Rally Mexico 2008

 Rally Mexico 2008

Racing data
3rd of 15 races in the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Mexico
Date:	February 28–2. March 2008
Begin:	Leon
Exams:	20 tests over 353.75 km
Distance:	830.83 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Chris Atkinson Subaru World Rally Team
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

The 5th Rally Mexico was the third of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 20 special stages and was held between February 28 and March 2. The 18th special stage had to be canceled for safety reasons because too many spectators were crowding the street.

Loeb / Elena on the podium with the Citroën C4

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 33: 29.9		10
02	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 34: 36.0	+ 01: 06.1	08th
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 35: 09.6	+ 01: 39.7	06th
04th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 37: 08.6	+ 03: 38.7	05
05	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 38: 27.8	+ 04: 57.9	04th
06th	Matthew Wilson	Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 39: 58.8	+ 06: 28.9	03
07th	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 52: 32.9	+ 19: 03.0	02
08th	Sebastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 58: 54.8	+ 25: 24.9	01
09	Jaan Mölder Jr.	Frederic Miclotte	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 00: 26.7	+ 26: 56.8
10	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 02: 00.0	+ 28: 30.1
JWRC
1 0(8)	Sebastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 58: 54.8	+ 25: 24.9	10
2 0(9)	Jaan Mölder Jr.	Frederic Miclotte	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 00: 26.7	+ 26: 56.8	08th
3 (10)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 02: 00.0	+ 28: 30.1	06th
4 (12)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 04: 56.6	+ 31: 26.7	05
5 (13)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	4: 06: 40.5	+ 33: 10.6	04th
6 (19)	Shaun Gallagher	Clive Jenkins	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 14: 16.0	+1: 10: 46.1	03
7 (22)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 48: 43.2	+1: 15: 13.3	02
8 (23)	Francesco Fanari	Massimiliano Bosi	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 51: 28.8	+1: 17: 58.9	01

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (Feb 29)	WP1	Alfaro 1	22.96 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14: 14.6	96.7 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP2	Ortega 1	23.83 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 11.8	100.7 km / h
	WP3	El Cubilete 1	18.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 51.5	95.5 km / h
	WP4	Alfaro 2	22.96 km	Petter Solberg	14: 02.5	98.1 km / h
	WP5	Ortega 2	23.83 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14: 00.1	102.1 km / h
	WP6	El Cubilete 2	18.87 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11: 45.5	96.3 km / h
	WP7	Super special 1	2.21 km	Petter Solberg	1: 41.7	78.2 km / h
	WP8	Super special 2	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 42.0	78.0 km / h
Day 2 (March 1st)	WP9	Ibarilla 1	29.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 35.7	96.5 km / h
	WP10	Duarte 1	23.27 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 19.6	76.2 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP11	Derramadero 1	23.28 km	D. Sordo	14: 04.6	99.2 km / h
	WP12	Ibarilla 2	29.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 21.0	97.8 km / h
	WP13	Duarte 2	23.27 km	D. Sordo	17: 56.2	77.8 km / h
	WP14	Derramadero 2	23.28 km	Henning Solberg	13: 52.9	100.6 km / h
	WP15	Super special 3	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb Henning Solberg	1: 41.9	78.1 km / h
	WP16	Super special 4	2.21 km	Chris Atkinson Sébastien Loeb	1: 40.8	78.9 km / h
Day 3 (March 2nd)	WP17	Leon	16.09 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10: 43.3	90.0 km / h
	WP18	Guanajuatito	22.30 km	called off
	WP19	Comanjilla	17.88 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10: 12.7	105.1 km / h
	WP20	Super special 5	4.42 km	Daniel Sordo	3: 19.3	79.8 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