2008 World Rally Championship
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The 2008 World Rally Championship was the 36th season of the
Rule changes
The running order for the first day is governed by championship position, with the championship leader running first on the road. For every other day of a rally, the order is decided by the previous end of day classification (with the leader on classification running first). The term '
With the switch to
Calendar
The 2008 championship was contested over fifteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.
The 2008 season included 15 rallies, which was one less than the
The events also part of the
Round | Dates | Rally | Support class |
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1 | 24–27 January | / Monte Carlo Rally | none |
2 | 8–10 February | Swedish Rally |
P-WRC |
3 | 28 February-2 March | Rally Mexico | J-WRC |
4 | 27–30 March | Rally Argentina | P-WRC |
5 | 24–27 April | Jordan Rally | J-WRC |
6 | 16–18 May | Rally d'Italia Sardegna |
J-WRC |
7 | 29 May-1 June | Acropolis Rally | P-WRC |
8 | 13–15 June | Rally of Turkey | P-WRC |
9 | 31 July-3 August | Rally Finland | P-WRC, J-WRC |
10 | 15–17 August | Rallye Deutschland | J-WRC |
11 | 28–31 August | Rally New Zealand | P-WRC |
12 | 2–5 October | Rally Catalunya |
J-WRC |
13 | 10–12 October | Tour de Corse | J-WRC |
14 | 31 October-2 November | Rally Japan | P-WRC |
15 | 5–7 December | Wales Rally GB | P-WRC |
Teams and drivers
In 2008 two categories are valid to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:
Manufacturer (M)
- must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
- must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2008 Appendix J
- must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship
Manufacturer Team (MT)
- must take part in a minimum of 10 Championship rallies with two cars of the same make; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship
- cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2008 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2008
- can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.
The teams and drivers for the 2008 season are as follows:
- – indicates a car running with varying numbers during the season
J-WRC entries
P-WRC entries
All entries utilized Pirelli tyres.
Events
The Rally Finland is notable this year for having dropped its famous Ouninpohja stage. This has been done for safety reasons, however this is likely to be a huge disappointment for race fans.[9]
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Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
1 | / Monte Carlo Rally (24–27 January) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:39:17.0 | 19 | 365.09 km | 47 | 34 |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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3:41:51.4 | ||||||
3 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007
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3:42:15.6 | ||||||
2 | Swedish Rally
(8–10 February) — Results and report |
1 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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2:46:41.2 | 20 | 340.24 km | 61 | 49 |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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2:47:39.5 | ||||||
3 | Gianluigi Galli | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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2:49:04.4 | ||||||
3 | Rally Mexico (28 February– 2 March) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:33:29.9 | 20 | 353.75 km | 40 | 28 |
2 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007
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3:34:36.0 | ||||||
3 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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3:35:09.6 | ||||||
4 | Rally Argentina (27–30 March) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:05:48.6 | 21 | 347.91 km | 56 | 31 |
2 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007
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4:08:21.8 | ||||||
3 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:09:53.3 | ||||||
5 | Jordan Rally (24–27 April) — Results and report |
1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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4:02:47.9 | 22 | 359.26 km | 54 | 33 |
2 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:04:03.6 | ||||||
3 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007
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4:07:47.4 | ||||||
6 | Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(16–18 May) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:57:17.2 | 17 | 344.73 km | 57 | 38 |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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3:57:27.8 | ||||||
3 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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3:57:32.5 | ||||||
7 | Results and report
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1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:54:54.7 | 20 | 331.52 km | 60 | 42 |
2 | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC2008 | 3:56:04.2 | ||||||
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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3:56:50.8 | ||||||
8 | Rally of Turkey (13–15 June) — Results and report |
1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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4:42:07.1 | 19 | 360.12 km | 60 | 37 |
2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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4:42:15.0 | ||||||
3 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:42:32.8 | ||||||
9 | Rally Finland (31 July– 3 August) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 2:54:05.5 | 24 | 340.42 km | 99 | 68 |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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2:54:14.5 | ||||||
3 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2008 | 2:57:22.5 | ||||||
10 | Rallye Deutschland (15–17 August) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:26:19.7 | 19 | 352.89 km | 81 | 57 |
2 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:27:07.4 | ||||||
3 | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC 07
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3:27:39.7 | ||||||
11 | Rally New Zealand (28–31 August) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:59:18.9 | 18 | 353.04 km | 57 | 35 |
2 | Dani Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:59:36.4 | ||||||
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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4:00:00.4 | ||||||
12 | Rally Catalunya
(2–5 October) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:21:17.4 | 18 | 353.62 km | 69 | 48 |
2 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:21:42.3 | ||||||
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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3:22:19.9 | ||||||
13 | Tour de Corse (10–12 October) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:42:58.0 | 16 | 359.02 km | 71 | 54 |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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3:46:22.7 | ||||||
3 | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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3:46:29.6 | ||||||
14 | Rally Japan (31 October– 2 November) — Results and report |
1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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3:25:03.0 | 29 | 343.69 km | 86 | 57 |
2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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3:25:34.1 | ||||||
3 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:27:33.6 | ||||||
15 | Results and report
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1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 2:43:09.6 | 19 | 282.35 km | 78 | 47 |
2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 08
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2:43:22.3 | ||||||
3 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 2:45:30.2 |
Standings
Drivers' championship
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- Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Japan.
