# 2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship

The 2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the eighth Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 3, 2008 and ended on November 2. The Spanish driver Germán Sánchez was crowned champion, two points ahead of runner-up Nelson Panciatici, who was driving an older 'B-class' car. The title was decided in favour of Sánchez and Natacha Gachnang after the resolution of various claims. Panciatici was disqualified for using duct tape on the wings of the car, a common technique in this championship, which does not influence the behavior of the vehicle or guarantee any improvement according to a press release from Hache Team.

## Teams and drivers

* All cars are powered by Fiat engines. Guest drivers in italics.
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Rounds |
| Class A |||||
| Escuderia TEC-Auto | 1 | Bruno Méndez | Dallara F308 | All |
| Escuderia TEC-Auto | 2 | Víctor García | Dallara F308 | 1–5 |
| Escuderia TEC-Auto | 14 | Gustavo Yacamán | Dallara F308 | 1–7 |
| Escuderia TEC-Auto | 14 | Roberto Merhi | Dallara F308 | 9 |
| RP Motorsport | 2 | Víctor García | Dallara F308 | 6–9 |
| RP Motorsport | 11 | Nicola de Marco | Dallara F308 | All |
| RP Motorsport | 15 | David Fumanelli | Dallara F308 | 6–7 |
| Campos F3 Racing | 3 | Adrián Campos Jr. | Dallara F308 | All |
| Campos F3 Racing | 4 | Germán Sánchez | Dallara F308 | All |
| GTA Motor Competición | 6 | Jaime Alguersuari | Dallara F308 | 1, 4, 6–7 |
| GTA Motor Competición | 6 | Edoardo Piscopo | Dallara F308 | 2 |
| GTA Motor Competición | 6 | Roberto Merhi | Dallara F308 | 5 |
| GTA Motor Competición | 6 | Augusto Scalbi | Dallara F308 | 9 |
| emiliodevillota.com | 6 | Alex Waters | Dallara F308 | 3 |
| emiliodevillota.com | 7 | Will Bratt | Dallara F308 | All |
| Novo Team ECA | 8 | José Luis Abadín | Dallara F308 | 1–6 |
| Meycom | 9 | Alejandro Núñez | Dallara F308 | 1 |
| Meycom | 9 | Celso Míguez | Dallara F308 | 2–9 |
| Cetea Sport | 10 | Sergio Canamasas | Dallara F308 | 1–2, 4–9 |
| Team West-Tec | 88 | Christian Ebbesvik | Dallara F308 | 3–9 |
| Copa F306/300 |||||
| emiliodevillota.com | 13 | Gustavo Yacamán | Dallara F306 | 8–9 |
| emiliodevillota.com | 22 | Cástor Benítez | Dallara F306 | 1–3, 5, 7 |
| emiliodevillota.com | 22 | Alex Waters | Dallara F306 | 4 |
| emiliodevillota.com | 22 | Máximo Cortés | Dallara F306 | 6 |
| emiliodevillota.com | 22 | Isaac López Navarro | Dallara F306 | 8–9 |
| Escuderia TEC-Auto | 16 | Toño Fernández | Dallara F306 | 1–8 |
| Escuderia TEC-Auto | 16 | Marcos Martínez | Dallara F306 | 9 |
| Campos F3 Racing | 17 | Carmen Jordá | Dallara F306 | All |
| Campos F3 Racing | 18 | Natacha Gachnang | Dallara F306 | All |
| Team West-Tec | 19 | Alex Waters | Dallara F306 | 1–2 |
| Team West-Tec | 55 | Qinghua Ma | Dallara F306 | 4–9 |
| Team West-Tec | 58 | Francisco Villar | Dallara F300 | 1–2 |
| Team West-Tec | 58 | Francisco Villar | Dallara F306 | 3–9 |
| Team West-Tec | 85 | Jonathan Legris | Dallara F300 | All |
| Team West-Tec | 88 | Christian Ebbesvik | Dallara F306 | 1–2 |
| GTA Motor Competición | 21 | Jimmy Auby | Dallara F306 | All |
| GTA Motor Competición | 27 | Nil Montserrat | Dallara F306 | 1–4 |
| Novo Team ECA | 23 | José Luis Ituarte | Dallara F306 | 1–7 |
| RP Motorsport | 24 | Xavi Barrio | Dallara F306 | 1–3 |
| RP Motorsport | 24 | Augusto Scalbi | Dallara F306 | 4–5 |
