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2008 Superleague Formula Season
The 2008 Superleague Formula season was the inaugural Superleague Formula championship. The season started very late in 2008 with the first round being on August 31 at Donington Park. There were six rounds (twelve races) in total with the successful season finale at Circuito Permanente de Jerez on 23 November. In the 18 cars on the grid were established A1GP and GP2 drivers as well as two ex-Formula One race starters, Robert Doornbos and Antônio Pizzonia. Beijing Guoan, run under former Formula One team Zakspeed with driver Davide Rigon, were eventually crowned the first ever champions at the last event of the season. Teams and drivers * All teams competed on Michelin tyres. * No numbers 1 or 2 because it was the first season. * Cars 16 and 17 were run by Team West-Tec during pre-season. * Atlético Madrid did not enter until prior to round 2. * FC Porto switched from Alan Docking Racing to Hitech Racing prior round 5. Test/reserve drivers 2008 Schedule Race calendar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, table tennis and boxing amongst many othersand have won numerous European and domestic titles over the club's history. Olympiacos SFP is the most successful and decorated multi-sports club in Europe, having surpassed Barcelona in 2024 and being the only Greek club, as well as one of the few European multi-sport clubs to have won as many as 23 International titles –including 21 major European titles, 1 Intercontinental title and 1 Balkan title– in six sports (Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Water Polo, Wrestling, Table Tennis) (no other Greek club have won more than nine European titles). Overall, Olympiacos is the most successful Greek multi-sport club in terms of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PSV Eindhoven (Superleague Formula Team)
PSV Eindhoven Superleague Formula team was the racing team of PSV Eindhoven, a football team that competes in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven racing team competed in the Superleague Formula. It had been operated by Azerti Motorsport for all seasons. 2008 season In the 2008 Superleague Formula season PSV Eindhoven finished overall in 2nd place in the standings. They were 76 points behind eventual series winners Beijing Guoan. Yelmer Buurman was the driver in the car for all the races. 2009 season For the 2009 Superleague Formula season, Dominick Muermans Dominick Muermans (born 17 July 1984 in Geleen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver. Dominick raced full-time in the Atlantic Championship in the 2008 season. Since 2008, he has raced in the Superleague Formula, in the 2008 season he raced f ... was confirmed as the driver. Record ( key) 2008 2009 *Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. 2010 Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiacos CFP (Superleague Formula Team)
Olympiacos CFP Superleague Formula team is the racing team of Olympiacos CFP, a major Greek sports club, multi-sport club, based in Piraeus, Greece. The Olympiacos CFP racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It has been operated by GU-Racing International in both seasons. Record (Template:Superleague Formula driver results legend, key) 2008 2009 *Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. 2010 Chris van der Drift qualified for the Super Final at Brands Hatch but was unable to compete due to suffering injuries from a large crash in race two which led to him being taken to hospital with a broken ankle, two broken ribs, a cracked shoulder blade, a dislocated shoulder and two broken fingers. His Super Final place was taken up by the seventh highest points-scorer of the weekend, Yelmer Buurman. References External links * Official Olympiacos CFP football club website {{Superleague Formula teams Olympiacos CFP (Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnston Press Digital Publishing
Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767. Its flagship titles included UK-national newspaper the '' i'', ''The Scotsman'', the ''Yorkshire Post'', the ''Falkirk Herald'', and Belfast's ''The News Letter''. The company was operating around 200 newspapers and associated websites around the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man when it went into administration and was then purchased by JPIMedia in 2018. The ''Falkirk Herald'' was the company's first acquisition in 1846. Johnston Press's assets were transferred to JPIMedia in 2018, who continued to publish its titles. Johnston Press announced it would place itself in administration on 16 November 2018 after it was unable to find a suitable buyer of the business to refinance £220m of debt. It was delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 19 November 2018. Johnston Press and its assets were brought under the control of JPIMedia on 17 November 2018 after a pre-packaged deal was agreed with credi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Dolby
Craig Dolby (born 31 March 1988 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England) is a British racing driver. He has raced in Formula Renault series around the world for most of his career, winning the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium championship in 2006. Since 2008 he has raced in the Superleague Formula and has raced for R.S.C. Anderlecht (Superleague Formula team), R.S.C. Anderlecht in the 2008 Superleague Formula season, 2008 season and Tottenham Hotspur (Superleague Formula team), Tottenham Hotspur in the 2009 Superleague Formula season, 2009 season. As of 2019, Dolby worked as a stunt driver on movie sets on major film productions. He had the opportunity to pursue that career through a contact he met in the Superleague paddock. Racing record Career summary Superleague Formula 2008-2009 (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) 2009 Super Final results *Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuka Rocha
Christiano "Tuka" Chiaradia Alcoba Rocha (December 13, 1982 – November 17, 2019) was a Brazilian race car driver. He won numerous karting championships in Brazil from 1996 to 2000. Then moved up to South American Formula 3 Lights. In 2002 he moved to Europe to compete in the World Series by Nissan where he was Ricardo Zonta's teammate. In 2004 he competed in Superfund Euro 3000. In 2005 he was a test driver for A1 Team Brazil in the A1 Grand Prix Series and was named one of the team's race drivers for the 2006-2007 season. In 2008 Tuka was chosen to drive the Flamengo's car in Formula Superleague. Rocha died on November 17, 2019, three days after being involved in a small airplane crash near Bahia, Brazil. On a private flight from Jundiaí Airport to Maraú-Barra Grande Airport near Maraú the aircraft crashed on landing. The Cessna Citation II The Cessna Citation II models are light corporate jets built by Cessna as part of the Citation family. Stretched from the Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Astromega
