2008 World Rally Championship

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Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The 2008 World Rally Championship was the 36th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 15 rallies and began on 24 January, with the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally. Frenchman Sébastien Loeb successfully retained the Drivers' World Championship, his and co-driver Daniel Elena's record-breaking fifth consecutive title, all of them attained driving Citroëns. In addition, Citroën secured their fourth Manufacturers' title, and their first since 2005, from 2006 and 2007 victors, Ford.

Rule changes

File:Jaan Mölder - 2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna.jpg
The banning of tyre mousse made punctures much more common (pictured Jaan Mölder with a rear wheel puncture in Italy).

The running order for the first day is governed by championship position, with the championship leader running first on the road. For every other day of a rally, the order is decided by the previous end of day classification (with the leader on classification running first). The term 'leg' has been replaced by 'day' in order to sound more understandable. Extra 10-minute service prior to the finish podium has been added, intended to allow the service park to remain an attraction until the end of the event.[1]

With the switch to Pirelli tyres, tyre mousse (along with all anti-deflation devices) has been banned, and fewer compounds are available. Also the teams aren't allowed to modify tyres by themselves (e.g. by making additional cuts) anymore.[2][3] At the first event of the season, the available tires were the soft slick DS tire (Pirelli PZero[4]), the WX snow tire without studs, and the WX snow tire with studs (both variants of Pirelli Sottozero[4]).[5] The same snow tyres were used in Sweden as well. Later on loose surface tyres were introduced: Pirelli Scorpion, available in two variants – hard compound for abrasive surfaces, such as roads in Mexico or Greece, and soft one, for more muddy stages as seen on Welsh event.[4] Tire walls have been strengthened in order to endure long, rough gravel stages often full of sharp rocks. The tread on Scorpions is asymmetric and directional, as it has proven more efficient during the tests.[4]

Calendar

The 2008 championship was contested over fifteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Support class
1 24 January 27 January Template:Flagicon 76th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo Valence, Drôme, France Mixed 19 365.09 km None
2 8 February 10 February Template:Flagicon 57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally Karlstad, Värmland County Snow 20 340.24 km PWRC
3 28 February 2 March Template:Flagicon 5th Corona Rally Mexico León, Guanajuato Gravel 20 353.75 km JWRC
4 27 March 30 March Template:Flagicon 28th Rally Argentina Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel 21 347.91 km PWRC
5 24 April 27 April Template:Flagicon 1st Jordan Rally Amman Gravel 22 359.26 km JWRC
6 16 May 18 May Template:Flagicon 5th Rally d'Italia Sardinia Olbia, Sardinia Gravel 17 344.73 km JWRC
7 29 May 1 June Template:Flagicon 55th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece Tatoi, Northern Attica Gravel 20 331.52 km PWRC
8 13 June 15 June Template:Flagicon 9th Rally of Turkey Kemer, Antalya Province Gravel 19 360.12 km PWRC
9 31 July 3 August Template:Flagicon 58th Neste Oil Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 24 340.42 km PWRC/JWRC
10 15 August 17 August Template:Flagicon 27th ADAC Rallye Deutschland Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Tarmac 19 352.63 km JWRC
11 28 August 31 August Template:Flagicon 39th Repco Rally New Zealand Hamilton, Waikato Gravel 18 353.04 km PWRC
12 2 October 5 October Template:Flagicon 44th RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada Salou, Catalonia Tarmac 18 353.62 km JWRC
13 10 October 12 October Template:Flagicon 52nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France Ajaccio, Corsica Tarmac 16 359.02 km JWRC
14 31 October 2 November Template:Flagicon 8th Pioneer Carrozzeria Rally Japan Sapporo, Hokkaido Gravel 29 343.69 km PWRC
15 5 December 7 December Template:Flagicon 64th Wales Rally GB Cardiff, Wales Gravel 19 282.35 km PWRC
Sources:[6]

Calendar changes

The 2008 season included 15 rallies, which was one less than the 2007 season. Rally Norway, Rally Portugal and Rally Ireland were dropped from the calendar for 2008. Rally of Turkey returned to the schedule, and Jordan Rally was part of the calendar for the first time. Rally Australia was planned to make a return after being absent in 2007, but the organizers submitted a request to the FIA to delay the event's return to the schedule until 2009.

