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2008 World Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest

Yvan Muller World Manufacturers' Champion: SEAT

The 2008 World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition for Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars. Organised by the FIA, it comprised the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers. The championship began on 2 March, and ended on 16 November, after twenty-four races. It was the fifth World Touring Car Championship and the fourth since its 2005 return.

Frenchman Yvan Muller won the Drivers title by 26 points from SEAT team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, with Chevrolet's Robert Huff finishing third just a point behind Tarquini. The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to SEAT.

Teams and drivers

Andy Priaulx, BMW 320si, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

Alain Menu, Chevrolet Lacetti, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

Gabriele Tarquini, SEAT León TDI, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

James Thompson, Honda Accord Euro R, 2008 WTCC round, Imola

Tom Coronel, SEAT León TFSI, 2008 WTCC round, Okayama

Jaap van Lagen, Lada 110 2.0, 2008 WTCC round, Brands Hatch

The full season entry list.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
GBR BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	1	GBR Andy Priaulx	All
DEU BMW Team Germany	2	DEU Jörg Müller	All
3	BRA Augusto Farfus Jr.	All
ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain	4	ITA Alessandro Zanardi	All
5	ESP Félix Porteiro	All
GBR Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	ITA Nicola Larini	All
7	GBR Robert Huff	All
8	CHE Alain Menu	All
ESP SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI	9	ESP Jordi Gené	All
10	SWE Rickard Rydell	All
11	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	All
12	FRA Yvan Muller	All
ITA N.technology	Honda Accord Euro R	15	GBR James Thompson	3–12
ESP SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI	18	PRT Tiago Monteiro	All
ESP SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	20	NLD Tom Coronel	All
ESP SEAT Sport	SEAT León	21	ESP José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	3
TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	13	TUR Ibrahim Okyay	All
DEU Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	16	NLD Olivier Tielemans	1–3, 5–6, 8
ESP SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	22	CZE Michal Matejovský	5
FRA Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	23	BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	1–10
ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	26	ITA Stefano D'Aste	1–11
RUS Russian Bears Motorsport	Lada 110 2.0	27	RUS Kirill Ladygin	9–12
28	RUS Viktor Shapovalov	3–12
29	NLD Jaap van Lagen	3–12
ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	31	ESP Sergio Hernández	All
ESP SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	32	ESP Oscar Nogués	4
DEU Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	33	FRA Laurent Cazenave	4
DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	42	DEU Franz Engstler	All
43	RUS Andrey Romanov	1–6, 8–12
BGR Petrol GT Racing Team	BMW 320si	45	BGR Georgi Tanev	8–10
ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	12
DEU Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	49	NLD Duncan Huisman	8
RUS Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	54	RUS Aleksandr Lvov	3, 5
55	RUS Andrey Smetsky	3, 5
DNK Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	60	DNK Kristian Poulsen	6–8
DEU Wiechers-Sport	10
TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW 320si	62	TUR Aytaç Biter	7–8
ESP SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	75	HUN Norbert Michelisz	11
76	PRT Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	7
77	GBR Tom Boardman	6
78	HRV Marin Čolak	8
79	PRT Duarte Félix da Costa	10
DEU Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	17	JPN Takayuki Aoki	10–12
ITA N.technology	Honda Accord Euro R	66	MAC André Couto	12
SGP Thunder Asia Racing	BMW 320si	69	SGP Melvin Choo	11–12
ITA N.technology	Honda Accord Euro R	72	JPN Yukinori Taniguchi	10–11
GBR Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	80	JPN Manabu Orido	10–12
DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320i	81	JPN Masaki Kano	11–12
DEU Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	88	HKG Matthew Marsh	11–12
SWE Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30	63	SWE Robert Dahlgren	7

Note: Macau-based RPM Racing Team had planned to race one Toyota Altezza and one Honda Civic Type-R for Macanese drivers Lei Kit Meng and Jo Rosa Merszei in the final races in Macau. Although car numbers were allocated to them (#64 for Meng (Toyota Altezza) and #65 for Merszei (Honda Civic)), the FIA Touring Car Bureau rejected the entries because neither of these cars had been homologated by the FIA.

