2008 Rallye Deutschland

2008 Rallye Deutschland
*27.ADAC Rallye Deutschland*
2008 Rallye Deutschland; 27.ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of the 2008 World Rally Championship
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	Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena celebrating the victory.
Host country	Germany
Rally base	Trier
Dates run	August 15 – 17 2008
Stages	19 (352.89 km; 219.28 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,165.09 km (723.95 miles)
Statistics
Crews	81 at start, 57 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total World Rally Team

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.

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.^[2]

Results

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

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

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

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

Manufacturers' championship

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rallies - Rallye Deutschland 2008". juwra.com. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
^ "Injured Galli sidelined for five months". Autosport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

External links

Media related to 2008 Rallye Deutschland at Wikimedia Commons

[gerstats-1] "Rallies - Rallye Deutschland 2008". juwra.com. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

[2] "Injured Galli sidelined for five months". Autosport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

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