The events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Sweden, Argentina, Greece, Turkey, Finland, New Zealand, Japan and GB. The seven rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Mexico, Jordan, Italy, Finland, Germany, Spain and France.

Teams and drivers

In 2008 two categories are valid to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:

Manufacturer (M)

  • must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
  • must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2008 Appendix J
  • must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship

Manufacturer Team (MT)

  • must take part in a minimum of 10 Championship rallies with two cars of the same make; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship
  • cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2008 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2008
  • can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.

The teams and drivers for the 2008 season are as follows:

All teams ran Pirelli tyres.

Manufacturers
Manufacturer Car Team No Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Citroën C4 WRC Template:Flagicon Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena All
2 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo Template:Flagicon Marc Marti All
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 1-9
Focus RS WRC 08 10-15 		Template:Flagicon BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen All
4 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Template:Flagicon Miikka Anttila 1–11, 14–15
Template:Flagicon François Duval Template:Flagicon Patrick Pivato 12–13
Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 1-6
Impreza WRC 2008 7-15 		Template:Flagicon Subaru World Rally Team 5 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg Template:Flagicon Phil Mills All
6 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Template:Flagicon Stéphane Prévot All
Suzuki SX4 WRC Template:Flagicon Suzuki World Rally Team 11 Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister Template:Flagicon Tomi Tuominen All
12 Template:Flagicon Per-Gunnar Andersson Template:Flagicon Jonas Andersson All
Manufacturer Teams
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 Template:Flagicon Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 7 Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Galli Template:Flagicon Giovanni Bernacchini 1–10
Template:Flagicon François Duval Template:Flagicon Patrick Pivato 11, 14
Template:Flagicon Denis Giraudet 15
Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson Template:Flagicon Scott Martin 12–13
8 Template:Flagicon François Duval Template:Flagicon Eddy Chevaillier 1
Template:Flagicon Patrick Pivato 10
Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg Template:Flagicon Cato Menkerud 2, 4–5, 7–9
Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson Template:Flagicon Scott Martin 3, 6, 11, 14–15
Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Template:Flagicon Miikka Anttila 12–13
Template:Flagicon Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra Template:Flagicon Jorge Pérez Companc 3–9, 11–12, 14
10 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg Template:Flagicon Cato Menkerud 3, 6, 11–12, 14
Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc Template:Flagicon Jose Maria Volta 4, 9
Template:Flagicon Barry Clark Template:Flagicon José Díaz 5
Template:Flagicon Paul Nagle 8
Template:Flagicon Armodios Vovos Template:Flagicon Loris Meletopoulos 7
World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer Car Team Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Citroën C4 WRC Template:Flagicon World Rally Team Estonia Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava Template:Flagicon Kuldar Sikk 2, 5–13, 15
Template:Flagicon Equipe de France FFSA Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier Template:Flagicon Julien Ingrassia 15
Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach Template:Flagicon David Senior 3–15
Xsara WRC 1–2
