Rally Corsica 2008

 Rally Corsica 2008

Racing data
13th of 15 races in the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Corsica
Date:	10-12 October 2008
Begin:	Ajaccio
Exams:	16 tests over 359.02 km
Distance:	1094.28 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Third:	François Duval Stobart M-Sport Ford RT

The 52nd Rallye Corsica (also called Tour de Corse ) was the thirteenth of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 16 special stages on asphalt roads and was held between October 10th and 12th. For the time being, it was the last Tour de Corse with WRC status.

Duval / Pivato (Ford Focus RS WRC)

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 42: 58.0		10
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 46: 22.7	+ 03: 24.7	8th
3	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 46: 29.6	+ 03: 31.6	6th
4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 46: 35.5	+ 03: 37.5	5
5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 48: 33.4	+ 05: 35.4	4th
6th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 49: 08.4	+ 06: 10.4	3
7th	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 50: 23.2	+ 07: 25.2	2
8th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 52: 00.2	+ 09: 02.2	1
JWRC
1 (19)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 04: 43.9	+ 21: 45.9	10
2 (20)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 05: 01.6	+ 22: 03.6	8th
3 (21)	Pierre Campana	Samuel Teissier	Renault Clio R3	4: 05: 37.2	+ 22: 39.2	6th
4 (25)	Pierre Marché	Julien Giroux	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 06: 51.8	+ 23: 53.8	5
5 (26)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 07: 21.7	+ 24: 23.7	4th
6 (28)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio R3	4: 08: 08.2	+ 25: 10.2	3
7 (29)	Florian Niegel	André tile	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 09: 03.7	+ 26: 05.7	2
8 (30)	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	4: 10: 01.3	+ 27: 03.3	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (Oct 10)	WP1	Acqua Doria-Serra di Ferro 1	15.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 27.4	101.0 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP2	Portigliolo-Bocca Albitrina 1	16.62 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 21.9	106.5 km / h
	WP3	Arbellara-Aullene 1	27.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 51.4	103.8 km / h
	WP4	Acqua Doria-Serra di Ferro 2	15.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 32.2	100.2 km / h
	WP5	Portigliolo-Bocca Albitrina 2	16.62 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 22.5	106.4 km / h
	WP6	Arbellara-Aullene 2	27.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 48.9	104.0 km / h
Day 2 (Oct 11)	WP7	Carbuccia scalella 1	21.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 26.3	090.9 km / h
	WP8	Calcatoggio Du Liamone 1	24.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 09.2	088.0 km / h
	WP9	Appricciani-Coggia 1	14.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 23.9	091.7 km / h
	WP10	Carbuccia scalella 2	21.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 33.6	090.2 km / h
	WP11	Calcatoggio Du Liamone 2	24.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 08.0	088.1 km / h
	WP12	Appricciani-Coggia 2	14.37 km	François Duval	09: 21.3	092.2 km / h
Day 3 (October 13th)	WP13	Agosta-Pont De Calzola 1	31.81 km	Sébastien Loeb	19: 10.2	099.6 km / h
	WP14	Pietra Rossa-Verghia 1	26.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	16: 25.6	096.1 km / h
	WP15	Agosta-Pont De Calzola 2	31.81 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Loeb	19: 22.0	098.6 km / h
	WP16	Pietra Rossa-Verghia 2	26.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	16: 27.4	096.0 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