GP4 2008 Offline Championship

About

The 2008 GP4 Offline Championship was the third official season of the brand new offline championship. It was contested on Grand Prix 4 using the F1 2008 mod. Azrul Zafri a.k.a azschmy resigned from his place as a championship host at the end of the second season (2007 GP4 Offline Championship). As a result, a new host which is jyrr123 a.k.a Jyri Määttä took his place to be in charge of this championship.

Drivers' Champion : Joseph Willows Constructors' Champion : Ferrari
Previous: 2007	Next: 2009

Joseph Willows won the drivers championship, making him a 2 world time champion as he won the championship in 2006. 2nd in the drivers championship it is Will Neller for Ferrari, not keeping his championship hopes alive in Japan where Joseph finished 2nd while Will ''only'' finishing 6th. Felix Sonntag finished 3rd who made the move to Mclaren at the Canadian Grand Prix replacing Jyri Määttä who won the 2007 championship but decided to retire after the Monaco Grand Prix. Jay Mckenzie the Polish driver finished a strong 4th with his teammate George Roke finish 5th in the drivers championship. The rookie Bruno Junqueira got a chance to drive for Ferrari after Felix Sonntag making his move from Ferrari to Mclaren. He ended up 6th in the championship overall 2 wins. However He was banned from the championship at the end of the season because Bruno Junqueira is a real motorsport driver and that is not allowed.

7th in the championship is the rookie Florian Völker with an really impressive season for Toro Rosso With 40 points. However he couldn't get a race win because he had some bad luck, However his teammate Miklós Gál got a race win at the Italian Grand Prix. Renault had an awful season with both their drivers Wais Kuba and Roland Mótyán having bad luck, especially Mótyán having no luck at one point but got luck after the Nürburgring/German Grand Prix. All teams scored at least one point in the championship. Force India getting their first point by Viggo Holst who scored a 8th place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix. Super Aguri also got one point at the Nürburgring scored by Adam Wolf. Azrul Zafri and Dimitri Surkov had a bad season not scoring one single point.

Signed Teams and Drivers 

Team	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes		1	Jyri Määttä	1-6
				Felix Sonntag	7-18*
			2	Joseph Willows	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari		3	Will Neller	All
			4	Felix Sonntag	1-6*
				Bruno Junqueira	7-18
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW		5	George Roke	All
			6	Jay McKenzie	All
ING Renault F1 Team	Renault		7	Wais Kuba	All
			8	Roland Mótyán	All
AT&T Williams	Toyota		9	Jack Boyman	All
			10	Finlay Strachan	All
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota		11	Paige Knight	1-7, 9-18
				Sin Cara	8
			12	Evan Byrne	All
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda		14	Dominic D'Alesio	All
			15	Alex Southgate	All
Red Bull Racing	Renault		16	Sam Thompson	All
			17	James Willows	All
Force India F1 Team	Ferrari		18	Azrul Zafri	All
			19	Viggo Holst	All
Super Aguri F1 Team	Honda		20	Dmitri Surkov	All
			21	Adam Wolf	All
Scuderia Torro Rosso	Ferrari		22	Miklós Gál	All
			23	Florian Völker	All

• Felix Sonntag mentioned in a video, that he will quit the Offline Championship , because of an incident at the Monaco GP. But after World Champion Määttä left McLaren he joined them and continued his career.
• Jyri Määttä left McLaren after Monaco GP. He wanted to find a new team for 2009 but before the Hungarian GP he announced that he will compete in the rally championship for 2009.
• Due to an available seat for Ferrari after Round 6, Rookie Brazilian Bruno Junqueira took the job as Ferrari second driver alongside his experienced teammate, Will Neller.
• Paige Knight was unable to compete after she suffered a concussion during the Canadian Grand Prix. Former Spyker driver Sin Cara came out of retirement to replace her at the French GP.
• Sonntag also entered all rounds but he did so for 2 Teams.

Pre-Season Testing Results

Venue	Date	Fastest Driver	Time
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	12nd May 2016	Felix Sonntag	1.19.875s
	13rd May 2016	Will Neller	1.19.925s
	14th May 2016	Wais Kuba	1.20.146s

Rules

• Qualifying session duration has been increased to 30 minutes from 25 minutes in the last season.