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 Template:Flagicon BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Template:Flagicon Khalid Al Qassimi Template:Flagicon Michael Orr 1–2, 5–7, 9–10, 12–13, 15
Template:Flagicon Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg Template:Flagicon Cato Menkerud 1, 10, 13, 15
Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson Template:Flagicon Scott Martin 1, 4–5, 7–10
Template:Flagicon Barry Clark Template:Flagicon Paul Nagle 13, 15
Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon Carlo Cassina 15
Focus RS WRC 04 Template:Flagicon Steve Perez Template:Flagicon Paul Spooner 15
Template:Flagicon Dave Weston Jr. Template:Flagicon Aled Davies 15
Focus RS WRC 07 Template:Flagicon Van Merksteijn Motorsport Template:Flagicon Peter van Merksteijn Sr. Template:Flagicon Hilco van Beek 2, 6
Focus RS WRC 06 10
Template:Flagicon Erwin Berkhof 12
Template:Flagicon Peter van Merksteijn Jr. Template:Flagicon Eddy Chevaillier 10, 12
Template:Flagicon Ramsport Template:Flagicon Andreas Mikkelsen Template:Flagicon Ola Fløene 2, 8–10, 12–13
Template:Flagicon Maria Andersson 6
Template:Flagicon Matti Rantanen Template:Flagicon Jan Lönegren 9
Template:Flagicon Ipatec Racing Template:Flagicon René Kuipers Template:Flagicon Erwin Mombaerts 10
Template:Flagicon Dennis Kuipers Template:Flagicon Kees Hagman 10
Template:Flagicon Erik Wevers Template:Flagicon Erik Wevers Template:Flagicon Jalmar van Weeren 10
Focus RS WRC 04 Template:Flagicon Clo Racing Template:Flagicon Jouni Arolainen Template:Flagicon Risto Pietiläinen 9
Template:Flagicon Gareth Jones Template:Flagicon Gareth Jones Template:Flagicon David Moynihan 10
Peugeot 307 WRC Template:Flagicon Team Rallye Cuoq Template:Flagicon Jean-Marie Cuoq Template:Flagicon Philippe Janvier 1
Template:Flagicon Laurent Carbonaro Template:Flagicon Laurent Carbonaro Template:Flagicon Marc-Emilien Choudey 1
Template:Flagicon Armando Pereira Template:Flagicon Armando Pereira Template:Flagicon Antoine Paque 13
Template:Flagicon José Micheli Template:Flagicon José Micheli Template:Flagicon Virginie Dejoye 13
206 WRC Template:Flagicon Frédéric Romeyer Template:Flagicon Frédéric Romeyer Template:Flagicon Thomas Fournel 1
Template:Flagicon Triviño Racing Template:Flagicon Ricardo Triviño Template:Flagicon Sergio Salom 3
Template:Flagicon Escuderia Osona Template:Flagicon Albert Orriols Template:Flagicon Lluis Pujolar 12
Template:Flagicon Alain Vauthier Template:Flagicon Alain Vauthier Template:Flagicon Gaëtan Houssin 13
Template:Flagicon Georges Guebey Template:Flagicon Georges Guebey Template:Flagicon Nadège Passaquin 13
Škoda Škoda Fabia WRC Template:Flagicon Harry Kleinjan Template:Flagicon Harry Kleinjan Template:Flagicon Annemieke Hulzebos 10
Octavia WRC Evo3 Template:Flagicon Errani Team Template:Flagicon Riccardo Errani Template:Flagicon Stefano Casadio 1
Template:Flagicon Jukka Metsälä Template:Flagicon Jukka Metsälä Template:Flagicon Sari Ohra-Aho 9
Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 Template:Flagicon Subaru World Rally Team Template:Flagicon Brice Tirabassi Template:Flagicon Fabrice Gordon 12–13
Impreza WRC 2007 Template:Flagicon Adapta World Rally Team Template:Flagicon Mads Østberg Template:Flagicon Ole Kristian Unnerud 2, 6–7, 9–10, 12–13, 15
Template:Flagicon Eamonn Boland Template:Flagicon Eamonn Boland Template:Flagicon Michael Joseph Morrissey 12, 15
Impreza WRC 2006 Template:Flagicon Mark van Eldik Template:Flagicon Mark van Eldik Template:Flagicon Michel Groenewoud 10
Template:Flagicon Gareth Jones Template:Flagicon Gareth Jones Template:Flagicon Clive Jenkins 12–13, 15
Template:Flagicon Escuderia Motor Terrassa Template:Flagicon Joan Ollé Template:Flagicon Nicolas del Corral 12
Template:Flagicon François Padrona Template:Flagicon François Padrona Template:Flagicon Jean-François Mancini 13

Team and driver changes

Suzuki made their full season debut in the WRC after a part time campaign in 2007. Their drivers were reigning JWRC champion Per-Gunnar Andersson and Toni Gardemeister.[7]

