2008 SEAT León Eurocup
# 2008 SEAT León Eurocup

The 2008 SEAT León Eurocup was the first season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship. The best classified driver at each event was rewarded with a drive in a SUNRED Engineering–run SEAT León TFSI at the next round of the WTCC.

Oscar Nogués won the championship tied on 47 points with Marin Čolak, winning by having three race wins to Čolak's two.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| SUNRED | 1 | Oscar Nogués | 1, 3–6 |
| SUNRED | 7 | Michal Matějovský | All |
| SUNRED | 17 | Diego Puyo | All |
| SUNRED | 18 | Adrián Matheu | All |
| SUNRED | 27 | James Nash | All |
| SUNRED | 31 | Javier Ibran | 1, 6 |
| Special Tuning | 2 | Tom Boardman | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Special Tuning | 29 | Liam McMillan | 1, 4 |
| Rangoni Motorsport | 3 | Massimiliano Pedalà | All |
| Rangoni Motorsport | 12 | Davide Roda | All |
| Rangoni Motorsport | 22 | Flavio Berto | All |
| Rangoni Motorsport | 23 | Alan Simoni | All |
| Rangoni Motorsport | 86 | Tim Coronel | 5 |
| Zengő Motorsport | 4 | Gábor Wéber | All |
| Zengő Motorsport | 5 | György Kontra | 3, 6 |
| Zengő Motorsport | 6 | Norbert Michelisz | All |
| PRS Group Speed Racing | 8 | Andrea Larini | All |
| PRS Group Speed Racing | 11 | Manuel Flaminio | All |
| PRS Group Speed Racing | 15 | Eoin Murray | All |
| Team Clairet Sport | 9 | Jean-Marie Clairet | All |
| SEAT Swiss Racing | 10 | Fredy Barth | All |
| SEAT Swiss Racing | 14 | Urs Sonderegger | 6 |
| Valvoline Ashland Racing | 16 | Antonio Aristi | All |
| Valvoline Ashland Racing | 62 | Luis Recuenco | 4–6 |
| Team Elias | 19 | Fernando Navarrete | 1 |
| Team Elias | 29 | Rafael Villanueva | 3, 5–6 |
| Bastos Sport | 20 | Lourenço Beirão da Veiga | 1–3 |
| Bastos Sport | 21 | Duarte Félix da Costa | 1–5 |
| Exagon Engineering | 24 | Jean-Robert Niogret | 2 |
| Čolak Racing Team | 26 | Marin Čolak | 1–4, 6 |
| MCTPE | 32 | Martin Morente | 1–2, 5–6 |
| ST Racing Harriet Arruabarrena | 34 | Harriet Arruabarrena | 2, 6 |
| Oasis Motorsport | 40 | Miguel Freitas | 3 |
| Oasis Motorsport | 41 | Francisco Fino | 3 |
| PubliRacing | 42 | Francisco Carvalho | 3 |
| João Pina Cardoso | 43 | João Pina Cardoso | 3 |
| Italian Racing Motors | 50 | Aldo Ponti | 6 |
| DKM Motorsport | 50 | Oleg Petrikov | 2–6 |
| Oleg Petrikov | 61 | Oleg Petrikov | 1 |
| Dynamo SEAT Racing Team | 85 | Anton Markin | All |
| Team CMC Motor–Bricofer | 93 | Marsilio Canuti | All |
| SEAT Sport | 99 | Sébastien Bernard | 6 |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 17 May | Marin Čolak | Marin Čolak | Oscar Nogués | SUNRED |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 18 May | | Lourenço Beirão da Veiga | Eoin Murray | PRS Group Speed Racing |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit de Pau-Ville | 31 May | Tom Boardman | Tom Boardman | Tom Boardman | Special Tuning |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit de Pau-Ville | 1 June | | Gábor Wéber | Gábor Wéber | Zengő Motorsport |
| 3 | R1 | Autódromo do Estoril | 12 July | Norbert Michelisz | Oscar Nogués | Marin Čolak | Čolak Racing Team |
| 3 | R2 | Autódromo do Estoril | 13 July | | Lourenço Beirão da Veiga | Lourenço Beirão da Veiga | Bastos Sport |
| 4 | R1 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 26 July | Norbert Michelisz | Tom Boardman | Eoin Murray | PRS Group Speed Racing |
| 4 | R2 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 27 July | | Diego Puyo | Marin Čolak | Čolak Racing Team |
| 5 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 30 August | Norbert Michelisz | Michal Matějovský | Oscar Nogués | SUNRED |
| 5 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 31 August | | Massimiliano Pedalà | Massimiliano Pedalà | Rangoni Motorsport |
| 6 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 4 October | Norbert Michelisz | Marin Čolak | Norbert Michelisz | Zengő Motorsport |
| 6 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 5 October | | Marin Čolak | Oscar Nogués | SUNRED |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | VAL | VAL | PAU | PAU | EST | EST | BRH | BRH | OSC | OSC | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oscar Nogués | 1 | 2 | | | 22 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| 2 | Marin Čolak | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | | | 7 | 2 | 47 |
| 3 | Eoin Murray | 8 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Massimiliano Pedalà | 3 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | James Nash | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Tom Boardman | Ret | 5 | 1 | 4 | | | 15 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Jean-Marie Clairet | Ret | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 32 |
| 8 | Diego Puyo | 4 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | Duarte Félix da Costa | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 17 | Ret | 6 | 2 | | | 31 |
| 10 | Lourenço Beirão da Veiga | 12 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 21 |
| 11 | Gábor Wéber | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 19 |
| 12 | Alan Simoni | 18 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | 16 | 14 | 19 |
| 13 | Rafael Villanueva | | | | | 5 | 4 | | | 5 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 19 |
| 14 | Norbert Michelisz | 11 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 25 | 16 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 15 | Andrea Larini | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 3 | | | Ret | Ret | 18 |
| 16 | Michal Matějovský | 13 | 20 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 6 |
| 17 | Fredy Barth | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 5 |
| 18 | Antonio Aristi | 5 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| 19 | Liam McMillan | 6 | Ret | | | | | 12 | 8 | | | | | 4 |
| 20 | Javier Ibrán | 7 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 13 | Ret | 2 |
| 21 | Manuel Flaminio | 15 | 12 | 20 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 22 | Flavio Berto | 17 | 16 | 11 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| — | Harriet Arruabarrena | | | 16 | 14 | | | | | | | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| — | Sébastien Bernard | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| — | Marsilio Canuti | Ret | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| — | João Pina Cardoso | | | | | 16 | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Francisco Carvalho | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Tim Coronel | | | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | | | 0 |
| — | Francisco Fino | | | | | 20 | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Miguel Freitas | | | | | 14 | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | György Kontra | | | | | Ret | 20 | | | | | 22 | 19 | 0 |
| — | Anton Markin | 10 | 21 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| — | Adrián Matheu | 9 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 15 | 0 |
| — | Martin Morente | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | Ret | Ret | 23 | 20 | 0 |
| — | Fernando Navarrete | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Jean-Robert Niogret | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Oleg Petrikov | Ret | 22 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 0 |
| — | Aldo Ponti | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | 0 |
| — | Luis Recuenco | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 13 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 0 |
| — | Davide Roda | 19 | 19 | 18 | Ret | 24 | 24 | 14 | Ret | | | 15 | Ret | 0 |
| — | Urs Sonderegger | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | VAL | PAU | PAU | EST | EST | BRH | BRH | OSC | OSC | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
