Rally Japan 2008

 Rally Japan 2008

Racing data
14th of 15 races in the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Japan
Date:	October 31–2. November 2008
Begin:	Sapporo
Exams:	29 tests over 342.61 km
Distance:	1316.28 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Third:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 5th Rally Japan was the fourteenth of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 29 special stages on gravel roads and was held between October 31 and November 2.

Hirvonen / Lehtinen (Ford Focus RS WRC)

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 25: 03.0		10
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Antilla	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 25: 34.1	+ 00: 31.1	8th
3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 27: 33.6	+ 02: 30.6	6th
4th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 28: 45.4	+ 03: 42.4	5
5	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki SX4 WRC	3: 30: 15.9	+ 05: 12.9	4th
6th	Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	Suzuki SX4 WRC	3: 31: 12.4	+ 06: 09.4	3
7th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 32: 08.3	+ 07: 05.3	2
8th	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 38: 22.9	+ 13: 19.9	1
PWRC
1 (10)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 43: 30.4	+ 18: 27.4	10
2 (11)	Yevgeny Novikov	Dale Moscatt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 43: 36.7	+ 18: 33.7	8th
3 (12)	Toshihiro Arai	Glenn MacNeall	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 43: 39.6	+ 18: 36.6	6th
4 (13)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Mathieu Giraudet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 47: 18.2	+ 22: 15.2	5
5 (14)	Takuma Kamada	Naoki cheese	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 47: 53.5	+ 22: 50.5	4th
6 (15)	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 50: 11.0	+ 25: 08.0	3
7 (16)	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Mark Stacey	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 51: 25.1	+ 26: 22.1	2
8 (18)	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 58: 39.3	+ 33: 36.3	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (October 31st)	WP1	Heper 1	13.24 km	Mikko Hirvonen	09: 57.9	079.7 km / h	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP2	Yuparo 1	11.10 km	Mikko Hirvonen	08: 24.2	079.3 km / h
	WP3	Isepo 1	13.67 km	called off
	WP4	Pipaoi 1	05.74 km	Sébastien Loeb	03: 17.3	104.7 km / h
	WP5	Heper 2	13.24 km	Mikko Hirvonen	09: 35.6	082.8 km / h
	WP6	Yuparo 2	11.10 km	Mikko Hirvonen	08: 02.5	082.8 km / h
	WP7	Isepo 2	13.67 km	called off
	WP8	Pipaoi 2	05.74 km	called off
	WP9	Sapporo 1	01.49 km	Mikko Hirvonen	01: 39.4	054.0 km / h
	WP10	Sapporo 2	01.49 km	Mikko Hirvonen	01: 41.6	052.8 km / h
Day 2 (Nov. 1)	WP11	Imeru 1	02.30 km	Dani Sordo	01: 42.5	080.8 km / h
	WP12	Nikara 1	31.12 km	Petter Solberg	18: 37.0	100.3 km / h
	WP13	Kamuycep 1	33.66 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	21: 58.1	091.9 km / h
	WP14	Kina 1	09.55 km	Henning Solberg	05: 54.6	097.0 km / h
	WP15	Imeru 2	02.30 km	Sébastien Loeb	01: 42.5	080.8 km / h
	WP16	Nikara 2	031.12 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18: 22.8	101.6 km / h
	WP17	Kamuycep 2	33.66 km	Mikko Hirvonen	21: 22.7	094.5 km / h
	WP18	Kina 2	09.55 km	Mikko Hirvonen	05: 54.3	097.0 km / h
	WP19	Sapporo 3	01.49 km	Toni Gardemeister Dani Sordo	01: 25.4	062.8 km / h
	WP20	Sapporo 4	01.49 km	Dani Sordo	01: 23.2	064.5 km / h
Day 3 (November 2nd)	WP21	Koyka 1	03.57 km	Petter Solberg	02: 00.2	106.9 km / h
	WP22	Iwanke 1	13.57 km	Mikko Hirvonen	08: 13.0	099.1 km / h
	WP23	Sikot 1	27.76 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17: 49.5	093.4 km / h
	WP24	Imeru 3	02.30 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	01: 57.3	070.6 km / h
	WP25	Sapporo 5th	01.49 km	Aji Kim	01: 45.7	050.7 km / h
	WP26	Koyka 2	03.57 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 08.6	099.9 km / h
	WP27	Iwanke 2	13.57 km	Mikko Hirvonen	08: 39.9	094.0 km / h
	WP28	Sikot 2	27.76 km	Petter Solberg	18: 00.2	092.5 km / h
	WP29	Imeru 4	02.30 km	Petter Solberg	02: 03.8	066.9 km / h

Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Stage results , accessed on October 17, 2015

Web links

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

• Official website