| RP Motorsport | 24 | Stefano Bizzarri | Dallara F306 | 6–9 |
| Cetea Sport | 25 | Toni Rubiejo | Dallara F306 | 1–2, 5 |
| Sammy & Zoy | 26 | Samuel Checa | Dallara F306 | 1, 3–5 |
| Q8 Oils Hache Team | 28 | José Alonso Liste | Dallara F306 | All |
| Q8 Oils Hache Team | 29 | Nelson Panciatici | Dallara F306 | All |
| Q8 Oils Hache Team | 30 | Edgar Fernández | Dallara F306 | All |
| Llusiá Racing | 31 | Pedro Quesada | Dallara F306 | 1–3 |
| Llusiá Racing | 31 | Roberto Merhi | Dallara F306 | 4 |
| Llusiá Racing | 32 | Xavi Barrio | Dallara F306 | 4 |
| Llusiá Racing | 32 | Richard Campollo | Dallara F306 | 5 |
| Victoria Racing Team Sur | 38 | Miguel Ángel Montes | Dallara F300 | 1 |
| Victoria Racing Team Sur | 38 | Miguel Ángel Montes | Dallara F306 | 8 |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Copa Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Circuito del Jarama, Madrid | 3 May | Natacha Gachnang | Jaime Alguersuari | Jaime Alguersuari | GTA Motor Competición | Natacha Gachnang |
| 1 | R2 | Circuito del Jarama, Madrid | 4 May | | Natacha Gachnang | Bruno Méndez | GTA Motor Competición | Nil Montserrat |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 31 May | Will Bratt | Jonathan Legris | Nicola de Marco | RP Motorsport | Jonathan Legris |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 1 June | | Toño Fernández | Gustavo Yacamán | Escuderia TEC-Auto | Jonathan Legris |
| 3 | R1 | Circuito de Albacete, Albacete | 28 June | Germán Sánchez | Germán Sánchez | Germán Sánchez | Campos F3 Racing | Nelson Panciatici |
| 3 | R2 | Circuito de Albacete, Albacete | 29 June | | Nil Montserrat | Nicola de Marco | RP Motorsport | Nil Montserrat |
| 4 | R1 | Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia | 27 July | Jaime Alguersuari | Will Bratt | Jaime Alguersuari | GTA Motor Competición | Natacha Gachnang |
| 4 | R2 | Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia | 27 July | | Will Bratt | Germán Sánchez | Campos F3 Racing | Nelson Panciatici |
| 5 | 5 | Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia | 24 August | Christian Ebbesvik | Natacha Gachnang | Christian Ebbesvik | Team West-Tec | Nelson Panciatici |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 21 September | Máximo Cortés | Nelson Panciatici | Máximo Cortés | Q8 Oils Hache Team | Máximo Cortés |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 21 September | | Germán Sánchez | Germán Sánchez | Campos F3 Racing | Nelson Panciatici |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 27 September | Jaime Alguersuari | Germán Sánchez | Jaime Alguersuari | GTA Motor Competición | Natacha Gachnang |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 28 September | | Germán Sánchez | Germán Sánchez | Campos F3 Racing | Natacha Gachnang |
| 8 | R1 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 18 October | Adrián Campos Jr. | Adrián Campos Jr. | Adrián Campos Jr. | emiliodevillota.com | Jonathan Legris |
| 8 | R2 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 19 October | | Víctor García | Christian Ebbesvik | Team West-Tec | Natacha Gachnang |
| 9 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | 1 November | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Escuderia TEC-Auto | Stefano Bizzarri |
| 9 | R2 | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | 2 November | | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Escuderia TEC-Auto | Marcos Martínez |

