The 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the sixth championship year of Europe's premier

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series. The season was dominated by 21-year-old

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Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Sauber. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Hülkenberg won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2015 with Por ...

, who won seven of the season's ten feature races amassing 76 of his total of 85 championship points on Saturday afternoons. He won the championship by 35.5 points from early frontrunner

Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Alberto Gérard "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian- French professional racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Mahindra Racing and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Automobili Lamborghini Squadra ...

as the 2007's rookie cup winner's season somewhat tailed off after the

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, scoring just 9.5 points in the final twelve races compared to Hülkenberg's 60.

Jules Bianchi Jules Lucien André Bianchi (; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Nice, Bianchi was the grandson of endurance racing driver Mauro Bianchi and the great-nephew ...

's strong finish to the season, including a win in the final race at

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and coupled with

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's fifth place and

Mika Mäki Mika Mäki (born February 27, 1988) is a Finnish former racing driver. Career Mika started in karting, and competed for five years before heading to Germany and its Formula BMW ADAC series in 2005, finishing fourth in the Rookie Cup, and too ...

's ninth place, it allowed the 2008 Ultimate Masters winner to finish third in the championship, a point ahead of both van der Zande and Mäki.

Drivers and teams

Driver changes

; Changed Teams *

Yann Clairay Yann Dominique André Clairay (born 2 December 1983 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French racing driver. He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Three Euroseries. Clairay won the GT1 class of the 2009 Le Mans Serie ...

Signature-Plus Signatech, currently competing as the Alpine Endurance Team, is a French auto racing team and racing car constructor that competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Signatech has been a long-term partner for Alpine since 2013, and has been ...

→

SG Formula SG Formula is a French auto racing team which participated in the junior categories of open wheel racing: Formula Renault and Formula Three. The team was founded in 2004 by Frenchman Stephane Guerin. History After its foundation in 2004, SG Form ...

Dani Clos Daniel Clos Álvarez (born 23 October 1988) is a Spanish former professional racecar driver and YouTuber. In 2012, he was the test driver for the now defunct HRT Formula One team. Career Karting Born in Barcelona, Clos was a fairly successfu ...

: Signature-Plus →

Prema Powerteam Prema Racing, previously known as Prema Powerteam, is an Italian motorsport team, owned and operated through the ''DC Racing Solutions'' parent company. Founded in 1983, the team is based in Grisignano di Zocco and currently operates out of Ita ...

Tom Dillmann Tom Aston Dillmann (born 6 April 1989 in Mulhouse) is a French racing driver who competes for Inter Europol Competition in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2025 European Le Mans Series and in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship. He has won the 2025 ...

: ASM Formule 3 → SG Formula *

James Jakes James Jakes (born 4 August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British professional racing driver. Career T-Cars Jakes started his racing career in 2002 competing in 5 rounds of the T-Car Championship. In 2003 James continued in T-cars, ...

: Manor Motorsport →

ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. In 2012, it competed in the GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus. The ...

Franck Mailleux Franck Mailleux (born 27 May 1985 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French racing driver. He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Three Euroseries. He was champion of the 2006 Winter Series in the British ...

: Manor Motorsport → Signature-Plus ; Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series *

French Formula Renault Championship The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → ART Grand Prix *

Sam Bird Sam Jamie Bird (born 9 January 1987) is a British people, British professional racing driver who is currently driving for McLaren#Formula E, NEOM McLaren in Formula E. He won the LMP2 title at the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was ...

British Formula 3 Championship The British Formula Three Championship was an international motor racing series that took place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It was a junior-level feeder formula that used small single sea ...

(

Carlin Motorsport Carlin, formerly known as Carlin Motorsport and Rodin Carlin, was a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It primarily competed in junior racing championships such as FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3. Carlin also competed in top level ...

