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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

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 The term 'leg' has been replaced by 'day' in order to sound more understandable.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.

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. At the first event of the season, the available tires were the soft slick DS tire (Pirelli PZero), the WX snow tire without studs, and the WX snow tire with studs (both variants of Pirelli Sottozero). 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. 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.

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

76th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo

Valence, Drôme, France

Mixed

19

365.09km

None

2

8 February

10 February

57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally

Karlstad, Värmland County

Snow

20

340.24km

PWRC

3

28 February

2 March

5th Corona Rally Mexico

León, Guanajuato

Gravel

20

353.75km

JWRC

4

27 March

30 March

28th Rally Argentina

Carlos Paz, Córdoba

Gravel

21

347.91km

PWRC

5

24 April

27 April

1st Jordan Rally

Amman

Gravel

22

359.26km

JWRC

6

16 May

18 May

5th Rally d'Italia Sardinia

Olbia, Sardinia

Gravel

17

344.73km

JWRC

7

29 May

1 June

55th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece

Tatoi, Northern Attica

Gravel

20

331.52km

PWRC

8

13 June

15 June

9th Rally of Turkey

Kemer, Antalya Province

Gravel

19

360.12km

PWRC

9

31 July

3 August

58th Neste Oil Rally Finland

Jyväskylä, Central Finland

Gravel

24

340.42km

PWRC/JWRC

10

15 August

17 August

27th ADAC Rallye Deutschland

Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate

Tarmac

19

352.63km

JWRC

11

28 August

31 August

39th Repco Rally New Zealand

Hamilton, Waikato

Gravel

18

353.04km

PWRC

12

2 October

5 October

44th RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada

Salou, Catalonia

Tarmac

18

353.62km

JWRC

13

10 October

12 October

52nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France

Ajaccio, Corsica

Tarmac

16

359.02km

JWRC

14

31 October

2 November

8th Pioneer Carrozzeria Rally Japan

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Gravel

29

343.69km

PWRC

15

5 December

7 December

64th Wales Rally GB

Cardiff, Wales

Gravel

19

282.35km

PWRC

Sources:

