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WRC CALENDAR THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR 2008 Jan 24-27 2008 RALLYE AUTOMOBILE MONTE-CARLO Feb 8-10 2008 SWEDISH RALLY Feb 29-Mar 2 2008 RALLY MEXICO Mar 28-30 2008 RALLY ARGENTINA Apr 25-27 2008 JORDAN RALLY May 16-18 2008 RALLY ITALIA-SARDINIA May 30-Jun 1 2008 ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE Jun 13-15 2008 RALLY OF TURKEY Aug 1-3 2008 RALLY FINLAND Aug 15-17 2008 RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND Aug 29-31 2008 RALLY NEW ZEALAND Oct 3-5 2008 RALLYE DE ESPANA Oct 10-12 2008 RALLYE DE FRANCE - TOUR DE CORSE Oct 31- Nov 2 2008 RALLY JAPAN Dec 5 - 7 2008 RALLY GB Also check out theses images from YouTube WRC World Rally Championship Clips from the WRC. Music is Lostprophets - To Hell We Ride enjoy... FINAL WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AFTER: WALES RALLY GB December 5 - 7, 2008, Round 15 of 15 POS DRIVER NAT POINTS 1 SEBASTIEN LEOB France 122 2 MIKKO HIRVONEN Finland 103 3 DANI SORDO Spain 65 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA Finland 58 5 CHRIS ATKINSON Australia 50 6 PETTER SOLBERG Norway 46 7 FRANCOIS DUVAL Belgium 25 8 HENNING SOLBERG Norway 22 9 GIGI GALLI Italy 17 10 MATTHEW WILSON Great Britain 15 11 URMO AAVA Estonia 13 12 PER-GUNNAR ANDERSSON Sweden 12 13 TONI GARDEMEISTER Finland 10 14 FEDERICO VILLAGRA Argentina 9 15 CONRAD RAUTENBACH Zimbabwe 6 16 ANDREAS MIKKELSEN Norway 5 17 MATTI RANTANEN Finland 2 17 JEAN-MARIE CUOQ France 2 19 ANDREAS AIGNER Austria 1 19 SEBASTIEN OGIER France 1 19 JUHO HANNINEN Finland 1 FINAL 2008 MANUFACTURES STANDINGS AFTER: WALES RALLY GB December 5 - 7, 2008, Round 15 of 15 1 CITROEN TOTAL WRT 191 2 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLY TEAM 173 3 SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM 98 4 STOBART VK M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEAM 67 5 SUZUKI WORLD RALLY TEAM 34 6 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM 22 WALES RALLY GB (December 5 - 7, 2008) Wales Rally GB is the WRC season closer, with a wet, windy and wild December date. The promise of rain, mud, fog and even the possibility of snow and ice are all thrown into the mix. The gravel forest stages of south Wales, near to host city Cardiff, are fast and flowing and, when wet, can become as slippery as any in the world. ______________________________ LOEB HAS CHAMPIONSHIP AND WINS WALES RALLY GB "This one was incredible!" said Loeb at the finish control. "The ice made conditions really tricky. With no gravel crews I didn't like it and I've not been happy all weekend. But today we had a good, good fight and it was exciting to fight with Jari-Matti. After the jump start in the stage before we had to try everything here because for me I was two seconds behind. Finally we won and it's a very good feeling! Also the championship for Citroen it's really good news. With Dani third it's the perfect result for the team!" ______________________________ WALES RALLY GREAT BRITAIN FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 2:43:09.6 2 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 2:43:22.3 3 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 2:44:30.2 4 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 2:45:09.2 5 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 2:47:13.7 6 7 A8 Francois Duval B Ford Focus 2:48:17.4 7 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 2:48:34.6 8 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 2:48:48.4 9 8 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 2:51:23.5 10 20 A8 Barry Clark GB Ford Focus 2:53:02.7 11 46 A8 Valentino Rossi I Ford Focus 2:56:30.0 12 60 N4 Guy Wilks GB Mitsubishi Lancer 2:58:09.0 13 16 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 2:58:30.9 14 19 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 2:58:33.8 15 61 N4 Gwyndaf Evans GB Mitsubishi Lancer 3:03:12.8 16 23 A8 Steve Perez GB Ford Focus 3:03:50.3 17 67 N4 Hermann Gassner Juni D Mitsubishi Lancer 3:07:11.6 18 72 N4 Ryan Champion GB Mitsubishi Lancer 3:10:51.2 19 70 N4 Marco Tempestini I Subaru Impreza 3:18:04.3 20 37 N4 Spyros Pavlides CY Subaru Impreza 3:21:19.3 21 62 N4 Mattias Therman FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 3:21:42.2 22 17 A8 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C4 3:22:36.8 23 76 A6 Jason Pritchard GB Citroen C2R2 3:27:30.0 24 59 N4 David Higgins GB Subaru Impreza 3:28:17.8 25 94 N3 Thomas Cave GB Ford Fiesta 3:29:00.2 26 69 N4 Daniel Ungur RO Subaru Impreza 3:30:09.7 27 24 A8 Dave Weston Jnr GB Ford Focus 3:35:48.5 28 21 A8 Eamonn Boland IRL Subaru Impreza 3:36:27.8 29 88 N4 Deividas Jocius LT Mitsubishi Lancer 3:41:58.2 30 87 N3 Tony Jardine GB Ford Fiesta 3:43:54.7 31 80 N4 Steven Holder GB Subaru Impreza 3:47:12.5 32 83 A7 Luca Griotti I Renault Clio 3:47:47.3 33 75 N4 Peter Stephenson GB Mg ZR 3:49:53.4 34 81 N3 Emre Yurdakul TR Ford Fiesta 3:51:14.9 35 95 N4 Neville Jones GB Subaru Impreza 3:51:31.1 36 79 A6 Andrew Hockridge GB Citroen C2R2 4:05:04.2 37 84 N3 Burcu Cetinkaya TR Ford Fiesta 4:05:59.9 38 89 N2 Gordon Nichol GB Suzuki Swift 4:12:28.4 39 98 A5 Darren Jones GB Skoda Felicia 4:23:25.3 40 97 N1 David Harrison GB Mg ZR 4:37:49.0 RETIREMENTS No Driver/Car Class Control Reason 6 Chris ATKINSON (AUS)/ Subaru Impreza A8 7 OFF ROAD 14 Henning SOLBERG (N)/ Ford Focus RS WRC A8 18 MECHANICAL 18 Mads OSTBERG (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRC A8 15E WITHDRAWN 22 Gareth JONES (GB)/ Subaru Impreza WRC A8 17 MECHANICAL 32 Mirco BALDACCI (RSM)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 15E WITHDRAWN 33 Martin PROKOP (CZ)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 7 MECHANICAL 35 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RU)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 9 MECHANICAL 36 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN (N)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 7 MECHANICAL 39 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH (Q)/ Subaru Impreza N4 9 MECHANICAL 40 Loris BALDACCI (RSM)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 3 MECHANICAL 45 Teemu ARMINEN (FIN)/ Subaru Impreza N14 N4 9 MECHANICAL 48 Evgeny AKSAKOV (RU)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 8E WITHDRAWN 52 Juho HANNINEN (FIN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 6 