2008 European Touring Car Cup
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The 2008 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fourth running of the FIA
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users...

 European Touring Car Cup
European Touring Car Cup
The FIA European Touring Car Cup is an annual touring car racing event, which has been held at various locations across Europe since 2005. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, for 2010 the series is a three round event.-History:...

. It was held on October 19, 2008 at the Salzburgring
Salzburgring
The Salzburgring is a permanent race track in Austria, east of Salzburg.-History:This race track had been opened in 1968. Lying in a narrow, alpine valley, it has a rather simple layout, with two long straights plus the sweeping and fast "Fahrerlagerkurve" at the bottom, and the narrow...

 near Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

 in Austria.

Teams and drivers

Super 2000 class
Team Car No Drivers
  Chevrolet Motorsport Danmark
Perfection Racing
Perfection Racing is a Danish auto racing team, who currently compete in the Danish Touring Car Championship under the banner of Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark...

Chevrolet Lacetti
Daewoo Lacetti
The Daewoo Lacetti is a compact car made by the South Korean automaker GM Daewoo since 2002. The first-generation Lacetti was available as a four-door sedan, a five-door hatchback or a five-door station wagon. The sedan and wagon were designed by Pininfarina, and the hatchback by Giorgetto Giugiaro...

1   Michel Nykjær
  Honda Racing
Engström Motorsport
Engström Motorsport is a Swedish motorsport team owned by its driver Tomas Engström.- Camaro Cup :The team started competing in the Swedish Camaro Cup series in 1991. After finishing runner-up in 1993 the team and Engström took five straight championship titles, the first in 1994 and the last in 1998...

Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

2   Tomas Engström
Tomas Engström
Tomas Engström is a Swedish auto racing driver. He is married with three children. In the 1990s he dominated the Swedish Camaro Cup, winning five back to back titles between 1994 and 1998. Since then he has mainly competed in touring cars, driving in the Swedish Touring Car Championship since...

  Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...

BMW 320si 3   Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson is a Swedish auto racing driver, who currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for West Coast Racing in a BMW 320si, alongside team-mate Robin Rudholm.-Career:...

9   Jan Nilsson
Jan Nilsson
Jan "Flash" Nilsson is a Swedish racecar driver. He is most famous for his appearance in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, having appeared in all fourteen seasons and for being the second most victorious driver .- Early career :Jake Nilson started competing in Formula Ford in 1983 before...

  Golden Motors
Golden Motors
Golden Motors is a Russian auto racing team based in Saint Petersburg. They are best known for their efforts in the FIA World Touring Car Championship.-Team history:...

Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

4   Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He is twice champion of the Russian Touring Car Championship. First in 2001 with an Opel Astra, and again in 2007 with a Honda Accord...

5   Andrey Smetsky
Andrey Smetsky
Andrey Smetsky is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He has competed in the Russian Volkswagen Polo Cup, Russian Super Production Championship and the Russian Lada Ice Cup. In 2007 he finished runner-up in the Russian Touring Car Championship with a touring class Honda Accord...

  Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Engstler Motorsport
Engstler Motorsport is a German auto racing team based in Wiggensbach, run by driver Franz Engstler. It has competed successfully in the Asian Touring Car Championship and the ADAC Procar Series...

BMW 320i 6   Oleg Petrishin
BMW 320si 11   Franz Engstler
Franz Engstler
Franz Engstler is a German auto racing driver. He currently competes as an independent driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in a BMW 320 TC under the Liqui Moly Team Engstler banner...

27   César Campaniço
César Campaniço
César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:...

  SUNRED Motorsport Development
SUNRED Engineering
Sunred is a Spanish-based auto racing team and constructor. They are best known for competing in the World Touring Car Championship.-Racing History:...

SEAT León
SEAT León
The SEAT León is a small family car built by the Spanish car manufacturer, and Volkswagen Group subsidiary SEAT, S.A. since October 1998.The two León generations are, or have been built upon two differing variants of the Volkswagen Group A platform, and they also share many other components with...

7   Oscar Nogués
Oscar Nogués
Oscar Nogués Farré is a Spanish auto racing driver. He won the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa in 2005 and 2006, and won the inaugural SEAT León Eurocup in 2008. He made one-off appearances in the World Touring Car Championship in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as rewards for his efforts in SEAT one-make series...

  Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 8   Kristian Poulsen
Kristian Poulsen
Kristian Poulsen is a Danish auto racing driver, who currently competes in touring car racing.-Career:He made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009 he will compete a full season in the WTCC with Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si alongside...

  Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

11   Jens Reno Møller
  GTM Finland BMW 320si 14   Mikko Eskelinen
  Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra GTC
Opel Astra
The Opel Astra is a small family car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991.It is branded as Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom, the Buick Excelle XT in China and the Chevrolet Astra/Vectra in Latin America...

15   Wolfgang Treml
  Yaco Racing Toyota Auris
Toyota Auris
The Toyota Auris is a compact 3 door and 5 door hatchback which shares the same E150 platform with the Toyota Corolla.In Europe, Toyota positioned the Auris as the replacement of Corolla hatchback, while the notchback Sedan continued with the Corolla nameplate...

16   Philip Geipel
Philip Geipel
Philip Geipel is a German auto racing driver.In 2004 he entered the German Toyota Yaris Cup, winning the championship in 2005. He has competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2006 and 2007. Both times he raced in two rounds at Brno for the Yaco Racing Team in a Toyota Corolla...

Toyota Corolla T-Sport
Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...

17   Charlie Geipel
  JH Motorsport Honda Civic Type R
Honda Civic Type R
The first Civic to receive the 'Type R' name was based on the 6th generation 'EK' Civic. The contributing base model was the JDM Civic 3 door hatchback called SiR, code named EK4...

18   Janis Horeliks
  Saksa Auto AMK BMW 320si 19   Urmas Kitsing
  Rikli Motorsport Equipe Bernoise Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

20   Peter Rikli
  Sport-Garage Ford Focus 21   Sergey Krylov
Sergey Krylov
Sergey Krylov is a Russian auto racing driver. He competes in the Russian Touring Car Championship. In 2007 he entered the FIA World Touring Car Championship for two rounds at Brands Hatch in a SEAT Leon for the independent GR Asia Team. He replaced fellow Russian Timur Sadredinov, who could not...

  Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si 22   George Tanev
Super Production class
  Spice Racing Team Honda Integra Type-R
Honda Integra
The Honda Integra is a compact luxury performance coupe made by Honda during the years 1985 to 2006. The sporty front wheel drive car is able to house five passengers with a two door hatch or four door sedan available.The Integra was on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list six times, in...

52   Egons Lapins
  Zaibelis Honda Integra Type-R
Honda Integra
The Honda Integra is a compact luxury performance coupe made by Honda during the years 1985 to 2006. The sporty front wheel drive car is able to house five passengers with a two door hatch or four door sedan available.The Integra was on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list six times, in...

53   Paulius Krukauskas
  F. Motorsport BMW 320i 54   Fabio Fabiani
Fabio Fabiani
Fabio Fabiani is an Italian auto racing driver.-Moto Bike Career:He started in Italian Sport Production Championship in 1994 moving to Italian 125cc in 1995. After Military Service in 1996 he raced in the Italian 600 Sport Production class, Italian 125cc, European 125cc and 250cc and World...

55   Imerio Brigliadori
  Aimol Racing Opel Astra Coupé
Opel Astra
The Opel Astra is a small family car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991.It is branded as Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom, the Buick Excelle XT in China and the Chevrolet Astra/Vectra in Latin America...

56   Dmitriy Dobrovolsky
  Sport-Garage Volkswagen Golf IV
Volkswagen Golf
The Volkswagen Golf is a small family car manufactured by Volkswagen since 1974 and marketed worldwide across six generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada , and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico .The...

57   Nikolay Karamishev
Super 1600 class
  TLM Team Lauderbach Motorsport Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

72   Ralf Martin
75   Andrii Kruglik
  NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

73   Carsten Seifert
  Roscher Racing Citroën C2 VTS
Citroën C2
The Citroën C2 is a supermini-class car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën since autumn of 2003, replacing the Citroën Saxo, it was built at the Aulnay plant on the outskirts of Paris. A different model, based on the Peugeot 206, is sold in China as the C2...

74   Jens Löhnig
  ETH Tuning Peugeot 207 Sport 76   Guido Thierfelder
  Sport-Garage Volkswagen Polo Gti
Volkswagen Polo
The Volkswagen Polo is a supermini car manufactured by Volkswagen. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, saloon, coupé and estate variants....

77   Sergey Ryabov

Race 1

Pos No Class Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Class Points
1 1 S2000   Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Danmark
Perfection Racing
Perfection Racing is a Danish auto racing team, who currently compete in the Danish Touring Car Championship under the banner of Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark...