Driver changes

Driver changes from the 2007 World Touring Car Championship were:

Changed Teams

Olivier Tielemans: N-Technology → Wiechers-Sport
Tom Coronel: GR Asia → SUNRED Engineering
Stefano D'Aste: Wiechers-Sport → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2007

Rickard Rydell: No full-time drive → SEAT Sport
Ibrahim Okyay: Turkish Touring Car Championship → Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport
Viktor Shapovalov: Dutch Supercar Challenge → Russian Bears Motorsport
Jaap van Lagen: Porsche Supercup → Russian Bears Motorsport
Franz Engstler: Asian Touring Car Series → Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Andrey Romanov: Asian Touring Car Series → Liqui Moly Team Engstler

Leaving WTCC

Michel Jourdain Jr.: SEAT Sport → No full-time drive
Roberto Colciago: SEAT Sport Italia → Italian Endurance Touring Championship
Emmet O'Brien: GR Asia → Danish Touring Car Championship
Maurizio Ceresoli: GR Asia → No full-time drive
Luca Rangoni: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
Miguel Freitas: Racing for Belgium → SEAT León Supercopa Spain

Calendar

A provisional calendar was released in November, 2007.

Sweden was to be included in the calendar for 21 September but the FIA confirmed on 3 May 2008 that the Swedish round at the Scandinavian Raceway was replaced by an Italy round at the revamped Imola Circuit.

Round	Race Name	Track
HSBC Race of Brazil	BRA Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	2 March
Telmex Race of Mexico	MEX Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	6 April
Monroe Race of Spain	ESP Circuit Ricardo Tormo	18 May
Courtyard Race of France	FRA Circuit de Pau Ville	1 June
Stihl Race of the Czech Republic	CZE Masaryk Circuit	15 June
Race of Turismo de Portugal	PRT Autódromo do Estoril	13 July
Courtyard Race of UK	GBR Brands Hatch	27 July
Atari Race of Germany	DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	31 August
Courtyard Race of Europe	ITA Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 September
Monroe Race of Italy	ITA Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	5 October
Race Pro of Japan	JPN Okayama International Circuit	26 October
Canon Race of Macau	MAC Guia Circuit	16 November

Results and standings

Races

Race	nowrap	Race Name	nowrap	Pole Position	nowrap	Fastest lap	nowrap	Winning driver	nowrap	Winning team	nowrap
BRA Race of Brazil	FRA Yvan Muller	GBR Andy Priaulx	FRA Yvan Muller	ESP SEAT Sport	NLD Olivier Tielemans	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
	BRA Augusto Farfus	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ESP SEAT Sport	NLD Olivier Tielemans
MEX Race of Mexico	ESP Jordi Gené	PRT Tiago Monteiro	ESP Jordi Gené	ESP SEAT Sport	nowrap	BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
	FRA Yvan Muller	PRT Tiago Monteiro	ESP SEAT Sport	BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals
ESP Race of Spain	FRA Yvan Muller	DEU Jörg Müller	GBR Robert Huff	GBR Chevrolet RML	ITA Stefano D'Aste	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
	CHE Alain Menu	CHE Alain Menu	GBR Chevrolet RML	ESP Sergio Hernández
FRA Race of France	BRA Augusto Farfus	BRA Augusto Farfus	BRA Augusto Farfus	DEU BMW Team Germany	FRA Laurent Cazenave	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
	SWE Rickard Rydell	GBR Andy Priaulx	GBR BMW Team UK	ITA Stefano D'Aste
CZE Race of the Czech Republic	nowrap	ITA Alessandro Zanardi	nowrap	ESP Félix Porteiro	nowrap	ITA Alessandro Zanardi	nowrap	ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain	nowrap	ESP Sergio Hernández	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
	nowrap	ITA Alessandro Zanardi	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ESP SEAT Sport	ESP Sergio Hernández
PRT Race of Portugal	ITA Nicola Larini	ITA Nicola Larini	SWE Rickard Rydell	ESP SEAT Sport	BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
	ITA Nicola Larini	PRT Tiago Monteiro	ESP SEAT Sport	ESP Sergio Hernández
GBR Race of UK	BRA Augusto Farfus	GBR Robert Huff	DEU Jörg Müller	DEU BMW Team Germany	ITA Stefano D'Aste	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
	BRA Augusto Farfus	CHE Alain Menu	GBR Chevrolet RML	ITA Stefano D'Aste
DEU Race of Germany	GBR Robert Huff	BRA Augusto Farfus	BRA Augusto Farfus	DEU BMW Team Germany	ITA Stefano D'Aste	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
	BRA Augusto Farfus	ESP Félix Porteiro	ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain	ESP Sergio Hernández
ITA Race of Europe	SWE Rickard Rydell	GBR James Thompson	FRA Yvan Muller	ESP SEAT Sport	ESP Sergio Hernández	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
	PRT Tiago Monteiro	GBR James Thompson	ITA N.Technology	ESP Sergio Hernández
ITA Race of Italy	FRA Yvan Muller	GBR Andy Priaulx	FRA Yvan Muller	ESP SEAT Sport	BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
	CHE Alain Menu	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	ESP SEAT Sport	ESP Sergio Hernández
JPN Race of Japan	BRA Augusto Farfus	DEU Jörg Müller	SWE Rickard Rydell	ESP SEAT Sport	ITA Stefano D'Aste	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
	GBR James Thompson	NLD Tom Coronel	ESP SUNRED Racing	ESP Sergio Hernández
MAC Guia Race of Macau	CHE Alain Menu	GBR Andy Priaulx	CHE Alain Menu	GBR Chevrolet RML	ESP Sergio Hernández	[Report](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
	BRA Augusto Farfus	GBR Robert Huff	GBR Chevrolet RML	DEU Franz Engstler