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

Citroën Total World Rally Team

1

Sébastien Loeb

Daniel Elena

All

2

Daniel Sordo

Marc Marti

All

Ford

Focus RS WRC 07 1-9Focus RS WRC 08 10-15

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

3

Mikko Hirvonen

Jarmo Lehtinen

All

4

Jari-Matti Latvala

Miikka Anttila

1–11, 14–15

François Duval

Patrick Pivato

12–13

Subaru

Impreza WRC 2007 1-6Impreza WRC 2008 7-15

Subaru World Rally Team

5

Petter Solberg

Phil Mills

All

6

Chris Atkinson

Stéphane Prévot

All

Suzuki

SX4 WRC

Suzuki World Rally Team

11

Toni Gardemeister

Tomi Tuominen

All

12

Per-Gunnar Andersson

Jonas Andersson

All

Manufacturer Teams

Ford

Focus RS WRC 07

Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team

7

Gianluigi Galli

Giovanni Bernacchini

1–10

François Duval

Patrick Pivato

11, 14

Denis Giraudet

15

Matthew Wilson

Scott Martin

12–13

8

François Duval

Eddy Chevaillier

1

Patrick Pivato

10

Henning Solberg

Cato Menkerud

2, 4–5, 7–9

Matthew Wilson

Scott Martin

3, 6, 11, 14–15

Jari-Matti Latvala

Miikka Anttila

12–13

Munchi's Ford World Rally Team

9

Federico Villagra

Jorge Pérez Companc

3–9, 11–12, 14

10

Henning Solberg

Cato Menkerud

3, 6, 11–12, 14

Luís Pérez Companc

Jose Maria Volta

4, 9

Barry Clark

José Díaz

5

Paul Nagle

8

Armodios Vovos

Loris Meletopoulos

7

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points

Manufacturer

Car

Team

Drivers

Co-drivers

Rounds

Citroën

C4 WRC

World Rally Team Estonia

Urmo Aava

Kuldar Sikk

2, 5–13, 15

Equipe de France FFSA

Sébastien Ogier

Julien Ingrassia

15

Conrad Rautenbach

Conrad Rautenbach

David Senior

3–15

Xsara WRC

1–2

Ford

Focus RS WRC 07

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

Khalid Al Qassimi

Michael Orr

1–2, 5–7, 9–10, 12–13, 15

Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team

Henning Solberg

Cato Menkerud

1, 10, 13, 15

Matthew Wilson

Scott Martin

1, 4–5, 7–10

Barry Clark

Paul Nagle

13, 15

Valentino Rossi

Carlo Cassina

15

Focus RS WRC 04

Steve Perez

Paul Spooner

15

Dave Weston Jr.

Aled Davies

15

Focus RS WRC 07

Van Merksteijn Motorsport

Peter van Merksteijn Sr.

Hilco van Beek

2, 6

Focus RS WRC 06

10

Erwin Berkhof

12

Peter van Merksteijn Jr.

Eddy Chevaillier

10, 12

Ramsport

Andreas Mikkelsen

Ola Fløene

2, 8–10, 12–13

Maria Andersson

6

Matti Rantanen

Jan Lönegren

9

Ipatec Racing

René Kuipers

Erwin Mombaerts

10

Dennis Kuipers

Kees Hagman

10

Erik Wevers

Erik Wevers

Jalmar van Weeren

10

Focus RS WRC 04

Clo Racing

Jouni Arolainen

Risto Pietiläinen

9

Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones

David Moynihan

10

Peugeot

307 WRC

Team Rallye Cuoq

Jean-Marie Cuoq

Philippe Janvier

1

Laurent Carbonaro

Laurent Carbonaro

Marc-Emilien Choudey

1

Armando Pereira

Armando Pereira

Antoine Paque

13

José Micheli

José Micheli

Virginie Dejoye

13

206 WRC

Frédéric Romeyer

Frédéric Romeyer

Thomas Fournel

1

Triviño Racing

Ricardo Triviño

Sergio Salom

3

Escuderia Osona

Albert Orriols

Lluis Pujolar

12

Alain Vauthier

Alain Vauthier

Gaëtan Houssin

13

Georges Guebey

Georges Guebey

Nadège Passaquin

13

Škoda

Škoda Fabia WRC

Harry Kleinjan

Harry Kleinjan

Annemieke Hulzebos

10

Octavia WRC Evo3

Errani Team

Riccardo Errani

Stefano Casadio

1

Jukka Metsälä

Jukka Metsälä

Sari Ohra-Aho

9

Subaru

Impreza WRC 2008

Subaru World Rally Team

Brice Tirabassi

Fabrice Gordon

12–13

Impreza WRC 2007

Adapta World Rally Team

Mads Østberg

Ole Kristian Unnerud

2, 6–7, 9–10, 12–13, 15

Eamonn Boland

Eamonn Boland

Michael Joseph Morrissey

12, 15

Impreza WRC 2006

Mark van Eldik

Mark van Eldik

Michel Groenewoud

10

Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones

Clive Jenkins

12–13, 15

Escuderia Motor Terrassa

Joan Ollé

Nicolas del Corral

12

François Padrona

François Padrona

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.

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.

François Duval was given a one off drive Stobart VK M-Sport in Monte Carlo as a tarmac specialist. He was given another one off drive in Germany. 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. Duval would be promoted to the main Ford team for the remaining two Tarmac rallies in France and Spain, replacing the struggling Latvala.

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.

