title: FAI World Grand Prix 2008
text: # FAI World Grand Prix 2008
  
  The third FAI World Grand Prix 2008–2009 was a gliding Grand Prix that took place in 2010 in Santiago, Chile, with qualifying races taking place during the 2008–2009 flying season, worldwide.
  
  ## Summary
  
  ### Overall results
  
  | Position | Pilot | Country | Glider | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sebastian Kawa | Poland | Diana Sailplanes – Diana 2 | 69 |
  | 2 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Chile | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2b | 55 |
  | 3 | Mario Kiessling | Germany | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2ax | 47 |
  | 4 | Uli Schwenk | Germany | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2ax | 40 |
  | 5 | Thomas Gostner | Italy | Diana Sailplanes – Diana 2 | 43 |
  | 6 | Tilo Holighaus | Germany | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2ax | 24 |
  | 7 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Austria | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2cxa | 15 |
  | 8 | Rene Vidal | Chile | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2c | 14 |
  | 8 | Stanislaw Wujczak | Poland | Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co – ASG 29 | 14 |
  | 10 | Eduard Supersperger | Austria | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2b | 12 |
  | 11 | Heimo Demmerer | Austria | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2b | 11 |
  | 12 | Patrick Puskeiler | Germany | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Discus-2ax | 8 |
  | 13 | Petr Krejcirik | Czech Republic | Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH – Ventus-2ax | 4 |
  | 13 | Graham Parker | Australia | Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co – ASG 29 | 4 |
  | 15 | Olli Teronen | Finland | Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co – ASG 29 | 2 |
  
  ### Qualifying races
  
  | Place | Country | Qualifying Grand Prix | Class | Dates |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Torino | Italy | Torino Grand Prix | 15 meters | 15–22 June 2008 |
  | Saint-Auban | France | Sailplane Grand Prix of France | 15 meters | 30 August – 7 September 2008 |
  | Lasham | United Kingdom | Soaring Grand Prix of United Kingdom | 15 meters | 1–7 September 2008 |
  | Nitra | Slovakia | Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia | 18 meters | 7–13 September 2008 |
  | Narromine | Australia | Soaring Grand Prix of Australia | 18 meters | 30 November – 6 December 2008 |
  | Santiago | Chile | Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix | 15 meters | 17–25 January 2009 |
  | Zar | Poland | Qualifying Grand Prix of Poland | club | 22 April – 3 May 2009 |
  | Feldkirchen | Austria | Austrian Soaring Grand Prix | 15 meters | 16–23 May 2009 |
  
  ### Final
  
  The list of participating pilots:
  
  | FAI ranking | Pilot | Country | Qualifying Grand Prix |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Sebastian Kawa | Poland | FAI World Sailplane GP Champion 2007 |
  | 14 | Mario Kiessling | Germany | Grand Prix de France |
  | 20 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Austria | Austrian Soaring Grand Prix |
  | 24 | Petr Krejcirik | Czech Republic | Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia |
  | 36 | Uli Schwenk | Germany | Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix |
  | 39 | Graham Parker | Australia | Soaring Grand Prix of Australia |
  | 60 | Thomas Gostner | Italy | Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix |
  | 61 | Stanislaw Wujczak | Poland | Qualifying Grand Prix of Poland |
  | 116 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Chile | Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix |
  | 204 | Tilo Holighaus | Germany | Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix |
  | 247 | Heimo Demmerer | Austria | Austrian Soaring Grand Prix |
  | 261 | Rene Vidal | Chile | Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix |
  | 302 | Eduard Supersperger | Austria | Austrian Soaring Grand Prix |
  | 341 | Patrick Puskeiler | Germany | Qualifying Grand Prix of Poland |
  | 410 | Olli Teronen | Finland | Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia |
  
