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The 2008 Superleague season is the 9th GPVWC Superleague season. It was the first time in several years the league had used the GPVWC moniker, and was to be the last year in which Geoff Crammond's GP4 was used.

2008 was a difficult year in many ways. Membership was down to the lowest the league had ever seen and a fresh start was needed with little time and tools at the league's disposal.

Pre-season

Testing

Report

Teams and drivers

Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Did not enter						0
						2
Synergetic Motorsports	Belfast, UK	Synergetic Motorsports		Toyota	B	3	Mal McKee	All
						4	??
							Luke McKee
Platform Michelangelo		Platform Michelangelo		BMW	B	5	Michelangelo Manrique
						6	Jeroen Jansen
Belami Racing	St. Helens, UK	Belami Racing		Renault	B	7	Laurentiu Albu
						8
Vod:Bul		Vod:Bul		Ferrari	B	9	Laurent Keersmaekers
						10	Daniël Bolman
Woods Racing	Croydon, UK	Woods Racing		Renault	B	11	Mark Wicks
						12	Martijn Vosselman
APR		APR		Honda	B	14	Philip Cullen
						15	Adam Rouse
Did not enter						16
						17
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, UK	Nordsjoen Racing		Mercedes	B	18	Scott Whiteman
						19	William Ponissi
Tanskanen Racing		Tanskanen Racing		J-Tech	B	??	Juha Tanskanen
						??

^† Mal McKee replaced himself as test/reserve driver with Liam Hatchell after the Japanese grand prix.
^‡ Adam Rouse pulled out of the competition after the Austrian grand prix.

New entries

The first new team to secure a place in the Superleague was Nijo Racing, owned and managed by Chris Williamson. Nijo came straight in from a successful Masters season, bypassing the Supercup, and looking eager to carry that success into the Superleague. Initially having signed Tom Parker and Ashley Walsh, the team underwent many changes in driver line-up in the first half of the season, with Parker pulling out after only a few races.

Triple-Double Racing was the next team to secure a place in the Superleague, founded and initially managed by Ben Morgan before Phil Perkins took the reins scant days before the opening race. Driver Jyri Lylykorpi was initially linked with the team, however the team secured GPVWC stalwarts Adam Rouse and Phil Perkins.

The final new team to secure a place was Midnight Motorsport. Driver Nick Rowland's brainchild, the team managed to secure both himself and experienced racing driver and manager Dave Carr-Smith, which seemed to promise a strong team in bid for the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships. Reliability problems and bad luck were the order of the day for the beginning of the season for Midnight, however.

Team changes

Driver changes

2008 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne		GP4 v9.6	24th March	???	23:59
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia		GP4 v9.6	31st March	???	23:59
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain		GP4 v9.6	14th April	???	23:59
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona		GP4 v9.6	5th May	???	23:59
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park		GP4 v9.6	19th May	???	23:59
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Monsoon	GP4 v9.6	2nd June	???	23:59
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal		GP4 v9.6	???	???	23:59
8	French Grand Prix	French GP	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours		GP4 v9.6		???	23:59
9	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit		GP4 v9.6		???	23:59
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany		GP4 v9.6		???	23:59
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary		GP4 v9.6		???	23:59
12	European Grand Prix	European GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany		GP4 v9.6		???	23:59
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa		GP4 v9.6		???	23:59
14	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza		GP4 v9.6	1st October	???	23:59
15	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	A1-Ring		GP4 v9.6	20th October	???	23:59
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie		GP4 v9.6	11th November	???	23:59
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo		GP4 v9.6	15th December	???	23:59

Changes

Rule changes

Qualifying

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Mark Wicks	Mark Wicks (1:26.253)	Mark Wicks	Woods-Renault	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Scott Whiteman	Scott Whiteman (1:34.973)	Scott Whiteman	Nordsjøen-Mercedes	Report
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Jeroen Jansen	<<< CANCELLED >>>			Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Laurentiu Albu	Mark Wicks (1:19.089)	Mark Wicks	Woods-Renault	Report
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Adam Rouse	<<< CANCELLED >>>			Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Mal McKee	Mal McKee (1:19.627)	Mal McKee	Synergetic-Toyota	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Scott Whiteman	Jeroen Jansen (1:15.506)	Mark Wicks	Woods-Renault	Report
8	French Grand Prix	???	Scott Whiteman (1:13.108)	Mark Wicks	Woods-Renault	Report
9	British Grand Prix					Report
10	German Grand Prix					Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix					Report
12	European Grand Prix					Report
13	Belgian Grand Prix					Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	Jeroen Jansen	Jeroen Jansen (1:23.697)	William Ponissi	Nordsjøen-Mercedes	Report
15	Austrian Grand Prix	Jeroen Jansen	Scott Whiteman (1:11.016)	Laurentiu Albu	Belami-Renault	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Laurentiu Albu	William Ponissi (1:34.181)	Mal McKee	Synergetic-Toyota	Report
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	???	Scott Whiteman (1:15.217)	Laurentiu Albu	Belami-Renault	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Drivers standings

Pos Driver AUS MAL BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA AUT JPN BRA Points 1 Laurentiu Albu 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 79 2 Mark Wicks 13† 2 2 4 3 2 1 64 3 William Ponissi 16 3 8 2 2 1 Ret 48 4 Mal McKee 4 4 4 6 6 4 5 45 5 Scott Whiteman 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 8 4 24 6 Martijn Vosselman 5 5 Ret 8 4 11 6 13 7 Jeroen Jansen 2 Ret 6 3 DNS Ret Ret 8 8 Michelangelo Manrique 9 7 7 10 8 5 7 8 9 Luke McKee 6 6 Ret 7 7 7 5 10 Juha Tanskanen 8 10 12 13 5 6 8 0 11 Andreas Wagner Ret 8 10 5 11 9 Ret 0 12 Daniel Bolman 3 0 13 Adam Rouse 7 9 Ret 14 DNS Ret 12 0 14 Philip Cullen Ret Ret 5 Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver AUS MAL BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA AUT JPN BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA AUT JPN BRA Points 1 Draig Racing-Ferrari 14 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 101 15 11 12 15 18 10 10 9 2 Red Archer 5 16 3 8 2 2 1 Ret 100 6 4 4 4 6 6 4 5 3 Nordsjoen-Mercedes 0 7 9 Ret 14 DNS Ret 12 75 2 13† 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 Woods Racing 3 9 7 7 10 8 5 7 42 4 8 10 12 13 5 6 8 5 Synergetic-Ferrari 9 12 11 9 9 12 Ret Ret 37 10 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 8 4 6 Midnight 24 2 Ret 6 3 DNS Ret Ret 33 25 Ret Ret 5 Ret DNS Ret DNS 7 Triple-Double 22 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 32 23 6 6 Ret 7 7 7 3 8 Williamson 18 Ret DNS Ret 15 DNS Ret DNS 28 19 5 5 Ret 8 4 11 6 9 Constant 7 Ret 8 10 5 11 9 Ret 12 8 14 14 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 10 Computrac 11 Ret Ret 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 1 12 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret DNS DNS 11 Nijo 20 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 1 21 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 10 12 ST Racing 16 15 Ret Ret 16 DNS 13 11 0 17 Ret 13 13 11 Ret Ret Ret Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA AUT JPN BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.