2008 Rally of Turkey
2008 Rally of Turkey 9th Rally of Turkey | |
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Round 8 of the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team |
The 9th Rally of Turkey, the 8th round of the
Event
Day one
The event kicked off with a short superspecial stage on Thursday evening, which was won by
Behind the leaders was Subaru driver Petter Solberg. The new Subaru was more disappointing than on its debut in Greece with Petter Solberg nearly 50 seconds off the pace. Matthew Wilson was in seventh spot, just over a minute behind despite suffering with a cold.[4] In the final points paying position was Dani Sordo. Sordo was running in fifth until suspension damage on stage 7[5] put him back into 8th place.
Day two
The Citroën teams fears about road sweeping were confirmed throughout the day as Loeb lost time to both factory Ford drivers. By the end of the day Loeb was 34 seconds adrift of new rally leader Mikko Hirvonen, yet Loeb still believed that "anything was possible[6]". Hirvonen had earlier said that he needed a lead of 50 seconds [7] to hang on to his lead throughout Sunday. With a lead of only 16 seconds over his teammate Latvala - there was still everything to play for going into Sunday. Behind the three leaders, the two Stobart drivers both had a less successful day. After starting brightly, Gigi Galli suffered turbo problems throughout stages 12 and 13 [8] which dropped him to 8th place by the end of the day. Galli had to retire from the rally at this stage as he was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. Henning Solberg had a quiet day and gradually dropped time, finishing up just over two minutes off the pace in 4th place with Dani Sordo looming large, only 7 seconds behind. Petter Solberg and Matthew Wilson continued their steady runs in 6th and 7th place respectively.
Day three
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With over sixty five kilometres of special stages still to go, the rally was still wide open. The tension was increased further after the first special stage of the day as Hirvonen stalled at the start line and lost nine seconds of his advantage to Latvala.[9] Everything had looked settled after special stage 18, with Latvala making a small mistake and losing the advantage he had gained at the previous stage, but the final thirty kilometre stage saw drama right to the end. Both the challengers to Hirvonen's lead were making significant inroads at the mid way split. Latvala was 4.3 seconds faster than Hirvonen, with Loeb 11.3 seconds faster[10] and putting both Ford drivers under enormous pressure - pressure that was increased when Hirvonen suffered a puncture near the end of the stage.[11] However, Latvala and Loeb's tyres were also very worn and they could not maintain their final stage attack. At the end Hirvonen hung on to win by 7.9 seconds from Latvala, with Loeb 25 seconds back in third.
Behind the podium finishers, Citroën's Dani Sordo easily picked off Henning Solberg to claim fourth place. Henning's brother Petter Solberg maintained his sixth position, never really being in a position to challenge the
Results
Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
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Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:42:07.1 | 0.0 | 10 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:42:15.0 | 7.9 | 8 |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 4:42:32.8 | 25.7 | 6 |
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Marc Marti
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Citroën C4 WRC | 4:44:32.7 | 2:25.6 | 5 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:44:40.8 | 2:33.7 | 4 |
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Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 | 4:44:55.3 | 2:48.2 | 3 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:46:31.3 | 4:24.2 | 2 |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 4:49:53.8 | 7:46.7 | 1 |
PCWRC | ||||||
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
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5:02:21.6 | 0.0 | 10 |
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Peugeot 207 S2000 | 5:03:10.3 | 48.7 | 8 |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
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5:05:22.6 | 3:01.0 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
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5:07:52.6 | 5:31.0 | 5 |
5 | Armindo Araujo
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