Season Schedule

Round	Grand Prix	Circuits	Date
1	Australian GP	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit , Melbourne	18th May 2016
2	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	25th May 2016
3	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	2nd June 2016
4	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	8th June 2016
5	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	15th June 2016
6	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	22th June 2016
7	Canadian GP	Giles Villeneuve, Montreal	30th June 2016
8	French GP	Circuit de Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	6th July 2016
9	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	13th July 2016
10	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	20th July 2016
11	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	27th July 2016
12	European GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg	3th August 2016
13	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	10th August 2016
14	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	17th August 2016
15	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	24th August 2016
16	Japanese GP	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	31th August 2016
17	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	7th September 2016
18	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	14th September 2016

• The new Marina Bay Circuit which hosted the Singapore GP at night hosted its first Grand Prix in 2008. The race, held on a street circuit designed by KBR, is GP4 Offline Championship first night race. The practice and qualifying sessions also take place at night.
• The European GP was scheduled to take place at the Valencia Street Circuit in 2008, changing from the Nürburgring which hosted the event up until 2007. Because both German circuits share the right to host an Grand Prix 4 OC race, the German GP took place at Hockenheimring in 2008. It will continue to alternate between these two circuits yearly. But after an serious problem with the track in Valencia the European GP was held at the Nürburgring once again. They want to fix the problem until 2009.
• The United States GP did not hold a Grand Prix in 2008; however, a possible return to Indianapolis in the future was not completely ruled out.
• In the run up to the 2007 French GP it was reported that it would be the last Grand Prix to be held at Magny-Cours.

Results

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor
1	Australian GP	George Roke	Felix Sonntag	Will Neller	Ferrari
2	Malaysian GP	Felix Sonntag	Felix Sonntag	Felix Sonntag	Ferrari
3	Bahrain GP	Jay McKenzie	Will Neller	Jay McKenzie	BMW Sauber
4	Spanish GP	Wais Kuba	Jyri Määttä	Will Neller	Ferrari
5	Turkish GP	Joseph Willows	Joseph Willows	Joseph Willows	McLaren
6	Monaco GP	Joseph Willows	Jyri Määttä	Joseph Willows	McLaren
7	Canadian GP	Joseph Willows	Jay McKenzie	Joseph Willows	McLaren
8	French GP	Will Neller	Bruno Junqueira	Will Neller	Ferrari
9	British GP	Felix Sonntag	George Roke	George Roke	BMW Sauber
10	German GP	Felix Sonntag	Miklós Gál	George Roke	BMW Sauber
11	Hungarian GP	Felix Sonntag	Paige Knight	Paige Knight	Toyota
12	European GP	Joseph Willows	Joseph Willows	Will Neller	Ferrari
13	Belgian GP	Joseph Willows	Will Neller	Bruno Junqueira	Ferrari
14	Italian GP	Miklós Gál	Miklós Gál	Miklós Gál	Toro Rosso
15	Singapore GP	Will Neller	George Roke	Joseph Willows	McLaren
16	Japanese GP	Will Neller	Joseph Willows	Felix Sonntag	McLaren
17	Chinese GP	Joseph Willows	Felix Sonntag	Felix Sonntag	McLaren
18	Brazilian GP	Will Neller	Florian Völker	Bruno Junqueira	Ferrari

Drivers Championship

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Italic means the drivers who sets the fastest lap in the race.
• Bold means the drivers who took pole position in the race.

