WTCC driver Franz Engstler was declared winner of the 2008 BMW Sports Trophy during the traditional BMW Sport Pokal party, last Saturday in Munich.
Engstler topped a record field of 141 independent drivers from twenty different countries, the longest list of competitors in the BMW Trophy's 40-year history.
Having scored 47 points, Engstler collected a cheque of 30,000 euros, while the runner-up prizes of 25,000 and 21,000 euros respectively went to the Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Richard Göransson and to Mat Jackson who finished second in the British Touring Car Championship.
Engstler collected most of his points by placing second in the WTCC Independents' Trophy, but managed to improve his score with victories in the Asian Touring Car Series, the ADAC Procar Series, and in the Nürburgring and Dubai 24-hour races.
Others WTCC Independendents classified in the BMW Sport Trophy were Kristian Poulsen (6th), Sergio Hernández (7th), Stefano D'Aste (8th) and Andrey Romanov (15th).
