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[ Author ]

  • Mattijs Diepraam

[ Revision date ]

  • November 20, 2008


Single-seaters

[FIA F1 World Championship]
[IRL IndyCar Series]
[GP2 Series]
[GP2 Asia Series (08-09)]
[World Series by Renault]
[A1 Grand Prix Series (08-09)]
[FIA International F2 Championship]
[Formula Nippon Championship]
[Superleague Formula]
[Indy Lights]
[Atlantic Championship]
[Euro 3000 Championship]
[International Formula Master]
[F3 Euroseries]
[British F3 Championship]
[German F3 Cup]
[Japanese F3 Championship]
[Spanish F3 Championship]
[Italian F3 Championship]
[SudAm F3 Championship]
[Australian F3 Championship]
[Asian F3 Pacific Series]
[Finnish F3 Championship]
[Formula BMW Eurocup]
[Formula Renault Eurocup]


Sportscars

[Le Mans 24 Hours]
[Le Mans Series]
[American Le Mans Series]
[Grand-Am Series]
[FIA International GT Championship]
[Super GT Championship]
[International GT Open Championship]
[French GT Championship]
[Spanish GT Championship]
[Italian GT Championship]
[FIA European GT3 Championship]
[British GT Championship]
[German GT Masters]
[Belgian GT Championship]
[SPEED GT World Challenge]
[Dutch Supercar Challenge]
[FIA European GT4 Cup]
[Dutch GT4 Cup]
[Porsche Supercup]


Touring cars, silhouettes & stock cars

[NASCAR Sprint Cup]
[German Touring Car Masters (DTM)]
[FIA World Touring Car Championship]
[Australian V8 Supercars]
[British Touring Car Championship]
[Swedish Touring Car Championship]
[Danish Touring Car Championship]
[Italian Superstars Championship]
[Endurance Touring Car Series]
[Belgian Touring Car Series]
[SPEED Touring Car World Challenge]
[South African V8 Championship]
[Argentinian TC2000 Championship]
[Argentinian Turismo Carretera Championship]
[Brazilian Stock Car Championship]
[Speedcar Series]
[Andros Ice Racing]





FIA Formula 1 World Championship

  • McLaren-Mercedes: L Hamilton, Kovalainen (De la Rosa, Paffett)
  • Ferrari: Räikkönen, Massa (Badoer, M Gené)
  • BMW: Heidfeld, Kubica (Klien)
  • Renault: Alonso, Piquet (Di Grassi?)
  • Toyota: Trulli, Glock (Kobayashi?)
  • STR-Ferrari: Bourdais?, T Sato/Buemi?
  • Red Bull-Renault: Webber, Vettel (Buemi?)
  • Williams-Toyota: Rosberg, K Nakajima (Hülkenberg?)
  • Honda: Button, Barrichello/B Senna/Di Grassi? (Filippi?)
  • Force India-Mercedes: Sutil, Fisichella

IRL IndyCar Series

  • Vision: Carpenter, Foyt IV?
  • NHL: J Wilson, G Rahal
  • Penske: Castroneves, Briscoe
  • Panther: Wheldon, Davidson/Conway?
  • KV: Serviŕ?, Power?
  • Andretti-Green: Patrick, Kanaan, Mc Andretti, Mutoh, Montagny?
  • Ganassi: Dixon, D Franchitti
  • Luzco-Dragon: Matos
  • Foyt: Meira, Perera/Simmons?
  • Dreyer & Reinbold: B Rice?, T Bell/Duno?
  • Rahal-Letterman: Hunter-Reay, Doornbos/Lloyd?
  • Dale Coyne:
  • HVM: Viso, Doornbos?
  • Conquest: Tagliani?, Camara?
  • Forsythe:
  • 3G (Beck): Barrett
  • PCM: Dominguez?