  ### Race 1 – 2.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 160.6 km/h | 319.7 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 153.4 km/h | 319.7 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 153.2 km/h | 319.7 km | 7 | |
  | 4 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 152.5 km/h | 319.7 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 147.9 km/h | 319.7 km | 5 | |
  | 6 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 147.6 km/h | 319.7 km | 4 | |
  | 7 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 147.3 km/h | 319.7 km | 3 | |
  | 8 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | 147.0 km/h | 319.7 km | 2 | |
  | 9 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 146.1 km/h | 319.7 km | 1 | Penalty 10 sec (Finish Line Altitude 784 m) |
  | 10 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 144.2 km/h | 319.7 km | | Penalty 105 sec (Finish Line Altitude 765 m) |
  | 10 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | 143.6 km/h | 319.7 km | | Penalty 125 sec (761m Before Finish Line) |
  | 10 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 143.5 km/h | 319.7 km | | |
  | 10 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 142.7 km/h | 319.7 km | | Penalty 190 sec (Finish Line Altitude 748 m) |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 142.1 km/h | 319.7 km | | Penalty 165 sec (Finish Line Altitude 753 m) |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | 141.2 km/h | 319.7 km | | |
  
  ### Race 2 – 3.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 93.6 km/h | 324.1 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 90.7 km/h | 324.1 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 89.6 km/h | 324.1 km | 7 | |
  | 4 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 85.5 km/h | 324.1 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 85.1 km/h | 324.1 km | 5 | |
  | 6 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 81.3 km/h | 324.1 km | 4 | |
  | 7 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | 80.8 km/h | 324.1 km | 3 | |
  | 8 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 79.0 km/h | 324.1 km | 2 | Penalty 25 sec (Start Altitude 2005) Warning (Right Turn Before Start) |
  | 9 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 78.4 km/h | 324.1 km | 1 | Penalty 140 sec (Finish Line Altitude 772m) |
  | 10 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | | 272.0 km | | |
  | 10 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | | 271.9 km | | |
  | 10 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | | 203.9 km | | |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | | 195.3 km | | Warning (Right turn before start) |
  | 10 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | | 188.5 km | | Penalty 93 sec (24 sec to late behind start line + start speed 179 km/h) |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | | 172.1 km | | |
  
  ### Race 3 – 4.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 121.2 km/h | 217 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 121.2 km/h | 217 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | 119.1 km/h | 217 km | 7 | |
  | 4 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 118.2 km/h | 217 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 115.9 km/h | 217 km | 5 | Warning (right circle before start) |
  | 6 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 115.2 km/h | 217 km | 4 | |
  | 7 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 114.4 km/h | 217 km | 3 | |
  | 8 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 113.9 km/h | 217 km | 2 | |
  | 9 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 112.6 km/h | 217 km | 1 | |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 110.7 km/h | 217 km | | Warning (right circle before start) |
  | 10 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | 104.2 km/h | 217 km | | Penalty 125 sec (finish line altitude 761m) |
  | 10 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 103.2 km/h | 217 km | | |
  | 10 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 101.7 km/h | 217 km | | |
  | 10 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 99.4 km/h | 217 km | | |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | | 35.2 km | | |
  
  ### Race 4 – 5.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 128.8 km/h | 240.5 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 128.1 km/h | 240.5 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 127.6 km/h | 240.5 km | 7 | Penalty 40 sec (finish line altitude 778m) |
  | 4 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 127.1 km/h | 240.5 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 126.3 km/h | 240.5 km | 5 | |
  | 6 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | 125.7 km/h | 240.5 km | 4 | Penalty 145 sec (finish line altitude 757m) |
  | 7 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 125.3 km/h | 240.5 km | 3 | Penalty 10 sec (finish line altitude 784m) Warning(Interval between fixes > 10sec) |
  | 8 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 124.2 km/h | 240.5 km | 2 | |
  | 9 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | 124.1 km/h | 240.5 km | 1 | |
  | 10 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 124.0 km/h | 240.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 123.9 km/h | 240.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 121.4 km/h | 240.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 117.1 km/h | 240.5 km | | Penalty 8 (start altitude 2008m) |
  | 10 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | 111.1 km/h | 240.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 95 km/h | 240.5 km | | |
  
