The 2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the eighth Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 3, 2008 and ended on November 2. The Spanish driver Germán Sánchez was crowned champion, two points ahead of runner-up Nelson Panciatici, who was driving an older 'B-class' car. The title was decided in favour of Sánchez and Natacha Gachnang after the resolution of various claims.^[1] Panciatici was disqualified for using duct tape on the wings of the car, a common technique in this championship, which does not influence the behavior of the vehicle or guarantee any improvement according to a press release from Hache Team.^[2]

Teams and drivers

• All cars are powered by Fiat engines. Guest drivers in italics.

Team No Driver Chassis Rounds Class A Escuderia TEC-Auto 1 Bruno Méndez Dallara F308 All 2 Víctor García Dallara F308 1–5 14 Gustavo Yacamán Dallara F308 1–7 Roberto Merhi 9 RP Motorsport 2 Víctor García Dallara F308 6–9 11 Nicola de Marco Dallara F308 All 15 David Fumanelli Dallara F308 6–7 Campos F3 Racing 3 Adrián Campos Jr. Dallara F308 All 4 Germán Sánchez Dallara F308 All GTA Motor Competición 6 Jaime Alguersuari Dallara F308 1, 4, 6–7 Edoardo Piscopo 2 Roberto Merhi 5 Augusto Scalbi 9 emiliodevillota.com 6 Alex Waters Dallara F308 3 7 Will Bratt Dallara F308 All Novo Team ECA 8 José Luis Abadín Dallara F308 1–6 Meycom 9 Alejandro Núñez Dallara F308 1 Celso Míguez[3] 2–9 Cetea Sport 10 Sergio Canamasas Dallara F308 1–2, 4–9 Team West-Tec 88 Christian Ebbesvik Dallara F308 3–9 Copa F306/300 emiliodevillota.com 13 Gustavo Yacamán Dallara F306 8–9 22 Cástor Benítez Dallara F306 1–3, 5, 7 Alex Waters 4 Máximo Cortés 6 Isaac López Navarro 8–9 Escuderia TEC-Auto 16 Toño Fernández Dallara F306 1–8 Marcos Martínez 9 Campos F3 Racing 17 Carmen Jordá Dallara F306 All 18 Natacha Gachnang Dallara F306 All Team West-Tec 19 Alex Waters Dallara F306 1–2 55 Qinghua Ma Dallara F306 4–9 58 Francisco Villar Dallara F300 1–2 Dallara F306 3–9 85 Jonathan Legris Dallara F300 All 88 Christian Ebbesvik Dallara F306 1–2 GTA Motor Competición 21 Jimmy Auby Dallara F306 All 27 Nil Montserrat Dallara F306 1–4 Novo Team ECA 23 José Luis Ituarte Dallara F306 1–7 RP Motorsport 24 Xavi Barrio Dallara F306 1–3 Augusto Scalbi 4–5 Stefano Bizzarri 6–9 Cetea Sport 25 Toni Rubiejo Dallara F306 1–2, 5 Sammy & Zoy 26 Samuel Checa Dallara F306 1, 3–5 Q8 Oils Hache Team 28 José Alonso Liste Dallara F306 All 29 Nelson Panciatici Dallara F306 All 30 Edgar Fernández Dallara F306 All Llusiá Racing 31 Pedro Quesada Dallara F306 1–3 Roberto Merhi 4 32 Xavi Barrio Dallara F306 4 Richard Campollo 5 Victoria Racing Team Sur 38 Miguel Ángel Montes Dallara F300 1 Dallara F306 8 Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Copa Winner 1 R1 Circuito del Jarama, Madrid 3 May Natacha Gachnang Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari GTA Motor Competición Natacha Gachnang R2 4 May Natacha Gachnang Bruno Méndez GTA Motor Competición Nil Montserrat 2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 31 May Will Bratt Jonathan Legris Nicola de Marco RP Motorsport Jonathan Legris R2 1 June Toño Fernández Gustavo Yacamán Escuderia TEC-Auto Jonathan Legris 3 R1 Circuito de Albacete, Albacete 28 June Germán