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

J-WRC entries

No

Drivers

Co-driver

Car

Rounds

31

Martin Prokop

Jan Tománek

Citroën C2 S1600

3, 6, 9–10, 12–13

32

Jaan Mölder

Frédéric Miclotte

Suzuki Swift S1600

3, 5–6, 9, 12–13

33

Aaron Burkart

Michael Kölbach

Citroën C2 S1600

3, 6, 9–10, 12–13

34

Andrea Cortinovis

Giancarla Guzzi

Renault Clio S1600

5–6, 9–10, 12–13

35

Michał Kościuszko

Maciek Szczepaniak

Suzuki Swift S1600

3, 5–6, 9, 12–13

36

Vilius Rožukas

Andrius Šošas

Citroën C2 S1600

5–6

37

Simone Bertolotti

Daniele Vernuccio

Renault Clio R3

5–6, 9–10, 12–13

38

Francesco Fanari

Massimiliano Bosi

Citroën C2 R2

3, 5–6, 10

Dario Andrian

9

Daniele Benedetti

12

39

Stefano Albertini

Piercarlo Capolongo

Renault Clio R3

5–6, 9–10, 12–13

40

Miloš Komljenović

Aleksandar Jeremić

Renault Clio R3

3, 5–6, 9

Kris Meeke

Chris Patterson

12

Arnaud Augoyard

Nicolas Baudin

13

41

Patrik Sandell

Emil Axelsson

Renault Clio S1600

3, 5–6, 9, 12–13

42

Sébastien Ogier

Julien Ingrassia

Citroën C2 S1600

3, 5–6, 10, 12–13

43

Florian Niegel

Andre Kachel

Suzuki Swift S1600

5–6, 10, 12–13

Suzuki Swift Sport

9

44

Hans Weijs, Jr.