ENGINE 53 Giovanni MANFRINATO (I)/Mitsubishi Lancer N4 3 OFF ROAD 54 Mark HIGGINS (GB)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 9 MECHANICAL 55 Patrik SANDELL (S)/ Peugeot 207 S2000 N4 19 MECHANICAL 56 Fumio NUTAHARA (J)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 8 MECHANICAL 57 Egon KAUR (EE)/ Subaru Impreza N4 11 MECHANICAL 58 Gaurav GILL (IND)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 3 OFF ROAD 64 Ari LAIVOLA (FIN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 8 MECHANICAL 65 Brian O'MAHONY (IRL)/ Renault Clio S1600 A6 8G MECHANICAL 66 Heikki WESTERLUND (FIN)/Mitsubishi Lancer N4 12 OFF ROAD 68 Hugh EVANS (GB)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 19 MECHANICAL 71 Oleksii TAMRAZOV (UA)/ Subaru Impreza WRX N4 17 MECHANICAL 74 Tom WALSTER (GB)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 0 EXCLUDED 77 James SMITH (GB)/ Subaru Impreza N4 10 MECHANICAL 78 Matt COTTON (GB)/ Citroen C2R2 A6 8E WITHDRAWN 85 Nathan O'CONNOR (GB)/ Citroen C2 A6 18 MECHANICAL 86 Koray MURATOGLU (TR)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 3 OFF ROAD 91 David MATTHEWS (GB)/ Subaru Impreza N4 15E WITHDRAWN 92 Marko JERAM (SLO)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 8E WITHDRAWN 93 Denis GRODETSKIY (RU)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 8E WITHDRAWN PIONEER CARROZZERIA RALLY JAPAN (October 31- November 2, 2008) STOBART VK M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEAM #7 ACCIDENT Following examinations at the hospital, it is confirmed that Patrick Pivato has a fractured pelvis and tibia. He is under going surgery this evening. Car Started SS at: 15:13hrs Accident happened: approximately 4.8km from the start (approx 15:18hrs) Stage stopped: 15:21hrs FIV arrived: 15:28hrs Driver Francois Duval was uninjured. Co-driver Patrick Pivato was trapped in the car but conscious and being stabilized by medical personnel. He was extricated from the car at 15:56hrs and taken by road and air to hospital. ______________________________ INFORMATION FROM TEAM STOBART VK M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEAM FIA World Rally Championship Rally Japan, 1 Nov 2008 News update Last night Patrick Pivato, co-driver to Francois Duval, underwent surgery to repair a fractured right pelvis and tibia after a high speed accident on stage 6 of Rally Japan yesterday. During the operation some internal bleeding was discovered and the Frenchman was swiftly re-operated on by surgeons at Higashi Tokushukai hospital and placed in intensive care. The operation to halt the external bleeding concluded at 01:00 this morning and since then Pivato has made steady improvements over the course of the morning however still remains in a stable but critical condition. HERE IS THE LATEST ON PATRICK PIVATO Nov 2, 2008 "I'm really pleased to report that there's been good progress made throughout [Saturday] night and his condition is even more stable. He remains in a medically induced coma but doctors are going to operate tomorrow to remove the medical packs from his stomach and the plan is to operate again on Thursday to do the necessary fixes to his pelvis and leg. It looks like he's going to have to spend about a month in Japan but his wife arrived here today and has been able to see him." said Malcolm Wilson, boss of the Stobart VK Ford Team Pivato. ______________________________ PIONEER CARROZZERIA RALLY JAPAN FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 3 A8 Mikko HIRVONEN FIN Ford FOCUS 3:25:03.0 2 4 A8 Jari-matti LATVALA FIN Ford FOCUS 3:25:34.1 3 1 A8 Sebastien LOEB F Citroen C4 3:27:33.6 4 6 A8 Chris ATKINSON AUS Subaru IMPREZA 3:28:45.4 5 12 A8 Per-gunnar ANDERSSON S Suzuki SX4 3:30:15.9 6 11 A8 Toni GARDEMEISTER FIN Suzuki SX4 3:31:12.4 7 8 A8 Matthew WILSON GB Ford FOCUS 3:32:08.3 8 5 A8 Petter SOLBERG N Subaru IMPREZA 3:38:22.9 9 9 A8 Federico VILLAGRA RA Ford FOCUS 3:40:43.8 10 2 A8 Dani SORDO E Citroen C4 3:42:11.5 11 52 N4 Juho HANNINEN FIN Mitsubishi LANCER 3:43:30.4 12 35 N4 Evgeny NOVIKOV RUS Mitsubishi LANCER 3:43:36.7 13 31 N4 Toshi ARAI JAP Subaru IMPREZA 3:43:39.6 14 36 N4 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN N Mitsubishi LANCER 3:47:18.2 15 60 N4 Takuma KAMADA J Subaru IMPREZA 3:47:53.5 16 32 N4 Mirco BALDACCI RSM Mitsubishi LANCER 3:50:11.0 17 59 N4 Katsuhiko TAGUCHI J Mitsubishi LANCER 3:51:25.1 18 65 N4 Eiichi IWASHITA J Mitsubishi LANCER 3:57:53.0 19 56 N4 Fumio NUTAHARA J Mitsubishi LANCER 3:58:39.3 20 67 N4 Haruo OSHIMA J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:07:13.0 21 63 N4 Kazuhiro KITAMURA J Subaru IMPREZA 4:10:09.5 22 50 N4 Armindo ARAUJO P Mitsubishi LANCER 4:13:26.7 23 71 N4 Kyosuke KAMATA J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:14:56.6 24 91 N4 Tetsuro SUGIMURA J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:19:29.5 25 95 N4 Mitsuhiro KUNISAWA J Subaru IMPREZA 4:21:34.4 26 84 N4 Hiroaki TOMIZAWA J Subaru IMPREZA 4:23:25.7 27 64 N4 Atsushi MASUMURA J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:24:54.1 28 40 N4 Stefano MARRINI I Mitsubishi LANCER 4:24:59.9 29 85 N4 Hideaki NAMBA J Subaru IMPREZA 4:26:12.7 30 79 N4 Satoru ITO J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:30:10.6 31 108 N1 Yasushi HARA J Daihatsu SIRION/BOON 4:31:35.9 32 51 N4 Subhan AKSA RI Mitsubishi LANCER 4:34:50.9 33 104 A7 Hideki KAGAWA J Honda INTEGRA 4:36:41.1 34 37 N4 Yasunori HAGIWARA J Subaru IMPREZA 4:38:37.3 35 98 N4 Nobuaki MIYANO J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:38:57.5 36 99 N4 Hisatoshi YOSHITANI J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:40:37.8 37 70 N4 Seiichiro TAGUCHI J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:40:49.2 38 75 N4 Koji BABA J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:46:42.6 39 97 N4 Junichi HASEGAWA J Subaru IMPREZA 4:50:08.1 40 93 N4 Koji MIYAMOTO J Subaru IMPREZA 4:52:10.1 41 94 N4 Kuniyuki KANBE J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:55:07.2 42 92 N4 Aji KIM ROK Mitsubishi LANCER 4:58:19.6 43 101 N4 Tomohide HASEGAWA J Mitsubishi LANCER 4:59:10.8 44 116 N1 Takanobu KAWAMURA J Daihatsu SIRION/STORIA 5:03:20.3 45 69 N4 Yozo WATANABE J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:09:16.7 46 117 A5 Tomoyuki AMANO J Toyota YARIS 5:14:02.6 47 66 N4 Osamu FUKUNAGA J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:18:01.9 48 76 N4 Fuyuhiko TAKAHASHI J Subaru