Chevrolet Lacetti
Daewoo Lacetti
The Daewoo Lacetti is a compact car made by the South Korean automaker GM Daewoo since 2002. The first-generation Lacetti was available as a four-door sedan, a five-door hatchback or a five-door station wagon. The sedan and wagon were designed by Pininfarina, and the hatchback by Giorgetto Giugiaro...

12 17:51.594 1 10
2 3 S2000   Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson is a Swedish auto racing driver, who currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for West Coast Racing in a BMW 320si, alongside team-mate Robin Rudholm.-Career:...

Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...

BMW320si 12 +0.190 2 8
3 7 S2000   Oscar Nogués
Oscar Nogués
Oscar Nogués Farré is a Spanish auto racing driver. He won the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa in 2005 and 2006, and won the inaugural SEAT León Eurocup in 2008. He made one-off appearances in the World Touring Car Championship in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as rewards for his efforts in SEAT one-make series...

SUNRED Motorsport Development
SUNRED Engineering
Sunred is a Spanish-based auto racing team and constructor. They are best known for competing in the World Touring Car Championship.-Racing History:...

SEAT León
SEAT León
The SEAT León is a small family car built by the Spanish car manufacturer, and Volkswagen Group subsidiary SEAT, S.A. since October 1998.The two León generations are, or have been built upon two differing variants of the Volkswagen Group A platform, and they also share many other components with...

12 +11.506 6 6
4 10 S2000   Kristian Poulsen
Kristian Poulsen
Kristian Poulsen is a Danish auto racing driver, who currently competes in touring car racing.-Career:He made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009 he will compete a full season in the WTCC with Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si alongside...

Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 12 +14.750 4 5
5 27 S2000   César Campaniço
César Campaniço
César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:...

Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Engstler Motorsport
Engstler Motorsport is a German auto racing team based in Wiggensbach, run by driver Franz Engstler. It has competed successfully in the Asian Touring Car Championship and the ADAC Procar Series...

BMW 320si 12 +15.096 7 4
6 11 S2000   Jens Reno Møller Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

12 +29.739 8 3
7 14 S2000   Mikko Eskelinen GTM Finland BMW 320si 12 +30.363 10 2
8 9 S2000   Jan Nilsson
Jan Nilsson
Jan "Flash" Nilsson is a Swedish racecar driver. He is most famous for his appearance in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, having appeared in all fourteen seasons and for being the second most victorious driver .- Early career :Jake Nilson started competing in Formula Ford in 1983 before...

Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...

BMW 320si 12 +30.703 5 1
9 22 S2000   George Tanev Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si 12 +32.502 13
10 4 S2000   Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He is twice champion of the Russian Touring Car Championship. First in 2001 with an Opel Astra, and again in 2007 with a Honda Accord...

Golden Motors
Golden Motors
Golden Motors is a Russian auto racing team based in Saint Petersburg. They are best known for their efforts in the FIA World Touring Car Championship.-Team history:...

Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

12 +36.204 11
11 17 S2000   Charlie Geipel Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla T-Sport
Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...

12 +39.535 12
12 20 S2000   Peter Rikli Rikli Motorsport Equipe Bernoise Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

12 +41.244 14
13 5 S2000   Andrey Smetsky
Andrey Smetsky
Andrey Smetsky is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He has competed in the Russian Volkswagen Polo Cup, Russian Super Production Championship and the Russian Lada Ice Cup. In 2007 he finished runner-up in the Russian Touring Car Championship with a touring class Honda Accord...

Golden Motors
Golden Motors
Golden Motors is a Russian auto racing team based in Saint Petersburg. They are best known for their efforts in the FIA World Touring Car Championship.-Team history:...

Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

12 +50.617 17
14 19 S2000   Urmas Kitsing Saksa Auto AMK BMW 320si 12 +1:07.408 27
15 15 S2000   Wolfgang Treml Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra GTC
Opel Astra
The Opel Astra is a small family car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991.It is branded as Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom, the Buick Excelle XT in China and the Chevrolet Astra/Vectra in Latin America...

12 +1:20.245 15
16 6 S2000   Oleg Petrishin Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Engstler Motorsport
Engstler Motorsport is a German auto racing team based in Wiggensbach, run by driver Franz Engstler. It has competed successfully in the Asian Touring Car Championship and the ADAC Procar Series...

BMW 320i 12 +1:20.796 16
17 54 SP   Fabio Fabiani
Fabio Fabiani
Fabio Fabiani is an Italian auto racing driver.-Moto Bike Career:He started in Italian Sport Production Championship in 1994 moving to Italian 125cc in 1995. After Military Service in 1996 he raced in the Italian 600 Sport Production class, Italian 125cc, European 125cc and 250cc and World...