    (all in Dallara-Honda)

GP2 Series by Renault and Bridgestone

  • Campos: Petrov, Grosjean
  • iSport: Van der Garde, Clos/Pic?
  • Piquet GP: R Rodríguez, Chandhok
  • Racing Engineering: Zuber/Al Parente?, Mortara/Clos/Filippi?
  • ART: Maldonado, Hülkenberg
  • Arden: Mortara?, Van der Zande?
  • Super Nova: Filippi/Villa?, Jakes/Valerio?
  • DAMS: Kobayashi, D'Ambrosio
  • Trident: Van der Drift, Mortara?
  • FMSI: Zuber/Van Dam/Crestani?, Ebbesvik/Jousse/Gachnang?
  • Durango: Valsecchi, Puglisi/Iaconelli?
  • BCN:
  • Herck: Herck, Pentus?

    (all in Dallara-Mécachrome GP2-08)

GP2 Asia Series by Renault and Bridgestone (2008-09)

  • ART: Yamamoto, N Philippe
  • Arden: Razia, Mäki/Van der Zande
  • Campos: Petrov, Pérez
  • DAMS: D'Ambrosio, Kobayashi
  • iSport: Van der Garde, Al Fardan
  • Super Nova: Villa, Jakes
  • FMSI: Zuber, Nai Chia Chen
  • Durango: Valsecchi, Iaconelli
  • Meritus: Yoong, Bamber
  • Piquet GP: R Rodríguez, Nunes
  • DPR: Herck, Sekiguchi
  • BCN: Yoshimoto, Filippi
  • Trident: G Ricci, Van der Drift

    (all in Dallara-Mécachrome GP2-05)

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport (2008-09)

  • Australia: J Martin (Walsh)
  • Brazil: Guimarăes
  • China: Tung (Cheng)
  • France: Duval/N Prost (N Prost/Moreau)
  • Germany: Ammermüller/Lotterer
  • Great Britain: Watts (Winslow)
  • India: Karthikeyan (Ebrahim/Sureshwaren)
  • Indonesia: Hermanto (Z Ali)
  • Ireland: Carroll (Quinn)
  • Italy: Onidi/Piscopo (Montanari/Coletti)
  • Lebanon: Morad (J Auby)
  • Malaysia: Fauzy (Lim)
  • Mexico: Garza (E Gutiérrez)
  • Monaco: Piccione (Coletti)
  • Netherlands: J Bleekemolen/Doornbos (Retera)
  • New Zealand: Bamber/Van der Drift
  • Pakistan: A Khan
  • Portugal: Albuquerque (Ar Parente)
  • South Africa: Zaugg (Cronje)
  • South Korea: Hwang
  • Switzerland: Jani (Imperatori)
  • USA: Kimball/Mc Andretti/Patrick (Hildebrand)

    (all in Ferrari A1GP)

RPM FR 3.5 World Series by Renault

  • Tech 1: Pic?, Marsoin/Panciatici/A Costa/Nebilitskiy?
  • Ultimate-Signature: Walker/G Mansell?, R González/C Ramos/Texeira?
  • P1: Walker?, Grubmüller/A da Costa?
  • Prema: Van der Zande/Cantelli?, Marsoin/R González?
  • Carlin: Alguersuari, Aleshin/Wickens?
  • Draco: M Barba, Piscopo/Leal/Jokinen/Vautier?
  • Interwetten: Hegewald?
  • Comtec: Schlegelmilch/M Chilton?, Zanella/R Christodoulou?
  • Fortec: Rosenzweig/D Smith?, R Christodoulou/A Christodoulou?
  • Epsilon-Euskadi: Molina?, Clos/Merhi?
  • Pons: Cantelli?, Leo/Nebilitskiy/J Krohn?
  • KTR: Molina?, Kwong/Pentus?
  • RC: Di Sabatino?, M Rossi/Knoll/Kwong?