Kronos left the WRC after the 2007 season to focus on running Peugeot Team Belux in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Marcus Grönholm retired from the WRC after the 2007 season. He was replaced by Jari-Matti Latvala who had driven for Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team the previous season. Latvala himself was replaced by Gianlugi Galli at Stobart. The second Stobart seat was shared between 2007 drivers Matthew Wilson and Henning Solberg although the Norwegian would sometimes be nominated to score points for Munchi’s Ford.[8][9]

François Duval was given a one off drive Stobart VK M-Sport in Monte Carlo as a tarmac specialist.[10] He was given another one off drive in Germany.[11] After Gianlugi Galli broke his left femur in a crash, Duval would replace Galli from New Zealand onwards, despite Marcus Grönholm being initially offered the drive.[12][13] Duval would be promoted to the main Ford team for the remaining two Tarmac rallies in France and Spain, replacing the struggling Latvala.[14]

2007 Ford Fiesta Sporting Trophy winner Barry Clark was signed by Ford on a part time campaign where he would participate in four events with Stobart and Munchi’s.[15]

Subaru had planned to run a third full time car for Xavier Pons, but the deal fell through before the Monte Carlo Rally.[16]

J-WRC entries

No Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop Template:Flagicon Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3, 6, 9–10, 12–13
32 Template:Flagicon Jaan Mölder Template:Flagicon Frédéric Miclotte Suzuki Swift S1600 3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
33 Template:Flagicon Aaron Burkart Template:Flagicon Michael Kölbach Citroën C2 S1600 3, 6, 9–10, 12–13
34 Template:Flagicon Andrea Cortinovis Template:Flagicon Giancarla Guzzi Renault Clio S1600 5–6, 9–10, 12–13
35 Template:Flagicon Michał Kościuszko Template:Flagicon Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
36 Template:Flagicon Vilius Rožukas Template:Flagicon Andrius Šošas Citroën C2 S1600 5–6
37 Template:Flagicon Simone Bertolotti Template:Flagicon Daniele Vernuccio Renault Clio R3 5–6, 9–10, 12–13
38 Template:Flagicon Francesco Fanari Template:Flagicon Massimiliano Bosi Citroën C2 R2 3, 5–6, 10
Template:Flagicon Dario Andrian 9
Template:Flagicon Daniele Benedetti 12
39 Template:Flagicon Stefano Albertini Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Capolongo Renault Clio R3 5–6, 9–10, 12–13
40 Template:Flagicon Miloš Komljenović Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Jeremić Renault Clio R3 3, 5–6, 9
Template:Flagicon Kris Meeke Template:Flagicon Chris Patterson 12
Template:Flagicon Arnaud Augoyard Template:Flagicon Nicolas Baudin 13
41 Template:Flagicon Patrik Sandell Template:Flagicon Emil Axelsson Renault Clio S1600 3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
42 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier Template:Flagicon Julien Ingrassia Citroën C2 S1600 3, 5–6, 10, 12–13
43 Template:Flagicon Florian Niegel Template:Flagicon Andre Kachel Suzuki Swift S1600 5–6, 10, 12–13
Suzuki Swift Sport 9
44 Template:Flagicon Hans Weijs, Jr. Template:Flagicon Hans van Goor Citroën C2 R2 5–6, 9–10, 12–13
45 Template:Flagicon Kevin Abbring Template:Flagicon Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 5, 9, 13
Template:Flagicon Bjorn Degandt 6, 10, 12
46 Template:Flagicon Shaun Gallagher Template:Flagicon Michael Morrissey Citroën C2 S1600 3, 5–6, 10
Template:Flagicon Paul Kiely 9, 12
47 Template:Flagicon Gilles Schammel Template:Flagicon Renaud Jamoul Renault Clio R3 5–6, 9–10, 12–13
48 Template:Flagicon Alessandro Bettega Template:Flagicon Simone Scattolin Renault Clio R3 5–6, 9–10, 12–13
Additional guest entries
59 Template:Flagicon Kalle Pinomäki Template:Flagicon Matti Kaskinen Suzuki Swift S1600 9
59 Template:Flagicon Sergio Perez Template:Flagicon Oriol Julià Citroën C2 S1600 12
59 Template:Flagicon Pierre Campana Template:Flagicon Samuel Teissier Renault Clio R3 13
60 Template:Flagicon Pierre Marché Template:Flagicon Julien Giroux Suzuki Swift S1600 13

