The 2008 Speedcar Series was the inaugural Speedcar Series championship. It consisted of four points-scoring race meetings, with a further non-championship round beforehand. The Drivers' Championship was won by Johnny Herbert.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Speedcar Team	06	Ukyo Katayama	All
	07	Stefan Johansson	All
	09	Alex Yoong	2
	10	Gianni Morbidelli	All
	18	Ananda Mikola	All
	27	Jean Alesi	All
	36	Moreno Soeprapto	1
	50	Marchy Lee	2-4
	69	Johnny Herbert	All
	90	JJ Lehto	2-4
	96	Jacques Villeneuve	3-4
Phoenix Racing	08	Uwe Alzen	All
	80	Klaus Ludwig	1
		Christian Danner	2
		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3
		Pedro Lamy	4
Team First Centreville	17	Fabien Giroix	All
	71	Nicolas Navarro	All
Union Properties	20	David Terrien	All
	85	Hasher Al Maktoum	All
GPC Squadra Corse	21	Mathias Lauda	1-2
		Klaus Ludwig	3

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
NC	R1	Dubai Autodrome (International Circuit)	January 25	Gianni Morbidelli	David Terrien	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	Report
	R2		January 26		Uwe Alzen	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team
1	R1	Sentul International Circuit	February 16	Ananda Mikola	Ananda Mikola	Jean Alesi	Speedcar Team	Report
	R2		February 17		Gianni Morbidelli	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	March 22	Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	Speedcar Team	Report
	R2		March 23		Johnny Herbert	Uwe Alzen	Phoenix Racing
3	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	April 5	Johnny Herbert	Nicolas Navarro	David Terrien	Union Properties	Report
	R2		April 6		Uwe Alzen	Gianni Morbidelli	Speedcar Team
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	April 11	Nicolas Navarro	Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team	Report
	R2		April 12		Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert	Speedcar Team

Championship Standings

Drivers

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Pos Driver SEN SEP BHR DUB Points 1 Johnny Herbert 3 7 2 4 5 Ret 1 1 45 2 David Terrien 4 4 8 2 1 Ret 2 2 45 3 Uwe Alzen 5 1 4 1 DSQ 2 4 11 42 4 Jean Alesi 1 2 1 3 10 3 Ret Ret 40 5 Gianni Morbidelli 11 13† 9 5 2 1 3 4 33 6 Nicolas Navarro 6 10 7 7 3 7 6 5 22 7 Mathias Lauda 2 5 3 Ret 18 8 Ananda Mikola 8 3 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 7 17 9 Marchy Lee 14 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 15 10 Fabien Giroix 10 12 Ret DNS Ret 4 10 6 8 11 Klaus Ludwig 7 6 Ret 6 8 12 Stefan Johansson 12† 11 6 6 9 8 8 9 8 13 Hasher Al Maktoum 9 9 10 8 7 Ret 7 12 5 14 Jacques Villeneuve 6 Ret 9 Ret 3 15 Ukyo Katayama 13 8 15 11 8 Ret 12 Ret 2 16 JJ Lehto 12 10 Ret Ret 11 8 1 17 Alex Yoong 11 9 0 18 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11† 9 0 19 Pedro Lamy 13 10 0 20 Christian Danner 13 12 0 Moreno Soeprapto Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver SEN SEP BHR DUB Points

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)

Notes:

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.