World Rally Championship 2008

2008 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Manufacturer:	Citroën
Season dates
Number of rallies:	15th
<2007 season	2009 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 2008 was in January 24, Monte Carlo started and ended on 7 December in the UK . A total of 15 world championship races were held on four continents.

report

The drivers' championship in the world championship was decided before the last race in Great Britain. Defending champion Sébastien Loeb with co-driver Daniel Elena was enough third place at the Rally Japan to secure the title early. For Loeb it was the fifth world championship title in a row, making him the sole record world champion of the WRC up to then. At the last race of the season in Great Britain , the Citroën Total World Rally Team won the Manufacturers' World Championship. The first and third places of the Citroën works drivers Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Sordo were enough to win the manufacturers' championship for the fourth time after 2003 , 2004 and 2005 .

vehicles

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  S. Loeb / D. Elena, Citroën C4, Rallye Deutschland 2008

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  D. Sordo / M. Marti, Citroën C4, Rallye Deutschland 2008

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  F. Duval / P. Pivato, Ford Focus RS, Rallye Deutschland 2008

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  M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen, Ford Focus RS, Rallye Deutschland 2008

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  C. Atkinson / S. Prévot, Subaru Impreza, Rallye Deutschland 2008

Teams and drivers

team	brand	automobile	No	driver	Co-driver	Rallies
Factory teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	Citroën C4 WRC	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
			2	Daniel Sordo	Marc Martí	All
Ford World Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
			4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	1-11, 14-15
				François Duval	Patrick Pivato	12-13
			19th	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	1-2, 5-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
			6th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	All
			14th	Brice Tirabassi	Fabrice Gordon	12-13
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	7th	Gianluigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	1-10
				François Duval	Patrick Pivato	11, 14
					Denis Giraudet	15th
				Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	12-13
			8th	François Duval	Eddy Chevaillier	1
					Patrick Pivato	7th
				Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2, 4-5, 7-9
				Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	3, 6, 11, 14-15
				Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	12-13
			14th	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	1, 10, 13, 15
			16	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	1, 4-5, 7-10
			20th	Barry Clark	Paul Nagle	13, 15
			46	Valentino Rossi	Carlo Cassina	15th
		Ford Focus RS WRC	23	Steve Perez	Paul Spooner	15th
			24	Dave weston jr	Aled Davies	15th
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	9	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	3-9, 11-12, 14th
			10	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	3, 6, 11-12, 14
				Luís Pérez Companc	Jose Maria Volta	4, 9
				Barry Clark	José Díaz	5
					Paul Nagle	8th
				Armodios Vovos	Loris Meletopoulos	7th
Suzuki World Rally Team	Suzuki	SX4 WRC	11	Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	All
			12	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	All
Teams without notification of manufacturer points
PH sports	Citroën	Citroën C4 WRC	15th	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	2, 5-13, 15
			16	Conrad Rautenbach	David Sr.	3-15
			17th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	15th
		Citroën Xsara WRC	21st	Conrad Rautenbach	David Sr.	1-2
Team rally Cuoq	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC	18th	Jean-Marie Cuoq	Philippe Janvier	1
Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC 2007	18th	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2, 6-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15
Ramsport	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	20th	Matti Rantanen	Jan Lönegren	9
			23	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Floene	2, 8-10, 12-13
					Maria Andersson	6th
Van Merksteijn Motorsport		Ford Focus RS WRC	22nd	Peter van Merksteijn jr	Eddy Chevaillier	10, 12
			24	Peter van Merksteijn sr	Hilco van Beek	2, 6, 10
					Erwin Berkhof	12
Ipatec Racing		Ford Focus RS WRC	61	René Kuipers	Erwin Mombaerts	10
			64	Dennis Kuipers	Kees Hagman	10

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual WPs is not included.