Hans van Goor

Citroën C2 R2

5–6, 9–10, 12–13

45

Kevin Abbring

Erwin Mombaerts

Renault Clio R3

5, 9, 13

Bjorn Degandt

6, 10, 12

46

Shaun Gallagher

Michael Morrissey

Citroën C2 S1600

3, 5–6, 10

Paul Kiely

9, 12

47

Gilles Schammel

Renaud Jamoul

Renault Clio R3

5–6, 9–10, 12–13

48

Alessandro Bettega

Simone Scattolin

Renault Clio R3

5–6, 9–10, 12–13

Additional guest entries

59

Kalle Pinomäki

Matti Kaskinen

Suzuki Swift S1600

9

59

Sergio Perez

Oriol Julià

Citroën C2 S1600

12

59

Pierre Campana

Samuel Teissier

Renault Clio R3

13

60

Pierre Marché

Julien Giroux

Suzuki Swift S1600

13

P-WRC entries

No

Drivers

Co-driver

Car

Rounds

31

Toshihiro Arai

Glenn MacNeall

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2, 4, 7–8, 11, 14

32

Mirco Baldacci

Giovanni Agnese

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

4, 7–8, 11, 14–15

33

Martin Prokop

Jan Tománek

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4, 7–8, 11, 15

34

Gianluca Linari

Roberto Mometti

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2

Gianni Melani

4

Paolo Gregoriani

7

Barbara Perugini

8

Franco Giusti

11

Matteo Braga

14

35

Evgeny Novikov

Dmitry Chumak

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

4

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

7

Evgeny Kalachev

8

Dale Moscatt

11, 14–15

36

Eyvind Brynildsen

Denis Giraudet

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 9, 14

Maria Andersson

7–8

Glenn MacNeall

15

37

Spyros Pavlides

Denis Giraudet

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

4, 7, 11

Steve Lancaster

15

Oscar Svedlund

Björn Nilsson

9

Yasunori Hagiwara

Koichi Kato

14

38

Amjad Farrah

Nicola Arena

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

4, 7–8

Patrik Flodin

Göran Bergsten

9

Stewart Taylor

Warwick Searle

11

Darren Gass

Neil Shanks

15

39

Nasser Al-Attiyah

Chris Patterson

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2, 4, 7–8, 11, 15

40

Stefano Marrini

Matteo Braga

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4

Tiziana Sandroni

14

Loris Baldacci

Rudy Pollet

7, 15

Riccardo Errani

Stefano Casadio

8

41

Andreas Aigner

Klaus Wicha

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4, 7–8, 11, 15

42

Bernardo Sousa

Carlos Magalhães

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4

Jorge Carvalho

7–8, 11, 15

43

Evgeny Vertunov

Georgiy Troshkin

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2, 7–9, 11, 14

44

Gábor Mayer

Robert Tagai

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

4, 7–8

Liu Chao Dong

Anthony McLoughlin

11

Patrik Flodin

Göran Bergsten

15

Tapio Suominen

Pasi Hedman

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

9

45

Jussi Tiippana

Marko Salminen

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2

Andrej Jereb

Miran Kacin

4, 7

Francesco Trevisin

Alessandro Biordi

8

Teemu Arminen

Tuomo Nikkola

9, 15

46

Jari Ketomaa

Miika Teiskonen

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15

47

Fabio Frisiero

Simone Scattolin

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 9

Giorgio Bacco

Silvio Stefanelli

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

4, 8

Fabio Pizzol

11

Jaromír Tarabus

Daniel Trunkát

Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000

15

48

Evgeny Aksakov

Aleksander Kornilov

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4, 7–9, 15

49

Simone Campedelli

Danilo Fappani

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4, 7–9, 15

50

Armindo Araújo

Miguel Ramalho

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 7–8, 11, 14–15

51

Subhan Aksa

Hendrik Mboi

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII

2, 4

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

7, 9, 11, 14

52

Juho Hänninen

Mikko Markkula

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 7, 9, 11, 14–15

53

Uwe Nittel

Detlef Ruf

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

2, 4

Michael Wenzel

7–8

Giovanni Manfrinato

Carlo Pisano

9, 15

54

Travis Pastrana

Derek Ringer

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

4, 7

Jussi Tiippana

Marko Salminen

9

Ken Block

Alex Gelsomino

11

Hiroshi Yanagisawa

Osamu Yoda

14

Mark Higgins

Rory Kennedy

15

55

Patrik Sandell

Emil Axelsson

Peugeot 207 S2000

2, 4, 7–8, 15

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

11

56

Fumio Nutahara

Daniel Barritt

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

4, 7, 9, 11, 15

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

14

57

Martin Rauam

Silver Kütt

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

4, 7–8, 11, 14

Egon Kaur

Simo Koskinen

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

15

58

Naren Kumar

Nicky Beech

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

7–9, 11, 14

Gaurav Gill

15

Additional guest entries

59

Patrik Flodin

Göran Bergsten

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2

60

Oscar Svedlund

Björn Nilsson

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

2

59

Marcos Ligato

Rubén García

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

4

60

Sebastián Beltran

Ricardo Rojas

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

4

59

Panayiotis Hatzitsopanis

Andreas Andrikopoulos

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

7

60

Lambros Athanassoulas

Nikolaos Zakheos

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

7

159

Juha Salo

Mika Stenberg

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

9

160

Jussi Välimäki

Teppo Leino

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

9

59

Hayden Paddon

John Kennard

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

11

60

Chris West

Garry Cowan

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

11

59

Katsuhiko Taguchi

Mark Stacey

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

14

60

Takuma Kamada

Naoki Kase

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

14

59

David Higgins

Ieuan Thomas

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

15

60

Guy Wilks

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.

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

/ Monte Carlo Rally(24–27 January)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:39:17.0

19

365.09km

47

34

2

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

3:41:51.4

3

Chris Atkinson

Subaru Impreza WRC2007

3:42:15.6

2

Swedish Rally(8–10 February)— Results and report

1

Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

2:46:41.2

20

340.24km

61

49

2

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

2:47:39.5

3

Gianluigi Galli

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

2:49:04.4

3

Rally Mexico(28 February– 2 March)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:33:29.9

20

353.75km

40

28

2

Chris Atkinson

Subaru Impreza WRC2007

3:34:36.0

3

Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

3:35:09.6

4

Rally Argentina(27–30 March)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

4:05:48.6

21

347.91km

56

31

2

Chris Atkinson

Subaru Impreza WRC2007

4:08:21.8

3

Daniel Sordo

Citroën C4 WRC

4:09:53.3

5

Jordan Rally(24–27 April)— Results and report

1

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

4:02:47.9

22

359.26km

54

33

2

Daniel Sordo

Citroën C4 WRC

4:04:03.6

3

Chris Atkinson

Subaru Impreza WRC2007

4:07:47.4

6

Rally d'Italia Sardegna(16–18 May)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:57:17.2

17

344.73km

57

38

2

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

3:57:27.8

3

Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

3:57:32.5

7

Acropolis Rally(28 May– 1 June)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:54:54.7

