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The 2008 SEAT León Eurocup was the first season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship. The best classified driver at each event was rewarded with a drive in a SUNRED Engineering–run SEAT León TFSI at the next round of the WTCC.

Oscar Nogués won the championship tied on 47 points with Marin Čolak, winning by having three race wins to Čolak's two.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
SUNRED	1	Oscar Nogués	1, 3–6
	7	Michal Matějovský	All
	17	Diego Puyo	All
	18	Adrián Matheu	All
	27	James Nash	All
	31	Javier Ibran	1, 6
Special Tuning	2	Tom Boardman	1–2, 4–6
	29	Liam McMillan	1, 4
Rangoni Motorsport	3	Massimiliano Pedalà	All
	12	Davide Roda	1-4, 6
	22	Flavio Berto	All
	23	Alan Simoni	All
	86	Tim Coronel	5
Zengő Motorsport	4	Gábor Wéber	All
	5	György Kontra	3, 6
	6	Norbert Michelisz	All
PRS Group Speed Racing	8	Andrea Larini	All
	11	Manuel Flaminio	All
	15	Eoin Murray	All
Team Clairet Sport	9	Jean-Marie Clairet	All
SEAT Swiss Racing	10	Fredy Barth	All
	14	Urs Sonderegger	6
Valvoline Ashland Racing	16	Antonio Aristi	All
	62	Luis Recuenco	4–6
Team Elias	19	Fernando Navarrete	1
	29	Rafael Villanueva	3, 5–6
Bastos Sport	20	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	1–3
	21	Duarte Félix da Costa	1–5
Exagon Engineering	24	Jean-Robert Niogret	2
Čolak Racing Team	26	Marin Čolak	1–4, 6
MCTPE	32	Martin Morente	1–2, 5–6
ST Racing Harriet Arruabarrena	34	Harriet Arruabarrena	2, 6
Oasis Motorsport	40	Miguel Freitas	3
	41	Francisco Fino	3
PubliRacing	42	Francisco Carvalho	3
João Pina Cardoso	43	João Pina Cardoso	3
Italian Racing Motors	50	Aldo Ponti	6
DKM Motorsport	50	Oleg Petrikov	2–6
Oleg Petrikov	61	Oleg Petrikov	1
Dynamo SEAT Racing Team	85	Anton Markin	All
Team CMC Motor–Bricofer	93	Marsilio Canuti	All
SEAT Sport	99	Sébastien Bernard	6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	17 May	Marin Čolak	Marin Čolak	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED
	R2		18 May		Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Eoin Murray	PRS Group Speed Racing
2	R1	Circuit de Pau-Ville	31 May	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Special Tuning
	R2		1 June		Gábor Wéber	Gábor Wéber	Zengő Motorsport
3	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	12 July	Norbert Michelisz	Oscar Nogués	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team
	R2		13 July		Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	Bastos Sport
4	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 July	Norbert Michelisz	Tom Boardman	Eoin Murray	PRS Group Speed Racing
	R2		27 July		Diego Puyo	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	30 August	Norbert Michelisz	Michal Matějovský	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED
	R2		31 August		Massimiliano Pedalà	Massimiliano Pedalà	Rangoni Motorsport
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	4 October	Norbert Michelisz	Marin Čolak	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport
	R2		5 October		Marin Čolak	Oscar Nogués	SUNRED

Championship standings

Pos Driver VAL PAU EST BRH OSC MNZ Pts 1 Oscar Nogués 1 2 22 8 18 10 1 8 2 1 47 2 Marin Čolak Ret 4 2 Ret 1 13 5 1 7 2 47 3 Eoin Murray 8 1 Ret 9 13 6 1 7 4 5 Ret 8 37 4 Massimiliano Pedalà 3 13 10 Ret 7 2 Ret 9 9 1 5 3 36 5 James Nash 14 6 9 5 9 14 2 4 2 Ret 4 6 36 6 Tom Boardman Ret 5 1 4 15 6 7 Ret 3 4 35 7 Jean-Marie Clairet Ret 9 7 2 3 15 3 5 10 6 6 22 32 8 Diego Puyo 4 11 3 Ret 2 3 6 16 8 13 9 7 31 9 Duarte Félix da Costa 2 8 5 15 6 5 17 Ret 6 2 31 10 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 12 18 6 6 4 1 21 11 Gábor Wéber 16 3 8 1 23 9 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret DNS 19 12 Alan Simoni 18 7 19 11 8 7 4 2 16 14 19 13 Rafael Villanueva 5 4 5 3 Ret DNS 19 14 Norbert Michelisz 11 Ret 12 7 25 16 Ret 16 Ret 7 1 5 18 15 Andrea Larini Ret Ret 4 3 Ret DNS 8 3 Ret Ret 18 16 Michal Matějovský 13 20 13 Ret 10 21 Ret Ret 3 Ret 19 Ret 6 17 Fredy Barth Ret 10 Ret Ret 21 12 Ret Ret 16 4 Ret 10 5 18 Antonio Aristi 5 17 Ret 13 15 10 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 19 Liam McMillan 6 Ret 12 8 4 20 Javier Ibrán 7 Ret 13 Ret 2 21 Manuel Flaminio 15 12 20 Ret 18 18 7 14 Ret 19 17 9 2 22 Flavio Berto 17 16 11 8 Ret DNS 9 Ret 11 11 8 13 2 — Harriet Arruabarrena 16 14 14 12 0 — Sébastien Bernard 21 21 0 — Marsilio Canuti Ret 14 14 10 11 Ret 13 12 12 9 Ret 11 0 — João Pina Cardoso 16 19 0 — Francisco Carvalho Ret DNS 0 — Tim Coronel Ret 10 0 — Francisco Fino 20 11 0 — Miguel Freitas 14 23 0 — György Kontra Ret 20 22 19 0 — Anton Markin 10 21 15 Ret 19 25 16 15 15 17 11 16 0 — Adrián Matheu 9 15 Ret 16 12 22 10 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 0 — Martin Morente Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 20 0 — Fernando Navarrete Ret Ret 0 — Jean-Robert Niogret DNS DNS 0 — Oleg Petrikov Ret 22 17 12 17 17 Ret 13 14 15 20 17 0 — Aldo Ponti 10 Ret 0 — Luis Recuenco Ret Ret 13 18 12 23 0 — Davide Roda 19 19 18 Ret 24 24 14 Ret 15 Ret 0 — Urs Sonderegger 18 18 0 Pos Driver VAL PAU EST BRH OSC MNZ Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. Veltman, Rob (7 October 2007). "SEAT Eurocup to support WTCC in 2008". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

External links

• Official Website of the SEAT León Eurocup
• Championship standings: SEAT Leon Eurocup 2008 at Driver Database (Archived 2009-07-23)

• SEAT León Eurocup seasons
• 2008 in motorsport
• 2008 in European sport