P-WRC entries

No Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Arai Template:Flagicon Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 7–8, 11, 14
32 Template:Flagicon Mirco Baldacci Template:Flagicon Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4, 7–8, 11, 14–15
33 Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop Template:Flagicon Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 7–8, 11, 15
34 Template:Flagicon Gianluca Linari Template:Flagicon Roberto Mometti Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
Template:Flagicon Gianni Melani 4
Template:Flagicon Paolo Gregoriani 7
Template:Flagicon Barbara Perugini 8
Template:Flagicon Franco Giusti 11
Template:Flagicon Matteo Braga 14
35 Template:Flagicon Evgeny Novikov Template:Flagicon Dmitry Chumak Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 7
Template:Flagicon Evgeny Kalachev 8
Template:Flagicon Dale Moscatt 11, 14–15
36 Template:Flagicon Eyvind Brynildsen Template:Flagicon Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 9, 14
Template:Flagicon Maria Andersson 7–8
Template:Flagicon Glenn MacNeall 15
37 Template:Flagicon Spyros Pavlides Template:Flagicon Denis Giraudet Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 7, 11
Template:Flagicon Steve Lancaster 15
Template:Flagicon Oscar Svedlund Template:Flagicon Björn Nilsson 9
Template:Flagicon Yasunori Hagiwara Template:Flagicon Koichi Kato 14
38 Template:Flagicon Amjad Farrah Template:Flagicon Nicola Arena Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4, 7–8
Template:Flagicon Patrik Flodin Template:Flagicon Göran Bergsten 9
Template:Flagicon Stewart Taylor Template:Flagicon Warwick Searle 11
Template:Flagicon Darren Gass Template:Flagicon Neil Shanks 15
39 Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah Template:Flagicon Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 7–8, 11, 15
40 Template:Flagicon Stefano Marrini Template:Flagicon Matteo Braga Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4
Template:Flagicon Tiziana Sandroni 14
Template:Flagicon Loris Baldacci Template:Flagicon Rudy Pollet 7, 15
Template:Flagicon Riccardo Errani Template:Flagicon Stefano Casadio 8
41 Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner Template:Flagicon Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 7–8, 11, 15
42 Template:Flagicon Bernardo Sousa Template:Flagicon Carlos Magalhães Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4
Template:Flagicon Jorge Carvalho 7–8, 11, 15
43 Template:Flagicon Evgeny Vertunov Template:Flagicon Georgiy Troshkin Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 7–9, 11, 14
44 Template:Flagicon Gábor Mayer Template:Flagicon Robert Tagai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 7–8
Template:Flagicon Liu Chao Dong Template:Flagicon Anthony McLoughlin 11
Template:Flagicon Patrik Flodin Template:Flagicon Göran Bergsten 15
Template:Flagicon Tapio Suominen Template:Flagicon Pasi Hedman Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9
45 Template:Flagicon Jussi Tiippana Template:Flagicon Marko Salminen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
Template:Flagicon Andrej Jereb Template:Flagicon Miran Kacin 4, 7
Template:Flagicon Francesco Trevisin Template:Flagicon Alessandro Biordi 8
Template:Flagicon Teemu Arminen Template:Flagicon Tuomo Nikkola 9, 15
46 Template:Flagicon Jari Ketomaa Template:Flagicon Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15
47 Template:Flagicon Fabio Frisiero Template:Flagicon Simone Scattolin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 9
Template:Flagicon Giorgio Bacco Template:Flagicon Silvio Stefanelli Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 8
Template:Flagicon Fabio Pizzol 11
Template:Flagicon Jaromír Tarabus Template:Flagicon Daniel Trunkát Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 15
