2008 has provided some top class racing action throughout all forms of motorsport. Here is a run down of some of the championship winners of selected series.

Touring Cars:

  British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)
    Driver: Fabrizio Giovanardi
    Team: VX Racing
    Manufacturer: Vauxhall
    Independent Driver: Colin Turkington
    Independent Team: Team RAC (West Surrey Racing)

  World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
    Driver: Yvan Muller
    Manufacturer: SEAT
    Independent Driver: Sergio Hernandez
    Independent Team: Proteam Motorsport

  V8 Supercar Championship (V8SC)
    Driver: Jamie Whincup
    Team: Team Vodafone
    Manufacturer: Ford

  Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM)
    Driver: Bernd Scheider
    Team: Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes


Rallying:

  World Rally Championship (WRC)
    Driver: Sebastien Loeb
    Manufacturer: Citroen

  Production World Rally Championship (PWRC)
    Driver: Andreas Aigner

  Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC)
    Driver: Sebastien Ogier

  Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
    Driver: Nicolas Vouilloz
    Team: Peugeot

  British Rally Championship (BRC)
    Driver: Guy Wilks


Open Wheel:

  Formula 1 (F1)
    Driver: Lewis Hamilton
    Team: Ferrari

  GP2
    Driver: Giorgio Pantano

  Superleague Formula (SF)
    Driver: Davide Rigon
    Team: Beijing Gu'aon


Sportscar:

  Le Mans Series (LMS)
   "LM"P1
    Drivers: Alexandre Premat / Mike Rockenfeller
    Team: Audi Sport Team Joest
    Manufacturer: Audi
   "LM"P2
    Drivers: Jos Verstappen
    Team: Van Merksteijn Motorsport
    Manufacturer: Porsche
   "LM"GT1
    Drivers: Patrice Goueslard / Guillaume Moreau
    Team: Luc Alphand Aventures
    Manufacturer: Corvette
   "LM"GT2
    Drivers: Robert Bell
    Team: Virgo Motorsport
    Manufacturer: Ferrari

  American Le Mans Series (ALMS)
   P1
    Drivers: Lucas Luhr / Marco Werner
   P2
    Drivers: Romain Dumas / Timo Bernhard
   GT1
    Drivers: Jan Magnussen / Johnny O'Connell
   GT2
    Drivers: Jorg Bergmeister / Wolf Henzler


Motorbikes:

  MotoGP
    Rider: Valentino Rossi
    Team: FIAT Yamaha Team
    Constructor: Yamaha

  World Superbikes (SBK)
    Rider: Troy Bayliss

  World Superbikes (BSB)
    Rider: Shane Byrne