Championship standings

Points system
1st
10

Drivers' Championship

The final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers were :

Pos	Driver	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-guia-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Pos	Driver	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-guia-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts
FRA Yvan Muller	1	5	6	4	4	8	2	7	8	5	3	2	2	11	11	8	1	5	1	4	7	6	3	2	114
ITA Gabriele Tarquini	5	1	5	3	2	5	5	4	6	1	13	11	7	5	24	16	5	Ret	2	1	10	Ret	7	12†	88
GBR Robert Huff	Ret	Ret	9	9	1	2	4	5	9	DSQ	4	5	21	10	2	3	4	3	6	26†	4	5	5	1	87
GBR Andy Priaulx	4	2	10	8	7	3	8	1	14	8	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	5	11	7	3	25†	3	22†	2	3	81
SWE Rickard Rydell	2	7	2	2	10	7	6	3	10	17	1	8	11	9	6	20	2	6	16	9	1	9	Ret	4	77
BRA Augusto Farfus	DSQ	6	11	10	Ret	20	*1*	6	4	3	Ret	10	Ret	6	1	6	7	8	Ret	8	6	2	4	11†	63
DEU Jörg Müller	3	4	14	12	5	4	9	13	5	7	9	7	1	4	26	9	8	2	9	10	2	Ret	10	Ret	60
ESP Jordi Gené	11	8	1	5	3	6	3	19	13	14	5	9	9	Ret	5	4	17	17	7	2	11	10	6	Ret	56
CHE Alain Menu	Ret	10	8	7	8	*1*	10	Ret	3	6	11	14	8	1	3	Ret	Ret	12	11	5	Ret	13	1	13†	54
ESP Félix Porteiro	6	3	16	20†	22	10	15	12	2	4	8	4	6	2	8	1	10	Ret	NC	12	Ret	8	14	DNS	51
ITA Nicola Larini	Ret	12	3	Ret	6	9	7	2	11	11	*2*	6	23	12	Ret	11	6	4	5	3	16	12	9	Ret	48
PRT Tiago Monteiro	17	13	7	1	18	Ret	13	10	12	10	7	1	16	15	4	Ret	13	11	4	6	5	7	11	Ret	43
ITA Alessandro Zanardi	15	11	15	11	12	18	12	11	1	2	20	13	4	3	12	19	12	9	8	7	13	Ret	23†	5	36
NLD Tom Coronel	7	9	4	6	9	DNS	14	9	18	12	10	12	5	22	7	2	15	15	10	24†	8	1	22†	Ret	35
GBR James Thompson					11	11	11	8	7	9	DNS	DNS	10	14	15	Ret	3	1	Ret	11	17	4	8	14†	25
ESP Sergio Hernández	14†	15	17	15	23	12	17	17	15	13	Ret	15	13	8	10	7	9	10	14	13	12	3	12	Ret	9
DEU Franz Engstler	10	17	18	16	17	17	19	15	16	23†	18	18	17	13	Ret	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	3
ITA Stefano D'Aste	9	16	13	14	14	15	18	14	25†	21	19	16	12	7	9	13	18	16	24	14	9	23†			2
JPN Manabu Orido																			15	17	Ret	18	16	7	2
NLD Olivier Tielemans	8	14	19	17	15	Ret			19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18									1
HKG Matthew Marsh																					21	14	17	8	1
RUS Andrey Romanov	12	19	20	18	16	Ret	20	20	20	16	16	20			17	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9	0
TUR Ibrahim Okyay	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	0
NLD Duncan Huisman															16	10									0
BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	13	18	12	13	Ret	13	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25†	12	14	13	12	Ret					0
ESP José Manuel Pérez-Aicart					13	14																			0
HRV Marin Čolak															13	17									0
MAC André Couto																							13	Ret	0
DNK Kristian Poulsen											14	22	15	17	18	14			23†	15					0
NLD Jaap van Lagen					Ret	Ret	21	18	21	Ret	15	21	DNS	18	14	22	19	18	Ret	19	18	17	21	Ret	0
JPN Takayuki Aoki																			17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15†	0
RUS Aleksandr Lvov					19	16			23	20															0
FRA Laurent Cazenave							16	Ret																	0
HUN Norbert Michelisz																					Ret	16			0
ESP Oscar Nogués							Ret	16																	0
GBR Tom Boardman											Ret	17													0
BGR Georgi Tanev															21	21	21	19	20	18			19	Ret	0
RUS Viktor Shapovalov					20	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	18	Ret	24	19	20	20	23	Ret	DNS	Ret	22	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	0
JPN Yukinori Taniguchi																			21	Ret	20	19			0
PRT Lourenço Beirão da Veiga													20	19											0
RUS Kirill Ladygin																	Ret	22	22	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
SGP Melvin Choo																					23	20	Ret	Ret	0
PRT Duarte Félix Da Costa																			Ret	20					0
RUS Andrey Smetsky					21	21			24	22															0
TUR Aytaç Biter													22	21	23	24									0
JPN Masaki Kano																					24	21	Ret	DNS	0
CZE Michal Matejovský									22	Ret															0
guest drivers ineligible for points
SWE Robert Dahlgren													24†	DNS											*****

