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2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours

Motor racing championship season

The layout of the Bucharest Ring

The 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth race of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season back racing After summer break and was organised by City Challenge GmbH. It took place at the Bucharest Ring temporary street circuit in Bucharest, Romania, on 23 – 24 August 2008.

Format

Unlike the previous running at Bucharest in 2007, the 2008 event introduced a new event format that involved two races. After qualification, a one-hour race was held and entries were awarded half of the standard FIA points for their finishing positions. On Sunday, a second one-hour race was held, with the starting grid being determined by the finishing order of the first race. Half points were again rewarded based on finishing order.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Saturday

Phoenix Carsport lead the field as the #5 Corvette of Swiss drivers Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Délétraz earned victory from pole position over the team's second car. In the GT2 category, CR Scuderia earned their first ever victory in the FIA GT Championship, just ahead of defending class champions AF Corse.

Pos	Class	No	Team
DNF	21
DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS
GT1	5	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz
CHE Marcel Fāssler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		46
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	6	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	NLD Mike Hezemans
ITA Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		46
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	1	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1		46
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT1	2	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	PRT Miguel Ramos
BRA Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12 GT1		46
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT1	3	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	FRA Christophe Bouchut
NLD Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		46
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	4	BEL Peka Racing	BEL Anthony Kumpen
BEL Bert Longin	Saleen S7-R		46
Ford 7.0 L V8
GT1	10	GBR Gigawave Motorsport	AUT Philipp Peter
DNK Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin DBR9		46
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT1	8	RUS IPB Spartak Racing
DEU Reiter Engineering	NLD Peter Kox
RUS Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		45
Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
GT2	56	GBR CR Scuderia Racing	GBR Andrew Kirkaldy
GBR Rob Bell	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	50	ITA AF Corse	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	61	BEL Prospeed Competition	FRA Emmanuel Collard
GBR Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		45
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	77	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	ITA Paolo Ruberti
ITA Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2		44
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	51	ITA AF Corse	ITA Thomas Biagi
SMR Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2		44
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	55	GBR CR Scuderia Racing	CAN Chris Niarchos
GBR Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2		44
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	62	GBR Scuderia Ecosse	GBR Jamie Davies
ITA Fabio Babini	Ferrari F430 GT2		44
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	78	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	CHE Joël Camathias
ITA Davide Rigon	Ferrari F430 GT2		44
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	66	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		43
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	69	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	AUT Richard Lietz
AUT Horst Felbermayr Sr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		43
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
G2	101	BEL Belgian Racing	BEL Bas Leinders
BEL Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff		42
Maserati 4.2 L V8
GT2	95	ITA Advanced Engineering
ARG PeCom Racing Team	ARG Matías Russo
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2		28
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	57	CHE Kessel Racing	CHE Henri Moser
ITA Fabrizio del Monte	Ferrari F430 GT2		23
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT1	33	AUT Jetalliance Racing	AUT Karl Wendlinger
GBR Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9		–
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT1	36	AUT Jetalliance Racing	AUT Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
DEU Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9		–
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT2	60	BEL Prospeed Competition	FIN Markus Palttala
FIN Mikael Forsten	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		–
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Sunday

Phoenix Carsport continued their victorious run on Sunday as the #5 car once again led the field to the checkered flag, although the team's second Corvette failed to make the finish after hitting a wall with ten laps remaining. CR Scuderia also won for the second time, Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell's Ferrari overtaking the AF Corse Ferrari in the closing laps.

Pos	Class	No	Team
DNF	17
DNF	18
DNF	19
DNF	20
DNF	21
DNF
GT1	5	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz
CHE Marcel Fāssler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		46
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	2	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	PRT Miguel Ramos
BRA Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12 GT1		46
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT1	1	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1		46
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT1	4	BEL Peka Racing	BEL Anthony Kumpen
BEL Bert Longin	Saleen S7-R		46
Ford 7.0 L V8
GT1	10	GBR Gigawave Motorsport	AUT Philipp Peter
DNK Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin DBR9		46
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT1	3	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	FRA Christophe Bouchut
NLD Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		46
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	8	RUS IPB Spartak Racing
DEU Reiter Engineering	NLD Peter Kox
RUS Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		46
Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
GT2	56	GBR CR Scuderia Racing	GBR Andrew Kirkaldy
GBR Rob Bell	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	50	ITA AF Corse	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	61	BEL Prospeed Competition	FRA Emmanuel Collard
GBR Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		45
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	62	GBR Scuderia Ecosse	GBR Jamie Davies
ITA Fabio Babini	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	77	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	ITA Paolo Ruberti
ITA Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	95	ITA Advanced Engineering
ARG PeCom Racing Team	ARG Matías Russo
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	57	CHE Kessel Racing	CHE Henri Moser
ITA Fabrizio del Monte	Ferrari F430 GT2		43
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
G2	101	BEL Belgian Racing	BEL Bas Leinders
BEL Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff		42
Maserati 4.2 L V8
GT1	6	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	NLD Mike Hezemans
ITA Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		36
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT2	66	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		27
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	78	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	CHE Joël Camathias
ITA Davide Rigon	Ferrari F430 GT2		21
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	55	GBR CR Scuderia Racing	CAN Chris Niarchos
GBR Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2		17
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	51	ITA AF Corse	ITA Thomas Biagi
SMR Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2		16
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	69	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	AUT Richard Lietz
AUT Horst Felbermayr Sr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		15
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Statistics

Pole Position – #5 Phoenix Carsport Racing – 1:15.348
Average Speed (Race 1) – 139.24 km/h
Average Speed (Race 2) – 138.89 km/h

References

(23 August 2008). "23 August 2008 Fässler and Bruni on pole for Race One". [[FIA]].
(23 August 2008). "Results: 2008 Round 6 – Bucharest (Results after 1 Hour)". [[FIA]].
(24 August 2008). "Results: 2008 Round 6 – Bucharest (Race Result)". [[FIA]].
(23 August 2008). "Results: 2008 Round 6 – Bucharest (Qualifying 1)". [[FIA]].

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