The 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season was the first season of the open wheel racing series from Germany. The ADAC Formel Masters is a new continental series for junior drivers powered by Volkswagen, a 1.6-litre FSI engine delivering will power the single-seaters made by the Italian manufacturer Dallara.
The season started on May 9, 2008, at the Oschersleben and ended on October 26 at Hockenheim with the win of the Portuguese driver Armando Parente.
Teams and drivers All cars are powered by Volkswagen engines, and Dallara Formulino chassis. Team Driver Rounds rhino's Leipert Motorsport 2 Ferdinand StuckAll 3 Christian WangardAll Mücke Motorsport 4 Willi SteindlAll 5 Philip WulbuschAll Team Abt Sportsline 6 Daniel AbtAll 7 Markus PommerAll Eifelland Racing 8 Burkhard MaringAll Team KUG Motorsport 9 Dennis Vollmair1–5, 8 Brückner Motorsport 11 Kevin FriesacherAll 12 Otto BirznieksAll Zettl Motorsport 14 Michael Zettl1–2 15 Denni Ranginger1–2 31 Philipp Frommenwiler8 Van Amersfoort Racing 16 Emma KimiläinenAll 17 Kevin Magnussen2–3, 8 URD Rennsport 18 Nico MonienAll 19 Armando ParenteAll Team Mayer 20 Maximilian MayerAll Maassen Motorsport 21 Sascha SteinhardtAll Neuhauser Racing 22 Richard CvörnjekAll 23 Klaus BachlerAll ma-con Motorsport 24 Marco Sørensen5–8 25 Ashwin Sundar1–7 28 Liam Kenney8 GU-Racing International 26 Valerij Bercha1 27 Johann LedermairAll Buchbinder by emotional engineering 30 Freddie Hunt8
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Oschersleben 10 May Klaus Bachler Willi Steindl Willi Steindl Mücke Motorsport ADAC Master Weekend R2 11 May Willi Steindl Willi Steindl Willi Steindl Mücke Motorsport 2 R1 Nürburgring 24 May Sascha Steinhardt Kevin Magnussen Burkard Maring Eifelland Racing 24 Hours Nürburgring R2 Burkard Maring Burkard Maring Burkard Maring Eifelland Racing 3 R1 TT Circuit Assen 19 July Armando Parente Klaus Bachler Klaus Bachler Neuhauser Racing Dutch Truck Grand Prix R2 20 July Kevin Magnussen Nico Monien Nico Monien URD Rennsport 4 R1 Nürburgring 16 August Daniel Abt Emma Kimiläinen Markus Pommer Team Abt Sportsline 1000 km Nürburgring R2 17 August Markus Pommer Armando Parente Kevin Friesacher Brückner Motorsport 5 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 6 September Marco Sørensen Marco Sørensen Kevin Friesacher Brückner Motorsport ADAC GT Masters R2 7 September Marco Sørensen Daniel Abt Marco Sørensen ma-con Motorsport 6 R1 Sachsenring 20 September Marco Sørensen Marco Sørensen Armando Parente URD Rennsport ADAC Master Weekend R2 21 September Marco Sørensen Nico Monien Marco Sørensen ma-con Motorsport 7 R1 Oschersleben 11 October Nico Monien Nico Monien Nico Monien URD Rennsport ADAC Master Weekend R2 12 October Armando Parente Marco Sørensen Marco Sørensen ma-con Motorsport 8 R1 Hockenheim 25 October Marco Sørensen Klaus Bachler Marco Sørensen ma-con Motorsport DTM R2 26 October Armando Parente Klaus Bachler Klaus Bachler Neuhauser Racing