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |} † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race.

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts	1	2	3	4	Pos	Manufacturer	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts
ESP SEAT	1	1	1	1	2	5	2	3	6	1	1	1	2	5	4	2	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	2	326
2	5	2	2	3	6	3	4	8	5	3	2	5	9	5	4	2	6	2	2	5	6	6	4
DEU BMW	3	2	10	8	5	3	1	1	1	2	6	3	1	2	1	1	7	2	3	7	2	2	2	3	274
4	3	11	10	7	4	8	6	2	3	8	4	3	3	8	5	8	7	8	8	3	3	4	5
USA Chevrolet	Ret	10	3	7	1	1	4	2	3	6	2	5	8	1	2	3	4	3	5	3	4	5	1	1	238
Ret	12	8	9	6	2	7	5	9	11	4	6	21	10	3	11	6	4	6	5	16	12	5	13
JPN Honda					11	11	11	8	7	9	DNS	DNS	10	14	15	Ret	3	1	21	11	17	4	8	14	60
				19	16			23	20									Ret	Ret	20	19	13	Ret

Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first eight finishers in each race. However, only the results of the best two cars for each manufacturer were taken into account.

Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Championship promoter KSO (Kigema Sport Organisation Ltd) organised the Yokohama Independents’ Trophies within the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship.

Eligibility for the Independent Drivers’ Trophy was exclusively decided by KSO, taking into consideration the Team’s CV and records, the Driver’s CV and records and the Car’s technical characteristics.

