2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the ninth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. It was won by Pål Varhaug driving for Jenzer Motorsport.

2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

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2009

Daniel Mancinelli would win the winter series driving for It Loox Racing Car.

Drivers and Teams

2008 Entry List[1]
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
CO2 Motorsport	2	Federico Rossi	1-2
	4	Sergio Campana	All
	56	Alberto Bassi	7
Cram Competition	3	Genis Olivé	All
	6	Tyler Dueck	All
	30	Alessandro Kouzkin	All
	31	Samuele Buttarelli	1-5
RP Motorsport	5	Nicola Zonzini	1-5
	12	Augusto Scalbi	7
	18	Jesse Krohn	6-7
	21	David Fumanelli	1-6
	81	Stefano Bizzarri	1-5
W&D Racing	7	Paolo Meloni	All
Tomcat Racing	8	Riccardo Cinti	1-4, 6-7
	11	Andrea Roda	All
IT Loox Racing Car	10	Marco Betti	All
	23	Niki Sebastiani	All
Facondini Racing	15	Patrick Kronenberger	All
Prema Powerteam	16	Carlos Muñoz	All
	17	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1-2, 6-7
	37	Felix Rosenqvist	4
	38	Patrick Reiterer	All
Van Amersfoort Racing	19	Nigel Melker	1-3, 5-6
	20	Stef Dusseldorp	1-3, 5-7
BVM Minardi Team	24	Daniel Zampieri	All
	25	César Ramos	All
	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	All
Jenzer Motorsport	27	Michele Faccin	All
	28	Pål Varhaug	All
	29	Siso Cunill	1-5
Jenzer Motorsport 2	67	Nico Müller	4-5
	68	Fabien Thuner	4
	69	Simon Trummer	4-6
Paragon Motorsports	33	Daniel Mancinelli	5-7
Team Dueppì	47	Stefano Comini	All
	87	Andrea Borio	1-6
BVE Racing Team	74	Alberto Cola	7

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	April 12	Michele Faccin	Niki Sebastiani	Niki Sebastiani	IT Loox Racing Car
	R2		April 13	Niki Sebastiani	Michele Faccin	Michele Faccin	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Hungaroring	May 11	Pål Varhaug	Niki Sebastiani	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			Pål Varhaug	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R1	Masaryk Circuit	May 24	Patrick Kronenberger	Pål Varhaug	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2		May 25	Patrick Kronenberger	Patrick Kronenberger	Patrick Kronenberger	Facondini Racing
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 31	Michele Faccin	Michele Faccin	Michele Faccin	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2		June 1	Michele Faccin	Michele Faccin	Michele Faccin	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	Misano World Circuit	July 19	Pål Varhaug	César Ramos	Sergio Campana	CO2 Motorsport
	R2		July 20	Sergio Campana	César Ramos	Sergio Campana	CO2 Motorsport
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	September 13	Michele Faccin	Michele Faccin	Daniel Mancinelli	Paragon Motorsports
	R2		September 14	Daniel Mancinelli	Patrick Kronenberger	Patrick Kronenberger	Facondini Racing
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	October 11	César Ramos	Sergio Campana	Genis Olivé	Cram Competition
	R2		October 12	César Ramos	Sergio Campana	Sergio Campana	CO2 Motorsport

Championship standings

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	32	28	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

