Rally Italy 2008

 Rally Italy 2008

Racing data
6th of 15 races in the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Sardinia
Date:	16.-18. May 2008
Begin:	Olbia
Exams:	17 tests over 344.73 km
Distance:	1040.35 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Abu Dhabi WRT

The 5th Rally Sardinia (also called Rally Italy ) was the sixth of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 17 special stages and was held between May 16 and 18.

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	3: 57: 17.2		10
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 57: 27.8	+ 0: 10.6	8th
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 57: 32.5	+ 0: 15.3	6th
4th	Gigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 58: 59.7	+1: 42.5	5
5	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 59: 22.8	+ 2: 05.6	4th
6th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC	4: 02: 25.8	+ 5: 08.6	3
7th	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 03: 18.2	+ 6: 01.0	2
8th	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 03: 38.5	+ 6: 21.3	1
JWRC
1 (15)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 21: 52.9	+ 24: 35.7	10
2 (17)	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Renault Clio R3	4: 26: 17.8	+ 29: 00.6	8th
3 (19)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 32: 14.6	+ 34: 57.4	6th
4 (21)	Shaun Gallagher	Michael Morrissey	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 32: 40.9	+ 35: 23.7	5
5 (22)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 37: 39.8	+ 40: 22.6	4th
6 (23)	Stefano Albertini	Piercarlo Capolongo	Renault Clio R3	4: 38: 01.7	+ 40: 44.5	3
7 (26)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	4: 47: 29.2	+ 50: 12.0	2
8 (27)	Hans Weijs jr.	Hans Van Goor	Citroën C2 R2	4: 48: 07.7	+ 50: 50.5	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (May 16)	WP1	Monte Corvos 1	16.43 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11: 24.3	86.4 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP2	Crastazza 1	33.96 km	Sébastien Loeb	23: 56.1	85.1 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP3	Terranova 1	15.39 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 48.3	85.5 km / h
	WP4	Monte Corvos 2	16.43 km	Gigi Galli	11: 07.3	88.6 km / h
	WP5	Crastazza 2	33.96 km	Sébastien Loeb	23: 21.4	87.2 km / h
	WP6	Terranova 2	15.39 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10: 30.9	87.8 km / h
Day 2 (May 17th)	WP7	Punta Pianedda 1	18.53 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11: 27.8	97.0 km / h
	WP8	Monte Lerno 1	29.31 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	19: 46.3	88.9 km / h
	WP9	Su Filigosu 1	19.46 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 43.3	91.8 km / h
	WP10	Punta Pianedda 2	18.53 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11: 09.3	99.7 km / h
	WP11	Monte Lerno 2	29.31 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	19: 19.9	91.0 km / h
	WP12	Su Filigosu 2	19.46 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 35.6	94.0 km / h
Day 3 (May 18th)	WP13	Monte Olia 1	19.28 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14: 03.2	82.3 km / h
	WP14	Sorilis 1	18.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 58.9	80.1 km / h
	WP15	Monte Olia 2	19.28 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13: 46.2	84.0 km / h
	WP16	Sorilis 2	18.66 km	Mikko Hirvonen	13: 45.0	81.0 km / h
	WP17	Liscia Ruja	2.69 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	1: 54.8	84.4 km / h

Source:

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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

• Official website