2008–09 Speedcar Series
The 2008–09 Speedcar Series was the second 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.Teams and drivers
All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.
Team | | Driver name | Rounds |
Palm Beach Palm Racing | 04 | Thomas Biagi | 2-5 |
Palm Beach Palm Racing | 07 | Stefan Johansson | 1 |
Palm Beach Palm Racing | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | All |
Continental Circus | 09 | Marcel Tiemann | 1 |
Continental Circus | 09 | Enzo Panacci | 2 |
Continental Circus | 26 | Christopher Zoechling | 4-5 |
Continental Circus | 32 | Eric Charles | 1-2, 4 |
Continental Circus | 80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 5 |
Scuderia Giudici | 09 | Gianni Giudici | 5 |
Scuderia Giudici | 96 | Ramez Azzam | 5 |
JMB Racing | 13 | Damien Pasini | All |
JMB Racing | 69 | Johnny Herbert | All |
Union Properties | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | All |
Union Properties | 85 | Hasher Al Maktoum | All |
Union Properties | 85 | Ramez Azzam | 4 |
Phoenix Racing | 21 | Mathias Lauda | 1 |
Phoenix Racing | 80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1 |
Team Lavaggi | 21 | Chris Buncombe | 2 |
Team Lavaggi | 33 | Marco Melandri | 3-4 |
Team Lavaggi | 80 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 2-4 |
West-Tec | 21 | Chris Buncombe | 5 |
West-Tec | 44 | David Terrien | 5 |
Durango | 25 | Christopher Zoechling | 1-3 |
Durango | 25 | Hamad Al Fardan | 4 |
Durango | 32 | Marco Cioci | 5 |
Durango | 44 | David Terrien | 4 |
Durango | 71 | Nicolas Navarro | 5 |
Durango | 96 | Jacques Villeneuve | 1-3 |
HPR | 27 | Jean Alesi | All |
HPR | 50 | Marchy Lee | All |
QMMF Team | 59 | Fahad Al Thani | 3 |
QMMF Team | 95 | Ahamad Al Kuwari | 3 |
Team Siram | 90 | Giovanni Lavaggi | 2 |
Team Barwa | 90 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | 3 |
Calendar
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 |
Notes:
- – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Teams
Notes:
- – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.