# 2008 ADAC GT Masters

The 2008 ADAC GT Masters season was the second season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 10 June at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 21 September at Sachsenring after seven double-header meetings. Tim Bergmeister with help of his brother Jörg, Marc Basseng and Frank Stippler clinched the championship title.

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole | Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 10 May | No. 6 Matech Concepts | No. 6 Matech Concepts |
| 1 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 10 May | Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen | Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen |
| 1 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 11 May | No. 6 Matech Concepts | No. 5 Matech Concepts |
| 1 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 11 May | Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen | Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | 23 May | No. 3 Argo Racing | No. 33 Heico Motorsport |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | 23 May | Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler | Lance David Arnold Frank Stippler |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | 24 May | No. 2 Reiter Engineering | No. 2 Reiter Engineering |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | 24 May | Peter Kox Roman Rusinov | Peter Kox Roman Rusinov |
| 3 | R1 | Norisring | 28 June | No. 19 Toni Seiler Racing | No. 19 Toni Seiler Racing |
| 3 | R1 | Norisring | 28 June | Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager | Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager |
| 3 | R2 | Norisring | 29 June | No. 5 Matech Concepts | No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport |
| 3 | R2 | Norisring | 29 June | Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer | Tim Bergmeister Marc Basseng |
| 4 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 19 July | No. 1 Reiter Engineering | No. 1 Reiter Engineering |
| 4 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 19 July | Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis | Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis |
| 4 | R2 | TT Circuit Assen | 20 July | No. 1 Reiter Engineering | No. 1 Reiter Engineering |
| 4 | R2 | TT Circuit Assen | 20 July | Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis | Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis |
| 5 | R1 | Nürburgring | 16 August | No. 57 Callaway Competition | No. 57 Callaway Competition |
| 5 | R1 | Nürburgring | 16 August | Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager | Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager |
| 5 | R2 | Nürburgring | 17 August | No. 4 Argo Racing | No. 57 Callaway Competition |
| 5 | R2 | Nürburgring | 17 August | Harald Becker Frank Kechele | Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager |
| 6 | R1 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 6 September | No. 29 Hexis Racing | No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport |
| 6 | R1 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 6 September | Philippe Dumas Christian Hohenadel | Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister |
| 6 | R2 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 7 September | No. 5 Matech Concepts | No. 15 Mühlner Motorsport |
| 6 | R2 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 7 September | Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer | Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister |
| 7 | R1 | Sachsenring | 20 September | No. 3 Argo Racing | No. 29 Hexis Racing |
| 7 | R1 | Sachsenring | 20 September | Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler | Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki |
| 7 | R2 | Sachsenring | 21 September | No. 29 Hexis Racing | No. 2 Reiter Engineering |
| 7 | R2 | Sachsenring | 21 September | Christian Hohenadel Frédéric Makowiecki | Peter Kox Roman Rusinov |

