Rally Finland 2008

 Rally Finland 2008

Racing data
9th of 15 races in the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Finland
Date:	July 31–3. August 2008
Begin:	Killeri
Exams:	24 tests over 340.42 km
Distance:	1461.58 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Third:	Chris Atkinson Subaru World Rally Team

The 58th Rally Finland was the ninth of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 24 special stages and was held between July 31 and August 3.

Loeb / Elena (Citroën C4 WRC)

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	2: 54: 05.5		10
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	2: 54: 14.5	+ 00: 09.0	8th
3	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	2: 57: 22.5	+ 03: 17.0	6th
4th	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	2: 57: 36.4	+ 03: 30.9	5
5	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	2: 58: 03.2	+ 03: 57.7	4th
6th	Petter Solberg	Phillip Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	2: 58: 09.6	+ 04: 04.1	3
7th	Matti Rantanen	Jan Lönegren	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 00: 16.6	+ 06: 11.1	2
8th	Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	Suzuki SX4 WRC	3: 02: 24.2	+ 08: 18.7	1
PWRC
1 (13)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3: 08: 38.1	+ 14: 32.6	10
2 (14)	Jussi Välimäki	Jarkko Kalliolepo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3: 11: 51.7	+ 17: 46.2	8th
3 (16)	Jari Ketomaa	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3: 13: 53.6	+ 19: 48.1	6th
4 (17)	Oscar Svedlund	Bjorn Nilson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3: 14: 40.5	+ 20: 35.0	5
5 (23)	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3: 21: 41.6	+ 27: 36.1	4th
6 (24)	Jussi Tiippana	Marko salt mines	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3: 22: 01.1	+ 27: 55.6	3
7 (27)	Evgeny Aksakov	Aleksander Kornilov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3: 26: 10.7	+ 32: 05.2	2
8 (29)	Simone Campedelli	Danilo Fappani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 28: 26.4	+ 34: 20.9	1
JWRC
1 (20)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 17: 52.2	+ 23: 46.7	10
2 (21)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	3: 18: 09.7	+ 24: 04.2	8th
3 (22)	Michal Kosciuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 19: 26.9	+ 25: 21.4	6th
4 (28)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 26: 24.7	+ 32: 19.2	5
5 (30)	Shaun Gallagher	Paul Kiely	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 29: 36.6	+ 35: 31.1	4th
6 (33)	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	3: 32: 23.9	+ 38: 18.4	3
7 (34)	Gilles Schammel	Renaud Jamoul	Renault Clio R3	3: 35: 40.1	+ 41: 34.6	2
8 (40)	Hans Weijs jr.	Hans Van Goor	Citroën C2 R2	3: 40: 30.9	+ 46: 25.4	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (July 31st)	WP1	Killeri 1	2.06 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 20.5	92.1 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
Day 2 (Aug 1st)	WP2	Vellipohja 1	17.16 km	Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen	8: 16.9	124.3 km / h
	WP3	Mokkipera 1	11.38 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 30.5	124.0 km / h
	WP4	Palsankyla 1	13.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 12.7	115.6 km / h
	WP5	Vellipohja 2	17.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 09.9	126.1 km / h
	WP6	Mokkipera 2	11.38 km	Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen	5: 28.8	124.6 km / h
	WP7	Palsankyla 2	13.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 07.8	117.0 km / h
	WP8	Urria	12.65 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6: 00.5	126.3 km / h
	WP9	Lautapera	7.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	3: 52.4	121.9 km / h
	WP10	Jukojarvi	22.18 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 37.2	125.3 km / h
	WP11	Killeri 2	2.06 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 20.0	92.7 km / h
Day 3 (2nd Aug)	WP12	Himos	15.35 km	Mikko Hirvonen	8: 37.3	106.8 km / h
	WP13	Hirvimaki	10.67 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 47.7	110.5 km / h
	WP14	Surkee 1	14.80 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 03.4	110.2 km / h
	WP15	Leustu	21.43 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10: 12.4	126.0 km / h
	WP16	Kakaristo 1	20.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 43.2	112.4 km / h
	WP17	Kaipolanvuori	13.64 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 06.6	115.1 km / h
	WP18	Surkee 2	14.80 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 55.9	112.0 km / h
	WP19	Kakaristo 2	20.09 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10: 34.7	113.0 km / h
	WP20	Juupajoki	21.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 57.4	115.7 km / h
	WP21	Vaarinmaja	16.25 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 22.5	116.4 km / h
Day 4 (3rd Aug)	WP22	Lankamaa	23.09 km	Mikko Hirvonen Sébastien Loeb	11: 11.0	123.9 km / h
	WP23	Hannula	10.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 43.8	114.3 km / h
	WP24	Ruuhimaki	6.46 km	Petter Solberg	3: 12.9	120.6 km / h

Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Stage results , accessed on September 26, 2015

Web links

Commons : World Rally Championship 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website