Manufacturers' championship
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- Citroënsecured the manufacturers' championship in Wales.
Junior championship
Pos. | Driver | JOR |
ITA |
FIN |
GER |
ESP |
FRA |
Pts | |
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1 | Sébastien Ogier | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 42 | |
2 | Aaron Burkart | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | |
3 | Martin Prokop | 7 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 32 | |
4 | Shaun Gallagher | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
5 | Michał Kościuszko | 3 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 22 | |
6 | Alessandro Bettega | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | ||
7 | Patrik Sandell | 5 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
8 | Jaan Mölder | 2 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 11 | |
9 | Stefano Albertini | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
10 | Gilles Schammel | 3 | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | |
11 | Florian Niegel | 4 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | ||
12 | Simone Bertolotti | 6 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 8 | Ret | ||
13 | Kevin Abbring | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 | |
14 | Pierre Campana | 3 | 6 | ||||||
15 | Pierre Marché | 4 | 5 | ||||||
16 | Andrea Cortinovis | 7 | 11 | DNS | 7 | DNS | DNS | 4 | |
17 | Hans Weijs, Jr.
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Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 2 | |
18 | Francesco Fanari | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 1 | |
19 | Miloš Komljenović | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | ||||
Pos. | Driver | JOR |
ITA |
FIN |
GER |
ESP |
FRA |
Pts |
Production championship
Points table:[10]
Pos. | Driver | SWE |
ARG |
GRC |
TUR |
FIN |
NZL |
JPN |
Pts | |
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1 | Andreas Aigner | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 38 | ||
2 | Juho Hänninen | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 36 | ||
3 | Jari Ketomaa | 2 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 4 | 28 | ||
4 | Patrik Sandell | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 22 | |||
5 | Martin Prokop | 4 | 7 | 14 | DSQ | 1 | Ret | 17 | ||
6 | Martin Rauam | 5 | DSQ | 4 | 3 | Ret | 15 | |||
7 | Fumio Nutahara | 4 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | |||
8 | Armindo Araújo | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 | ||
9 | Bernardo Sousa | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | ||
10 | Patrik Flodin | 16 | DSQ | 1 | 10 | |||||
11 | Mirco Baldacci | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 9 | ||
12 | Toshihiro Arai | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | |||
13 | Evgeny Novikov | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 8 | ||
14 | Sebastián Beltrán | 2 | ||||||||
15 | Jussi Välimäki | 2 | ||||||||
16 | Guy Wilks | 3 | 6 | |||||||
17 | Evgeny Aksakov | 13 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | |||
18 | Evgeny Vertunov | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
19 | Eyvind Brynildsen | 15 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 4 | 5 | |||
20 | Oscar Svedlund | Ret | 4 | |||||||
21 | Hayden Paddon | 4 | ||||||||
22 | Uwe Nittel | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||||
23 | Takuma Kamada | 5 | ||||||||
24 | Jaromír Tarabus | 5 | ||||||||
25 | Amjad Farrah | 6 | 9 | Ret | 3 | |||||
26 | Spyros Pavlides | 11 | Ret | 10 | 6 | |||||
27 | Jussi Tiippana | 11 | 6 | |||||||
28 | Simone Campedelli | 9 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||
29 | Katsuhiko Taguchi | 7 | 2 | |||||||
30 | Giorgio Bacco | 13 | 8 | Ret | 1 | |||||
31 | David Higgins | 8 | ||||||||
32 | Loris Baldacci | 8 | Ret | |||||||
33 | Stewart Taylor | 8 | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | SWE |
ARG |
GRC |
TUR |
FIN |
NZL |
JPN |
Pts |
References
- ^ "FIA reveals regulation changes". Crash.net. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "New tyre rules good for WRC, says Mikko". Crash.net. 2008-01-15. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "Loeb: Tyre changes create a lot of unknowns". Crash.net. 2008-01-04. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b c d "Third new Pirelli WRC tyre makes debut on Rally Mexico". WRC.com. 2008-02-15. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ "Preview: Rallye Monte Carlo – Pt. 1". Crash.net. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "Australia return delayed, Mexico gets call". Crash.net. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "PWRC: 28 to battle it out in '08". Crash.net. 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ "JWRC: 16 competitors to contest Junior series". Crash.net. 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ "What's on Dave – 2008 WRC Calendar". What's on Dave. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ "2008 Production WRC Classification". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
External links
- 2008 calendar at WRC.com
- FIA World Rally Championship 2008 at ewrc-results.com