) → Manor Motorsport * Niall Breen: British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport * Daniel Campos-Hull: Formula BMW ADAC (Eifelland Racing) → HBR Motorsport * Cong Fu Cheng: British Formula 3 Championship National Class ( Performance Racing Europe AB) → RC Motorsport *

Stefano Coletti Stefano Coletti (born 6 April 1989) is a Monaco, Monégasque former professional Auto racing, racing driver who raced for SMP Racing in the European Le Mans Series. His sister Alexandra Coletti is an alpine skier. He is the first Monégasque drive ...

Italian Formula Renault Championship Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was a Formula Renault 2.0 racing series that is based in Italy. The series raced mostly on Italian races but it had regular races at Belgium's Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and in Spain. Several Formula One drivers ra ...

& Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (

Epsilon Euskadi EPIC Racing (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing) was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria ( Alava). It was the second major motorsport team from the Basque Country, (Euskadi). Epsilon Euskadi was the bigg ...

) → Signature-Plus *

Peter Elkmann Peter Elkmann (born 16 September 1981 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Steinfurt) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as the Formula Three Euroseries and the German Formula Three Championship. Performer by Elkmann Peter Elkmann l ...

: Sabbatical → RC Motorsport *

Rodolfo González Rodolfo González may refer to: * Rodolfo González Pacheco (1882–1949), Argentine writer, playwright, orator, anarchistic journalist and activist * Rodolfo González (boxer) (born 1945), Mexican boxer * Rodolfo González Rissotto (born 1949), ...

: British Formula 3 Championship (T-Sport) → Carlin Motorsport * Erik Janiš:

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(S-Berg Racing) → Mücke Motorsport *

Brendon Hartley Brendon Morris Hartley (born 10 November 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Motorsport GmbH, Toyota. Hartley competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing (motorsport) ...

: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 ( Epsilon Red Bull Team) → RC Motorsport *

Charlie Kimball Charles Newton Kimball (born February 20, 1985) is an American former race car driver who most recently competed in the IndyCar Series with A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He has scored a win, six podiums, and 13 top 5s during his IndyCar career. His be ...

: Formula Renault 3.5 Series ( Victory Engineering) → Prema Powerteam *

Jens Klingmann Jens Klingmann (born 16 July 1990 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver. Career Formula BMW In 2006, Klingmann moved up to Formula BMW ADAC with Eifelland Racing. He finished his first FBMW campaign fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 1 ...

: Formula BMW ADAC (Eifelland Racing) → RC Motorsport * Michael Klein:

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Throphy Class (HS Technik Motorsport) → Jo Zeller Racing *

Jon Lancaster Jon Francis Lancaster (born 10 December 1988 in Leeds) is a British auto racing driver. Career Early life and karting Lancaster was born on 10 December 1988 in Leeds, Yorkshire. He used to watch Formula One from the age of three and always li ...

: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → ART Grand Prix *

: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Epsilon Red Bull Team) → Mücke Motorsport * Oliver Oakes: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (

Motopark Academy Motopark Academy (raced under Lotus moniker from 2012 to 2014) is an auto racing team based in Oschersleben, Germany, next to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben race track. In 2013, the team competed in the GP2 Series under the name Russian Time ...

) → Carlin Motorsport *

Kazuya Oshima is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing. Oshima is one of only three drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT, ha ...

All-Japan Formula Three Championship was a national motor racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis. As a result of Formula 3 naming regulations by the FIA, on 13 August 2019, series pr ...

(

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Team Tom's) → Manor Motorsport *

Nelson Panciatici Nelson Hugo Douchan Panciatici (born 26 September 1988) is a French professional racing driver. Career Karting Born in Reims, Panciatici started his karting career in 1998 and continued until 2004.Richard Philippe Richard Philippe (January 10, 1990 in Valence, Drôme – 22 November 2018) was a French racecar driver who resided in Miami, Florida. He was the younger brother of Nelson Philippe. After moving up from the go-kart ranks in 2005, at fifteen years ...

: Formula Renault 3.5 Series (

Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship, GB4 Championship, and F4 British Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton. Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, ...

) → Carlin Motorsport *

Martin Plowman Martin James Plowman (born 3 October 1987) is a British professional racing driver from Tamworth currently competing in the British GT Championship for Paddock Motorsport, which he co-founded with Kelvin Fletcher. In 2013, he won the 24 Hours of ...