Drivers

Pos[2][3]	Driver	VLL		HUN		BRN		SPA		MIS		MUG		MNZ		Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Pål Varhaug	5	4	1	1	1	5	2	5	12	2	7	5	5	3	330
2	Michele Faccin	4	1	9	8	15	6	1	1	Ret	8	3	11	4	5	271
3	Niki Sebastiani	1	Ret	3	3	2	2	3	3	20	3	6	9	10	8	270
4	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	16	2	5	4	3	3	5	4	11	6	2	4	11	Ret	250
5	Sergio Campana	6	19	22	9	12	4	Ret	2	1	1	5	Ret	2	1	238
6	César Ramos	3	Ret	2	2	7	7	4	13	23	4	4	Ret	3	19	216
7	Patrick Kronenberger	7	5	6	22	DSQ	1	8	10	Ret	5	15	1	9	9	196
8	Genís Olivé	11	8	4	5	16	23	10	11	4	26	12	12	1	2	178
9	Daniel Zampieri	2	13	8	6	17	20	Ret	6	8	10	11	3	6	DNS	158
10	Stef Dusseldorp	14	15	7	7	6	9			16	18	14	6	Ret	4	125
11	Patrick Reiterer	23	14	11	13	4	15	7	8	2	9	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	109
12	Riccardo Cinti	8	3	21	11	Ret	12	9	9			10	17	12	10	104
13	Siso Cunill	10	7	Ret	Ret	13	11	6	7	6	12					96
14	Alessandro Kouzkin	17	20	10	Ret	8	8	22	20	3	11	18	Ret	Ret	12	76
15	Daniel Mancinelli									5	14	1	2	8	Ret	66
16	Carlos Muñoz	13	18	Ret	Ret	14	10			17	7	22	19	7	6	66
17	Stefano Comini	12	Ret	17	17	Ret	21	20	21	16	15	9	10	Ret	7	47
18	Nigel Melker	21	Ret	16	15	5	16			22	19	Ret	7			37
19	Marco Betti	Ret	10	Ret	20	Ret	22	14	14	24	17	8	13	20	Ret	34
20	Paolo Meloni	Ret	Ret	13	16	10	19	19	23	9	Ret	18	18	13	13	34
21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	18	9	5	Ret							21	8	14	15	30
22	Federico Rossi	Ret	6	Ret	10											28
23	Andrea Borio	Ret	11	Ret	21	11	25	23	Ret	14	22	13	16			24
24	Stefano Bizzarri	9	Ret	20	14	18	13	15	18	21	16					19
25	David Fumanelli	22	12	12	Ret	Ret	14	18	26	19	Ret	19	20			14
26	Andrea Roda	19	16	19	18	9	17	25	25	15	21	Ret	Ret	18	17	13
27	Tyler Dueck	20	17	15	12	Ret	18	24	19	18	25	16	15	15	18	11
28	Samuele Buttarelli	24	Ret	18	Ret	20	Ret	16	24	10	20					10
29	Fabien Thuner							13	12							10
30	Nicola Zonzini	15	Ret	Ret	19	19	24	11	17	25	24					9
31	Alberto Cola													DNS	11	8
32	Nico Müller							17	16	13	13					8
33	Simon Trummer							12	15	26	23	Ret	Ret			7
34	Jesse Krohn											17	Ret	16	14	2
35	Augusto Scalbi													17	16	0
36	Alberto Bassi													19	Ret	0
37	Felix Rosenqvist							21	22							0

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	Jenzer Motorsport	515
2	BVM Minardi Team	384
3	It Loox Racing Car	280
4	CO2 Motorsport	227
5	Cram Competition	188
6	Facondini Racing	172
7	Prema Powerteam	155
8	van Amersfoort Racing	140
9	Tomcat Racing	101
10	Team Dueppì	82
11	RP Motorsport	28
12	W&D Racing	26
13	Jenzer Motorsport 2	25
14	AP Motorsport	0
15	Line Race Technology	0
16	Emmebi Motorsport	0
17	Antonino Racing	0
18	Team BVE	0

Winter Series

Race point system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	32	28	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

2 points are awarded to the fastest driver in each lap and 4 points to the pole position holder.

Pos[4]	Driver	Team	Imola Nov 2		Points
			1	2
1	Daniel Mancinelli	It Loox Racing Car	1	5	58
2	Kazim Vasiliauskas	CO2 Motorsport	5	1	54
3	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	3	2	52
4	Genis Olive	Cram Competition	4	3	46
5	Daniel Zampieri	BVM Minardi Team	2	7	44
6	Federico Scionti	Tomcat Racing	6	8	32
7	Thiemo Storz	CO2 Motorsport	7	11	24
8	Carlos Muñoz	Jenzer Motorsport	Ret	4	22
9	Tomas Pivoda	Jenzer Motorsport	9	10	22
10	Adriano Buzaid	BVM Minardi Team	Ret	6	18
11	Andrea Amici	Viola Formula Racing	8	Ret	14
12	Frank Suntjens	Co2 Motorsport	Ret	9	12