48 Template:Flagicon Evgeny Aksakov Template:Flagicon Aleksander Kornilov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 7–9, 15
49 Template:Flagicon Simone Campedelli Template:Flagicon Danilo Fappani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 7–9, 15
50 Template:Flagicon Armindo Araújo Template:Flagicon Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 7–8, 11, 14–15
51 Template:Flagicon Subhan Aksa Template:Flagicon Hendrik Mboi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2, 4
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 7, 9, 11, 14
52 Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen Template:Flagicon Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 7, 9, 11, 14–15
53 Template:Flagicon Uwe Nittel Template:Flagicon Detlef Ruf Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4
Template:Flagicon Michael Wenzel 7–8
Template:Flagicon Giovanni Manfrinato Template:Flagicon Carlo Pisano 9, 15
54 Template:Flagicon Travis Pastrana Template:Flagicon Derek Ringer Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 7
Template:Flagicon Jussi Tiippana Template:Flagicon Marko Salminen 9
Template:Flagicon Ken Block Template:Flagicon Alex Gelsomino 11
Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Yanagisawa Template:Flagicon Osamu Yoda 14
Template:Flagicon Mark Higgins Template:Flagicon Rory Kennedy 15
55 Template:Flagicon Patrik Sandell Template:Flagicon Emil Axelsson Peugeot 207 S2000 2, 4, 7–8, 15
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 11
56 Template:Flagicon Fumio Nutahara Template:Flagicon Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4, 7, 9, 11, 15
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 14
57 Template:Flagicon Martin Rauam Template:Flagicon Silver Kütt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4, 7–8, 11, 14
Template:Flagicon Egon Kaur Template:Flagicon Simo Koskinen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15
58 Template:Flagicon Naren Kumar Template:Flagicon Nicky Beech Subaru Impreza WRX STI 7–9, 11, 14
Template:Flagicon Gaurav Gill 15
Additional guest entries
59 Template:Flagicon Patrik Flodin Template:Flagicon Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
60 Template:Flagicon Oscar Svedlund Template:Flagicon Björn Nilsson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
59 Template:Flagicon Marcos Ligato Template:Flagicon Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4
60 Template:Flagicon Sebastián Beltran Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rojas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4
59 Template:Flagicon Panayiotis Hatzitsopanis Template:Flagicon Andreas Andrikopoulos Subaru Impreza WRX STI 7
60 Template:Flagicon Lambros Athanassoulas Template:Flagicon Nikolaos Zakheos Subaru Impreza WRX STI 7
159 Template:Flagicon Juha Salo Template:Flagicon Mika Stenberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9
160 Template:Flagicon Jussi Välimäki Template:Flagicon Teppo Leino Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9
59 Template:Flagicon Hayden Paddon Template:Flagicon John Kennard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 11
60 Template:Flagicon Chris West Template:Flagicon Garry Cowan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 11
59 Template:Flagicon Katsuhiko Taguchi Template:Flagicon Mark Stacey Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 14
60 Template:Flagicon Takuma Kamada Template:Flagicon Naoki Kase Subaru Impreza WRX STI 14
59 Template:Flagicon David Higgins Template:Flagicon Ieuan Thomas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15
60 Template:Flagicon Guy Wilks Template:Flagicon Phil Pugh Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 15

