2008 Formula Palmer Audi season

2008 Formula Palmer Audi
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The 2008 Henderson Formula Palmer Audi motor-racing competition was the eleventh of its kind. It was contested over 20 races at eight circuits in the United Kingdom and Belgium between April and September. The overall winner was Jason Moore.

Championship

The 2008 Formula Palmer Audi Championship was very competitive, with seven winners through the season and a three-way championship battle going into the final round.

Jason Moore emerged as champion, but he was under intense pressure through much of the season from Tom Bradshaw and Jolyon Palmer. Moore made the best start to the season, winning three of the opening five races, with Richard Plant picking up a win in Round Two and Tom Bradshaw winning at Brands Hatch in Round Five. Moore also won in a triple-header at Spa-Francorchamps, although Jolyon Palmer scored an excellent victory in Round Six. Jack Clarke also scored a win in Round 10 at Oulton Park.

In the second half of the season Tom Bradshaw achieved four race wins, including a treble at Snetterton. Elsewhere Richard Keen made a superb albeit brief appearance in the championship, gaining two victories and one pole in three races.

In total there were 33 entrants. There were 20 rounds across eight race events, one of which took place out of the UK, at Spa-Francorchamps. The championship continued to support large international events at Brands Hatch such as A1 Grand Prix, the World Touring Car Championship and DTM.

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Team	Nat.	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jason Moore	Olney Tyres and Exhausts	UK	360	6	14	6
2	Tom Bradshaw	Accident Exchange	UK	351	7	12	5
3	Jolyon Palmer[1]	Comma Oil	UK	338	1	11	3
4	Richard Plant	GW Price	UK	275	1	5	1
5	Jack Clarke	KSS Design Group	UK	264	2	7
6	Alex Brundle	Nasstar	UK	240		3	1
7	Adam Foster (R)	NewNet	UK	219
8	Daniel Brown (R)	Momo UK	UK	187
9	Paul Rees (R)	emedia	UK	177
10	Ivan Lukashevich(R)	Audi Russia	Russia	155		2
11	Max Snegirev	Audi Russia	Russia	137
12	Max Dmytrenko (R)	Sofiyskiy Fitness	Ukraine	134
13	William Zollo (R)	Hermanos Toledano	UK	131
14	Emma Selway (R)	Relentless	UK	130
15	Luc Paillard	Cult Energy Activator	France	118
16	Matt Hamilton	Sywell Leisure Sports	UK	110	1	2	1
17	Dan Rozwadowski (R)	Buy A Watt	UK	106
18	Russell Bolesworth	The Mirage	UK	94
19	Richard Keen		UK	66	2	3	1
20	Vibe Smed (R)[2]	Copenhagen Sensor Tech	Denmark	62
21	Robert Brown (R)	Momo UK	UK	54
22	Jodie Hemming (R)		UK	45
23=	Charles Hollings		UK	34		1
23=	Damien Charveriat		France	34
25	Kenny Andrews		UK	28
26	Nigel Reuben	Sywell Leisure	UK	9
27	Joe Paterson		UK	8
28=	Luca Orlandi		Cyprus	6
28=	Rachid Bouzouba		Morocco	6
28=	Gilles Vannelet		France	6
28=	Giuseppe Cipriani		Italy	6
32	Ludovico Manfredi		Italy	3
33	Mark Powell	Fujitsu	UK	2

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Laps	Winner	Pole Position
1	13 April	Donington Park GP	14	Jason Moore	Paul Rees
2	13 April		14	Richard Plant	Tom Bradshaw
3	13 April		13	Jason Moore	/
4	4 May	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix)	16	Jason Moore	Jason Moore
5	4 May		16	Tom Bradshaw	Alex Brundle
6	18 May	Spa-Francorchamps	9	Jolyon Palmer	/
7	18 May		9	Jason Moore	Jason Moore
8	18 May		9	Jason Moore	Tom Bradshaw
9	28 June	Oulton Park (International)	11	Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw
10	28 June		14	Jack Clarke	Tom Bradshaw
11	27 July	Brands Hatch (International)	16	Jason Moore	Jolyon Palmer
12	27 July		16	Jack Clarke	Jolyon Palmer
13	17 August	Snetterton	18	Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw
14	17 August		18	Tom Bradshaw	Jason Moore
15	17 August		18	Tom Bradshaw	Tom Bradshaw
16	31 August	Brands Hatch (Indy)	30	Tom Bradshaw	Jolyon Palmer
17	31 August		30	Richard Keen	Richard Keen
18	31 August		30	Richard Keen	Jason Moore
19	19 September	Silverstone	17	Matt Hamilton	Matt Hamilton
20	19 September		17	Tom Bradshaw	Matt Hamilton

References

1. http://www.formula-palmer-audi.com/driver_details.aspx?driver=562&intSeries=3&intYear=2008
2. http://www.vibesmed.dk/