    (all in Dallara-Renault T08)

FIA International F2 Championship



  • (all in Williams-Audi)

JAF PlayStation Formula Nippon Championship

  • Impul Swift-Toyota:
  • Kondo Swift-Toyota:
  • 5Zigen Swift-Honda:
  • Le Mans Swift-Toyota:
  • Nakajima Swift-Honda:
  • TOM'S Swift-Toyota:
  • Dandelion Swift-Honda:
  • Inging Swift-Toyota:
  • ARTA Swift-Honda:
  • Cerumo Swift-Toyota:

Firestone Indy Lights Championship

  • Moore: Prendeville
  • BSR: Mokshantsev?
  • Guthrie-Meyer:
  • RLR-Andersen: Summerton/Bomarito?, A Jackson/J Miller/Westphal?
  • Michael Crawford:
  • Sam Schmidt: Bonanomi/Leimer?, Skerlong/Niemelä/A Krohn?, Saavedra/Kimball/Hinchcliffe?
  • Panther: Mann, Plowman
  • Ganassi: Yacaman
  • Andretti-Green (AFS): Hildebrand
  • Genoa:

    (all in Dallara-Nissan)

Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda

  • Brooks Associates:
  • Condor:
  • US RaceTronics: Acosta?

    (all in Swift-Mazda 016.a)

Coloni Motorsport Euro 3000 Championship



  • (all in Lola-Zytek B02/50)

MSC International Formula Master

  • Jenzer: Leimer?, Varhaug?, Haase?, Pivoda?
  • Pro: Mihaescu?, Gandolfi?
  • JD: Afanasiev?, Arabadzhiev?, Geronimi?
  • Trident: Azzam?, Santos?
  • Iris: Zanella?, Reiter?, Trummer?, Pivoda?
  • ISR: Salaquarda?, Gladdis?

    (all in Tatuus-Mader Honda S2000)

ACO Le Mans 24 Hours

P1

  • Audi North America Audi:
  • Joest Audi:
  • Team Peugeot Peugeot:
  • Peugeot Sport Peugeot:

P2

  • RML Lola-Mazda: Erdos/Newton
  • Verschuur Porsche:
  • Quifel-ASM Ginetta-Zytek: Amaral/Pla?

GT1

  • Aston Martin Racing (Prodrive) Aston Martin:
  • Corvette Racing (Pratt & Miller) Corvette:

GT2


ACO Le Mans Series

P1

  • ORECA Courage-Oreca-AIM:
  • Epsilon-Euskadi Epsilon-Euskadi-Judd: Verstappen?
  • Tokaď Courage-YGK:

P2

  • RML Lola-Mazda: Erdos/Newton
  • Racing Box Lola-Judd: Bobbi/Gardel/Kimber-Smith/A Piccini/G Piccini?, Ceccato/Francioni/Geri
  • Verschuur Porsche:
  • WR-Salini WR-Zytek: Gommendy/P Salini/S Salini
  • Quifel-ASM Ginetta-Zytek: Amaral/Pla?
  • Trading Performance Zytek: Ojjeh/Gosselin

GT1

  • ARC Bratislava Saleen: Konopka
  • JLOC Lamborghini:

GT2

  • Barwell Aston Martin:
  • Reiter Lamborghini:
  • Spyker Squadron Spyker:
  • Speedy Garage Spyker:

IMSA American Le Mans Series

P1

  • Audi North America (Champion) Audi:
  • Highcroft Acura: D Brabham/S Sharp
  • Autocon Lola-AER: McMurry/Burgess
  • Intersport Lola-AER:
  • Corsa Zytek-Hybrid: Mowlem/Jeannette
  • De Ferran Acura: De Ferran
  • Creation Creation-Judd:

P2

  • Fernández Acura: A Fernández/L Diaz
  • Dyson Lola-Mazda:

GT1

  • Corvette Racing (Pratt & Miller) Corvette: Magnussen/J O'Connell, Gavin/O Beretta

GT2

  • Corvette Racing (Pratt & Miller) Corvette: Magnussen/J O'Connell, Gavin/O Beretta
  • Flying Lizard Porsche:
  • Falken/Landmark Porsche:
  • Risi Ferrari: Salo/Melo Jr?
  • Tafel Ferrari:
  • Farnbacher-Loles Porsche: D Müller/Farnbacher?
  • Rahal-Letterman BMW: Auberlen/Hand, J Müller/Farfus/Priaulx?