All entries utilized Pirelli tyres.

Events

The Rally Finland is notable this year for having dropped its famous Ouninpohja stage. This has been done for safety reasons, however this is likely to be a huge disappointment for race fans.[17]

Colour Rally Surface
Gold Gravel
Silver Tarmac
Blue Snow/Ice
Bronze Mixed Surface
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Monte Carlo Rally
(24–27 January) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:39:17.0 19 365.09 km 47 34
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:41:51.4
3 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRC2007 3:42:15.6
2 Template:Flagicon Swedish Rally
(8–10 February) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:46:41.2 20 340.24 km 61 49
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:47:39.5
3 Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Galli Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:49:04.4
3 Template:Flagicon Rally Mexico
(28 February– 2 March) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:33:29.9 20 353.75 km 40 28
2 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRC2007 3:34:36.0
3 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:35:09.6
4 Template:Flagicon Rally Argentina
(27–30 March) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 4:05:48.6 21 347.91 km 56 31
2 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRC2007 4:08:21.8
3 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 4:09:53.3
5 Template:Flagicon Jordan Rally
(24–27 April) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:02:47.9 22 359.26 km 54 33
2 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:03.6
3 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRC2007 4:07:47.4
6 Template:Flagicon Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(16–18 May) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:57:17.2 17 344.73 km 57 38
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:57:27.8
3 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:57:32.5
7 Template:Flagicon Acropolis Rally
(28 May– 1 June) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:54:54.7 20 331.52 km 60 42
2 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC2008 3:56:04.2
3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:56:50.8
8 Template:Flagicon Rally of Turkey
(13–15 June) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:42:07.1 19 360.12 km 60 37
2 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:42:15.0
3 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 4:42:32.8
9 Template:Flagicon Rally Finland
(31 July– 3 August) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:05.5 24 340.42 km 99 68
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:54:14.5
3 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRC2008 2:57:22.5
10 Template:Flagicon Rallye Deutschland
(15–17 August) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:26:19.7 19 352.89 km 81 57
2 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:07.4
3 Template:Flagicon François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:27:39.7
11 Template:Flagicon Rally New Zealand
(28–31 August) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:59:18.9 18 353.04 km 57 35
2 Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:59:36.4
3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:00:00.4
12 Template:Flagicon Rally Catalunya
(2–5 October) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:21:17.4 18 353.62 km 69 48
2 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:21:42.3
3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:22:19.9
13 Template:Flagicon Tour de Corse
(10–12 October) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:42:58.0 16 359.02 km 71 54
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:46:22.7
3 Template:Flagicon François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:46:29.6
14 Template:Flagicon Rally Japan
(31 October– 2 November) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:25:03.0 29 343.69 km 86 57
2 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:25:34.1
3 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:33.6
15 Template:Flagicon Wales Rally GB
(5–7 December) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:43:09.6 19 282.35 km 78 47
2 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 08 2:43:22.3
3 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 2:45:30.2

Standings

Drivers' championship

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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 1 1 1 3 1 122
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 1 8 103
3 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 Ret DSQ 3 65
4 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 9 Ret 6 4 2 2 58
5 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret 13 3 6 Ret 7 6 4 Ret 50
6 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret Ret 10 2 6 6 5 4 5 5 8 4 46
7 Template:Flagicon François Duval 4 3 Ret 4 3 Ret 6 25
8 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret 4 7 8 5 5 7 9 11 15 Ret Ret 22
9 Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Galli 6 3 Ret 7 8 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17
10 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 10 Ret 6 Ret 5 12 6 7 9 12 17 9 8 7 9 15
11 Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava 18 Ret 8 4 Ret 16 8 5 35 7 DNS 13
12 Template:Flagicon Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret Ret 24 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 15 6 32 17 5 5 12
13 Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 10 7 13 13 6 7 10
14 Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret 8 12 9 9
15 Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach Ret 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 6
16 Template:Flagicon Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret 19 12 11 8 11 5
17 Template:Flagicon Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2
18 Template:Flagicon Matti Rantanen 7 2
19 Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 14 29 24 10 Ret 1
20 Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret Ret 13 1
21 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 Ret 20 26 1
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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

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Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		MEX
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		GRE
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 		Points
1 Template:Flagicon Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 1 Ret 1 1 8 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 191
2 8 5 9 3 2 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 Ret Ret 3
2 Template:Flagicon BP Ford World Rally Team 3 2 2 4 4 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 1 8 173
4 12 1 3 7 6 3 5 2 8 7 Ret 4 3 2 2
3 Template:Flagicon Subaru World Rally Team 5 5 4 8 Ret Ret 9 2 6 6 5 4 5 5 8 4 98
6 3 8 2 2 3 6 Ret 9 3 6 Ret 7 6 4 Ret
4 Template:Flagicon Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 7 6 3 Ret 6 7 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 7 Ret 6 67
8 4 7 6 Ret 4 10 6 5 5 3 9 6 4 7 9
5 Template:Flagicon Suzuki World Rally Team 11 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 8 6 11 8 6 7 34
12 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 9 5 12 9 5 5
6 Template:Flagicon Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 7 5 5 11 9 7 Ret 7 10 9 22
10 5 Ret 9 7 Ret 8 Ret 8 9 Ret
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Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		MEX
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		GRE
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 		Points
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)
  • Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Wales.

