2008 FIA Street Racer World Championship

The 2008 FIA Street Racer World Championship was the 16th season of Street Racer motor racing, recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for illegal street racing. The championship was contested over eighteen races commencing in the UAE on March 7th and ending in the United States on July 4th. The 2008 season saw the debut of the Poland Grand Prix, which was held in Warsaw, Poland and was the first Formula One race held at night.
== Season calendar ==
The FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on October 24th, 2007. Poland was G5's first ever night race.
Round	Grand Prix 	Circuit 	Date
1 	Emirati Grand Prix 	Dubai G5 City Circuit 	March 7th, 2008
2 	Slovenian Grand Prix 	Ljubljana G5 City Circuit 	March 14th, 2008
3 	Korean Grand Prix 	Seoul G5 City Circuit 	March 21st, 2008
4 	Swedish Grand Prix 	Stockholm G5 City Circuit 	March 28th, 2008
5 	Monaco Grand Prix 	Monte Carlo G5 City Circuit 	April 4th, 2008
6 	South African Grand Prix 	Cape Town G5 City Circuit 	April 11th, 2008
7 	Portuguese Grand Prix 	Lisboa G5 City Circuit 	April 18th, 2008
8 	Russian Grand Prix 	Saint Petersburg G5 City Circuit	April 25th, 2008
9 	United Kingdom Grand Prix	London G5 City Circuit 	May 2nd, 2008
10 	Spanish Grand Prix 	Barcelona G5 City Circuit 	May 9th, 2008
11 	European Grand Prix 	Nürburgring Circuit, Germany 	May 16th, 2008
12 	Polish Grand Prix 	Warsaw G5 City Circuit 	May 23rd, 2008
13 	German Grand Prix 	Dresden G5 City Circuit 	May 30th, 2008
14 	Canadian Grand Prix 	Montreal City G5 City Circuit 	June 6th, 2008
15 	French Grand Prix 	Cannes G5 City Circuit 	June 13th, 2008
16 	Australian Grand Prix 	Sydney G5 City Circuit 	June 20th, 2008
17 	Japanese Grand Prix 	Tokyo G5 City Circuit 	June 27th, 2008
18 	United States Grand Prix 	Los Angeles G5 City Circuit 	July 4th, 2008
== Teams and drivers ==
Entrant 	Car 	No.	Race drivers
Nissan-American Airlines 	2007 Nissan GT-R R35 	1 	Edward Lee
Nissan-American Airlines 	2007 Nissan GT-R R35 	2 	Mark Watanabe
Ford Racing G5 Team 	2006 Ford GT 	3 	Ted Bronson
Ford Racing G5 Team 	2006 Ford GT 	4 	Roberto Santina
Sony Erricson Racing 	1970 Plymouth Roadrunner	5 	Jyunichi Sakuraba
Sony Erricson Racing 	1970 Plymouth Roadrunner	6 	Gordon Vance
Pagani Racing Castrol 	2006 Pagani Zonda C12 	7 	Leah Roberts
Pagani Racing Castrol 	2006 Pagani Zonda C12 	8 	Marcel Ruben
Red Bull Racing 	RB4 	9 	David Coulthard
Red Bull Racing 	RB4 	10 	Mark Webber
Panasonic Toyota Racing 	TF108 	11 	Jarno Trulli
Panasonic Toyota Racing 	TF108 	12 	Timo Glock
Scuderia Toro Rosso 	STR2B
STR3 	14 	Sébastien Bourdais
Scuderia Toro Rosso 	STR2B
STR3 	15 	Sebastian Vettel
Honda Racing F1 Team 	RA108 	16 	Jenson Button
Honda Racing F1 Team 	RA108 	17 	Rubens Barrichello
Super Aguri F1 Team 	SA08 	18 	Takuma Sato
Super Aguri F1 Team 	SA08 	19 	Anthony Davidson
Force India F1 Team 	VJM01 	20 	Adrian Sutil
Force India F1 Team 	VJM01 	21 	Giancarlo Fisichella
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	MP4-23 	22 	Lewis Hamilton
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	MP4-23 	23 	Heikki Kovalainen
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