2008–09 Speedcar Series

The 2008–09 Speedcar Series was the second and final season Speedcar Series championship. The championship consisted of five meetings, starting on December 5, 2008 at the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates and finishing at the Bahrain International Circuit on April 25, 2009. Gianni Morbidelli finished as champion, pipping defending champion Johnny Herbert by just two points.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Palm Beach Palm Racing^[2]	04	Thomas Biagi	2-5
	07	Stefan Johansson	1
	10	Gianni Morbidelli	All
Continental Circus	09	Marcel Tiemann	1
	09	Enzo Panacci	2
	26	Christopher Zöchling	4-5
	32	Eric Charles	1-2, 4
	80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5
Scuderia Giudici	09	Gianni Giudici	5
Scuderia Giudici	96	Ramez Azzam	5
JMB Racing	13	Damien Pasini	All
JMB Racing	69	Johnny Herbert	All
Union Properties	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	All
	85	Ramez Azzam^[3]	4
Phoenix Racing	21	Mathias Lauda	1
Phoenix Racing	80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1
Team Lavaggi	21	Chris Buncombe	2
	33	Marco Melandri	3-4
	80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2-4
West-Tec	21	Chris Buncombe	5
West-Tec	44	David Terrien	5
Durango	25	Christopher Zöchling	1-3
	25	Hamad Al Fardan	4
	32	Marco Cioci	5
	44	David Terrien	4
	71	Nicolas Navarro	5
	96	Jacques Villeneuve	1-3
HPR	27	Jean Alesi	All
HPR	50	Marchy Lee	All
QMMF Team	59	Fahad Al Thani	3
QMMF Team	95	Ahamad Al Kuwari	3
Team Siram	90	Giovanni Lavaggi	2
Team Barwa	90	Nasser Al-Attiyah	3

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	December 5	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Union Properties	Report
1	R2	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	December 6	The race was canceled due to heavy rain^[4]				Report
2	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	January 23	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jean Alesi	HPR	Report
2	R2	Bahrain International Circuit	January 24		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Johnny Herbert	JMB Racing	Report
3	R1	Losail International Circuit	February 13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Gianni Morbidelli	Palm Beach	Report
3	R2	Losail International Circuit	February 14		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Union Properties	Report
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	February 27	Christopher Zöchling	Christopher Zöchling	Jean Alesi	HPR	Report
4	R2	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	February 28		Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	HPR	Report
5	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	April 25	Johnny Herbert	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Johnny Herbert	JMB Racing	Report
5	R2	Bahrain International Circuit	April 26		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Union Properties	Report

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	DUB		BHR		LOS		DUB		BHR		Points
1	Gianni Morbidelli	3	C	4	2	1	2	7	2	5	5	55
2	Johnny Herbert	4	C	3	1	3	6	5	3	1	6	53
3	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	C	Ret	8	2	1	12	Ret	3	1	45
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	C	2	4	Ret	5	3	4	2	12	44
5	Jean Alesi	10	C	1	6	4	Ret	1	1	Ret	10	38
6	Thomas Biagi			6	3	7	3	9	6	8	2	29
7	Hasher Al Maktoum	5	C	5	7	6	Ret	6	DNP	6	3	25
8	Christopher Zöchling	11	C	DNS	Ret	9	4	2	10	4	8	19
9	Damien Pasini	8	C	7	5	Ret	8	8	9	7	Ret	11
10	David Terrien							4	5	Ret	Ret	9
11	Jacques Villeneuve	6	C	10	Ret	5	Ret					7
12	Marchy Lee	7	C	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	7	12	9	6
13	Nicolas Navarro									9	4	5
14	Chris Buncombe			9	9					Ret	7	2
15	Marco Melandri					8	11†	10	8			2
16	Giovanni Lavaggi			8	10							1
17	Nasser Al-Attiyah					10	9					0
18	Eric Charles	9	C	11	11			14	12			0
19	Ramez Azzam								11	10	Ret	0
20	Fahad Al Thani					12	10					0
21	Marco Cioci									11	11	0
22	Ahamad Al Kuwari					11	Ret					0
23	Hamad Al Fardan							13	Ret			0
	Stefan Johansson	Ret	C									0
	Marcel Tiemann	Ret	C									0
	Mathias Lauda	Ret	C									0
	Enzo Panacci			DNS	Ret							0
	Gianni Giudici									Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	DUB		BHR		LOS		DUB		BHR		Points

Notes:

† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Pos	Driver	DUB		BHR		LOS		DUB		BHR		Points
1	Union Properties	1	C	Ret	8	2	1	12	Ret	3	1	70
1	Union Properties	5	C	5	7	6	Ret	6	11	6	3	70
2	JMB Racing	8	C	7	5	Ret	8	8	9	7	Ret	64
2	JMB Racing	4	C	3	1	3	6	5	3	1	6	64
3	HPR	10	C	1	6	4	Ret	1	1	Ret	10	44
3	HPR	7	C	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	7	12	9	44
4	Palm Racing							9	6	8	2	30
4	Palm Racing							7	2	5	5	30
5	Team Lavaggi			9	9							30
						8	11†	10	8
				2	4	Ret	5	3	4
6	Durango	11	C	DNS	Ret	9	4	13	Ret			26
										11	11
								4	5
										9	4
		6	C	10	Ret	5	Ret
7	Continental Circus	Ret	C	DNS	Ret							22
								2	10	4	8
		9	C	11	11			14	12
										2	12
8	Phoenix Racing	Ret	C									8
8	Phoenix Racing	2	C									8
9	West-Tec									Ret	7	2
9	West-Tec									Ret	Ret	2
10	Team Siram			8	10							1
11	Team Barwa					10	9					0
12	QMMF Team					12	10					0
12	QMMF Team					11	Ret					0
13	Scuderia Giudici									Ret	Ret	0
13	Scuderia Giudici									10	Ret	0
EX	Palm Beach			6	3	7	3					0 (54)^[5]
		Ret	C
		3	C	4	2	1	2
Pos	Driver	DUB		BHR		LOS		DUB		BHR		Points

Invalid results in italics.

Notes:

† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

^ "Liuzzi wins Bahrain finale, Morbidelli takes $500,000 prize". AutoMobilSport.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ The team had changed its name after the third round.
^ Ramez Azzam had replaced Hasher Al Maktoum for race 2 of the fourth round.
^ "Speedcar race canceled after it floods in the desert". blog.al.com. 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
^ Palm Beach's points were voided and the team excluded from the championship before the fourth round, because it had changed name into Palm Racing.