: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Prema Powerteam) → RC Motorsport *

Stéphane Richelmi Stéphane Richelmi (born 17 March 1990 in Monte Carlo) is a Monégasque professional racing driver. He is the son of former World Rally Championship driver Jean-Pierre Richelmi. Career Formula Renault 1.6 & 2.0 Richelmi began his Formula racing ...

: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Thierry Boutsen Racing) →

Barazi-Epsilon Barazi-Epsilon is a racing team owned by engineer Michel Lecomte and entrepreneur turned amateur racer Juan Barazi. The team's base is in Le Mans. The team was founded in 2000 as Epsilon Sport from the remains of the Graff Racing's Formula Three o ...

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( , ; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Born and raised in Perth to Italian-Australi ...

: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (RP Motorsport) → SG Formula *

Koudai Tsukakoshi is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Racing Corporation who currently competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing. Career Formula Three After competing in Formula Dream in 2004 and 2005, winning the championship in his second year, Tsukako ...

: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Honda Team Real) → Manor Motorsport *

Christian Vietoris Christian Johannes Vietoris ( , ; born 1 April 1989) is a German former racing driver. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, most recently for HWA Team. Vietoris has also been a part of the revitalized Mercedes-Benz Junior Team, togeth ...

: German Formula Three Championship (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → Mücke Motorsport *

Frédéric Vervisch Frédéric Vervisch ( ; born 10 August 1986 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian racing driver who currently races in the GT World Challenge Europe. Career Early career A winner of numerous karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline ...

: German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) → RC Motorsport * Henkie Waldschmidt: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Prema Powerteam) → SG Formula * Robert Wickens:

Atlantic Championship The Atlantic Championship Series is an American open-wheel racing series with races throughout North America. It has previously been called Champ Car Atlantics, Toyota Atlantics (after its then engine supplier for sponsorship reasons), or just ...

( Red Bull/Team Forsythe) → Signature-Plus ; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series * Sergey Afanasyev: HBR Motorsport →

International Formula Master International Formula Master, also known as Formula Super 2000, was a European-based junior single seater formula. The series was conceived as a competitor for Formula Three and made its debut at Valencia in 2007. European television channel Eur ...

(

JD Motorsport JD Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Vespolate, Italy that competed in formula single-seaters in Europe. History The team was formed in 1995 by Roberto Cavallari and Alfredo Cappelletti. In 1996 the team started to participate in Form ...

) *

Cyndie Allemann Cyndie Allemann (born 4 April 1986 in Moutier) is a Switzerland, Swiss racing driver. She is the daughter of former Swiss karting champion Kurt Allemann and the sister of fellow racing driver Ken Allemann. After beginning her career in Kart raci ...

: Manor Motorsport →

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(American Spirit Racing) *

Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi (; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Envision. In formula racing, Buemi competed in Formula One from to , and w ...

: ASL Mücke Motorsport →

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(

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Team Arden) *

Yelmer Buurman Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman (born 19 February 1987) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He was 3rd in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series season, 2013, and second in the FIA GT1 Championship in 2012 FIA GT1 World ...

: Manor Motorsport → GP2 Series (Trust Team Arden) *

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 ...

: RC Motorsport → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (

Petronas Petroliam Nasional Berhad, commonly known as PETRONAS (stylised in all caps), is a Malaysian Multinational corporation, multinational petroleum, oil and natural gas, gas company headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. Established in 1974, it is a lega ...

Team Tom's) * Michael Devaney:

Ultimate Motorsport Ultimate Motorsport was a British racing team who completed in the British Formula 3 Championship and the World Series by Renault Championship. The team closed near the end of the 2009 season. History The team were formed in 2007 and was head ...

→ British Formula 3 Championship (Ultimate Motorsport) *

Romain Grosjean Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (; born 17 April 1986) is a French and Swiss racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini and serves as a reserve driver in the IndyCar Series for Prema. Grosjean competed under ...

