Rally Argentina 2008

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Racing data
4th of 15 races in the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname: Rally Argentina
Date: 28-30 March 2008
Begin: Cordoba
Exams: 21 tests over 352.07 km
Distance: 1619.45 km
Covering: gravel
Podium
First: FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
FranceFrance
Second: AustraliaAustralia Chris Atkinson Subaru World Rally Team
JapanJapan
Third: SpainSpain Dani Sordo Citroën Total World Rally Team
FranceFrance

The 28th Rally Argentina was the fourth of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 21 special stages and was held between March 28th and 30th.

Loeb / Elena (Citroën C4 WRC) at the Mexico Rally

Classifications

Bottom line

Item driver Co-driver automobile time Residue Points
WRC
1 FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb MonacoMonaco Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 4: 05: 48.6 10
2 AustraliaAustralia Chris Atkinson BelgiumBelgium Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 4: 08: 21.8 + 02: 33.2 8th
3 SpainSpain Dani Sordo SpainSpain Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 4: 09: 53.3 + 04: 04.7 6th
4th ZimbabweZimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Sr. Citroën C4 WRC 4: 25: 52.1 + 20: 03.5 5
5 FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 4: 31: 03.9 + 25: 15.3 4th
6th ArgentinaArgentina Federico Villagra ArgentinaArgentina Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 4: 33: 30.6 + 27: 42.0 3
7th ItalyItaly Gigi Galli ItalyItaly Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Focus RS WRC 4: 33: 40.4 + 27: 51.8 2
8th AustriaAustria Andreas Aigner GermanyGermany Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4: 34: 47.9 + 28: 59.3
PCWRC
1 0(8) AustriaAustria Andreas Aigner GermanyGermany Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4: 34: 47.9 + 28: 59.3 10
2 0(9) ArgentinaArgentina Sebastián Beltrán CubaCuba Ricardo Rojas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4: 35: 53.5 + 30: 04.9 8th
3 (10) FinlandFinland Jari Ketomaa FinlandFinland Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza N12 4: 37: 41.2 + 31: 52.6 6th
4 (11) JapanJapan Fumio Nutahara United KingdomUnited Kingdom Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4: 38: 47.0 + 32: 58.4 5
5 (12) EstoniaEstonia Martin Rauam EstoniaEstonia Silver Kutt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4: 44: 16.0 + 38: 27.4 4th
6 (13) JordanJordan Amjad Farrah ItalyItaly Nicola Arena Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4: 53: 04.4 + 47: 18.8 3
7 (14) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Prokop Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4: 53: 07.8 + 47: 19.2 2
8 (18) PortugalPortugal Bernardo Sousa PortugalPortugal Jorge Carvalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5: 13: 02.4 +1: 07: 13.8 1

Special stages

Day WP
number
WP
name
length WP
winner
time Ø km / h leader
Day 1
(March 28th)
WP1 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 1 18.70 km FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen 16: 29.3 68.0 km / h FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen
WP2 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 1 23.28 km FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen 14: 59.6 93.2 km / h
WP3 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos 1 22.95 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 17: 39.7 78.0 km / h
WP4 San Marcos - Charbonier 1 9.61 km FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen 6: 38.3 86.9 km / h
WP5 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 2 23.28 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 14: 51.3 94.0 km / h FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb
WP6 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos 2 22.95 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 17: 23.1 79.2 km / h
WP7 San Marcos - Charbonier 2 9.61 km ItalyItaly Gigi Galli 6: 33.5 87.9 km / h
WP8 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 2 18.70 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 17: 02.3 65.9 km / h
WP9 Camping San Martin 1 3.50 km AustraliaAustralia Chris Atkinson 1: 39.4 126.8 km / h
Day 2
(March 29)
WP10 Santa Monica - Amboy 1 22.17 km NorwayNorway Petter Solberg 12: 02.7 110.4 km / h
WP11 Villa del Dique - Las Bajadas 1 16.41 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 9: 10.0 107.4 km / h
WP12 San Augustin - Villa General Belgrano 1 16.31 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 11: 26.5 85.5 km / h
WP13 Santa Rosa - San Augustin 1 21.41 km AustraliaAustralia Chris Atkinson 13: 37.3 94.3 km / h
WP14 Santa Monica - Amboy 2 22.17 km NorwayNorway Petter Solberg 11: 37.2 114.5 km / h
WP15 Villa del Dique - Las Bajadas 2 16.41 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 8: 57.8 109.8 km / h
WP16 San Augustin - Villa General Belgrano 2 16.31 km NorwayNorway Petter Solberg 11: 18.8 86.5 km / h
WP17 Santa Rosa - San Augustin 2 21.41 km NorwayNorway Petter Solberg 13: 23.6 95.9 km / h
WP18 Camping San Martin 2 3.50 km NorwayNorway Petter Solberg 1: 40.6 125.2 km / h
Day 3
(March 30th)
WP19 Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 24.70 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 19: 57.9 74.2 km / h
WP20 El Condor - Copina 16.06 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 15: 08.6 63.6 km / h
WP21 Camping San Martin 3 2.63 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 2: 13.3 71.0 km / h

Source:

Individual evidence

  1. ewrc-results.com: Stage results , accessed on September 19, 2015

Web links

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