Junior championship

File:Sébastien Ogier - 2008 Rallye Deutschland 3.jpg
Junior world champion Sébastien Ogier competing in a Citroën C2 S1600 at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland.
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Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		GER
Template:Flagicon 		ESP
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		 Pts 
1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier 1 1 5 1 Ret 2 42
2 Template:Flagicon Aaron Burkart 4 3 4 2 3 5 34
3 Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop 7 10 1 Ret 1 1 32
4 Template:Flagicon Shaun Gallagher 6 2 4 5 4 4 30
5 Template:Flagicon Michał Kościuszko 3 Ret 1 3 9 Ret 22
6 Template:Flagicon Alessandro Bettega Ret 2 Ret 3 2 Ret
7 Template:Flagicon Patrik Sandell 5 Ret 7 2 5 6
8 Template:Flagicon Jaan Mölder 2 Ret 9 Ret 6 11 11
9 Template:Flagicon Stefano Albertini 5 6 13 10 7 9 9
10 Template:Flagicon Gilles Schammel 3 12 7 Ret Ret 10 8
11 Template:Flagicon Florian Niegel 4 Ret 9 8 10 7
12 Template:Flagicon Simone Bertolotti 6 Ret 10 5 8 Ret
13 Template:Flagicon Kevin Abbring Ret Ret 6 6 11 8 7
14 Template:Flagicon Pierre Campana 3 6
15 Template:Flagicon Pierre Marché 4 5
16 Template:Flagicon Andrea Cortinovis 7 11 DNS 7 DNS DNS 4
17 Template:Flagicon Hans Weijs, Jr. Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 12 2
18 Template:Flagicon Francesco Fanari 8 9 13 12 9 Ret 1
19 Template:Flagicon Miloš Komljenović Ret 8 Ret 11
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Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		GER
Template:Flagicon 		ESP
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		Pts

Production championship

Points table:[18]

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Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		 Pts 
1 Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner 11 1 1 1 Ret 2 38
2 Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen 1 7 1 5 1 Ret 36
3 Template:Flagicon Jari Ketomaa 2 3 Ret 3 6 4 28
4 Template:Flagicon Patrik Sandell 3 Ret Ret 2 2 22
5 Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop 4 7 14 DSQ 1 Ret 17
6 Template:Flagicon Martin Rauam 5 DSQ 4 3 Ret 15
7 Template:Flagicon Fumio Nutahara 4 4 5 Ret 8 Ret
8 Template:Flagicon Armindo Araújo 7 3 5 12 9 7 14
9 Template:Flagicon Bernardo Sousa 8 8 2 11 7 9 12
10 Template:Flagicon Patrik Flodin 16 DSQ 1 10
11 Template:Flagicon Mirco Baldacci Ret Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 9
12 Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Arai 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3
13 Template:Flagicon Evgeny Novikov Ret 15 Ret Ret 2 Ret 8
14 Template:Flagicon Sebastián Beltrán 2
15 Template:Flagicon Jussi Välimäki 2
16 Template:Flagicon Guy Wilks 3 6
17 Template:Flagicon Evgeny Aksakov 13 12 5 Ret 7 Ret
18 Template:Flagicon Evgeny Vertunov Ret 6 6 Ret Ret Ret
19 Template:Flagicon Eyvind Brynildsen 15 Ret Ret 10 4 5
20 Template:Flagicon Oscar Svedlund Ret 4
21 Template:Flagicon Hayden Paddon 4
22 Template:Flagicon Uwe Nittel 5 Ret Ret Ret 4
23 Template:Flagicon Takuma Kamada 5
24 Template:Flagicon Jaromír Tarabus 5
25 Template:Flagicon Amjad Farrah 6 9 Ret 3
26 Template:Flagicon Spyros Pavlides 11 Ret 10 6
27 Template:Flagicon Jussi Tiippana 11 6
28 Template:Flagicon Simone Campedelli 9 9 Ret 7 8 10
29 Template:Flagicon Katsuhiko Taguchi 7 2
30 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Bacco 13 8 Ret 1
31 Template:Flagicon David Higgins 8
32 Template:Flagicon Loris Baldacci 8 Ret
33 Template:Flagicon Stewart Taylor 8
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Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		Pts

References

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External links

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