2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round

2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round Superleague Formula round Portugal
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Date	October 19, 2008
Location	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.599 mi (4.183 km)
Laps	31 & 30
Pole position Team A.S. Roma Franck Perera Time 1:26.368 Podium (1st race) First Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés Second A.C. Milan Robert Doornbos Third A.S. Roma Franck Perera Fastest lap (1st race) Team Atlético Madrid Andy Soucek Time 1:26.711 (on lap 14) Podium (2nd race) First Al Ain Paul Meijer Second A.C. Milan Robert Doornbos Third Galatasaray S.K. Alessandro Pier Guidi Fastest lap (2nd race) Team Borussia Dortmund Enrico Toccacelo Time 1:28.491 (on lap 15)

The 2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round was the fourth round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on October 19, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the previous two rounds. There were four driver changes for this round of the championship: Franck Perera joined A.S. Roma replacing Enrico Toccacelo,^[1] with Toccacelo moving to the Borussia Dortmund car, replacing Paul Meijer as original driver Nelson Philippe was on GP2 Asia Series duty in Shanghai.^[1] Meijer also stayed in the series, moving to the Al Ain car, as both of their previous drivers Andreas Zuber (also in Shanghai) and Bertrand Baguette (in Barcelona for the final World Series by Renault round of the season) were unavailable.^[1] Just like Baguette, Duncan Tappy was unavailable to drive the Tottenham Hotspur car, and was replaced by Dominik Jackson.^[1] The meeting saw a second win for Liverpool F.C. and a first win for Al Ain. Beijing Guoan extended their championship lead to 35 points, thanks to a pair of fifths for Davide Rigon.