IMPREZA 5:18:27.4 49 103 A7 Hiroshi SUDOH J Honda CIVIC 5:25:02.4 50 86 N4 Masamichi FUKUMOTO J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:28:03.5 51 68 N4 Hiroshi HOSHINO J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:28:31.9 52 90 N4 Kazutomo KUSAMA J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:43:18.7 53 78 N4 Tatsuru SAITO J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:44:26.6 54 118 N4 Yoko FUKUZAWA J Mitsubishi LANCER 5:58:02.4 55 115 N1 Yoshiaki YAMAOKA J Daihatsu SIRION/STORIA 6:02:26.0 56 106 A5 Kiyoyuki ONODERA J Daihatsu SIRION/BOON 6:02:34.9 57 112 N1 Kimito KONDO J Daihatsu SIRION/STORIA 6:02:58.2 58 107 A6 Takashi IRINATSU J Honda CIVIC 6:05:25.4 59 113 N3 Show AIKAWA J Ford FIESTA 6:18:17.0 RETIREMENTS No Driver/Car Class Control Reason 2 Dani SORDO (E)/ Citroen C4 A8 29C MECHANICAL 7 Francois DUVAL (B)/ FORD FOCUS RS WRC 07 A8 6 OFF ROAD 10 Henning SOLBERG (N)/ FORD FOCUS RS WRC 07 A8 23 OFF ROAD 14 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ Citroen C4 A8 23 WITHDRAWN 34 Gianluca LINARI (I)/ SUBARU IMPREZA WRX N4 29 WITHDRAWN 43 Evgeniy VERTUNOV (RUS)/SUBARU IMPREZA WRX N4 29 WITHDRAWN 54 Hiroshi YANAGISAWA (J)/SUBARU IMPREZA WRX N4 2 MECHANICAL 57 Martin RAUAM (EE)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 24A WITHDRAWN 58 Naren KUMAR (IND)/ SUBARU IMPREZA N14 N4 23 WITHDRAWN 61 Jari KETOMAA (FIN)/ SUBARU IMPREZA WRX N4 23 WITHDRAWN 62 Norihiko KATSUTA (J)/ SUBARU IMPREZA WRX N4 22 ROLLOVER 72 Mitsugu NAKAMURA(J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 28 EXCLUDED 73 Yoshikazu MITANI(J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 29 WITHDRAWN 77 Mitsuhiro AOKI (J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 28 WITHDRAWN 78 Tatsuru SAITO (J)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 29A MECHANICAL 80 Takahiro YOSHII (J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 23 WITHDRAWN 81 Shigeo KOBAYASHI(J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 10D WITHDRAWN 82 Takashi NISHI (J)/ SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STi N4 17 83 Yu MATSUI (J)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO X N4 22 WITHDRAWN 87 Yuichi NAKAMURA (J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 23 WITHDRAWN 88 Takeshi ISHIGURO(J)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 28 MECHANICAL 89 Yuichi YAMADA (J)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 27 OFF ROAD 96 Koji KAWANO (J)/ SUBARU IMPREZA 555 GC8 N4 23 WITHDRAWN 102 Masami SUGIYAMA (J)/ TOYOTA ZZE123 A7 22 WITHDRAWN 105 Tadahiro HIRATSUKA(J)/DAIHATSU SIRION/BOON A5 20C WITHDRAWN 109 Masato NAKANISHI(J)/DAIHATSU SIRION/BOON N1 22 WITHDRAWN 110 Masuhiro ITO (J)/ DAIHATSU SIRION/BOON N1 23 WITHDRAWN 111 Masatoshi OGURA (J)/DAIHATSU SIRION/BOON N1 29 WITHDRAWN 114 Kumiko KOIDE (J)/ DAIHATSU SIRION/STORIA A5 10D WITHDRAWN ______________________________ Here are winner Mikko Hirvonen's post race comments: "I'm delighted with the win but at the same time disappointed that my hopes of the drivers' title are over," said Hirvonen. "We did all we could but it wasn't enough to prevent Sebastien winning the title, which he richly deserves, and I congratulate him. Conditions were so changeable that it was a difficult and nervewracking weekend and I never had the luxury of being able to ease off. I didn't want to take risks in the wet weather today. I was aquaplaning many times and had several lucky escapes." "Although the drivers' championship is out of reach we will go to the final round with the manufacturers' title still possible and my thoughts will now focus on that," he added. RALLYE DE FRANCE - TOUR DE CORSE (October 10- 12, 2008) LOEB WINS TOUR DE CORSE Sebastien Loeb made it two WRC victories in two weekends by winning the 2008 Tour de Corse October 12th. Loeb completed the final 26km asphalt stage without incident to win in his Citroen C4 WRC with a lead of 3min24.7sec. In a faultless performance on his home rally Loeb was fastest on all but two of the 16 stages and extended his lead in the 2008 drivers' championship to 14 points. Loeb's victory on the Tour de Corse kept Citroen ahead of Ford in the manufacturers' series standings by 23 points. "It's getting better and better" said Loeb at the end of the race. "To win here in Corsica is a great moment. We were much faster all rally and that's great for me and the team. We'll add another two more points to our championship lead. A 14 point lead with two rallies to go looks good. So okay, we'll see how we get on in Japan." ______________________________ RALLYE DE FRANCE - TOUR DE CORSE FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:42:58.0 2 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford FOCUS 3:46:22.7 3 4 A8 Francois Duval B Ford FOCUS 3:46:29.6 4 8 A8 Jari Matti Latvala FIN Ford FOCUS 3:46:35.5 5 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru IMPREZA 3:48:33.4 6 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru IMPREZA 3:49:08.4 7 25 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 3:50:23.2 8 7 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford FOCUS 3:52:00.2 9 21 A8 Mads Ostberg N Subaru IMPREZA 3:52:11.3 10 15 A8 Barry Clark GB Ford FOCUS 3:56:36.3 11 23 A8 Andreas Mikkelsen N Ford FOCUS 3:56:44.0 12 17 A8 Kalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford FOCUS 3:57:04.3 13 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 3:57:29.2 14 24 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZIM Citroen C4 3:57:40.2 15 16 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford FOCUS 3:58:51.4 16 22 A8 Gareth Jones GB Subaru IMPREZA 4:01:43.0 17 12 A8 Per Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 4:01:55.0 18 61 A8 Alain Vauthier F Peugeot 206 4:04:26.6 19 31 A6 Martin Prokop CZ Citroen C2 4:04:43.9 20 42 A6 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C2 4:05:01.6 21 59 A7 Pierre Campana F Renault CLIO 4:05:37.2 22 64 A8 Armando Pereira F Peugeot 307 4:06:20.7 23 83 A6 Guy Fiori F Renault CLIO 4:06:27.2 24 68 N4 Juho Hanninen FIN Mitsubishi LANCER 4:06:49.4 25 60 A6 Pierre Marche F Suzuki SWIFT 4:06:51.8 26 33 A6 Aaron Burkart D Citroen C2 4:07:21.7 27 70 N4 Jean-Dominique Matte F Peugeot 207 4:07:25.2 28 41 A7 Patrick Sandell S Renault CLIO 4:08:08.2 29 43 A6 Florian Niegel D Suzuki SWIFT 4:09:03.7 30 45 A7 Kevin Abbring NL Renault CLIO 4:10:01.3 31 39 A7 Stefano Albertini