Team Astromega was a racing team from Belgium, headquartered in Heist-op-den-Berg and created in 1995 by Mikke Van Hool. The team has competed in A1 Grand Prix, Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium and International Formula 3000. History Team Astromega was created in 1995 by Belgian International Formula 3000 driver Mikke Van Hool, who wanted to drive in his own team. Since 1996, Sam Boyle has been the team manager. In 2003, Werner Gillis, an expert in financial management, became co-team owner. The same year, Robby Arnott joined the team as chief engineer after working with DAMS racing team. In 2003, a Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 championship was created and Astromega was selected to organise the technical assistance for the series rookie test with assistance of two drivers from normal and Indoor Karting. Later, in the 2006 championship, Astromega ran a car with British driver Craig Dolby who became champion. In 2007, Briton Jack Piper and Latvian Karlīne Štāla (who became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clube De Regatas Do Flamengo (Superleague Formula Team)
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo Superleague Formula team is the racing team of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, a football team that competes in Brazil in the Série A. The Flamengo racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It was operated by Team Astromega during the first season. 2008 season In the 2008 Superleague Formula season Flamengo finished overall in the 15th position. The car was drove in all rounds by Tuka Rocha. 2009 season Flamengo will compete in the 2009 Superleague Formula season with the car being driven by ex- F1 and IndyCar racer Enrique Bernoldi. Record ( key) 2008 2009 *Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. 2010 See also * CR Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ... * Clube de Regat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans (born 17 July 1984 in Geleen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver. Dominick raced full-time in the Atlantic Championship in the 2008 season. Since 2008, he has raced in the Superleague Formula, in the 2008 season he raced for Al Ain in the Italian round and in the 2009 season he was driver for PSV Eindhoven in the first half of the season before being replaced by Carlo van Dam Carlo van Dam (born 27 February 1986 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver. He is currently a factory driver for Subaru and he is the reserve and tear driver for R&D Sport in the Super GT Series while driving for Subaru Tecnica Internationa .... Motorsports Career Results Career summary † - Team standings. Superleague Formula 2008-2009 (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) 2009 Super Final Results *Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. References External links Officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Meijer
Paul Ronald Johan Meijer (born 27 March 1985) is a Dutch racing driver. He is a former Benelux Formula Renault champion. He currently competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux for Hans Weijs Motorsport. Early life Meijer was born 27 March 1985 in Utrecht. Career Meijer began his career in karting at the age of 10. He participated in national and international competitions. In 2001 Meijer participated in a Challenge organized by Avaya Communications, with 7 candidates. He won the Challenge and earned a season driving in the first Dutch Toyota Yaris Cup for free. The ex Formula One racing driver Jan Lammers took Meijer into the Formula Ford in 2002. With Racing for Holland Meijer learned the essentials about driving a formula racing car and participated in the Benelux Formula Ford Championship. During this education Meijer also tested the DOME S101 sports car at Magny Cours. In 2003, he won the Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands series with AR Motorsport. He also debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Baguette
Bertrand Marcel Nicolas Baguette (born 23 February 1986) is a Belgian professional racing driver. In 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2013, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Le Mans Prototype, LMP2 class and the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA WEC LMP2 class title. In 2017, he won the final running of the Suzuka 1000km in Super GT. Bertrand is the 2022 Super GT 500 Champion with Nissan. Career Karting Aged 14, Baguette began Kart racing, karting in his inter-provincial championship, driving "Blue" class karts, in which he finished fifth. He then moved up to junior level for 2001, competing again in the inter-provincial championship but also competed in the national championship for the first time. He finished third in the provincial level championship, but was four places lower in the national. Baguette competed in four different KF2, Intercontinental A class championships in 2002, with a runner-up position at the provincial level, despite competing in only certain event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Zuber
Andreas "Andi" Zuber (born 9 October 1983 in Judenburg, Austria) is a former Auto racing, motor racing driver. An Austrian by birth, he is based in Dubai and once raced under a licence issued by the United Arab Emirates. Career Formula König Despite beginning his karting career in 1998, 2000 saw his debut in the Formula König championship with Team Böhm Sport. Zuber finished twelfth in the championship with 39 points. Formula Renault The 2001 Formula Renault seasons, following season, Zuber competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, Formula Renault 2.0 Germany and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships for Motopark Academy. He finished sixth in the German series standings. In the Eurocup, he took 54th place in the championship, with a best finish of seventeenth at the Österreichring#The A1-Ring, A1-Ring. For 2002 Formula Renault seasons, 2002, the Austrian driver remained in the German championship with Motopark Academy. He finished second behind Neth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
