2008 Rallye Deutschland

Template:Template other The 2008 Rallye Deutschland was the tenth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event ran from August 15 to August 17 and was won by Sébastien Loeb for the seventh consecutive year.

The rally marked the first time a driver had won a WRC event seven times in a row, and the second time a driver had won the same event seven times during his career, after Marcus Grönholm's seven wins in the Rally Finland. Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo took second place, eventually starting a series of three double wins for the Citroën Total World Rally Team.

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Henning Solberg driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 07.

Stobart M-Sport Ford driver François Duval beat factory Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen to the last podium place. Subaru's Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson took the following positions, and Henning Solberg edged out Urmo Aava to take two points for seventh place. In the Junior World Rally Championship, Sébastien Ogier closed in on the title with his third win of the season.

Gigi Galli retired after crashing heavily on the fifth stage and fracturing his left femur. The recovery was expected to take five months, and he missed the five last rallies of the season.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:26:19.7	0.0	10
2.	Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo	Template:Flagicon Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:27:07.4	47.7	8
3.	Template:Flagicon François Duval	Template:Flagicon Patrick Pivato	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:27:39.7	1:20.0	6
4.	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:27:49.8	1:30.1	5
5.	Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg	Template:Flagicon Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	3:28:55.0	2:35.3	4
6.	Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	3:31:05.6	4:45.9	3
7.	Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg	Template:Flagicon Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:31:55.9	5:36.2	2
8.	Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava	Template:Flagicon Kuldar Sikk	Citroën C4 WRC	3:31:57.5	5:37.8	1

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON Template:Flagicon SWE Template:Flagicon MEX Template:Flagicon ARG Template:Flagicon JOR Template:Flagicon ITA Template:Flagicon GRC Template:Flagicon TUR Template:Flagicon FIN Template:Flagicon GER Template:Flagicon NZL Template:Flagicon ESP Template:Flagicon FRA Template:Flagicon JPN Template:Flagicon GBR Template:Flagicon  Pts  1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 1 10 1 1 3 1 1 76 2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 4 72 3 Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 2 43 4 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret. 13 3 6 40 5 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 9 34 6 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret. Ret. 10 2 6 6 5 27 7 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret. 4 7 8 5 5 7 22 8 Template:Flagicon Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 7 8 4 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 17 9 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 Ret. 5 12 6 7 9 12 12 10 Template:Flagicon François Duval 4 3 11 11 Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret. 8 12 Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava 18 Ret. 8 4 Ret. 16 8 7 13 Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach Ret. 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 10 6 14 Template:Flagicon Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret. 26 12 11 4 15 Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 9 Ret. 8 10 3 16 Template:Flagicon Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 Template:Flagicon Matti Rantanen 7 18 Template:Flagicon Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 Ret. 9 11 Ret. Ret. 15 1 Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret. Pos Driver MON Template:Flagicon SWE Template:Flagicon MEX Template:Flagicon ARG Template:Flagicon JOR Template:Flagicon ITA Template:Flagicon GRC Template:Flagicon TUR Template:Flagicon FIN Template:Flagicon GER Template:Flagicon NZL Template:Flagicon ESP Template:Flagicon FRA Template:Flagicon JPN Template:Flagicon GBR Template:Flagicon Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Team	Event															Total points
		MON Template:Flagicon	SWE Template:Flagicon	MEX Template:Flagicon	ARG Template:Flagicon	JOR Template:Flagicon	ITA Template:Flagicon	GRC Template:Flagicon	TUR Template:Flagicon	FIN Template:Flagicon	GER Template:Flagicon	NZL Template:Flagicon	ESP Template:Flagicon	FRA Template:Flagicon	JPN Template:Flagicon	GBR Template:Flagicon
1	Template:Flagicon Citroën Total World Rally Team	11	4	10	16	9	14	15	11	15	18	-	-	-	-	-	123
2	Template:Flagicon BP Ford World Rally Team	8	18	11	7	13	14	10	18	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	115
3	Template:Flagicon Subaru World Rally Team	10	6	9	8	6	3	8	3	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	69
4	Template:Flagicon Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	3	3	7	5	3	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	51
5	Template:Flagicon Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	6	4	4	2	0	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	19
6	Template:Flagicon Suzuki World Rally Team	2	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	13

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