Pos.	Driver	Grand Prixs																		Points
		AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	CHN	BRA
1	Joseph Willows	2	3	5	7	1	1	1	2	2	6	4	2	3	Ret	1	2	5	7	112
2	Will Neller	1	17*	2	1	3	3	Ret	1	5	9	Ret	1	2	Ret	3	6	8	Ret	82
3	Felix Sonntag	18*	1	Ret	2	5	2	Ret	4	4	4	3	4	9	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	76
4	Jay McKenzie	9	6	1	Ret	2	Ret	2	9	9	2	5	Ret	12	5	2	3	12	6	62
5	George Roke	3	Ret	3	6	8	4	5	5	1	1	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	4	9	Ret	58
6	Bruno Junqueira							3	3	3	Ret	8	5	1	Ret	Ret	10	4	1	48
7	Florian Völker	6	Ret	Ret	16	16	6	Ret	8	7	Ret	16	6	4	3	Ret	8	2	2	40
8	Evan Byrne	17	Ret	13	4	7	Ret	6	15	12	11	Ret	3	8	6	8	Ret	3	4	32
9	Paige Knight	11	7	4	9	Ret	8	Ret	Inj	6	Ret	1	Ret	16	12*	9	9	13	5	25
10	Sam Thompson	12	5	11	14	6	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	6	14	6	2	7	11	14	8	24
11	James Willows	10	4	10	Ret	Ret	7	4	10	13	10	2	11	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret	23
12	Jyri Määttä	8	2	7	3	4	11													22
13	Wais Kuba	16	9	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	3	9	10	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	22
14	Miklós Gál	14	Ret	Ret	18	14	Ret	7	Ret	11	7	15	7	Ret	1	4	Ret	11	Ret	21
15	Roland Mótyán	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	11	Ret	15*	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	Ret	5	6	3	20
16	Jack Boyman	4	14	6	8	12	Ret	9	13	10	5	13	8	17	Ret	11	Ret	16	Ret	14
17	Finlay Strachan	5	11	8	12	13	Ret	10	12	Ret	12	12	9	18	8	Ret	12	7	Ret	8
18	Dominic D'Alesio	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	14	7	Ret	15	7	10	Ret	Ret	10	5
19	Sin Cara								6											3
20	Alex Southgate	7	15	12	15	Ret	12	Ret	19	8	Ret	14	13	11	Ret	12	Ret	15	11	3
21	Viggo Holst	Ret	10	9	17	Ret	Ret	8	18	14	16*	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	1
22	Adam Wolf	Ret	13	Ret	11	10	13	Ret	17	Ret	8	10	Ret	14	11	13	13	18	13	1
23	Azrul Zafri	19*	Ret	Ret	10	15	9	12	16	16*	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	Dmitri Surkov	15	16	14	13	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	15*	11	Ret	13	9	Ret	14	17	12	0

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Constructor		Grand Prixs																		Points
		No	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	CHN	BRA
1	Ferrari	3	1	17*	2	1	3	3	Ret	1	5	9	Ret	1	2	Ret	3	6	8	Ret	180
		4	18*	1	Ret	2	5	2	3	3	3	Ret	8	5	1	Ret	Ret	10	4	1
2	McLaren Mercedes	1	8	2	7	3	4	11	Ret	4	4	4	3	4	9	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	160
		2	2	3	5	7	1	1	1	2	2	6	4	2	3	Ret	1	2	5	7
3	BMW Sauber	5	3	Ret	3	6	8	4	5	5	1	1	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	4	9	Ret	118
		6	9	6	1	Ret	2	Ret	2	9	9	2	5	Ret	12	5	2	3	12	6
4	STR Ferrari	22	14	Ret	Ret	18	14	Ret	7	Ret	11	7	15	7	Ret	1	4	Ret	11	Ret	61
		23	6	Ret	Ret	16	16	6	Ret	8	7	Ret	16	6	4	2	Ret	8	2	2
5	Toyota	11	11	7	4	9	Ret	8	Ret	6	6	Ret	1	Ret	16	12	9	13	13	5	61
		12	17	Ret	13	4	7	Ret	6	15	12	12	Ret	3	8	4	Ret	5	6	3
6	RBR Renault	16	12	5	11	14	6	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	6	14	6	3	7	11	14	8	47
		17	10	4	10	Ret	Ret	7	4	10	13	10	2	11	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret
7	Renault	7	16	9	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	3	9	10	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	40
		8	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	11	Ret	15*	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	Ret	5	6	3
8	Williams Toyota	9	4	14	6	8	12	Ret	9	13	10	5	13	8	17	Ret	11	Ret	16	Ret	21
		10	5	11	8	12	13	Ret	10	12	Ret	11	12	9	18	8	Ret	12	7	Ret
9	Honda	14	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13	7	Ret	15	7	10	Ret	Ret	10	7
		15	7	15	12	15	Ret	12	Ret	19	8	Ret	14	13	11	Ret	12	Ret	15	11
10	Force India-Ferrari	18	19*	Ret	Ret	10	15	9	12	16	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
		19	Ret	10	9	17	Ret	Ret	8	18	14	16*	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
11	Super Aguri Honda	20	15	16	14	13	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	15*	11	Ret	13	9	Ret	14	17	12	1
		21	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	11	10	13	17	Ret	8	10	Ret	14	11	13	13	18	13