2008–09 Speedcar Series

The 2008–09 Speedcar Series was the second and final season Speedcar Series championship. The championship consisted of five meetings, starting on December 5, 2008 at the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates and finishing at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 25, 2009. Gianni Morbidelli finished as champion, pipping defending champion Johnny Herbert by just two points.[1]

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Palm Beach Palm Racing[2]	04	Thomas Biagi	2-5
	07	Stefan Johansson	1
	10	Gianni Morbidelli	All
Continental Circus	09	Marcel Tiemann	1
		Enzo Panacci	2
	26	Christopher Zöchling	4-5
	32	Eric Charles	1-2, 4
	80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5
Scuderia Giudici	09	Gianni Giudici	5
	96	Ramez Azzam	5
JMB Racing	13	Damien Pasini	All
	69	Johnny Herbert	All
Union Properties	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	All
		Ramez Azzam[3]	4
Phoenix Racing	21	Mathias Lauda	1
	80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1
Team Lavaggi	21	Chris Buncombe	2
	33	Marco Melandri	3-4
	80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2-4
West-Tec	21	Chris Buncombe	5
	44	David Terrien	5
Durango	25	Christopher Zöchling	1-3
		Hamad Al Fardan	4
	32	Marco Cioci	5
	44	David Terrien	4
	71	Nicolas Navarro	5
	96	Jacques Villeneuve	1-3
HPR	27	Jean Alesi	All
	50	Marchy Lee	All
QMMF Team	59	Fahad Al Thani	3
	95	Ahamad Al Kuwari	3
Team Siram	90	Giovanni Lavaggi	2
Team Barwa	90	Nasser Al-Attiyah	3

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	December 5	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Union Properties	Report
	R2		December 6	The race was canceled due to heavy rain[4]
2	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	January 23	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jean Alesi	HPR	Report
	R2		January 24		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Johnny Herbert	JMB Racing
3	R1	Losail International Circuit	February 13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Gianni Morbidelli	Palm Beach	Report
	R2		February 14		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Union Properties
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	February 27	Christopher Zöchling	Christopher Zöchling	Jean Alesi	HPR	Report
	R2		February 28		Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	HPR
5	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	April 25	Johnny Herbert	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Johnny Herbert	JMB Racing	Report
	R2		April 26		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Union Properties

Championship Standings

Drivers

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Driver DUB BHR LOS DUB BHR Points 1 Gianni Morbidelli 3 C 4 2 1 2 7 2 5 5 55 2 Johnny Herbert 4 C 3 1 3 6 5 3 1 6 53 3 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 C Ret 8 2 1 12 Ret 3 1 45 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2 C 2 4 Ret 5 3 4 2 12 44 5 Jean Alesi 10 C 1 6 4 Ret 1 1 Ret 10 38 6 Thomas Biagi 6 3 7 3 9 6 8 2 29 7 Hasher Al Maktoum 5 C 5 7 6 Ret 6 DNP 6 3 25 8 Christopher Zöchling 11 C DNS Ret 9 4 2 10 4 8 19 9 Damien Pasini 8 C 7 5 Ret 8 8 9 7 Ret 11 10 David Terrien 4 5 Ret Ret 9 11 Jacques Villeneuve 6 C 10 Ret 5 Ret 7 12 Marchy Lee 7 C Ret Ret Ret 7 11 7 12 9 6 13 Nicolas Navarro 9 4 5 14 Chris Buncombe 9 9 Ret 7 2 15 Marco Melandri 8 11† 10 8 2 16 Giovanni Lavaggi 8 10 1 17 Nasser Al-Attiyah 10 9 0 18 Eric Charles 9 C 11 11 14 12 0 19 Ramez Azzam 11 10 Ret 0 20 Fahad Al Thani 12 10 0 21 Marco Cioci 11 11 0 22 Ahamad Al Kuwari 11 Ret 0 23 Hamad Al Fardan 13 Ret 0 Stefan Johansson Ret C 0 Marcel Tiemann Ret C 0 Mathias Lauda Ret C 0 Enzo Panacci DNS Ret 0 Gianni Giudici Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver DUB BHR LOS DUB BHR Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Notes:

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams

Pos Driver DUB BHR LOS DUB BHR Points 1 Union Properties 1 C Ret 8 2 1 12 Ret 3 1 70 5 C 5 7 6 Ret 6 11 6 3 2 JMB Racing 8 C 7 5 Ret 8 8 9 7 Ret 64 4 C 3 1 3 6 5 3 1 6 3 HPR 10 C 1 6 4 Ret 1 1 Ret 10 44 7 C Ret Ret Ret 7 11 7 12 9 4 Palm Racing 9 6 8 2 30 7 2 5 5 5 Team Lavaggi 9 9 30 8 11† 10 8 2 4 Ret 5 3 4 6 Durango 11 C DNS Ret 9 4 13 Ret 26 11 11 4 5 9 4 6 C 10 Ret 5 Ret 7 Continental Circus Ret C DNS Ret 22 2 10 4 8 9 C 11 11 14 12 2 12 8 Phoenix Racing Ret C 8 2 C 9 West-Tec Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 10 Team Siram 8 10 1 11 Team Barwa 10 9 0 12 QMMF Team 12 10 0 11 Ret 13 Scuderia Giudici Ret Ret 0 10 Ret EX Palm Beach 6 3 7 3 0 (54)[5] Ret C 3 C 4 2 1 2 Pos Driver DUB BHR LOS DUB BHR Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Invalid results in italics.

Notes:

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "Liuzzi wins Bahrain finale, Morbidelli takes $500,000 prize". AutoMobilSport.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
2. The team had changed its name after the third round.
3. Ramez Azzam had replaced Hasher Al Maktoum for race 2 of the fourth round.
4. "Speedcar race canceled after it floods in the desert". blog.al.com. 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
5. Palm Beach's points were voided and the team excluded from the championship before the fourth round, because it had changed name into Palm Racing.

External links

• Driver Database