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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 [ edit ]
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 The term 'leg ' has been replaced by 'day' in order to sound more understandable.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 [ edit ]
The 2008 championship was contested over fifteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.
Jean-Marie Cuoq and Jari-Matti Latvala on a transport section of the 2008 edition of the Monte Carlo Rally .
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.[6]
The events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Sweden , Argentina , Greece , Turkey, Finland , New Zealand , Japan and GB .[7] The seven rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Mexico , Jordan, Italy , Finland, Germany , Spain and France .[8]
Teams and drivers [ edit ]
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:
Manufacturers
Team
Manufacturer
Car
No
Drivers
Co-driver
Rounds
Citroën Total World Rally Team
Citroën
C4 WRC
1
Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena
All
2
Daniel Sordo
Marc Marti
All
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
Ford
Focus RS WRC 07 Focus RS WRC 08
3
Mikko Hirvonen
Jarmo Lehtinen
All
4
Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
1–11, 14–15
François Duval
Patrick Pivato
12–13
Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru
Impreza WRC 2007 Impreza WRC 2008
5
Petter Solberg
Phil Mills
All
6
Chris Atkinson
Stéphane Prévot
All
Suzuki World Rally Team
Suzuki
SX4 WRC
11
Toni Gardemeister
Tomi Tuominen
All
12
Per-Gunnar Andersson
Jonas Andersson
All
Manufacturer Teams
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team
Ford
Focus RS WRC 07
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
Ford
Focus RS WRC 07
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
Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru
Impreza WRC 2008
14
Brice Tirabassi
Fabrice Gordon
12–13
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
Ford
Focus RS WRC 07
19
Khalid Al Qassimi
Michael Orr
1–2, 5–7, 9–10, 12–13, 15
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team
Ford
Focus RS WRC 07
14
Henning Solberg
Cato Menkerud
1, 10, 13, 15
16
Matthew Wilson
Scott Martin
1, 4–5, 7–10
20
Barry Clark
Paul Nagle
13, 15
46
Valentino Rossi
Carlo Cassina
15
Focus RS WRC 04
23
Steve Perez
Paul Spooner
15
Focus RS WRC 05
24
Dave Weston, Jr
Aled Davies
15
PH Sport
Citroën
C4 WRC
15
Urmo Aava
Kuldar Sikk
2, 5–13, 15
17
Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
15
18
Conrad Rautenbach
David Senior
3–15
Xsara WRC
21
1–2
Triviño Racing
Peugeot
206 WRC
15
Ricardo Triviño
Sergio Salom
3
Team Rallye Cuoq
Peugeot
307 WRC
18
Jean-Marie Cuoq
Philippe Janvier
1
Adapta World Rally Team
Subaru
Impreza WRC 2007
18
Mads Østberg
Ole Kristian Unnerud
2, 6–7, 9–10, 12–13, 15
Ramsport
Ford
Focus RS WRC 06
20
Matti Rantanen
Jan Lönegren
9
23
Andreas Mikkelsen
Ola Fløene
2, 8–10, 12–13
Maria Andersson
6
Van Merksteijn Motorsport
Focus RS WRC 06/07
22
Peter van Merksteijn Jr.
Eddy Chevaillier
10, 12
24
Peter van Merksteijn Sr.
Hilco van Beek
2, 6, 10
Erwin Berkhof
12
Ipatec Racing
Focus RS WRC 06
61
René Kuipers
Erwin Mombaerts
10
64
Dennis Kuipers
Kees Hagman
10
– indicates a car running with varying numbers during the season
J-WRC entries [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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.
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.[9]
Colour
Rally Surface
Gold
Gravel
Silver
Tarmac
Blue
Snow/Ice
Bronze
Mixed Surface
Standings [ edit ]
Drivers' championship [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Junior world champion Sébastien Ogier competing in a Citroën C2 S1600 at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland .
Production championship [ edit ]
Points table:[10]
References [ edit ]
^ "Loeb: Tyre changes create a lot of unknowns" . Crash.net . 2008-01-04. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11 .
^ a b c d "Third new Pirelli WRC tyre makes debut on Rally Mexico" . WRC.com . 2008-02-15. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-16 .
^ "Preview: Rallye Monte Carlo – Pt. 1" . Crash.net . 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-02-11 .
^ "Australia return delayed, Mexico gets call" . Crash.net . 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11 .
^ "PWRC: 28 to battle it out in '08" . Crash.net . 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13 .
^ "JWRC: 16 competitors to contest Junior series" . Crash.net . 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13 .
^ "What's on Dave – 2008 WRC Calendar" . What's on Dave . Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-08 .
^ "2008 Production WRC Classification" . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2009-02-01 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Rally_Championship&oldid=1223618279 "
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● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n
● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a
● C o m m o n s c a t e g o r y l i n k i s o n W i k i d a t a
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 3 M a y 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 8 : 5 2 ( U T C ) .
● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n .
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