20

331.52km

60

42

2

Petter Solberg

Subaru Impreza WRC2008

3:56:04.2

3

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

3:56:50.8

8

Rally of Turkey(13–15 June)— Results and report

1

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

4:42:07.1

19

360.12km

60

37

2

Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

4:42:15.0

3

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

4:42:32.8

9

Rally Finland(31 July– 3 August)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

2:54:05.5

24

340.42km

99

68

2

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

2:54:14.5

3

Chris Atkinson

Subaru Impreza WRC2008

2:57:22.5

10

Rallye Deutschland(15–17 August)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:26:19.7

19

352.89km

81

57

2

Daniel Sordo

Citroën C4 WRC

3:27:07.4

3

François Duval

Ford Focus RS WRC 07

3:27:39.7

11

Rally New Zealand(28–31 August)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:59:18.9

18

353.04km

57

35

2

Dani Sordo

Citroën C4 WRC

3:59:36.4

3

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

4:00:00.4

12

Rally Catalunya(2–5 October)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:21:17.4

18

353.62km

69

48

2

Daniel Sordo

Citroën C4 WRC

3:21:42.3

3

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

3:22:19.9

13

Tour de Corse(10–12 October)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:42:58.0

16

359.02km

71

54

2

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

3:46:22.7

3

François Duval

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

3:46:29.6

14

Rally Japan(31 October– 2 November)— Results and report

1

Mikko Hirvonen

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

3:25:03.0

29

343.69km

86

57

2

Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

3:25:34.1

3

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

3:27:33.6

15

Wales Rally GB(5–7 December)— Results and report

1

Sébastien Loeb

Citroën C4 WRC

2:43:09.6

19

282.35km

78

47

2

Jari-Matti Latvala

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

2:43:22.3

3

Daniel Sordo

Citroën C4 WRC

2:45:30.2

Standings

Drivers' championship

Driver

MON

SWE

MEX

ARG

JOR

ITA

GRC

TUR

FIN

GER

NZL

ESP

FRA

JPN

GBR

Pts

1

Sébastien Loeb

1

Ret

1

1

10

1

1

3

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

122

2

Mikko Hirvonen

2

2

4

5

1

2

3

1

2

4

3

3

2

1

8

103

3

Daniel Sordo

11

6

17

3

2

5

5

4

4

2

2

2

Ret

DSQ

3

65

4

Jari-Matti Latvala

12

1

3

15

7

3

7

2

39

9

Ret

6

4

2

2

58

5

Chris Atkinson

3

21

2

2

3

6

Ret

13

3

6

Ret

7

6

4

Ret

50

6

Petter Solberg

5

4

12

Ret

Ret

10

2

6

6

5

4

5

5

8

4

46

7

François Duval

4

3

Ret

4

3

Ret

6

25

8

Henning Solberg

9

13

5

Ret

4

7

8

5

5

7

9

11

15

Ret

Ret

22

9

Gianluigi Galli

6

3

Ret

7

8

4

Ret

Ret

Ret

Ret

17

10

Matthew Wilson

10

Ret

6

Ret

5

12

6

7

9

12

17

9

8

7

9

15

11

Urmo Aava

18

Ret

8

4

Ret

16

8

5

35

7

DNS

13

12

Per-Gunnar Andersson

8

Ret

Ret

24

Ret

9

11

Ret

Ret

15

6

32

17

5

5

12

13

Toni Gardemeister

Ret

7

Ret

Ret

Ret

Ret

9

Ret

8

10

7

13

13

6

7

10

14

Federico Villagra

7

6

6

14

13

9

Ret

8

12

9

9

15

Conrad Rautenbach

Ret

16

16

4

26

13

10

8

10

13

Ret

Ret

14

Ret

15

6

16

Andreas Mikkelsen

5

Ret

19

12

11

8

11

5

17

Jean-Marie Cuoq

7

2

18

Matti Rantanen

7

2

19

Juho Hänninen

8

21

13

14

29

24

10

Ret

1

20

Andreas Aigner

31

8

14

11

Ret

Ret

13

1

21

Sébastien Ogier

8

11

22

36

19

Ret

20

26

1

Driver

MON

SWE

MEX

ARG

JOR

ITA

GRC

TUR

FIN

GER

NZL

ESP

FRA

JPN

GBR

Pts

Manufacturers' championship

Manufacturer

MON

SWE

MEX

ARG

JOR

ITA

GRE

TUR

FIN

GER

NZL

ESP

FRA

JPN

GBR

Points

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Manufacturer

MON

SWE

MEX

ARG

JOR

ITA

GRE

TUR

FIN

GER

NZL

ESP

FRA

JPN

GBR

Points

  • Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Wales.