## Standings
### Class A

* Points are awarded as follows:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | PP |
| Race 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
* The starting grid of the second race will be based on the results of the first race, but the order of the first six classified may be changed.
| Pos | Driver | JAR | JAR | SPA | SPA | ALB | ALB | VSC | VSC | VF1 | MAG | MAG | VAL | VAL | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | Pts |
| 1 | Germán Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 88 |
| 2 | Nelson Panciatici | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 14 | DSQ | 8 | 84 |
| 3 | Natacha Gachnang | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 76 |
| 4 | Nicola de Marco | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 74 |
| 5 | Will Bratt | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 9 | DSQ | 10 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 67 |
| 6 | Bruno Méndez | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | NC | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | NC | 5 | 2 | DSQ | 10 | 5 | 3 | 66 |
| 7 | Jaime Alguersuari | 1 | 5 | | | | | 1 | 4 | | NC | NC | 1 | 3 | | | | | 60 |
| 8 | Adrián Campos Jr. | NC | NC | 15 | 13 | 18 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 58 |
| 9 | Gustavo Yacamán | 10 | NC | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | NC | 6 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | DNS | 18 | 9 | 56 |
| 10 | Christian Ebbesvik | 9 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 49 |
| 11 | Jonathan Legris | 8 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 47 |
| 12 | Nil Montserrat | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 38 |
| 13 | Roberto Merhi | | | | | | | 9 | 18 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| 14 | Celso Míguez | | | 13 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 2 | Ret | 35 |
| 15 | Víctor García | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 21 | Ret | 5 | NC | 11 | 13 | 15 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 7 | 28 |
| 16 | Jimmy Auby | 22 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 14 | DNS | Ret | NC | 18 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| 17 | Toño Fernández | 13 | 9 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 22 | 11 | 5 | 16 | NC | 14 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 8 | | | 8 |
| 18 | Qinghua Ma | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 7 |
| 19 | Stefano Bizzarri | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 4 | 20 | 6 |
| 20 | José Alonso Liste | Ret | NC | 24 | 17 | DNS | 16 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 9 | NC | 14 | 16 | DNS | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 |
| 21 | Augusto Scalbi | | | | | | | 10 | 8 | 17 | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | 3 |
| 22 | Carmen Jordá | 18 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 16 | NC | 14 | 10 | Ret | 20 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 1 |
| | Edoardo Piscopo | | | 25 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Cástor Benítez | Ret | Ret | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17 | | | NC | | | 20 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Isaac López Navarro | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 18 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| | José Luis Abadín | 17 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 22 | 19 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | José Luis Ituarte | 14 | NC | 21 | Ret | 17 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 18 | Ret | 16 | 19 | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| | Alejandro Núñez | 16 | NC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sergio Canamasas | Ret | DNS | Ret | 20 | | | 16 | 19 | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| | Toni Rubiejo | 12 | 12 | 18 | 14 | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | David Fumanelli | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 17 | Ret | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| | Xavi Barrio | Ret | 11 | 16 | Ret | 23 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alex Waters | Ret | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Francisco Villar | 15 | 16 | DNS | 21 | 12 | Ret | Ret | NC | 11 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | NC | 17 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
| | Samuel Checa | 19 | NC | | | 19 | 15 | 18 | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Edgar Fernández | 20 | NC | Ret | 23 | Ret | 21 | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| | Pedro Quesada | Ret | Ret | 23 | Ret | 20 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Richard Campollo | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Miguel Ángel Montes | 21 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | | | 0 |
| guest drivers ineligible for points ||||||||||||||||||||
| | Máximo Cortés | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Marcos Martínez | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | JAR | JAR | SPA | SPA | ALB | ALB | VSC | VSC | VF1 | MAG | MAG | VAL | VAL | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | 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) |

### Copa F306/300

| Pos | Driver | JAR | JAR | SPA | SPA | ALB | ALB | VSC | VSC | VF1 | MAG | MAG | VAL | VAL | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | Pts |
| 1 | Natacha Gachnang | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | NC | 5 | 110 |
| 2 | Nelson Panciatici | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | NC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | DSQ | 2 | 109 |
| 3 | Jonathan Legris | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | NC | 4 | 4 | 76 |
| 4 | Nil Montserrat | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 48 |
| 5 | Jimmy Auby | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | DNS | Ret | NC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 44 |
| 6 | José Alonso Liste | Ret | NC | 15 | 10 | DNS | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | NC | 5 | 7 | DNS | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Qinghua Ma | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | Carmen Jordá | 10 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | NC | 5 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 9 | Gustavo Yacamán | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | DNS | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Toño Fernández | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | NC | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | | | 16 |
| 11 | Francisco Villar | 9 | 11 | DNS | 13 | 5 | Ret | Ret | NC | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | NC | 9 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| 12 | Christian Ebbesvik | 4 | Ret | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 13 | Pedro Quesada | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 10 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 14 | Augusto Scalbi | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 15 | Stefano Bizzarri | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| 16 | Roberto Merhi | | | | | | | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| | Xavi Barrio | Ret | 6 | 8 | Ret | 12 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Cástor Benítez | Ret | Ret | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | | | NC | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Isaac López Navarro | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| | José Luis Ituarte | 8 | NC | 12 | NC | 8 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 9 | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| | Toni Rubiejo | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | | | | NC | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alex Waters | Ret | 9 | 6 | 7 | | | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Samuel Checa | 11 | NC | | | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Edgar Fernández | 12 | NC | Ret | 14 | Ret | 11 | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| | Richard Campollo | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Miguel Ángel Montes | 13 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 11 | | | 0 |
| guest drivers ineligible for points ||||||||||||||||||||
| | Marcos Martínez | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | Máximo Cortés | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | JAR | JAR | SPA | SPA | ALB | ALB | VSC | VSC | VF1 | MAG | MAG | VAL | VAL | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | 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) |

### Team Standings

| Pos | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Campos F3 Racing | 134 |
| 2 | GTA Motor Competición | 90 |
| 3 | Q8 Oils Hache Team | 68 |
| 4 | emiliodevillota.com | 63 |
| 5 | RP Motorsport | 59 |
| 6 | Escuderia TEC-Auto | 53 |
| 7 | Team West-Tec | 35 |
| 8 | Meycom | 25 |
| | Llusiá Racing | 0 |
| | Cetea Sport | 0 |
| | Novo Team ECA | 0 |
| | Sammy & Zoy | 0 |
| | Victoria Racing Team Sur | 0 |