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5:08:45.4 | 6:23.8 | 4 |
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Subaru Impreza | 5:09:14.6 | 6:53.0 | 3 |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
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5:14:40.7 | 12:19.10 | 2 |
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Subaru Impreza | 5:25:14.3 | 22:52.7 | 1 |
Retirements
Gigi Galli - ill health (SS16)
Toni Gardemeister - engine (SS15)
Per-Gunnar Andersson - electrical (SS15)
Urmo Aava - (SS19)
Toshi Arai - (SS16)
Martin Prokop - excluded (SS11)
Eyvind Brynildsen - (SS15)
Uwe Nittel - (SS17)
Francesco Trevisin - (SS9)
Amjad Farrah - (SS9)
Evgeny Novikov - (SS9)
Evgeny Aksakov - (SS9)
Special stages
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
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1 (12/13 JUN) |
SS1 | 17:25 | Antalya SSS 1 | 2.60 km | ![]() |
2:07.6 | 73.4 km/h | ![]() |
SS2 | 08:38 | Perge 1
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22.43 km | ![]() |
16:03.6 | 83.8 km/h | ![]() | |
SS3 | 09:21 | Myra 1 | 24.15 km | ![]() |
21:05.3 | 68.7 km/h | ||
SS4 | 09:59 | Kumluca 1 | 9.90 km | ![]() |
7:47.4 | 76.3 km/h | ||
SS5 | 12:57 | Perge 2
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22.43 km | ![]() |
15:42.8 | 85.6 km/h | ||
SS6 | 13:40 | Myra 2 | 24.15 km | ![]() |
20:46.0 | 69.8 km/h | ![]() | |
SS7 | 14:18 | Kumluca 2 | 9.90 km | ![]() |
7:38.9 | 77.7 km/h | ![]() | |
SS8 | 17:01 | Chimera 1 | 16.94 km | ![]() |
12:21.5 | 82.2 km/h | ||
SS9 | 17:47 | Phaselis 1 | 22.40 km | ![]() |
17:49.3 | 75.6 km/h | ![]() | |
2 (14 JUN) |
SS10 | 09:28 | Chimera 2 | 16.94 km | ![]() |
11:57.3 | 85.0 km/h | |
SS11 | 10:16 | Silyon 1 | 27.36 km | ![]() |
21:53.5 | 75.0 km/h | ![]() | |
SS12 | 12:59 | Kemer 1 | 20.50 km | ![]() |
15:06.9 | 81.4 km/h | ||
SS13 | 13:49 | Silyon 2 | 27.36 km | ![]() |
21:36.8 | 75.9 km/h | ||
SS14 | 16:32 | Kemer 2 | 20.50 km | ![]() |
14:49.4 | 83.0 km/h | ||
SS15 | 18:23 | Phaselis 2 | 22.40 km | ![]() ![]() |
17:19.2 | 77.6 km/h | ||
SS16 | 19:01 | Antalya SSS 2 | 2.60 km | ![]() |
2:06.3 | 74.1 km/h | ||
3 (15 JUN) |
SS17 | 09:38 | Olympos 1
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31.03 km | ![]() |
25:07.5 | 74.1 km/h | |
SS18 | 12:04 | Camyuva
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5.50 km | ![]() |
4:11.2 | 78.8 km/h | ||
SS19 | 13:07 | Olympos 2
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31.03 km | ![]() |
24:48.9 | 75.0 km/h |
Championship standings after the event
Drivers' championship
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Manufacturers' championship
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ARG![]() |
JOR![]() |
TUR![]() |
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JPN![]() |
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1 | BP Ford World Rally Team
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8 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 99 |
2 | Citroën Total World Rally Team
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11 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 |
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10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 |
4 | Stobart M-Sport Ford
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8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 |
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0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
References
- ^ "Rally of Turkey". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
- ^ "Ford team plays its tactical aces on SS9". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Citroen Team boss critical of Ford's tactical game". wrc.com. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "SS4: Hirvonen leads after the morning loop". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Hirvonen back on top after SS7". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "SS15: Decisive stage proves tactics-free". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ "Manufacturers' points the priority for Ford". wrc.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ "SS12: Galli loses third". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ "Lead battle intensifies on SS17". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ "SS19 Olympos 2 Split times". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
- ^ "Hirvonen leads Ford 1-2 in Turkey". autosport.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.