I Renault CLIO 4:11:53.6 32 95 A6 Jean Pascal Gobert F Citroen C2 4:18:16.3 33 47 A7 Gilles Schammel LUX Renault CLIO 4:18:28.4 34 78 A7 Pierre Quilici F Renault CLIO 4:18:37.7 35 71 N4 Pierre Natali F Mitsubishi EVO 4:19:26.2 36 32 A6 Jaan Molder EE Suzuki SWIFT 4:20:08.3 37 44 A6 Hans Weijs Jr NL Citroen C2 4:22:26.3 38 81 A7 Rizziero Zigliani I Renault CLIO 4:28:25.9 39 101 A6 Jeremy Boulege F Peugeot 206 4:29:11.2 40 89 N3 Philippe Giovanni F Renault CLIO 4:33:27.0 41 96 A6 Eric Lafont F Citroen C2 4:36:02.5 42 97 A6 Philippe Rovina F Peugeot 206 4:36:32.5 43 66 A8 Jose Micheli F Peugeot 307 4:36:49.4 44 99 A6 Sabrina De Castelli F Citroen C2 4:37:22.8 45 85 A6 Paolo Aldeghi I Renault CLIO 4:40:02.4 46 94 N3 Jean-Marc Poisson F Honda CIVIC 4:41:07.4 47 100 A6 Patrick Colleie F Citroen SAXO 4:45:47.8 48 86 A6 Antonin Tlustak CZ Citroen C2 4:50:42.4 49 104 N1 Francois Maestracci F Skoda FABIA 4:52:25.5 50 80 A7 Jacques Fabregat F Renault CLIO 4:58:43.1 51 103 A6 Pierre Kemp F Peugeot 206 5:10:34.7 53 92 N3 Claude Bensimon F Peugeot 206 5:13:00.9 54 93 N3 Jean Matteo Antonini F Renault CLIO 5:14:41.7 RETIREMENTS No Driver/Car Class Control Reason 2 Dani SORDO (E)/ Citroen C4 A8 3 MECHANICAL 14 Brice TIRABASSI (F)/ Subaru IMPREZA WRC A8 14 MECHANICAL 35 Michal KOSCIUSZKO (PL)/Suzuki SWIFT S1600 A6 1 OFF ROAD 37 Simone BERTOLOTTI (I)/ Renault CLIO R3 A7 10 OFF ROAD 40 Arnaud AUGOYARD (F)/ Renault CLIO R3 A7 7 OFF ROAD 48 Alessandro BETTEGA (I)/ Renault CLIO R3 A7 15 OFF ROAD 63 Francois PADRONA (F)/ Subaru IMPREZA WRC A8 12D OFF ROAD 65 Georges GUEBEY (F)/ Peugeot 206 WRC A8 13 MECHANICAL 72 Michel BRANCA (F)/Mitsubishi LANCER EVO 7 N4 3 MECHANICAL 73 Jaromir TOMASTIK (CZ)/ Subaru WRX STI N4 1 MECHANICAL 75 Thomas BARRAL (F)/ Renault CLIO R3 A7 7 MECHANICAL 76 Pierre Antoine GUGLIELMI(F)/Renault CLIO A7 13 OFF ROAD 77 Mathieu BIASION (F)/ Renault CLIO R3 A7 8 OFF ROAD 84 Charles ZUCCARELLI(F)/Renault CLIO S1600 A6 1 OFF ROAD 88 Jean-Philippe MUSELLI (F)/ Renault CLIO N3 3 MECHANICAL 91 Bastien MURACCIOLI (F)/ Renault CLIO N3 1 OFF ROAD 102 Sylvie CANCELLIERI (F)/ Peugeot 206 XS A6 2 MECHANICAL RALLYE DE ESPANA (October 3- 5, 2008) The Spanish event is based in the PortAventura theme park, in the town of Salou in the Tarragona region. It has wide, sweeping asphalt roads providing the fastest sealed-surface stages of the WRC season. Driving techniques can pay dividends on the fast asphalt stages as drivers aim for smooth lines through the turns to maximize their speed. ______________________________ RALLYE DE ESPANIA FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:21:17.4 2 2 A8 Daniel Sordo E Citroen C4 3:21:42.3 3 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 3:22:19.9 4 4 A8 Francois Duval B Ford Focus 3:22:28.2 5 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 3:24:44.8 6 8 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:25:21.2 7 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 3:25:22.3 8 18 A8 Andreas Mikkelsen N Ford Focus 3:26:37.0 9 7 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 3:29:00.6 10 15 A8 Brice Tirabassi F Subaru Impreza 3:30:22.4 11 10 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 3:31:26.0 12 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford Focus 3:31:54.7 13 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 3:32:43.5 14 19 A8 Mads Ostberg N Subaru WRC 3:33:14.4 15 21 A8 Eamonn Boland IRL Subaru WRC 3:40:09.5 16 31 A6 Martin Prokop CZ Citroen C2 3:41:25.0 17 48 A7 Alessandro Bettega I Renault Clio 3:41:49.6 18 23 A8 Gareth Jones GB Subaru WRC 3:41:53.8 19 66 N4 Jasper Van Den Heuve NL Mitsubishi Evo 3:42:22.0 20 33 A6 Aaron Nicolai Burkar D Citroen C2 3:42:29.5 21 14 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 3:42:56.5 22 46 A6 Shaun Gallagher IRL Citroen C2 3:43:41.7 23 41 A7 Patrik Sandell S Renault Clio 3:46:05.0 24 32 A6 Jaan Molder EE Suzuki Swift 3:47:14.1 25 39 A7 Stefano Albertini I Renault Clio 3:49:34.1 26 75 N4 Joan Font E Mitsubishi Evo 3:50:00.7 27 61 A8 Joan Olle E Subaru Impreza 3:50:29.7 28 37 A7 Simone Bertolotti I Renault Clio 3:51:03.3 29 64 N4 Juho Hanninen FIN Mitsubishi Evo 3:51:48.7 30 35 A6 Michal Kosciuszko PL Suzuki Swift 3:52:20.5 31 69 A7 Luca Griotti I Renault Clio 3:52:40.7 32 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson FIN Suzuki SX4 3:54:06.4 33 43 A6 Florian Niegel D Suzuki Swift 3:54:20.9 34 67 N4 Eyvind Brynildsen N Mitsubishi Evo 3:54:39.2 35 16 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 3:59:20.7 36 96 N3 Antoni Gibert E Renault Clio 4:00:55.7 37 97 N3 Miran Jerman SLO Peugeot 206 4:02:35.7 38 88 N3 Emre Yurdakul TR Ford Fiesta 4:06:31.2 39 90 N3 Koray Muratoglu TR Ford Fiesta 4:06:59.0 40 73 N4 Jaromir Tomastik CZ Subaru Impreza 4:07:02.0 41 89 N3 Burcu Cetinkaya TR Ford Fiesta 4:07:10.1 42 79 N4 Martin Van Iersel NL Mitsubishi Evo 4:10:09.7 43 45 A7 Kevin Abbring NL Renault Clio 4:13:06.1 44 91 N3 Joaquim Maller-Wende D Ford Fiesta 4:17:45.4 45 94 N3 Damiano Fumagali I Renault Clio 4:20:19.6 46 82 N4 Egoi Eder Valdes E Subaru Impreza 4:22:42.3 47 84 N4 August Navarro E Seat Leon 4:22:46.0 48 77 N4 Michael Eckhaus NL Mitsubishi Evo 4:24:49.2 49 70 A7 Joan Balcells E Renault Clio 4:27:56.0 50 85 N4 Manuel Cordoba E Subaru Impreza 4:29:13.7 51 93 N3 Richard Moore GB Ford Fiesta 4:38:13.3 RETIREMENTS No Driver/Car Class Control Reason 16 Urmo AAVA (EE)/ CITROEN C4 A8 18A BREAKDOWN 17 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ CITROEN C4 A8 13 BREAKDOWN 22 Peter VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ A8 7 OUT OF THE ROAD FORD Focus RS WRC 06 24 Peter VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ A8 17 BREAKDOWN FORD Focus RS WRC 07 38 Francesco FANARI (I)/ CITROEN C2 R2 A6 1 INDISPOSED 40 Kris MEEKE (GB)/ RENAULT Clio R3 A7 14 BREAKDOWN 42 Sebastien OGIER (F)/ CITROEN C2 S1600 A6 12D NO RE-START 44 Hans WEIJS JR. (NL)/ CITROEN C2 R2 Max A6 14 OUT OF THE ROAD 47 Gilles SCHAMMEL (L)/ RENAULT Clio R3 A7 17 BREAKDOWN 59 Sergio PEREZ DONOSTI (E)/ A6 6D NOT REPAIRED CITROEN C2 S1600 62 Albert ORRIOLS (E)/ PEUGEOT 206 WRC A8 12D NO RE-START 68 Henri Marc VENTURINI (F)/ A7 6D NOT REPAIRED RENAULT Clio R3 76 Albert LLOVERA (AND)/FIAT Grande Punto N4 12 OUT OF THE ROAD 78 Daniel PENA (E)/ CITROEN C2 R2 Max A6 3C MECHANICAL 79 Martin VAN IERSEL (NL)/MITSUBISHI Evo 9 N4 18A 81 Fabrizio FONTANA (I)/ MITSUBISHI Evo 9 N4 16 OUT OF THE ROAD 