2008 FIA WTCC Race of France
Fourth round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship
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Round 4 of 12 in the 2008 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit de Pau in Pau, France. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1 June, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Pau, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Circuit de Pau 2.769 kilometres (1.721 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 1 June 2008 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2008 Pau Grand Prix. The first race was won by Augusto Farfus, whilst the second race was won by Andy Priaulx.
Classification
Qualifying
Race 1
Race 2
Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Class | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid |
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1 | 1 | Andy Priaulx | BMW Team UK | 21 | 36min 01.406sec | 1 | |
2 | 6 | Nicola Larini | Chevrolet RML | 21 | + 4.528 s | 2 | |
3 | 10 | Rickard Rydell | SEAT Sport | 21 | + 5.000 s | 3 | |
4 | 11 | Gabriele Tarquini | SEAT Sport | 21 | + 14.424 s | 4 | |
5 | 7 | Robert Huff | Chevrolet RML | 21 | + 18.324 s | 5 | |
6 | 3 | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team Germany | 21 | + 19.968 s | 8 | |
7 | 12 | Yvan Muller | SEAT Sport | 21 | + 25.140 s | 7 | |
8 | 15 | James Thompson | N.Technology | 21 | + 28.203 s | 11 | |
9 | 20 | Tom Coronel | SUNRED Engineering | 21 | + 39.471 s | 14 | |
10 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro | SEAT Sport | 21 | + 41.636 s | 13 | |
11 | 4 | Alessandro Zanardi | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 21 | + 44.483 s | 12 | |
12 | 5 | Félix Porteiro | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 21 | + 53.018 s | 15 | |
13 | 2 | Jörg Müller | BMW Team Germany | 21 | + 55.823 s | 9 | |
14 | 26 | Stefano D'Aste | Scuderia Proteam Motorsport | Y | 21 | + 1:07.324 s | 18 |
15 | 42 | Franz Engstler | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Y | 21 | + 1:11.915 s | 19 |
16 | 32 | Oscar Nogués | SUNRED Engineering | Y | 21 | + 1:16.688 s | 24 |
17 | 31 | Sergio Hernández | Scuderia Proteam Motorsport | Y | 21 | + 1:20.459 s | 17 |
18 | 29 | Jaap van Lagen | Russian Bears Motorsport | Y | 21 | + 1:30.303 s | 21 |
19 | 9 | Jordi Gené | SEAT Sport | 20 | + 1 lap | 6 | |
20 | 43 | Andrey Romanov | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Y | 20 | + 1 lap | 20 |
21 | 23 | Pierre-Yves Corthals | Exagon Engineering | Y | 19 | + 2 laps | 23 |
Ret | 33 | Laurent Cazenave | Wiechers-Sport | Y | 13 | Retired | 16 |
Ret | 8 | Alain Menu | Chevrolet RML | 12 | Retired | 10 | |
Ret | 13 | Ibrahim Okyay | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | Y | 12 | Retired | 22 |
DNQ | 28 | Viktor Shapovalov | Russian Bears Motorsport | Y | Did not qualify | ||
Fastest Lap: Rickard Rydell (SEAT Sport) - 1:36.268 | |||||||
Source(s): [3] |
References
External links
World Touring Car Championship | ||
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