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rally	rank	driver	vehicle	total time	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rallye Monte Carlo 24th-27th January 2008 → Main article : Rally Monte Carlo 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 39: 17.0	19th	365.09 km	47	34
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 02: 34.4
	3.	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRC	+ 02: 58.6
Rally Sweden 7-10 February 2008 → Main article : Rally Sweden 2008	1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	2: 46: 41.2	20 2 canceled	340.18 km 294.15 km	61	49
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 58.3
	3.	Gigi Galli	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 02: 23.2
Rally Mexico February 28–2. March 2008 → Main article : Rally Mexico 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 33: 29.9	20 1 canceled	353.75 km 331.45 km	40	28
	2.	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRC	+ 01: 06.1
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 01: 39.7
Rally Argentina 28-30. March 2008 → Main article : Rally Argentina 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 05: 48.6	21st	352.07 km	56	31
	2.	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRC	+ 02: 33.2
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 04: 04.7
Rally Jordan 24.-27. April 2008 → Main article : Rally Jordan 2008	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 02: 47.9	22nd	359.26 km	54	33
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 15.7
	3.	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRC	+ 04: 59.5
Rally Italy Sardinia 16.-18. May 2008 → Main article : Rally Italy 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 57: 17.2	17th	344.73 km	57	38
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 10.6
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 15.3
Rally Greece May 29th – 1st June 2008 → Main article : Rally Greece 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 54: 54.7	20th	339.94 km	60	42
	2.	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC	+ 01: 09.5
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 01: 56.1
Rally Turkey 12. – 15. June 2008 → Main article : Rally Turkey 2008	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 42: 07.1	19th	360.74 km	60	37
	2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 07.9
	3.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 25.7
Rally Finland July 31–3. August 2008 → Main article : Rally Finland 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2: 54: 05.5	24	340.42 km	99	68
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 09.0
	3.	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRC	+ 03: 17.0
Rally Germany 15. – 17. August 2008 → Main article : Rallye Deutschland 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 26: 19.7	19th	352.63 km	81	58
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 47.7
	3.	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 01: 20.0
Rally New Zealand 28.-31. August 2008 → Main article : Rally New Zealand 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 59: 18.9	18th	353.04 km	57	35
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 17.5
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 41.5
Rally Spain 2nd - 5th October 2008 → Main article : Rally Spain 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 21: 17.4	18th	353.62 km	69	48
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 24.9
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 01: 02.5
Rally Corsica 10-12 October 2008 → Main article : Rally Corsica 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 42: 58.0	16	359.02 km	71	54
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 03: 24.7
	3.	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 03: 31.6
Rally Japan 24.-26. October 2008 → Main article : Rally Japan 2008	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 25: 03.0	29 3 canceled	342.61 km 309.53 km	86	57
	2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 31.1
	3.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 20: 30.6
Rally Great Britain 5-7 December 2008 → Main article : Rally Great Britain 2008	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2: 43: 09.6	19 2 canceled	282.46 km 275.12 km	78	47
	2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 12.7
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 20.6

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

Distribution of points
rank	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

rank	driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	DOOR	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR	Points
01	Sébastien Loeb	1	DNF	1	1	10	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	122
02	Mikko Hirvonen	2	2	4th	5	1	2	3	1	2	4th	3	3	2	1	8th	103
03	Daniel Sordo	11	6th	17th	3	2	5	5	4th	4th	2	2	2	DNF	DSQ	3	65
04th	Jari-Matti Latvala	12	1	3	15th	7th	3	7th	2	39	9	DNF	6th	4th	2	2	58
05	Chris Atkinson	3	21st	2	2	3	6th	DNF	13	3	6th	DNF	7th	6th	4th	DNF	50
06th	Petter Solberg	5	4th	12	DNF	DNF	10	2	6th	6th	5	4th	5	5	8th	4th	46
07th	François Duval	4th									3	DNF	4th	3	DNF	6th	25th
08th	Henning Solberg	9	13	5	DNF	4th	7th	8th	5	5	7th	9	11	15th	DNF	DNF	22nd
09	Gianluigi Galli	6th	3	DNF	7th	8th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	17th
10	Matthew Wilson	10	DNF	6th	DNF	5	12	6th	7th	9	12	17th	9	8th	7th	9	15th
11	Urmo Aava		18th			DNF	8th	4th	DNF	16	8th	5	35	7th		DNS	13
12	Per-Gunnar Andersson	8th	DNF	DNF	24	DNF	9	11	DNF	DNF	15th	6th	32	17th	5	5	12
13	Toni Gardemeister	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	8th	10	7th	13	13	6th	7th	10
14th	Federico Villagra			7th	6th	6th	14th	13	9	DNF		8th	12		9		9
15th	Conrad Rautenbach	DNF	16	16	4th	26th	13	10	8th	10	10	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	15th	6th
16	Andreas Mikkelsen		5				DNF		19th	12	11		8th	11			5
17th	Matti Rantanen									7th							2
18th	Jean-Marie Cuoq	7th															2
19th	Juho Hänninen		8th					21st		13		14th	29	24	10	DNF	1
20th	Andreas Aigner		31		8th			14th	11	DNF		DNF				13	1
21st	Sébastien Ogier			8th		11	22nd			36	19th		DNF	20th		26th	1
rank	driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	DOOR	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR	Points

Manufacturer rating

rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRC	DOOR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	1	1	DNF	1	1	8th	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	191
		2	8th	5	9	3	2	5	4th	4th	4th	2	2	2	DNF	DNF	3
2	Ford World Rally Team	3	2	2	4th	4th	1	2	3	1	2	4th	3	3	2	1	8th	173
		4th	9	1	3	7th	6th	3	5	2	8th	7th	DNF	4th	3	2	2
3	Subaru World Rally Team	5	5	4th	8th	DNF	DNF	9	2	6th	6th	5	4th	5	5	8th	4th	98
		6th	3	8th	2	2	3	6th	DNF	9	3	6th	DNF	7th	6th	4th	DNF
4th	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	7th	6th	3	DNF	6th	7th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	7th	DNF	6th	67
		8th	4th	7th	6th	DNF	4th	10	6th	5	5	3	9	6th	4th	7th	9
5	Suzuki World Rally Team	11	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	7th	8th	6th	11	8th	6th	7th	34
		12	7th	DNF	DNF	8th	Ret	8th	8th	DNF	DNF	9	5	12	9	5	5
6th	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	9			7th	5	5	11	9	7th	DNF		7th	10		9		22nd
		10			5	DNF	9	7th	DNF	8th	DNF		8th	9		DNF
rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRC	DOOR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2008 , February 8, 2015

Web links

http://www.wrc.com

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