Junior championship

Driver

MEX

JOR

ITA

FIN

GER

ESP

FRA

Pts

1

Sébastien Ogier

1

1

5

1

Ret

2

42

2

Aaron Burkart

4

3

4

2

3

5

34

3

Martin Prokop

7

10

1

Ret

1

1

32

4

Shaun Gallagher

6

2

4

5

4

4

30

5

Michał Kościuszko

3

Ret

1

3

9

Ret

22

6

Alessandro Bettega

Ret

2

Ret

3

2

Ret

7

Patrik Sandell

5

Ret

7

2

5

6

8

Jaan Mölder

2

Ret

9

Ret

6

11

11

9

Stefano Albertini

5

6

13

10

7

9

9

10

Gilles Schammel

3

12

7

Ret

Ret

10

8

11

Florian Niegel

4

Ret

9

8

10

7

12

Simone Bertolotti

6

Ret

10

5

8

Ret

13

Kevin Abbring

Ret

Ret

6

6

11

8

7

14

Pierre Campana

3

6

15

Pierre Marché

4

5

16

Andrea Cortinovis

7

11

DNS

7

DNS

DNS

4

17

Hans Weijs, Jr.

Ret

8

8

Ret

Ret

12

2

18

Francesco Fanari

8

9

13

12

9

Ret

1

19

Miloš Komljenović

Ret

8

Ret

11

Driver

MEX

JOR

ITA

FIN

GER

ESP

FRA

Pts

Production championship

Points table:

Driver

SWE

ARG

GRC

TUR

FIN

NZL

JPN

GBR

Pts

1

Andreas Aigner

11

1

1

1

Ret

2

38

2

Juho Hänninen

1

7

1

5

1

Ret

36

3

Jari Ketomaa

2

3

Ret

3

6

4

28

4

Patrik Sandell

3

Ret

Ret

2

2

22

5

Martin Prokop

4

7

14

DSQ

1

Ret

17

6

Martin Rauam

5

DSQ

4

3

Ret

15

7

Fumio Nutahara

4

4

5

Ret

8

Ret

8

Armindo Araújo

7

3

5

12

9

7

14

9

Bernardo Sousa

8

8

2

11

7

9

12

10

Patrik Flodin

16

DSQ

1

10

11

Mirco Baldacci

Ret

Ret

3

Ret

6

Ret

9

12

Toshihiro Arai

6

Ret

Ret

Ret

Ret

3

13

Evgeny Novikov

Ret

15

Ret

Ret

2

Ret

8

14

Sebastián Beltrán

2

15

Jussi Välimäki

2

16

Guy Wilks

3

6

17

Evgeny Aksakov

13

12

5

Ret

7

Ret

18

Evgeny Vertunov

Ret

6

6

Ret

Ret

Ret

19

Eyvind Brynildsen

15

Ret

Ret

10

4

5

20

Oscar Svedlund

Ret

4

21

Hayden Paddon

4

22

Uwe Nittel

5

Ret

Ret

Ret

4

23

Takuma Kamada

5

24

Jaromír Tarabus

5

25

Amjad Farrah

6

9

Ret

3

26

Spyros Pavlides

11

Ret

10

6

27

Jussi Tiippana

11

6

28

Simone Campedelli

9

9

Ret

7

8

10

29

Katsuhiko Taguchi

7

2

30

Giorgio Bacco

13

8

Ret

1

31

David Higgins

8

32

Loris Baldacci

8

Ret

33

Stewart Taylor

8

Driver

SWE

ARG

GRC

TUR

FIN

NZL

JPN

GBR

Pts

References