83 Gert VAN DEN HEUVEL (NL)/ N4 6D NOT REPAIRED MITSUBISHI Evo 9 86 Fernado BARCENA (E)/ CITROEN C2 R2 Max A6 15C BREAKDOWN 87 German AGREDA (E)/ CITROEN Saxo A6 14 OUT OF THE ROAD 90 Koray MURATOGLU (TR)/ FORD Fiesta ST N3 18D EXCLUDED 95 Michele GIUNTA (I)/ RENAULT Clio RS N3 9A MECHANICAL REPCO RALLY NEW ZEALAND (August 28 - 31, 2008) The WRC is is off to New Zealand. The Repco Rally New Zealand is the oldest WRC event in the Southern Hemisphere and is renowned for its fast gravel roads and the beautiful landscape of the country's North Island. ______________________________ LOEB'S WORDS AFTER THE RALLY: "This morning I had the spin and just wasn't able to make up the gap to Mikko - I thought it was over and we'd lost the chance," said Loeb "But then it all changed and we were leading again. But this was really a difficult rally, changing all the time, with some strategy coming in too. I needed to win for sure, and that's very nice, but I'm not happy for what happened to Mikko because he was doing really well and it was a good battle. But okay; it's a race and these things happen sometimes." ______________________________ REPCO RALLY NEW ZEALAND FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:59:18 2 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 3:59:36 3 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 4:00:00 4 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 4:02:07 5 14 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 4:02:49 6 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 4:06:56 7 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 4:07:13 8 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford Focus 4:07:53 9 10 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 4:08:34 10 67 N4 Emma Gilmour NZ Subaru Impreza 4:16:26 11 8 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 4:16:34 12 69 N4 Sloan Cox NZ Mitsubishi Lancer 4:28:14 13 78 N4 Masahiro Nakajima J Subaru Impreza 4:42:00 14 82 N3 Brendan Reeves AUS Ford Fiesta 4:45:37 15 77 N4 Brent Taylor NZ Mitsubishi Lancer 4:47:21 16 66 N4 Nathan Thomas NZ Mitsubishi Lancer 4:50:17 17 85 N4 Tomoki Ohashi J Subaru Impreza 4:51:16 18 86 N3 Dermott Malley NZ Ford Fiesta 4:53:51 19 81 N4 Trevor Taylor NZ Mitsubishi Lancer 4:57:41 20 83 N3 Patrick Malley NZ Ford Fiesta 5:04:45 21 84 N3 Ben Jagger NZ Ford Fiesta 5:15:36 Retirements: No Driver Car Class Control 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 17 ACCIDENT 6 Chris ATKINSON (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 A8 15 RADIATOR 7 Francois DUVAL (B) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 17 OFF ROAD 15 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW) Citroen C4 A8 18 MECHANICAL 31 Toshi ARAI (J) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 5 RADIATOR 32 Mirco BALDACCI (RSM) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 13D WITHDRAWN 35 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 13D WITHDRAWN 39 Misfer AL-MARRI (QA) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 15 FIRE 41 Andreas AIGNER (A) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 12 OFF ROAD 43 Evgeniy VERTUNOV (RUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 2 DAMAGE 47 Giorgio BACCO (I) Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 10 OFF ROAD 56 Fumio NUTAHARA (J) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 15 MECHANICAL 58 Naren KUMAR (IND) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 15C MECHANICAL 60 Chris WEST (NZ) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 15 DIFFERENTIAL 61 Richard MASON (NZ) Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 15 MECHANICAL 64 Callum MCINNES (NZ) Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 15 OFF ROAD 73 Andre MEIER (NZ) Subaru Impreza N4 15 ACCIDENT 74 Kirsty NELSON (NZ) Subaru Impreza N4 13D WITHDRAWN 75 Tony GREEN (NZ) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 17 OFF ROAD 76 Bruce FULLERTON (AUS) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII N4 13D WITHDRAWN 80 Brett MARTIN (NZ) Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 10 WITHDRAWN 87 Motoharu KASEYA (J) Ford Fiesta ST N3 4 OFF ROAD ADAC RALLYE DEUTCHLAND (August 15 - 17, 2008) The WRC is is off to Germany for the ADAC Rallye Deutchland. This is the second asphalt rally of the season and is held in Germany's wine-producing Mosel region, near to the historic city of Trier. This may be an all asphalt event, but it has one of the widest variety of sealed surfaces on the calendar. As such, it's a tricky rally that demands the very best from its drivers. ______________________________ THE TOP 3 FINISHERS IN GERMANY: Sebastien Loeb: "I'm very happy to have won here. Germany is a special rally for me, and as we won't get the chance to come here next year it was good to finish like this. We had a good feeling in the car all weekend, and had no real problems to contend with. Everything worked out well and now I am in the best position to start the rest of the season. Maybe New Zealand will be a little more difficult now I will be first on the road, because there is a lot of loose gravel - especially if it's dry - but at he moment I'm happy to take the lead of the championship, and pleased with the job Dani and I did for Citroen." Dani Sordo: "I'm pleased because second is a good result for both Championships; for me in the drivers' and it's helped Citroen to the lead of the manufacturers'. Of course I'm still trying to win a rally myself, but it wasn't this event. I made a few mistakes, and lost a lot of time on the first day, but on the second I changed some suspension setting and the feeling was very good since then. For Citroen a one, two is very encouraging for the rest of the season." Francois Duval: "A fantastic result - but it's been a difficult weekend. With only one day of testing after seven months at home I found it hard. On the first and second days I struggled especially, but the finale wasn't so bad for me. If I could get some testing in, it will be much better. My next event is Spain, but if I was asked to stand in for Gigi on Rally New Zealand then I would be very happy to." ______________________________ ADAC RALLYE DEUTCHLAND FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:26:19.7 2 2 A8 Daniel Sordo E Citroen C4 3:27:07.4 3 8 A8 Francois Duval B Ford Focus 3:27:39.7 4 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 