Sánchez Germán Sánchez Germán Sánchez Campos F3 Racing Nelson Panciatici R2 29 June Nil Montserrat Nicola de Marco RP Motorsport Nil Montserrat 4 R1 Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia 27 July Jaime Alguersuari Will Bratt Jaime Alguersuari GTA Motor Competición Natacha Gachnang R2 Will Bratt Germán Sánchez Campos F3 Racing Nelson Panciatici 5 Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia 24 August Christian Ebbesvik Natacha Gachnang Christian Ebbesvik Team West-Tec Nelson Panciatici 6 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 21 September Máximo Cortés Nelson Panciatici Máximo Cortés Q8 Oils Hache Team Máximo Cortés R2 Germán Sánchez Germán Sánchez Campos F3 Racing Nelson Panciatici 7 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 27 September Jaime Alguersuari Germán Sánchez Jaime Alguersuari GTA Motor Competición Natacha Gachnang R2 28 September Germán Sánchez Germán Sánchez Campos F3 Racing Natacha Gachnang 8 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 18 October Adrián Campos Jr. Adrián Campos Jr. Adrián Campos Jr. emiliodevillota.com Jonathan Legris R2 19 October Víctor García Christian Ebbesvik Team West-Tec Natacha Gachnang 9 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 1 November Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Escuderia TEC-Auto Stefano Bizzarri R2 2 November Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Escuderia TEC-Auto Marcos Martínez Standings Class A Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PP Race 1 13 11 9 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Race 2 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 The starting grid of the second race will be based on the results of the first race, but the order of the first six classified may be changed. Pos Driver JAR SPA ALB VSC VF1 MAG VAL JER CAT Pts 1 Germán Sánchez 7 6 19 10 1 8 6 1 8 6 1 6 1 4 3 DSQ Ret 88 2 Nelson Panciatici 11 7 4 3 3 Ret 3 2 2 2 5 9 6 9 14 DSQ 8 84 3 Natacha Gachnang 2 13 12 4 6 4 2 3 9 11 7 2 4 7 5 Ret 11 76 4 Nicola de Marco Ret Ret 1 5 5 1 4 17 4 4 2 15 9 10 6 7 Ret 74 5 Will Bratt 5 4 3 24 13 7 12 9 DSQ 10 18 10 7 3 2 3 2 67 6 Bruno Méndez 6 1 6 6 2 NC Ret Ret 7 Ret NC 5 2 DSQ 10 5 3 66 7 Jaime Alguersuari 1 5 1 4 NC NC 1 3 60 8 Adrián Campos Jr. NC NC 15 13 18 20 Ret Ret 6 3 3 4 Ret 1 4 8 5 58 9 Gustavo Yacamán 10 NC 5 1 7 3 NC 6 20 7 4 7 5 6 DNS 18 9 56 10 Christian Ebbesvik 9 Ret 9 8 9 9 13 11 1 8 6 12 13 5 1 Ret 6 49 11 Jonathan Legris 8 Ret 2 2 10 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 13 11 8 2 Ret 11 10 47 12 Nil Montserrat 4 3 8 7 4 2 7 Ret 38 13 Roberto Merhi 9 18 3 1 1 36 14 Celso Míguez 13 Ret 8 6 8 14 19 5 19 3 10 Ret 12 2 Ret 35 15 Víctor García 3 2 10 11 16 11 21 Ret 5 NC 11 13 15 DSQ Ret Ret 7 28 16 Jimmy Auby 22 8 7 9 15 14 DNS Ret NC 18 9 8 11 Ret 11 9 12 11 17 Toño Fernández 13 9 20 16 Ret 22 11 5 16 NC 14 18 21 15 8 8 18 Qinghua Ma 15 12 12 15 8 22 14 8 7 Ret 14 7 19 Stefano Bizzarri Ret 12 17 12 14 Ret 4 20 6 20 José Alonso Liste Ret NC 24 17 DNS 16 14 7 10 9 NC 14 16 DNS 13 15 13 5 21 Augusto Scalbi 10 8 17 10 Ret 3 22 Carmen Jordá 18 10 22 18 14 12 19 16 NC 14 10 Ret 20 11 9 13 18 1 Edoardo Piscopo 25 22 0 Cástor Benítez Ret Ret 17 19 21 17 NC 20 Ret 0 Isaac López