Rally Catalonia 2008

 Rally Catalonia 2008

Racing data
12th of 15 races of the 2008 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Catalonia
Date:	2nd to 5th October 2008
Begin:	Salou
Exams:	18 tests over 353.62 km
Distance:	1,359.96 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Dani Sordo Citroën Total World Rally Team
Third:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford Abu Dhabi WRT

The 44th Rally Catalonia (also called Rally Spain / Catalonia) was the twelfth of 15 FIA World Championship races in 2008. The rally consisted of 18 special stages and was held between October 2nd and 5th.

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: 21: 17.4		10
2	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 21: 42.3	+ 00: 24.9	8th
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 22: 19.9	+ 01: 02.5	6th
4th	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 22: 28.2	+ 01: 10.8	5
5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 24: 44.8	+ 03: 27.4	4th
6th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 25: 21.2	+ 04: 03.8	3
7th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 25: 22.3	+ 04: 04.9	2
8th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 26: 37.0	+ 05: 19.6	1
JWRC
1 (16)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 41: 25.0	+ 20: 07.6	10
2 (17)	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Renault Clio R3	3: 41: 49.6	+ 20: 32.2	8th
3 (20)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 42: 29.5	+ 21: 12.1	6th
4 (22)	Shaun Gallagher	Paul Kiely	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 43: 41.7	+ 22: 24.3	5
5 (23)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	3: 46: 05.0	+ 24: 47.6	4th
6 (24)	Jaan Mölder	Frederic Miclotte	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 47: 14.1	+ 25: 56.7	3
7 (25)	Stefano Albertini	Piercarlo Capolongo	Renault Clio 16V	3: 49: 34.1	+ 28: 16.7	2
8 (28)	Simone Bertolotti	Daniele Vernuccio	Renault Clio Sport	3: 51: 03.3	+ 29: 45.9	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (Oct 3rd)	WP1	La Mussara 1	20.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 17.3	108.9 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP2	Querol 1	21.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 13.2	113.7 km / h
	WP3	El Montmell 1	24.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 39.0	114.5 km / h
	WP4	La Mussara 2	20.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 14.0	109.4 km / h
	WP5	Querol 2	21.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 15.0	113.4 km / h
	WP6	El Montmell 2	24.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 33.0	115.4 km / h
Day 2 (Oct 4th)	WP7	El Priorat / La Ribera d'Ebre 1	38.27 km	Sébastien Loeb	21: 30.9	106.7 km / h
	WP8	Les Garrigues 1	8.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	05: 02.7	102.3 km / h
	WP9	La Llena 1	17.12 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 35.6	107.1 km / h
	WP10	El Priory / La Ribera d'Ebre 2	38.27 km	Mikko Hirvonen	21: 39.3	106.0 km / h
	WP11	Les Garrigues 2	08.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	05: 04.8	101.6 km / h
	WP12	La Llena 2	17.12 km	François Duval	09: 49.6	104.5 km / h
Day 3 (Oct 5th)	WP13	Riudecanyes 1	16.32 km	François Duval	10: 32.8	092.8 km / h
	WP14	Santa Marina 1	26.51 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 49.1	100.6 km / h
	WP15	La Serra d'Almos 1	04.11 km	Daniel Sordo	02: 37.3	094.1 km / h
	WP16	Riudecanyes 2	16.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10: 32.7	092.9 km / h
	WP17	Santa Marina 2	26.51 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15: 53.9	100.0 km / h
	WP18	La Serra d'Almos 2	04.11 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 39.9	092.5 km / h

Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Stage results , accessed on October 16, 2015

Web links

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

• Official website