3:27:49.8 5 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 3:28:55.0 6 6 A8 Christopher Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 3:31:05.6 7 15 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 3:31:55.9 8 18 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 3:31:57.5 9 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:32:36.9 10 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 3:33:36.5 11 19 A8 Andreas Mikkelsen N Ford Focus 3:34:50.5 12 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 3:35:07.7 13 17 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 3:35:44.4 14 21 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 3:40:05.7 15 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 3:40:37.9 16 25 A8 Gareth Jones GB Subaru Impreza 3:43:39.6 17 63 A8 Peter Van Merksteijn NL Ford Focus 3:43:54.5 18 64 A8 Dennis Kuipers NL Ford Focus 3:47:35.4 19 42 A6 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C2 3:47:36.0 20 62 A8 Harry Kleinjan NL Skoda Fabia 3:47:48.9 21 24 A8 Peter Van Merksteijn NL Ford Focus 3:50:14.3 22 66 N4 Hermann Gassner D Mitsubishi Lancer 3:50:29.5 23 33 A6 Aaron Nicolai Burkar D Citroen C2 3:51:10.2 24 22 A8 Mark Van Eldik NL Subaru Impreza 3:52:05.3 25 67 A6 Kris Meeke GB Renault Clio 3:52:33.9 26 48 A7 Alessandro Bettega I Renault Clio 3:52:50.4 27 46 A6 Shaun Gallagher IRL Citroen C2 3:53:16.9 28 72 N4 Hermann Gassner Jun. D Mitsubishi Lancer 3:56:41.3 29 23 A8 Erik Wevers NL Ford Focus 3:57:17.5 30 70 A6 Martin Johansen DK Suzuki Swift 3:57:52.7 31 37 A6 Simone Bertolotti I Renault Clio 3:58:51.7 32 73 N4 Henk Vossen NL Mitsubishi Lancer 4:02:11.3 33 86 N4 Milan Liska CZ Mitsubishi Lancer 4:03:02.2 34 71 N4 Jean-Nicolas Hot F Subaru Impreza 4:04:28.9 35 45 A7 Kevin Abbring NL Renault Clio 4:09:57.9 36 68 A7 Eddie Mercier F Renault Clio 4:10:54.0 37 34 A6 Andrea Cortinovis I Renault Clio 4:10:55.5 38 90 N4 Martin Van Iersel NL Mitsubishi Lancer 4:11:50.4 39 43 A6 Florian Niegel D Suzuki Swift 4:12:35.9 40 89 N4 Gert Van Den Heuvel NL Mitsubishi Lancer 4:13:25.6 41 96 N3 Vytautas Baranauskas LT Ford Fiesta 4:16:55.2 42 77 A6 Brian O'Mahony IRL Renault Clio 4:17:00.5 43 75 N4 Klaus Bodilsen DK Mitsubishi Lancer 4:17:01.3 44 108 N3 Jan Timo Van Der Mar NL Renault Clio 4:17:48.2 45 38 A6 Francesco Fanari I Citroen C2 4:20:22.3 46 97 N3 Emre Yurdakul TR Ford Fiesta 4:20:58.4 47 85 N4 Thorsten Kuhlmann D Mitsubishi Lancer 4:22:19.4 48 103 N3 Joachim Maller-Wende D Ford Fiesta 4:22:43.2 49 39 A7 Stefano Albertini I Renault Clio 4:23:42.8 50 111 A5 Jurgen Hohlheimer D Fiat Seicento 4:26:20.4 51 98 N3 Burcu Cetinkaya TR Ford Fiesta 4:27:18.9 52 88 N4 Han Hoendervangers NL Mitsubishi Lancer 4:29:39.5 53 91 N4 Patrick Anglade D Opel Astra 4:31:45.4 54 105 N3 Richard Moore GB Ford Fiesta 4:35:43.2 55 113 N2 Andreas Werner D Opel Corsa 4:36:09.4 56 104 N3 Philippe Maertens B Ford Fiesta 4:36:31.7 57 78 A6 Tomas Pletka CZ Citroen C2 4:42:37.2 58 109 N3 Frank Schroder B Opel Astra 4:46:41.4 59 112 A5 Tim Jones GB Ford KA 4:46:46.6 Retirements: No Driver Car Class Control 7 Gigi GALLI (I) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 5 Accident 31 Martin PROKOP (CZ) CITROEN C2 Super 1600 A6 9 Technical 44 Hans WEIJS JR. (NL) CITROEN C2 R2 A6 16 Technical 47 Gilles SCHAMMEL (L) RENAULT Clio Sport R3 A7 11 Technical 61 Rene KUIPERS (NL) FORD Focus RS WRC 06 A8 18 Technical 65 Jasper VAN DEN HEUVEL (NL) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 8 Technical 69 Karl Friedrich BECK (D) RENAULT Clio Sport R3 A7 14 Technical 74 Vaclav ARAZIM (CZ) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 8 N4 2 Technical 76 Ludvik OTTO (CZ) SUBARU Impreza WRX STi N4 4 Technical 79 Michael ABENDROTH (D) HONDA Civic Type R N3 15 Technical 83 Erik MOREE (NL) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 8 N4 6A 84 Andreas KONRATH (D) SUBARU Impreza GT N4 2 Technical 87 Jaromir TOMASTIK (CZ) SUBARU Impreza WRX STi N4 16 Technical 92 Armin HOLZ (D) VW Golf IV TDI N4 9 Technical 93 Josef WECKER (D) OPEL Astra GTC TDI N4 15 Technical 95 Frank LAUER (D) CITROEN Saxo VTS A6 19 Technical 96 Vytautas BARANAUSKAS (LT) FORD Fiesta ST N3 19C EXCLUDED 99 Koray MURATOGLU (TR) FORD Fiesta ST N3 7 100 Anthony MARTIN (B) FORD Fiesta ST N3 15 Technical 101 Timothy VAN PARIJS (B) FORD Fiesta ST N3 18 Technical 106 Charles-Antoine HASTIR (B) FORD Fiesta ST N3 12 Technical 107 Sebastian SCHWINN (D) PEUGEOT 206 RC N3 15 Technical 110 Hugo ARELLANO (L) SUZUKI Swift Sport N2 16 Technical THE NESTE OIL RALLY FINLAND (July 31 - August 3, 2008) The WRC is is headed to Jyvaskyla, Finland for the Neste oil Rally Finland. The Jyvaskyla Paviljonki area is full of action throughout the rally weekend. There are loads of possibilities that a rally fan can do - no matter how old or young you are. In the Paviljonki area you can enjoy the action of the FamilyWorld, the RallyExpo, the RallyShop Service Park and the Podium. The Paviljonki area is like the heart of Neste Oil Rally Finland. On top of the huge jumps, fast gravel roads and scenic lake views, Neste Oil Rally Finland is an event with several other activities. In the RallyShow you will meet your favourite drivers, the RallyExpo will introduce you the coolest new cars and in the Karjala RallyParty you can dance like never before. In the Past the event has been dominated by the Scandinavians. They're used to driving on these type of roads, that's were local experience counts. ______________________________ LOEB WINS RALLY FINLAND "I'm thrilled to have won this rally," beamed Sebastien Loeb after the finish podium in Jyvaskyla. "And I'm especially pleased with the way we won it. From start to finish, the scrap reminded me of the clashes we had last year with Marcus Gronholm. It was a very close run thing throughout and we were never able to relax. The decision to keep the lead at the end of the opening day involved a certain amount of risk because we didn't know exactly how much road-sweeping we would have to do. It meant pushing hard all the way, but the tactic finally paid off." "Our objective today was to keep up a fast pace over the final day's stages and keep a close eye on how our main rival was going," continued the four-time World Champion. "It was important not to make any mistakes and that meant building in a certain safety margin. After spending the first two days driving flat out between the trees, I had absolutely