Pos	Driver	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	—	Pos	Driver	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts
ESP Sergio Hernández	14†	15	17	15	23	12	17	17	15	*13*	Ret	15	13	8	10	7	*9*	*10*	14	13	12	3	*12*	Ret	186
DEU Franz Engstler	10	17	18	16	17	17	19	15	16	23†	18	18	17	13	Ret	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	149
ITA Stefano D'Aste	9	16	13	14	14	15	18	14	25†	21	19	16	12	7	9	13	18	16	24	14	9	23†			137
BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals	*13*	18	*12*	*13*	Ret	13	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	*25*†	12	14	13	12	Ret					112
RUS Andrei Romanov	12	19	20	18	16	Ret	20	20	20	16	16	20			17	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9	83
TUR Ibrahim Okyay	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	51
NLD Olivier Tielemans	8	*14*	19	17	15	Ret			19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18									43
NLD Jaap van Lagen											15	21	DNS	18	14	22	19	18	Ret	19	18	17	21	Ret	38
HKG Matthew Marsh																					21	14	17	8	36
DNK Kristian Poulsen											14	22	15	17	18	14			23†	15					32
BGR Georgi Tanev															21	21	21	19	20	18			19	Ret	20
JPN Takayuki Aoki																			17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15†	18
RUS Aleksandr Lvov					19	16			23	20															15
FRA Laurent Cazenave							16	Ret																	10
HRV Marin Čolak															13	17									9
RUS Andrey Smetsky					21	21			24	22															8
ESP Oscar Nogués							Ret	16																	6
GBR Tom Boardman											Ret	17													6
HUN Norbert Michelisz																					Ret	16			4
RUS Kirill Ladygin																	Ret	22	22	23	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
RUS Viktor Shapovalov											Ret	24	19	20	20	23	Ret	DNS	Ret	22	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	4
CZE Michal Matějovský									22	Ret															3
PRT Lourenço Beirão da Veiga													20	19											3
PRT Duarte Félix da Costa																			Ret	20					2
SGP Melvin Choo																					23	20	Ret	Ret	2
JPN Masaki Kano																					24	21	Ret	DNS	1
TUR Aytaç Biter													22	21	23	24									0

The Yokohama Independents' Trophy used a similar system to the Drivers’ Championship, however double points are awarded at Macau.

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

Pos	Team	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Team	[BRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-brazil)
BRA	[MEX](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-mexico)
MEX	[ESP](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-spain)
ESP	[FRA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-france)
FRA	[CZE](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-the-czech-republic)
CZE	[POR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-portugal)
PRT	[UK](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-uk)
GBR	[GER](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-germany)
DEU	[EUR](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-europe)
ITA	[ITA](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-italy)
ITA	[JPN](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-japan)
JPN	[MAC](2008-fia-wtcc-race-of-macau)
MAC	Pts
ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	9	15	13	14	14	12	17	14	15	13	19	15	12	7	9	7	9	10	14	13	9	3	12	Ret	334
14†	16	17	15	23	15	18	17	25†	21	Ret	16	13	8	10	13	18	16	24	14	12	23†	19	Ret
DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	17	18	16	16	17	19	15	16	16	16	18	17	13	17	15	16	14	13	16	14	11	15	6	228
12	19	20	18	17	Ret	20	20	20	23†	18	20			Ret	Ret	20	20	18	Ret	22	15	20	9
FRA Exagon Engineering	13	18	12	13	Ret	13	Ret	21	17	15	12	19	14	16	25†	12	14	13	12	Ret					112
DEU Wiechers-Sport	8	14	19	17	15	Ret	16	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNS			22	18			17	15	15	14	17	8	105
																		23†	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	15†
TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	16	20	21	19	24	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	17	23	18	21	19	24	Ret	21	19	21	Ret	DNS	18	10	51
												22	Ret	23	Ret
RUS Russian Bears Motorsport											15	21	19	18	14	22	19	18	22	19	18	17	21	Ret	46
										Ret	24	DNS	20	20	23	Ret	22	Ret	22	19	Ret	Ret	Ret
ESP SUNRED Engineering							Ret	16	22	Ret	Ret	17	20	19	13	17			Ret	20	Ret	16			33
DNK Poulsen Motorsport											14	22	15	17	18	14									26
RUS Golden Motors					19	16			23	20															23
				21	21			24	22
BGR Petrol GT Racing Team															21	21	21	19	20	18					12
SGP Thunder Asia Racing																					23	20	Ret	Ret	2

All the teams taking part in any of the rounds of the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship were eligible to score points for the Yokohama Teams' Trophy. Points were awarded to the two best classified cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers. All other cars of that same team were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.

References

[http://dnl.fiawtcc.com/Art%20263%20-%20S2000%20Technical%20Regulations%20(2007_12_07).pdf 2008 WTCC Regulations] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-09-11 Retrieved from www.wtcc.com on 7 September 2008)
"2008 Entry List".
(2008-11-03). "MACANESE TEAM JOIN FOR HOME RACE". World Touring Car Championship official website.
(2008-11-06). "FIA BUREAU REJECT RPM ENTRIES". World Touring Car Championship official website.
"2008 FIA WTCC Calendar Approved".
"WTCC Calendar Approved by WMSC".
(2008-05-03). "Imola to replace Anderstorp". fiawtcc.com.
Yokohama Independents’ Trophies Regulations - FIA World Touring Car Championship (2008)

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