2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round

2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round Superleague Formula round Italy
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Date	November 2, 2008
Location	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Vallelunga, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.538 mi (4.085 km)
Laps	32 & 30
Pole position Team Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés Time 1:21.855 Podium (1st race) First Beijing Guoan Davide Rigon Second A.C. Milan Robert Doornbos Third Galatasaray S.K. Alessandro Pier Guidi Fastest lap (1st race) Team Beijing Guoan Davide Rigon Time 1:23.586 (on lap 13) Podium (2nd race) First F.C. Porto Tristan Gommendy Second A.S. Roma Franck Perera Third PSV Eindhoven Yelmer Buurman Fastest lap (2nd race) Team Atlético Madrid 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.^[1] Having broken a bone in his right hand in practice, Paul Meijer was replaced by Dominick Muermans in the Al Ain car^[2] – 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.