no intention of letting our 42nd WRC win slip from our grasp." "Today's victory also means we have met one of the objectives we set ourselves at the start of the season and that's a particularly satisfying feeling. I had every confidence in my Citroen C4 from flag to flag and this result gives our chances in the Drivers' championship a terrific boost since it narrows the gap down to just three points. It's been a positive weekend, too, for Citroën in the Manufacturers' standings." "When you know just how tough it is to win this event, today's result is immensely satisfying," concluded Citroen Total team principal Olivier Quesnel. "Sebastien and Daniel didn't put a foot wrong and they came out on top at the end of what was an unrelenting fight. The tremendous work put in by everyone in the technical team on the C4 since last year has paid dividends. It was awesomely competitive and this is a top result for us in terms of the Manufacturers' Championship, too. The way both C4s performed is particularly encouraging for the rest of the season. Dani and Marc also put in a very mature run. A magnificent victory, some outstanding times, clockwork reliability and a big points haul... what else could we ask for?" ______________________________ NESTE OIL RALLY FINLAND FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 2:54:05.5 2 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 2:54:14.5 3 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 2:57:22.5 4 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 2:57:36.4 5 8 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 2:58:03.2 6 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 2:58:09.6 7 20 A8 Matti Rantanen FIN Ford Focus 3:00:16.6 8 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 3:02:24.2 9 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 3:02:42.8 10 14 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZWE Citroen C4 3:04:36.4 11 18 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 3:07:43.6 12 19 A8 Andreas Mikkelsen N Ford Focus 3:08:29.4 13 152 N4 Juho Hanninen FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 3:08:38.1 14 138 N4 Patrik Flodin S Mitsubishi Lancer 3:11:08.3 15 160 N4 Jussi Valimaki FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 3:11:51.7 16 15 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 3:13:19.1 17 146 N4 Jari Ketomaa FIN Subaru Impreza 3:13:53.6 18 137 N4 Oscar Svedlund S Subaru Impreza 3:14:40.5 19 69 A7 Guy Wilks GB Honda Civic 3:16:42.6 20 79 N4 Andis Neiksans LV Mitsubishi Lancer 3:17:02.2 21 31 A6 Martin Prokop CZE Citroen C2 3:17:52.2 22 41 A6 Patrik Sandell S Renault Clio 3:18:09.7 23 35 A6 Michal Kosciuszko PL Suzuki Swift 3:19:26.9 24 156 N4 Fumio Nutahara J Mitsubishi Lancer 3:21:41.6 25 154 N4 Jussi Tiippana FIN Subaru Impreza 3:22:01.1 26 88 N4 Daniele Ceccoli SM Mitsubishi Lancer 3:23:20.3 27 63 A8 Jouni Arolainen FIN Ford Focus 3:24:58.4 28 148 N4 Evgeny Aksakov RUS Mitsubishi Lancer 3:26:10.7 29 33 A6 Aaron Nikolai Burkar D Citroen C2 3:26:24.7 30 149 N4 Simone Campedelli I Mitsubishi Lancer 3:28:26.4 31 46 A6 Shaun Gallagher IRL Citroen C2 3:29:36.6 32 90 A7 Luca Griotti I Renault Clio 3:30:18.7 33 147 N4 Fabio Frisiero I Mitsubishi Lancer 3:30:40.4 34 45 A7 Kevin Abbring NL Renault Clio 3:32:23.9 35 47 A7 Gilles Schammel L Renault Clio 3:35:40.1 36 70 A6 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C2 3:36:16.3 37 85 N4 Daniel Ungur RO Subaru Impreza 3:37:15.4 38 84 N4 Pekka Savela FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 3:37:48.4 39 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:39:59.0 40 105 A5 Jari Laakso FIN Volkswagen Polo 3:40:04.4 41 44 A6 Hans Weijs Jr. NL Citroen C2 3:40:30.9 42 75 N4 Marco Tempestini I Subaru Impreza 3:40:34.6 43 83 N4 Jarmo Komsi FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 3:43:32.3 44 73 A8 Petri Lehtovirta FIN Subaru Impreza 3:43:56.4 45 96 N3 Emre Yurdakul TR Ford Fiesta 3:45:01.9 46 97 N3 Koray Muratoglu TR Ford Fiesta 3:48:22.3 47 74 N4 Ville Silvasti FIN Subaru Impreza 3:48:53.4 48 111 A5 Raimo Kaisanlahti FIN Volkswagen Polo 3:49:34.5 49 101 N3 Teemu Horkama FIN Ford Fiesta 3:50:25.1 50 136 N4 Eyvind Brynildsen N Mitsubishi Lancer 3:52:31.9 51 112 N2 Kari Hytonen FIN Suzuki Swift 3:52:40.8 52 109 A5 Tomi Vilenius FIN Volkswagen Polo 3:53:23.2 53 92 A6 Bogdan Stanoiev RO Citroen C2 3:53:48.1 54 81 A8 Anssi Mustonen FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 3:53:50.0 55 98 N3 Burcu Cetinkaya TR Ford Fiesta 3:53:51.1 56 43 N2 Florian Niegel D Suzuki Swift 3:55:55.3 57 89 A8 Fabrizio De Sanctis I Mitsubishi Lancer 3:57:05.8 58 104 N3 Sergey Gerasimov RUS Ford Fiesta 3:57:56.0 59 71 N4 Lauri Riipinen FIN Subaru Impreza 3:59:27.8 60 114 N2 Sami Tuominen FIN Suzuki Ignis 4:07:27.4 61 153 N4 Giovanni Manfrinato I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:07:49.7 62 37 A7 Simone Bertolotti I Renault Clio 4:10:51.4 63 113 N2 Christoffer Dahlstro FIN Suzuki Ignis 4:16:56.3 64 40 A7 Milos Komljenovic SRB Renault Clio 4:17:21.6 65 38 A6 Fransesco Fanari I Citroen C2 4:17:28.2 66 39 A7 Stefano Albertini I Renault Clio 4:18:09.6 67 100 N3 Atte Alanen FIN Ford Fiesta 4:19:24.8 68 87 N4 Vittorio Caneva I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:21:13.1 69 107 A5 Ville Ruokanen FIN Volkswagen Polo 4:43:03.8 70 108 A5 Jaakko Tapper FIN Volkswagen Polo 5:04:55.7 Retirements: No Driver Car Class Control 7 Gigi GALLI (I) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 16 OFF ROAD 9 Federico VILLAGRA (ARG) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 20 OFF ROAD 10 Luis PEREZ COMPANC (ARG) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 A8 21A MEDICAL 12 Per-Gunnar ANDERSSON (S) Suzuki SX4 WRC A8 16 OFF ROAD 17 Mads OESTBERG (N) Subaru Impreza WRC A8 6 OFF ROAD 32 Jaan MOELDER (EE) Suzuki Swift S1600 A6 20 OFF ROAD 48 Alessandro BETTEGA (I) Renault Clio R3 A7 14 MECHANICAL 59 Kalle PINOMAKI (FIN) Suzuki Swift S1600 A6 14 MECHANICAL 61 Andreas AIGNER (A) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9N 7 OFF ROAD 64 Juha SIPILA (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9N 13 OFF ROAD 66 Karri MARTTILA (FIN) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 7 OFF ROAD 72 Jukka HARA (FIN) Subaru Impreza 555 A8 5 OFF ROAD 76 Jukka METSALA (FIN) Skoda Octavia WRC A8 17 WITHDRAWN 77 Radik SHAYMIEV (RUS) Peugeot 207 S2000 N4 14C MECHANICAL 78 