  ### Race 5 – 6.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 128.8 km/h | 313.4 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 128.6 km/h | 313.4 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 128.5 km/h | 313.4 km | 7 | |
  | 4 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 127.5 km/h | 313.4 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 124.5 km/h | 313.4 km | 5 | Penalty 5 sec (start altitude 2205m) |
  | 6 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 124.4 km/h | 313.4 km | 4 | |
  | 7 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 124.2 km/h | 313.4 km | 3 | |
  | 8 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 120.4 km/h | 313.4 km | 2 | |
  | 9 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 107.2 km/h | 313.4 km | 1 | |
  | 10 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 94.6 km/h | 313.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | 94.2 km/h | 313.4 km | | Penalty 120 sec (right circling before start, 2nd offence) |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 91.3 km/h | 313.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | | 227.6 km | | |
  | 10 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | | 139.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | | | Did not fly | |
  
  ### Race 6 – 7.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 141.2 km/h | 329.5 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 140.4 km/h | 329.5 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 137.9 km/h | 329.5 km | 7 | Penalty 45 sec (start speed 179 km/h) |
  | 4 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | 136.9 km/h | 329.5 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 133.9 km/h | 329.5 km | 5 | |
  | 6 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 131.4 km/h | 329.5 km | 4 | Warning (right circling before start) |
  | 7 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 131.1 km/h | 329.5 km | 3 | |
  | 8 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 128.0 km/h | 329.5 km | 2 | |
  | 9 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 127.7 km/h | 329.5 km | 1 | |
  | 10 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 125.5 km/h | 329.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | 121.0 km/h | 329.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 119.9 km/h | 329.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 116.8 km/h | 329.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 114.6 km/h | 329.5 km | | |
  | 10 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | | | Did not fly | |
  
  ### Race 7 – 8.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 126.6 km/h | 341.4 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 124.4 km/h | 341.4 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 123.0 km/h | 341.4 km | 7 | Penalty 15 seconds (finish line altitude 783m) |
  | 4 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 122.6 km/h | 341.4 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 120.2 km/h | 341.4 km | 5 | |
  | 6 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 120.1 km/h | 341.4 km | 4 | |
  | 7 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 119.9 km/h | 341.4 km | 3 | |
  | 8 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 119.4 km/h | 341.4 km | 2 | |
  | 9 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 118.9 km/h | 341.4 km | 1 | |
  | 10 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 117.8 km/h | 341.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | 117.3 km/h | 341.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | 116.6 km/h | 341.4 km | | Penalty 200 seconds (finish line altitude 766m) |
  | 10 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 109.4 km/h | 341.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 94.1 km/h | 341.4 km | | |
  | 10 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | | | Did not fly | |
  
  ### Race 8 – 9.01.2010
  
  | Position | Pilot | Glider | Speed | Distance | Points | Penalties |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sebastian Kawa | Diana 2 | 140.9 km/h | 269.7 km | 10 | |
  | 2 | Mario Kiessling | Ventus-2ax | 140.5 km/h | 269.7 km | 8 | |
  | 3 | Tilo Holighaus | Ventus-2ax | 139.1 km/h | 269.7 km | 7 | |
  | 4 | Uli Schwenk | Ventus-2ax | 139.1 km/h | 269.7 km | 6 | |
  | 5 | Rene Vidal | Ventus-2c | 138.3 km/h | 269.7 km | 5 | |
  | 6 | Carlos Rocca Vidal | Ventus-2b | 137.9 km/h | 269.7 km | 4 | |
  | 7 | Thomas Gostner | Diana 2 | 137.5 km/h | 269.7 km | 3 | Penalty 70 seconds (finish line altitude 779m) |
  | 8 | Olli Teronen | ASG 29 | 137.1 km/h | 269.7 km | 2 | Penalty 20 seconds (finish line altitude 784m) |
  | 9 | Petr Krejcirik | Ventus-2ax | 136.8 km/h | 269.7 km | 1 | |
  | 10 | Eduard Supersperger | Ventus-2b | 136.7 km/h | 269.7 km | | |
  | 10 | Patrick Puskeiler | Discus 2ax | 132.8 km/h | 269.7 km | | |
  | 10 | Stanislaw Wujczak | ASG 29 | 132.1 km/h | 269.7 km | | |
  | 10 | Wolfgang Janowitsch | Ventus-2cax | 128.4 km/h | 269.7 km | | |
  | 10 | Graham Parker | ASG 29 | | 177.6 km | | |
  | 10 | Heimo Demmerer | Ventus-2b | | | Did not fly | |
  