World Rally Championship 2008
World Champion | |
Driver: | Sébastien Loeb |
Manufacturer: | Citroën |
Season dates | |
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Number of rallies: | 15th |
<2007 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.
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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
Teams and drivers
team | brand | automobile | No | driver | Co-driver | Rallies |
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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 |
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Rallye Monte Carlo 24th-27th January 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | Sébastien Loeb | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 122 |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | 2 | 2 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8th | 103 |
3 | Daniel Sordo | 11 | 6th | 17th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNF | DSQ | 3 | 65 |
4th | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12 | 1 | 3 | 15th | 7th | 3 | 7th | 2 | 39 | 9 | DNF | 6th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 58 |
5 | Chris Atkinson | 3 | 21st | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6th | DNF | 13 | 3 | 6th | DNF | 7th | 6th | 4th | DNF | 50 |
6th | Petter Solberg | 5 | 4th | 12 | DNF | DNF | 10 | 2 | 6th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 5 | 5 | 8th | 4th | 46 |
7th | François Duval | 4th | 3 | DNF | 4th | 3 | DNF | 6th | 25th | ||||||||
8th | Henning Solberg | 9 | 13 | 5 | DNF | 4th | 7th | 8th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 9 | 11 | 15th | DNF | DNF | 22nd |
9 | 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 |
colour | abbreviation | meaning |
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gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Rally not finished (did not finish) |
black | DSQ | Disqualified during or after the rally |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
Without |
1 2 3 |
Numbers in superscripts are positions of the power stage that are eligible for points |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | Excluded from participating in the rally | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
† | deceased |
Manufacturer rating
rank | team | No. |
MON |
SWE |
MEX |
ARG |
JOR |
ITA |
GRC |
DOOR |
FIN |
GER |
NZL |
ESP |
FRA |
JPN |
GBR |
Points |
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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
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2008 , February 8, 2015