# 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 23rd German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 13 April at Hockenheim and finished on 26 October at the same circuit, after nine races. It ran as a support championship for the 2008 DTM season. René Rast won the first of his two championships with the MRS-Team.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| UPS Porsche-Junior Team | 1 | Martin Ragginger | All |
| UPS Porsche-Junior Team | 2 | Marco Holzer | All |
| ARAXA Racing | 3 | Nicolas Armindo | All |
| ARAXA Racing | 4 | Carl-Olov Carlsson | All |
| Farnbacher RT | 5 | Robert Renauer | All |
| Farnbacher RT | 6 | Niclas Kentenich | All |
| Mamerow Racing | 7 | Tim Buijs | 1, 3 |
| Mamerow Racing | 7 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2, 4–5 |
| Mamerow Racing | 7 | Pascal Kochem | 6 |
| Mamerow Racing | 7 | Lance David Arnold | 7–9 |
| Mamerow Racing | 8 | Christian Mamerow | All |
| Schnabel Engineering | 9 | Jiří Janák | 1–8 |
| Schnabel Engineering | 9 | David Saelens | 9 |
| Schnabel Engineering | 10 | Hannes Plesse | All |
| Herberth Motorsport | 11 | Alex Davison | 1 |
| Herberth Motorsport | 11 | Uwe Alzen | 2–9 |
| Herberth Motorsport | 12 | Jörg Hardt | All |
| MRS-Team | 14 | René Rast | All |
| MRS-Team | 15 | Mario Josten | All |
| MRS-Team | 45 | Norbert Schratter | 9 |
| Eichin Racing | 16 | Pascal Kochem | 1–3 |
| Eichin Racing | 16 | Tim Buijs | 4–9 |
| Eichin Racing | 17 | Mike Verschuur | All |
| Eichin Racing | 46 | Swen Dolenc | 9 |
| SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport | 18 | Jan Seyffarth | All |
| SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport | 19 | Robert Lukas | All |
| Land Motorsport | 20 | Patrick Hirsch | All |
| Land Motorsport | 21 | Andzej Dzikevic | All |
| Mičának Motorsport | 22 | Jiří Mičának | All |
| Mičának Motorsport | 23 | Oleg Kesselman | All |
| MS Racing | 24 | Florian Stoll | All |
| MS Racing | 25 | Ivan Jacoma | All |
| tolimit | 33 | Christian Abt | All |
| tolimit | 44 | Christian Engelhart | All |
| Online Leasing RT | 66 | Florian Scholze | 1–2, 4–9 |
| Online Leasing RT | 66 | Christoph Schrezemmeier | 3 |
| Online Leasing RT | 77 | Thomas Jäger | All |
| Hermes Attempto Racing | 88 | Patrick Huisman | All |
| Hermes Attempto Racing | 99 | Philipp Wlazik | All |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | 1 | Hockenheimring | 13 April | René Rast | Jan Seyffarth | René Rast | MRS-Team |
| 2 | 2 | Oschersleben | 20 April | Jörg Hardt | Uwe Alzen | Jörg Hardt | Herberth Motorsport |
| 3 | 3 | Mugello | 4 May | Uwe Alzen | Uwe Alzen | Uwe Alzen | Herberth Motorsport |
| 4 | 4 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 18 May | René Rast | Nicolas Armindo | Jörg Hardt | Herberth motorsport |
| 5 | 5 | Norisring | 29 June | Nicolas Armindo | Nicolas Armindo | Nicolas Armindo | ARAXA Racing |
| 6 | 6 | Zandvoort | 13 July | Christian Mamerow | René Rast | Jan Seyffarth | SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport |
| 7 | 7 | Nürburgring Short | 27 July | René Rast | Jörg Hardt | Jan Seyffarth | SMS Seyffath-Motorsport |
| 8 | 8 | Circuit de Catalunya National | 21 September | Jan Seyffarth | René Rast | Jan Seyffarth | SMS Seyffarth-Motorsport |
| 9 | 9 | Hockenheimring | 26 October | Marco Holzer | Marco Holzer | Marco Holzer | UPS Porsche-Junior Team |

## Championship standings

Points system :
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' championship

| Pos | Driver | HOC | OSC | MUG | LAU | NOR | ZAN | NÜR | CAT | HOC | Pts |
| 1 | René Rast | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 139 |
| 2 | Jan Seyffarth | 4 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 123 |
| 3 | Christian Mamerow | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 114 |
| 4 | Jörg Hardt | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 92 |
| 5 | Marco Holzer | 20 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 91 |
| 6 | Nicolas Armindo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 24† | Ret | 6 | DSQ | 90 |
| 7 | Martin Ragginger | 9 | 9 | DNS | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 90 |
| 8 | Patrick Huisman | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 10 | DSQ | 67 |
| 9 | Uwe Alzen | | Ret | 1 | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 62 |
| 10 | Thomas Jäger | 11 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 59 |
| 11 | Jiří Janák | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 25† | | 53 |
| 12 | Robert Renauer | 23† | 22 | 9 | DNS | 15 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 41 |
| 13 | Mario Josten | 21 | Ret | 10 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 28 |
| 14 | Christian Abt | 10 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 8 | 19† | 15 | 13 | 24 |
| 15 | Lance David Arnold | | | | | | | 5 | 24 | 11 | 18 |
| 16 | Niclas Kentenich | 12 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 17 |
| 17 | Philipp Wlazik | DSQ | 7 | 19 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 18† | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| 18 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | | 11 | | 7 | Ret | | | | | 14 |
| 19 | Christian Engelhart | 18 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 20 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Pascal Kochem | 6 | 13 | 25† | | | 18 | | | | 13 |
| 21 | Patrick Hirsch | 13 | 17 | DSQ | 13 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 11 | DNS | 13 |
| 22 | Carl-Olov Carlsson | DSQ | 10 | 22 | Ret | 23 | 27† | 20† | 22 | 12 | 11 |
| 23 | Ivan Jacoma | DSQ | 21 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 9 |
| 24 | Tim Buijs | 22 | | 16 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 29 | 9 |
| 25 | Robert Lukas | 15 | 14 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 8 |
| 26 | Florian Stoll | 14 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 8 |
| 27 | Mike Verschuur | 19 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 22 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 21 | 7 |
| 28 | Andzej Dzikevic | Ret | 18 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 21† | 18 | 19 | 3 |
| 29 | Hannes Plesse | Ret | 16 | Ret | 19 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 2 |
| 30 | Florian Scholze | 16 | 19 | | 22 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 20 | 23 | 1 |
| | Jiří Mičának | 17 | 23 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 23 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 0 |
| | Oleg Kesselman | DSQ | 24† | 21 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 0 |
| guest drivers ineligible for championship points ||||||||||||
| | Alex Davison | 7 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | David Saelens | | | | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| | Christoph Schrezenmeier | | | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Swen Dolenc | | | | | | | | | 26 | 0 |
| | Norbert Schratter | | | | | | | | | 28 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC | OSC | MUG | LAU | NOR | ZAN | NÜR | CAT | HOC | 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) |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.