SCCA Grand-American Rolex Sports Car Series

DP

  • Childress-Howard Crawford-Pontiac: A Wallace/Finlay
  • Penske Riley-Pontiac: R Dumas/Bernhard, Briscoe/Ku Busch?
  • Michael Shank Riley-Ford: Pew/Valiante, Negri/Patterson
  • Spirit of Daytone Coyote-Porsche: Carmichael/Cosmo/Pridmore/Russell?
  • SunTrust (WTR) Dallara-Pontiac: Angelelli/Br Frisselle
  • RVO Riley-Pontiac: J Bell/Kasemets?, Lester/Schramm?
  • Beyer Crawford-Ford: Beyer/J Taylor/R Taylor/W Taylor?
  • Forsythe Coyote-Pontiac: C Fittipaldi/A Costa?
  • Alegra Riley-Porsche: De Quesada/Dumoulin/Da Matta/Dalziel
  • Playboy (Orbit) Riley-BMW: Hindery/Riolo/Stroll/Manning/K Petty?
  • Level Five Riley-BMW: Tucker/Zabinski/Bouchut/Goossens?
  • Brumos Riley-Porsche: Barbosa/D Law, Haywood/France Jr
  • AIM Riley-Ford: Wilkins/Bu Frisselle
  • Krohn Lola-Ford: Van de Poele/T Krohn/Gavin, Zonta/Jönsson/Turner
  • Doran Dallara-Ford: Gidley/Jaeger

GT

  • Georgian Bay Corvette: Curran/Holtom?
  • Banner Pontiac: K Collins/P Edwards
  • Autometrics Porsche: Baldwin/Burtin/Friedman/McGehee?
  • Blackforest Ford: I James/Nastasi?
  • Terra Firma Porsche: J Evans/Jensen/Zitza?
  • 6th Gear Porsche: Ledoux/Quinlan/Watkins?
  • Racers Edge Mazda: Cameron/D Peterson/J Taylor/Moltke?
  • Orbit Porsche: Willsey?
  • PR1 Pontiac: Forest/Merrill/Salvo?
  • Wright Porsche: Martien/Zacharias?
  • Yellow Dragon Mazda:
  • Hyper Sport Mazda: Dempsey/Espenlaub/Foster?
  • Stevenson Pontiac: Liddell/Davis
  • JLowe Porsche: Lowe/Pace/Sugden/Van Overbeek?
  • TRG/Riegel Porsche: Potter/C Stanton?
  • TRG Porsche: Pumpelly?, George Jr/S Miller/Pallis/Zadrig?
  • SpeedSource Mazda: Assentato/Longhi/Segal, Ham/Tremblay/Haskell
  • Farnbacher-Loles Porsche: Wilken/Yarab Jr?, Ende/Ingham/L Keen/B Miller?, Graeff/Pead?

FIA International Grand-Touring Championship

GT1

  • Vitaphone Maserati:
  • Peka Saleen:
  • Phoenix Corvette:
  • Gigawave Aston Martin:
  • Matech Ford:
  • Jet Alliance Aston Martin:

GT2

  • AF Corse Ferrari:
  • CR Scuderia Ferrari:
  • Kessel Ferrari:
  • Trackspeed Porsche:
  • Prospeed Porsche:
  • Ecosse Ferrari:
  • Reiter Lamborghini:
  • BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari:

FIA GT3 European Championship

  • Barwell Aston Martin:

BRDC/SRO Avon Tyres British GT Championship

GT3

  • Brookspeed Dodge:

GT4

  • CBT Ford:

Supersport


ADAC GT Masters

GT3

Supersport

  • Linder KTM:

RACB/SRO Mediagroup Van Dyck Belgian GT Championship

Division 1 (GT3)

