2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round
| 2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round Superleague Formula round Italy |
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| Date | November 2, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Vallelunga, Italy
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.538 mi (4.085 km) |
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| Laps | 32 & 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Team |
 Liverpool F.C.
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Adrián Vallés | |
| Time | 1:21.855 | ||
| Podium (1st race) | |||
| First |
 Beijing Guoan
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Davide Rigon | |
| Second |
A.C. Milan
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Robert Doornbos | |
| Third |
 Galatasaray S.K.
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Alessandro Pier Guidi | |
| Fastest lap (1st race) | |||
| Team |
Beijing Guoan
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Davide Rigon | |
| Time | 1:23.586 (on lap 13) | ||
| Podium (2nd race) | |||
| First |
 F.C. Porto
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Tristan Gommendy | |
| Second |
A.S. Roma
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Franck Perera | |
| Third |
 PSV Eindhoven
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Yelmer Buurman | |
| Fastest lap (2nd race) | |||
| Team |
 Atlético Madrid
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Andy Soucek | |
| Time | 1:23.475 (on lap 14) | ||
The 2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round was the fifth round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on November 2, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the previous three rounds. There were two driver changes before this round of the championship and one during the round: Duncan Tappy returned to the Tottenham Hotspur cockpit replacing Dominik Jackson, having missed the previous round in Portugal and Kasper Andersen was replaced by Stamatis Katsimis in the Olympiacos CFP car. Having broken a bone in his right hand in practice, Paul Meijer was replaced by Dominick Muermans in the Al Ain car – becoming their fourth driver in five races. The meeting saw a third win for championship leaders Beijing Guoan and a first win for F.C. Porto. Beijing also extended their championship lead to an almost unassailable 59 points.
After the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. Andy Soucek (Atlético Madrid) missed out on the top eight, despite setting a time some 0.052 seconds faster than Group B 4th Adrián Vallés in the Liverpool F.C. car. As fastest drivers in their groups, Antônio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) and Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan) were expected to meet in the final, but neither made the final. Instead, Vallés and Robert Doornbos (A.C. Milan) battled it out, with Vallés coming out on top by 0.260 seconds – the fifth different polesitter in five races.
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