2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours

The 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Bucharest Ring temporary street circuit in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 — 31 August 2008.

Format

Unlike the previous running at Bucharest in 2007, the 2008 event introduced a new event format that involved two races. After qualification, a one-hour race was held and entries were awarded half of the standard FIA points for their finishing positions. On Sunday, a second one-hour race was held, with the starting grid being determined by the finishing order of the first race. Half points were again rewarded based on finishing order.

First race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	5	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fāssler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	46
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
2	GT1	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Mike Hezemans Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	46
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
3	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	46
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
4	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	46
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
5	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT)	Christophe Bouchut Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	46
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
6	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin	Saleen S7-R	P	46
					Ford 7.0 L V8
7	GT1	10	Gigawave Motorsport	Philipp Peter Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin DBR9	M	46
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
8	GT1	8	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	45
					Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
9	GT2	56	CR Scuderia Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	45
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	45
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
11	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	45
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	44
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13	GT2	51	AF Corse	Thomas Biagi Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	44
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14	GT2	55	CR Scuderia Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	44
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	62	Scuderia Ecosse	Jamie Davies Fabio Babini	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	44
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Joël Camathias Davide Rigon	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	44
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17	GT2	66	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	43
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	GT2	69	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	43
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19	G2	101	Belgian Racing	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	P	42
					Maserati 4.2 L V8
20 DNF	GT2	95	Advanced Engineering PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	28
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 DNF	GT2	57	Kessel Racing	Henri Moser Fabrizio del Monte	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	23
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DNS	GT1	33	Jetalliance Racing	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9	M	-
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
DNS	GT1	36	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Heyer Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9	M	-
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
DNS	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Markus Palttala Mikael Forsten	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	-
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #5 Phoenix Carsport Racing - 1:15.348
• Average Speed - 139.24 km/h (86.52 mph)

Second race results

The second race will be held on Sunday, and the cars will start in the same position they finished the first race.