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The 2008 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 44th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on May 10 at Mugello and ended on October 19 at Vallelunga after 16 races.

The season began with Edoardo Piscopo dominating the field with four successive wins, but another run of seven victories by Mirko Bortolotti, gave him the leadership in the championship. The championship title was delayed to the last round in Vallelunga, the victory in race one and his eighth of the season gave Bortolotti the championship crown.

The three first classified drivers of the championship were rewarded with a Formula One test organized by the Scuderia Ferrari at the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 at Fiorano, with Bortolotti setting the new track record.

Teams and drivers

• All cars were powered by FPT engines, all teams were Italian-registered.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Lucidi Motors	1	Giovanni Nava	Dallara F308	All
	4	Francesco Castellacci	Dallara F308	All
	12	Mirko Bortolotti	Dallara F308	All
Minardi by Corbetta Competizioni	2	Marco Zipoli	Dallara F308	All
	3	Michael Dalle Stelle	Dallara F308	All
	5	Valentino Sebastiani	Dallara F308	1
		Nicolò Piancastelli		2–8
Europa Corse	6	Salvatore Gatto	Dallara F308	1–3
	7	Francesco Prandi	Dallara F308	All
	8	Federico Glorioso	Dallara F308	4
	14	Giulio Glorioso	Dallara F308	2–4, 6
	18	Tom Dillmann	Dallara F308	6–8
BVM – Target Racing	9	Stamatis Katsimis	Dallara F308	1–2
		Facundo Crovo		3–4
		Giacomo Ricci		7
		Daniel Mancinelli		8
	39	Salvatore Cicatelli	Dallara F308	All
Team Ghinzani	11	Alessandro Cicognani	Dallara F308	All
	16	Edoardo Piscopo	Dallara F308	All
	41	Angelo Fabrizio Comi	Dallara F308	8
RP Motorsport	21	Nico Verdonck	Dallara F308	1–4
	53	Jimmy Auby	Dallara F308	4
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Europa Corse	19	Matteo Davenia	Dallara F304	8
	52	Ivan Tramontozzi	Dallara F304	1–2
	53	Khalil Beschir	Dallara F304	8
Team Ghinzani	51	Angelo Fabrizio Comi	Dallara F304	1–7

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Mugello Circuit	10 May	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
	R2		11 May	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	7 June	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
	R2		8 June	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 July	Francesco Castellacci	Giovanni Nava	Mirko Bortolotti	Team Ghinzani
	R2			Francesco Castellacci	Nico Verdonck	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
4	R1	Mugello Circuit	20 July	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
	R2			Mirko Bortolotti	Edoardo Piscopo	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
5	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	31 August	Mirko Bortolotti	Salvatore Cicatelli	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
	R2		1 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Team Ghinzani
6	R1	Misano World Circuit	13 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
	R2		14 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Tom Dillmann	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
7	R1	Adria International Raceway	27 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Lucidi Motors
	R2		28 September	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Edoardo Piscopo	Team Ghinzani
8	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	18 October	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors
	R2		19 October	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucidi Motors

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MUG VAR MIS ADR VAL Pts 1 Mirko Bortolotti 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 150 2 Edoardo Piscopo 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 8 2 Ret 2 2 1 1 1 5 4 127 3 Salvatore Cicatelli 8 7 6 4 3 7 2 7 3 3 5 5 12 5 4 7 61 4 Francesco Castellacci 14 3 3 Ret Ret 2 4 3 5 Ret 3 11 6 6 11 2 57 5 Giovanni Nava 4 4 Ret 3 8 6 3 4 7 6 8 4 9 10 3 5 53 6 Marco Zipoli 6 12 5 12 4 5 7 8 2 5 4 6 5 4 9 6 51 7 Tom Dillmann DSQ 2 3 3 2 Ret 29 8 Nico Verdonck 3 2 8 6 Ret 10 5 6 26 9 Michael Dalle Stelle Ret 10 7 Ret 7 8 16 13 4 4 Ret 7 7 7 7 11 23 10 Salvatore Gatto 5 5 4 Ret 6 4 21 11 Alessandro Cicognani 10 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 5 6 7 Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 12 Facundo Crovo 5 3 9 9 10 13 Daniel Mancinelli 6 3 9 14 Stamatis Katsimis 7 8 Ret 5 7 15 Giulio Glorioso 10 7 11 11 12 Ret 6 9 5 16 Giacomo Ricci 4 Ret 5 17 Francesco Prandi 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 12 13 12 8 8 Ret 10 8 8 8 Ret 5 18 Nicolò Piancastelli 13 8 10 13 14 11 9 Ret 7 13 11 9 12 9 3 19 Angelo Fabrizio Comi 12 13 12 10 9 14 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 10 11 10 8 1 20 Valentino Sebastiani 9 9 0 21 Ivan Tramontozzi 13 14 9 Ret 0 22 Federico Glorioso 10 10 0 23 Matteo Davenia 13 10 0 24 Jimmy Auby 11 Ret 0 Khalil Beschir Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MUG VAR MIS ADR VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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2. "Bortolotti's seventh". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
3. "Mugello transforms the classification". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
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6. "Test with Ferrari Formula One for the first three drivers of the Italian Formula 3 Championship". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
7. "Amazing Bortolotti, Piscopo and Cicatelli behind the wheel of the F2008 at Fiorano". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
8. ^ "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
9. "Reached agreement for the 2008 between Marco Zipoli and Minardi by Corbetta". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2007-12-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
10. ^ "Moreno Leonardi presents the 2008 programme of Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
11. "Agreement reached between Francesco Prandi and Europa Corse". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
12. "Fabio Pampado's (RP Motorsport) expectations for Mugello". f3italia.it. F3 Italia. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

External links

• Official website

• Italian Formula Three Championship seasons
• 2008 in Italian motorsport
• 2008 in Formula Three
• 2008 in formula racing