F. Motorsport BMW 320i 11 + 1 Lap 18 10
18 57 SP   Nikolay Karamishev Sport-Garage Volkswagen Golf IV
Volkswagen Golf
The Volkswagen Golf is a small family car manufactured by Volkswagen since 1974 and marketed worldwide across six generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada , and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico .The...

11 + 1 Lap 20 8
19 72 S1600   Ralf Martin TLM Team Lauderbach Motorsport Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

11 + 1 Lap 21 10
20 75 S1600   Andrii Kruglik TLM Team Lauderbach Motorsport Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

11 + 1 Lap 24 8
21 73 S1600   Carsten Seifert NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

11 + 1 Lap 28 6
22 77 S1600   Sergey Ryabov Sport-Garage Volkswagen Polo Gti
Volkswagen Polo
The Volkswagen Polo is a supermini car manufactured by Volkswagen. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, saloon, coupé and estate variants....

11 + 1 Lap 26 5
23 52 SP   Egons Lapins Spice Racing Team Honda Integra Type-R
Honda Integra
The Honda Integra is a compact luxury performance coupe made by Honda during the years 1985 to 2006. The sporty front wheel drive car is able to house five passengers with a two door hatch or four door sedan available.The Integra was on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list six times, in...

10 + 2 Laps 25 6
24 76 S1600   Guido Thierfelder ETH Tuning Peugeot 207 Sport
Peugeot 207
The Peugeot 207 is a small family car produced by the French automaker Peugeot and unveiled in January 2006.-Launch:The 207 was launched in France, Spain and Italy during April 2006 and later on in other European, Israeli and Arabic markets....

10 + 2 Laps 23 4
NC 12 S2000   Franz Engstler
Franz Engstler
Franz Engstler is a German auto racing driver. He currently competes as an independent driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in a BMW 320 TC under the Liqui Moly Team Engstler banner...

Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Engstler Motorsport
Engstler Motorsport is a German auto racing team based in Wiggensbach, run by driver Franz Engstler. It has competed successfully in the Asian Touring Car Championship and the ADAC Procar Series...

BMW 320si 6 + 6 Laps 3
Ret 2 S2000   Tomas Engström
Tomas Engström
Tomas Engström is a Swedish auto racing driver. He is married with three children. In the 1990s he dominated the Swedish Camaro Cup, winning five back to back titles between 1994 and 1998. Since then he has mainly competed in touring cars, driving in the Swedish Touring Car Championship since...

Honda Racing
Engström Motorsport
Engström Motorsport is a Swedish motorsport team owned by its driver Tomas Engström.- Camaro Cup :The team started competing in the Swedish Camaro Cup series in 1991. After finishing runner-up in 1993 the team and Engström took five straight championship titles, the first in 1994 and the last in 1998...

Honda Accord Euro R
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

5 + 7 Laps 9
Ret 18 S2000   Janis Horeliks JH Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R
Honda Civic Type R
The first Civic to receive the 'Type R' name was based on the 6th generation 'EK' Civic. The contributing base model was the JDM Civic 3 door hatchback called SiR, code named EK4...

5 + 7 Laps 19
Ret 74 S1600   Jens Löhnig Roscher Racing Citroën C2 VTS
Citroën C2
The Citroën C2 is a supermini-class car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën since autumn of 2003, replacing the Citroën Saxo, it was built at the Aulnay plant on the outskirts of Paris. A different model, based on the Peugeot 206, is sold in China as the C2...

0 22
DNS 16 S2000   Philip Geipel
Philip Geipel
Philip Geipel is a German auto racing driver.In 2004 he entered the German Toyota Yaris Cup, winning the championship in 2005. He has competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2006 and 2007. Both times he raced in two rounds at Brno for the Yaco Racing Team in a Toyota Corolla...

Yaco Racing Toyota Auris
Toyota Auris
The Toyota Auris is a compact 3 door and 5 door hatchback which shares the same E150 platform with the Toyota Corolla.In Europe, Toyota positioned the Auris as the replacement of Corolla hatchback, while the notchback Sedan continued with the Corolla nameplate...

DNS
DNS 56 SP   Dmitriy Dobrovolsky Aimol Racing Opel Astra Coupé
Opel Astra
The Opel Astra is a small family car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991.It is branded as Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom, the Buick Excelle XT in China and the Chevrolet Astra/Vectra in Latin America...

DNS

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