† 22 12 11
23 Switzerland Ivan Jacoma DSQ 21 11 18 19 21 13 17 16 9
24 Netherlands Tim Buijs 22 16 Ret 13 14 15 13 29 9
25 Poland Robert Lukas 15 14 18 Ret Ret 17 12 Ret 17 8
26 Germany Florian Stoll 14 20 24 17 14 13 Ret Ret 20 8
27 Netherlands Mike Verschuur 19 15 12 Ret 22 Ret Ret 14 21 7
28 Lithuania Andzej Dzikevic Ret 18 13 23 18 22 21† 18 19 3
29 Germany Hannes Plesse Ret 16 Ret 19 16 19 14 19 24 2
30 Germany Florian Scholze 16 19 22 Ret 26 Ret 20 23 1
Czech Republic Jiří Mičának 17 23 20 16 Ret 23 Ret Ret 25 0
Russia Oleg Kesselman DSQ 24† 21 24 21 25 17 23 27 0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Australia Alex Davison 7 0
Belgium David Saelens 10 0
Germany Christoph Schrezenmeier 23 0
Germany Swen Dolenc 26 0
Austria Norbert Schratter 28 0
Pos Driver HOC
Germany		 OSC
Germany		 MUG
Italy		 LAU
Germany		 NOR
Germany		 ZAN
Netherlands		 NÜR
Germany		 CAT
Spain		 HOC
Germany		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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