Navarro Ret 18 14 17 0 José Luis Abadín 17 Ret 14 15 22 19 Ret 15 15 13 Ret 0 José Luis Ituarte 14 NC 21 Ret 17 18 20 10 18 Ret 16 19 DNS 0 Alejandro Núñez 16 NC 0 Sergio Canamasas Ret DNS Ret 20 16 19 13 16 Ret Ret 18 13 15 16 15 0 Toni Rubiejo 12 12 18 14 Ret 0 David Fumanelli 12 17 Ret DNS 0 Xavi Barrio Ret 11 16 Ret 23 DSQ Ret Ret 0 Alex Waters Ret 14 11 12 11 10 17 20 0 Francisco Villar 15 16 DNS 21 12 Ret Ret NC 11 17 15 16 19 NC 17 12 19 0 Samuel Checa 19 NC 19 15 18 13 Ret 0 Edgar Fernández 20 NC Ret 23 Ret 21 Ret NC Ret Ret 21 21 17 12 16 17 16 0 Pedro Quesada Ret Ret 23 Ret 20 13 0 Richard Campollo 14 0 Miguel Ángel Montes 21 15 Ret 19 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Máximo Cortés 1 20 0 Marcos Martínez 6 4 0 Pos Driver JAR SPA ALB VSC VF1 MAG VAL JER CAT Pts 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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Copa F306/300 Pos Driver JAR SPA ALB VSC VF1 MAG VAL JER CAT Pts 1 Natacha Gachnang 1 8 7 3 3 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 3 1 NC 5 110 2 Nelson Panciatici 5 2 2 2 1 NC 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 5 7 DSQ 2 109 3 Jonathan Legris 3 Ret 1 1 4 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 7 4 3 1 NC 4 4 76 4 Nil Montserrat 2 1 4 4 2 1 4 Ret 48 5 Jimmy Auby 14 3 3 6 7 6 DNS Ret NC 8 4 2 4 Ret 5 3 6 44 6 José Alonso Liste Ret NC 15 10 DNS 8 8 4 3 3 NC 5 7 DNS 6 8 7 25 7 Qinghua Ma 9 7 5 6 3 12 6 4 2 Ret 8 24 8 Carmen Jordá 10 5 13 11 6 4 12 9 NC 5 5 Ret 10 6 4 6 11 21 9 Gustavo Yacamán 2 DNS 10 3 16 10 Toño Fernández 7 4 11 9 Ret 12 7 3 7 NC 8 8 11 9 3 16 11 Francisco Villar 9 11 DNS 13 5 Ret Ret NC 4 7 9 6 9 NC 9 5 12 13 12 Christian Ebbesvik 4 Ret 5 5 10 13 Pedro Quesada Ret Ret 14 Ret 10 5 3 14 Augusto Scalbi 6 5 8 3 15 Stefano Bizzarri Ret 6 7 5 8 Ret 1 13 3 16 Roberto Merhi 5 10 3 Xavi Barrio Ret 6 8 Ret 12 DSQ Ret Ret 0 Cástor Benítez Ret Ret 9 12 11 9 NC 10 Ret 0 Isaac López Navarro Ret 10 7 10 0 José Luis Ituarte 8 NC 12 NC 8 10 13 6 9 Ret 10 9 DNS 0 Toni Rubiejo 6 7 10 8 NC Ret 0 Alex Waters Ret 9 6 7 10 11 0 Samuel Checa 11 NC 9 7 11 8 Ret 0 Edgar Fernández 12 NC Ret 14 Ret 11 Ret NC Ret Ret 12 11 8 7 8 9 9 0 Richard Campollo 6 0 Miguel Ángel Montes 13 10 Ret 11 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Marcos Martínez 2 1 0 Máximo Cortés 1 11 0 Pos Driver JAR SPA ALB VSC VF1 MAG VAL JER CAT Pts 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) Team Standings Pos Team Pts 1 Campos F3 Racing 134 2 GTA Motor Competición 90 3 Q8 Oils Hache Team 68 4 emiliodevillota.com 63 5 RP Motorsport 59 6 Escuderia TEC-Auto 53 7 Team West-Tec 35 8 Meycom 25 Llusiá Racing 0 Cetea Sport 0 Novo Team ECA 0 Sammy & Zoy 0 Victoria Racing Team Sur 0 References ↑ "German Sanchez, Spanish Champion at the expense of resolution of appeal". gtsport.es. GT Sport. 2008-11-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-27. ↑ "El campeón de España de Fórmula 3 se decidirá en los despachos". marca.com (in Spanish). MARCA. 2008-11-01. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-09-27. ↑ "La F-3 española rinde visita a Spa-Francorchamps". gtsport.es (in Spanish). GT Sport. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-06-02. External links Official Site