Championship standings
Drivers' Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 3
Pos Driver OSC NÜR ASS NÜR LAU SAC OSC HOC Pts 1 Armando Parente 5 9 4 4 2 3 14 2 6 2 1 4 3 3 14 2 171 2 Nico Monien 12 6 6 6 4 1 3 3 12 3 4 6 1 2 11 13 141 3 Klaus Bachler 4 2 3 Ret 1 5 6 11 Ret 5 6 3 8 6 3 1 141 4 Marco Sørensen 2 1 14 1 2 1 1 14 125 5 Markus Pommer 3 3 5 9 6 Ret 1 15 Ret 9 3 7 5 7 2 Ret 108 6 Philip Wulbusch 2 5 NC 3 3 13 18 5 4 10 11 2 4 5 13 5 107 7 Burkard Maring 7 16 1 1 5 6 5 7 7 13 Ret 11 10 9 6 3 98 8 Daniel Abt 17 8 9 20 7 8 2 Ret 3 4 2 Ret 7 4 4 Ret 91 9 Kevin Friesacher 11 14 7 17 8 4 9 1 1 8 7 5 10 8 16 6 84 10 Emma Kimiläinen 6 4 8 18 Ret 2 4 Ret 5 6 Ret 12 6 9 Ret 4 76 11 Willi Steindl 1 1 Ret Ret 14 14 17 Ret 8 11 5 10 12 Ret 12 Ret 55 12 Kevin Magnussen 2 2 DSQ DSQ Ret Ret 30 13 Christian Wangard 9 17 Ret 7 9 11 15 9 9 16 Ret 8 13 11 5 7 27 14 Dennis Vollmair Ret 11 10 5 11 7 12 4 DNS DNS Ret Ret 23 15 Sascha Steinhardt 10 10 Ret 19 18 15 8 8 14 19 8 9 14 Ret 18 8 19 16 Richard Cvörnjek 8 7 Ret 12 16 10 10 12 10 17 10 16 11 15 9 DNS 13 17 Johann Ledermair Ret 12 11 8 12 9 7 16 11 15 13 15 Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 18 Otto Birznieks 15 15 Ret 13 15 12 19 6 15 14 12 18 15 14 17 10 7 19 Ferdinand Stuck Ret 19 12 11 10 Ret 16 13 DNS 7 Ret 14 18 Ret Ret 9 7 20 Liam Kenney 7 DNS 4 21 Maximilian Mayer 13 21 Ret 10 17 16 11 14 Ret 18 Ret 17 17 16 8 11 4 22 Ashwin Sundar Ret 13 Ret 14 13 Ret 13 10 13 12 9 13 16 13 3 23 10 DNS 1 Freddie Hunt 15 12 0 Danny Reininger 16 22 14 16 0 Michael Zettl DNS 18 13 15 0 Valerij Bercha 14 20 0 Pos Driver OSC NÜR ASS NÜR LAU SAC OSC HOC PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap W - Wet Race
Teams' Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Team OSC NÜR ASS NÜR LAU SAC OSC HOC Pts 1 URD Motorsport 4 5 4 4 2 1 2 2 6 2 1 4 1 2 8 2 207 2 Neuhauser Racing 3 2 3 10 1 4 5 9 9 4 4 3 6 5 3 1 160 3 Team Abt Sportsline 2 3 5 8 6 7 1 11 3 3 2 6 4 3 2 Ret 152 4 Mücke Motorsport 1 1 Ret 3 4 10 13 4 4 8 3 2 3 4 9 5 147 5 ma-con Motorsport Ret 9 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 7 2 1 7 1 2 1 1 11 120 6 Eifelland-Racing 6 11 1 1 5 5 4 5 7 9 Ret 9 7 8 5 3 117 7 Van Amersfoort Racing 5 4 2 2 3 2 3 Ret 5 5 Ret 10 5 7 Ret 4 114 8 Brückner Motorsport 9 10 6 11 7 3 8 1 1 7 5 5 8 6 11 6 105 9 Team rhino's Leipert 7 12 9 6 8 9 12 7 8 6 Ret 7 9 9 4 7 53 10 Team KUG Motorsport Ret 7 7 5 9 6 10 3 DNS DNS Ret Ret 38 11 Maassen Motorsport 8 6 Ret 14 13 11 7 6 11 12 6 8 10 Ret 12 8 32 12 GU-Racing International 11 8 8 7 10 8 6 12 10 10 8 11 Ret 10 Ret Ret 27 13 Team Mayer 10 14 Ret 9 12 12 9 10 Ret 11 Ret 12 11 11 6 9 14 14 Zettl Motorsport 12 13 10 13 7 DNS 5 15 Buchbinder by emotional engineering 10 10 2 Pos Team OSC NÜR ASS NÜR LAU SAC OSC HOC Pts
References
External links Official Website ADAC Masters Weekend