Division 2 (GT4/Supersport)

  • Linder KTM:

Division 3 (Specials)


Dutch GT4 Cup

  • Verschuur Porsche: Van Splunteren
  • Motorsport98 Ford: De Doncker
  • Madeno Aston Martin: Heino
  • G&A BMW: Kenis
  • Taychon Ford: Kalff
  • Euro Magnum Corvette:

NASCAR Sprint Cup

  • Waltrip Toyota: McDowell?, Reutimann, M Waltrip
  • Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet: Truex Jr, Almirola, Allmendinger/Riggs?, Montoya
  • Stewart-Haas Chevrolet: R Newman, T Stewart
  • Childress Chevrolet: Ca Mears, Harvick, J Burton, Bowyer
  • Penske Dodge: Ku Busch, Stremme, Hornish Jr
  • Hendrick Chevrolet: J Gordon, J Johnson, Earnhardt Jr
  • Roush-Fenway Ford: Biffle, C Edwards
  • Gillett-Evernham Dodge: Kahne, Sorenson, E Sadler, Carpentier?
  • Joe Gibbs Toyota: Hamlin, Ky Busch, Logano
  • Germain Toyota: Papis
  • Wood Brothers-JTG Ford: Ambrose?
  • Bill Davis Toyota: Blaney?
  • Yates Ford: Kvapil, Gilliland, Menard
  • Petty Dodge: B Labonte
  • BAM Toyota: Schrader?
  • Red Bull Toyota: Vickers, Speed

FIA World Touring Car Championship

  • Chevrolet Racing (RML) Chevrolet: Larini, Huff, Menu
  • Seat Sport (ORECA) Seat:
  • Campos Seat:

RAC-MSA HiQ British Touring Car Championship

  • VXR Vauxhall:
  • RAC (WSR) BMW:
  • Dynamics Honda:

Independents

  • John Guest Vauxhall: A Jordan

FGSport Italian Superstars Championship

  • ROAL BMW: Rangoni

Speedcar Series

  • Speedcar: Alesi, Herbert, Frentzen, Nannini?, Tracy?, Yoong?, Yamamoto?
  • N-Technology: Morbidelli, Liuzzi/Gollin/Baguette?
  • AF Corse:
  • Durango:
  • Christian Jones: C Jones
  • DPR:

ITR Formula 3 Euroseries

  • ART Dallara-Mercedes: Bianchi, Bottas?, Merhi?, Wittmann/A Tambay?
  • Signature-Plus Dallara-Volkswagen: A Tambay?
  • Mücke Dallara-Mercedes: Bottas?, E Gutiérrez?, A Tambay?
  • Prema Dallara-Mercedes: Van der Zande?, Merhi?, Coletti?
  • Manor Dallara-Mercedes: Lancaster?
  • SG Dallara-Toyota?: Waldschmidt?, Ricciardo/Caldarelli?
  • Jo Zeller Dallara-Mercedes:
  • RC Dallara-Volkswagen: Y Clairay?, L Vanthoor?
  • Carlin Dallara-Mercedes: B Hartley
  • HBR Dallara-Mercedes: Dillmann?, Mirocha?
  • Motopark Academy Dallara-Volkswagen: Mustonen?, Hegewald?
  • TME Dallara-Volkswagen: Klingmann?, C Ramos?

BRDC/SRO Lloyds TSB Insurance British Formula 3 International Series

  • Carlin Dallara-Mercedes: Arundel, Ricciardo?
  • Räikkönen-Robertson Dallara-Mercedes: Huertas
  • Fortec Dallara-Mercedes: Blanchard/Rosenzweig/A Christodoulou?
  • T-Sport Dallara-Volkswagen:

ATS German F3 Cup

  • Jo Zeller Dallara-Mercedes: Faccin?


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  • The data accumulated on this page are a combination of facts, noises and educated guesses. Amongst its sources are press releases, other websites and people from the industry.