## Standings

| Pos | Driver | OSC | OSC | NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NOR | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | LAU | LAU | SAC | SAC | Pts |
| 1 | Tim Bergmeister | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 80 |
| 2 | Christopher Haase Albert von Thurn & Taxis | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Harald Becker Frank Kechele | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 48 |
| 4 | Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler | 5 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 14 | 44 |
| 5 | Christian Hohenadel | | | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| 6 | Jörg Bergmeister | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Frank Stippler | 15 | Ret | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | | | | | 31 |
| 8 | Jan Lammers | | | 5 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| = | Marius Ritskes | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 9 | Martin Matzke Jiří Skula | 7 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 15 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 28 |
| 10 | Julien Rodrigues | 3 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | Ret | 8 | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 11 | Marc Basseng | | | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| = | Philippe Dumas | 8 | 5 | | | 6 | 9 | 13 | Ret | | | 2 | 2 | | | 24 |
| 13 | Oliver Mayer Toni Seiler | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 |
| 14 | Peter Kox Roman Rusinov | | | 17 | 1 | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | NC | 1 | 20 |
| = | Marc Hennerici Kenneth Heyer | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | 18 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 8 | 20 |
| = | Manu Rodrigues | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | | | Ret | 8 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 17 | Thomas Mutsch Jürgen von Gartzen | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| = | Frédéric Makowiecki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 19 | Klaus Ludwig Dominik Schwager | | | | | 1 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| = | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | | | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | | | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 21 | Sascha Bert | | | | | 10 | 3 | | | 9 | 6 | | | | | 12 |
| = | Alois Meir | Ret | DNS | | | 10 | 3 | | | 9 | 6 | | | | | 12 |
| 22 | Lance David Arnold | | | 1 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| = | Nicki Cadei Plamen Kralev | | | | | | | | | 2 | 21 | | | | | 10 |
| 24 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | | | | | 12 | 18 | | | | | | | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| = | Ronald Van De Laar | Ret | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 9 |
| = | Michel Frey | | | 7 | Ret | | | 5 | 7 | Ret | 20 | | | | | 9 |
| 27 | Michael Raja | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | | | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| 28 | Thomas Accary | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| = | Jiří Janak | | | | | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 30 | Dino Steiner Jürgen Häring | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 7 | | | 6 |
| 31 | Marc Gindorf Frank Kräling | | | | | | | | | 11 | 7 | | | | | 3 |
| = | Melvin de Groot | | | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | 7 | 15 | | | 3 |
| = | Michael Funke | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 6 | | | 3 |
| 34 | Alfred Renauer | | | | | 7 | 10 | | | | | 11 | DNS | | | 2 |
| = | Rainer Stiefel | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | | | | | 15 | 8 | | | | | 2 |
| = | Jörg Peham | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | | | 16 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| = | Ruben Zeltner | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| 37 | Markus Lungstrass | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| | Mike Hezemans | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Thomas Wille | DNS | DNS | 10 | 11 | 13 | 19 | | | 13 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| | Carsten Welpmann | DNS | DNS | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jens Richter | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| | Manuel Lauck | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Michael Bleekemolen | Ret | 15 | | | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | Ret | 12 | 0 |
| | Christoph Langen | 17 | Ret | DNS | 19 | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| | Hans Hauser | 11 | 19 | Ret | 18 | | | | | 18 | 17 | | | 14 | 18 | 0 |
| | Mauro Casadei | 11 | 19 | Ret | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gianni Morbidelli Dennis Retera | Ret | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Freddy Kremer | 12 | DSQ | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 | | | 13 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| | Mathias Schmitter | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | | | 16 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | | | 0 |
| | Otto Dragun | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | | | 19 | Ret | | | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| | Alex Guillaume Ellinger | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | | | 19 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Terting | 12 | DSQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Chris Hyman Paul Warren | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sven Hannawald | 17 | Ret | DNS | 19 | Ret | 16 | | | 20 | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| | Patrick Ortlieb Martin Sagmeister | | | | | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Dirk Ebeling | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Loris Kessel | | | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Johannes Stuck | | | | | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Luca Pirri | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||||||
| | Adam Lacko Štěpán Vojtěch | | | | | | | 9 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 9 | | | 0 |
| | Tobias Blättler | | | | | | | 13 | Ret | 14 | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| | Pierre-Brice Mena | | | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| | Roland Rehfeld | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | | | 0 |
| | Ronny Melkus | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| | Christoph Schrezenmeier | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | DNS | | | 0 |
| | Robert Renauer Hermann Speck | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 14 | | | 0 |
| | Thomas Jäger | | | | | | | | | 20 | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| | Martin Wachter | | | | | | | | | 18 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 18 | 0 |
| | Christopher Mies | | | | | | | | | 17 | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| | Holger Goedicke | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Georg Zoltan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| | Stephane Jaggi Leonard Vernet | | | | | | | | | 21 | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| | Ulric Amado David Ferrer | | | | | | | | | 22 | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | OSC | OSC | NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NOR | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | LAU | LAU | SAC | SAC | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Ineligible for points at Nürburgring and Sachsenring.