: ASM Formule 3 → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix) *

Esteban Guerrieri Esteban Guerrieri (born 19 January 1985) is an Argentina, Argentine racing driver currently competing in the FIA TCR World Tour for the GOAT Racing JAS Motorsport, Honda team. His early career in single-seaters saw him become Formula Renault Euro ...

: Ultimate Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 Series ( Ultimate Signature) *

Euan Hankey Euan is a Scottish, male given name, most common throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, due to the influence of Scots in both nations. It is usually an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Eòghann, "noble born" and therefore de ...

: HS Technik Motorsport → Sabbatical *

Michael Herck Michael Herck (born 4 August 1988 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian- Belgian retired racing driver. Career Early life Herck was adopted at the age of one and a half years by millionaire André Herck, a Belgian citizen born in Bucharest. Herc ...

: Bas Leinders Junior Racing Team → GP2 Series (

David Price Racing David Price Racing (commonly referred to as DPR) was a British motor racing team, founded by David Price. The team competed in various forms of motorsport from their foundation in 1976 until 2008. The team was sold in April 2009, but continued ...

) *

Marco Holzer Marco Pascal Holzer (born 30 July 1988) is a German professional racing driver. He has competed in sports car competitions such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series as a Porsche works dr ...

: AM-Holzer Rennsport →

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, (currently known as Porsche SIXT Carrera Cup Deutschland; known as Porsche 944 Turbo Cup between 1986–1989) is a one-make racing series by Porsche based in Germany. Champions Circuits * Adria International ...

(UPS Porsche Junior Team) *

Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, Toyota and in Super Formula for KC Motorgroup, KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from to . In end ...

: ASM Formule 3 → GP2 Series (

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) *

Michael Patrizi Michael Tony Patrizi (born 4 May 1984) is an Australian racing driver. Biography Starting off in karts in his native Western Australia, he moved to Formula Ford in 2004, then to Formula BMW in Asia 2005, then UK in 2006. In 2007 he joined the c ...

: Prema Powerteam →

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( Ford Rising Stars Racing) *

Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo (born 4 February 1988) is a former Italian racing driver. Career Formula BMW After previously competing in karting, Piscopo began his single seater career in Formula BMW USA in 2005, where despite missing the first rounds he ...

: ASL Mücke Motorsport → Italian Formula Three Championship (

Team Ghinzani Team Ghinzani is a motor racing team based in Italy, involved in many areas of motorsport. The team was founded in 1992 by Piercarlo Ghinzani, who raced in Formula One between and . History Team Ghinzani have raced in Italian Formula Three C ...

) *

Filip Salaquarda Filip Salaquarda (born January 11, 1984, in Prague) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic. Career Early career After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competin ...

: HBR Motorsport → International Formula Master ( Team ISR) * Tim Sandtler: Jo Zeller Racing → International Formula Master ( Team ISR) *

Harald Schlegelmilch Haralds Šlēgelmilhs, known internationally as Harald Schlegelmilch (born December 6, 1987) is a Latvian racing driver. Career He started racing at the age of 8. He raced in karting championships for seven years. In 2003, Harald participated in ...

: HS Technik Motorsport → International Formula Master (

Trident Racing Trident Motorsport (formerly known as Trident Racing) is a motor racing team that competes in Open-wheel car, single-seater formula racing. It was founded in 2006 in order to compete in the GP2 Series, GP2 championship, which was Europe's second h ...

) *

Jonathan Summerton Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver. Early life Jonathan Summerton was born Kissimmee, Florida. Early racing Jonathan Summerton began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series c ...

: RC Motorsport →

(

Newman Wachs Racing Newman Wachs Racing (also referred to as NWR) is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR was based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in t ...

)

Calendar

Season standings

Drivers Standings

*Points are awarded as follows: ''Note'': In the second races at the

, the

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and the October

meeting, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded. † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. * Pole-winners in bold; race 1 pole-winners earn one point (not awarded at Pau or Brands). * Drivers achieving fastest lap in ''italics''. No points awarded.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the ''Rookie Cup'' title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Team's standings

Nations Cup

Notes

References

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