Erkki KAIKKONEN (FIN) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 14 OFF ROAD 80 Vytautas SVEDAS (LT) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution N4 22 MECHANICAL 82 Jukka KIHLMAN (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution A8 20 MECHANICAL 86 Alessandro BRUSCHETTA (I) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 12 MECHANICAL 93 Kaspar KOITLA (EE) Honda Civic Type-R A7 13 MECHANICAL 94 Jarkko NIKARA (FIN) Ford Fiesta ST N3 23 MECHANICAL 99 Denis GRODETSKIY (RUS) Ford Fiesta ST N3 12 OFF ROAD 106 Antero SAARI (FIN) Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 21D EXCLUDED 108 Jaakko TAPPER (FIN) Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 24A MECHANICAL 110 Ilkka PASTILA (FIN) Skoda Felicia A5 16 OFF ROAD 138 Patrik FLODIN (S) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution N4 24A EXCLUDED 143 Evgeniy VERTUNOV (RUS) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 11C MECHANICAL 144 Tapio SUOMINEN (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution N4 12 MECHANICAL 145 Teemu ARMINEN (FIN) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 20 OFF ROAD 151 Subhan AKSA (RI) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution N4 8 OFF ROAD 158 Naren KUMAR (ID) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 10 MECHANICAL 159 Juha SALO (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution N4 16 OFF ROAD THE RALLY OF TURKEY (June 13 -15, 2008) The WRC is moving their show to Antalya for the Rally of Turkey. The Turkey event is run on rough gravel mountain roads in the southwest of the country. The event takes place 40 km from the city of Antalya and the headquarters and service area is located in the Mediterranean holiday resort of Kemer. Due to the high mountain altitudes weather will be a factor in this race. The race stages can be in wet, muddy or even snowy conditions while the service area remains dry and warm. ______________________________ THE RALLY OF TURKEY FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford FOCUS 4:42:07.1 2 4 A8 Jari Matti Latvala FIN Ford FOCUS 4:42:15.0 3 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 4:42:32.8 4 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 4:44:32.7 5 8 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford FOCUS 4:44:40.8 6 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru IMPREZA 4:44:55.3 7 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford FOCUS 4:46:31.3 8 14 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 4:49:53.8 9 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford FOCUS 4:51:41.2 10 10 A8 Barry Clark GB Ford FOCUS 4:56:55.9 11 41 N4 Andreas Aigner A Mitsubishi LANCER 5:02:21.6 12 55 N4 Patrik Sandell S Peugeot 207 5:03:10.3 13 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru IMPREZA 5:04:43.6 14 32 N4 Mirco Baldacci I Mitsubishi LANCER 5:05:22.6 15 57 N4 Martin Rauam EE Mitsubishi LANCER 5:07:52.6 16 50 N4 Armindo Araujo I Mitsubishi LANCER 5:08:45.2 17 43 N4 Evgeniy Vertunov RUS Subaru IMPREZA 5:09:14.6 18 49 N4 Simone Campedelli I Mitsubishi LANCER 5:14:40.7 19 15 A8 Andreas Mikkelsen N Ford FOCUS 5:15:20.6 20 17 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 5:23:50.4 21 47 N4 Giorgio Bacco I Subaru IMPREZA 5:25:14.3 22 34 N4 Gianluca Linari I Subaru IMPREZA 5:25:52.7 23 65 A6 Hamdi Anal TR Fiat PUNTO 5:30:41.8 24 39 N4 Nasser Al-Attiyah Q Subaru IMPREZA 5:36:28.4 25 42 N4 Bernardo Sousa P Mitsubishi LANCER 5:40:50.7 26 76 N3 Burcu Cetinkaya TR Ford FIESTA 5:45:25.3 27 70 N3 Emre Yurdakul TR Ford FIESTA 5:45:57.0 28 40 N4 Riccardo Errani I Mitsubishi LANCER 5:52:26.5 29 71 N4 Mustafa Soylemez TR Mitsubishi LANCER 5:52:32.6 30 85 N3 Anal Senbahar TR Ford FIESTA 6:05:38.4 31 79 N3 Berkay Savkay TR Ford FIESTA 6:17:34.4 32 95 N2 Ali Onkok TR Fiat PALIO 6:20:15.0 33 75 N3 Tarik Oktem TR Ford FIESTA 6:37:42.5 34 94 N2 Suleyman Derici TR Fiat PALIO 6:39:58.5 35 69 A6 Ozen Ozer TR Opel CORSA 6:49:45.3 36 80 N3 Berna Aksoy TR Ford FIESTA 6:51:14.0 37 86 A5 Murat Bostanci TR Ford KA 7:01:26.3 38 83 A7 Zohreh Vatankhah IR Ford FIESTA 7:27:48.3 Retirements: No Driver/ Car Class Control Reason 7 Gigi GALLI (I)/ FORD FOCUS RS WRC 07 A8 16D 11 Toni GARDEMEISTER (FIN)/ SUZUKI SX4 WRC A8 15 12 Per Gunnar ANDERSSON (S)/ SUZUKI SX4 WRC A8 15 17 Urmo AAVA (EE)/ CITROEN C4 WRC A8 19C 31 Toshi ARAI (J)/ SUBARU IMPREZA N4 16D 33 Martin PROKOP (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 11A EXCLUDED 35 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 9C 36 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN (N)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 15 38 Amjad FARRAH (JO)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 9D 45 Francesco TREVISIN (I)/ SUBARU IMPREZA N4 9D 48 Evgeny AKSAKOV (RUS)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 9C 53 Uwe NITTEL (D)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 17 58 Naren KUMAR (IND)/ SUBARU IMPREZA N4 15 64 Cenedese MORENO (I)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 N4 9D 67 Omer ERDEM (TR)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 8 N4 9D 72 Vytautas BARANAUSKAS (LT)/ FORD FIESTA ST N3 18 73 Adil KUCUKSARI (TR)/ FORD FIESTA ST A7 19 74 Koray MURATOGLU (TR)/ FORD FIESTA ST N3 9D 77 Denis GRODETSKIY (RUS)/ FORD FIESTA ST N3 17A 78 Joachim MULLER WENDE (D)/ FORD FIESTA ST N3 19 84 Menderes OKUR (TR)/ FORD FIESTA ST N3 18 87 Mithat DIKER (TR)/ FIAT PALIO N2 19 92 Selay KAYA (TR)/ FORD FIESTA ST N3 9D ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE (May 29- June 1, 2008) The Acropolis Rally is a combination of rough, twisty mountain stages, blistering heat and choking dust. That equals to cars that have to be the toughest on the WRC circuit. The tough terrain and hot temperatures also take their toll on the drivers. The first Greek event was run in 1953, makig it one of the oldest rallies. ______________________________ SEBASTIAN LOEB'S COMMENTS AFTER RACE: "We haven't had such a quiet Sunday for some time. After yesterday's punishing stages, today's conditions were far more straightforward. We succeeded in driving sufficiently quickly to stayed concentrated but at the same time we did what we could to make sure we spared our tyres and car all the way to the flag. This is an important win for us, it shows the progress we have made on the loose, while the work put in by everyone in the team to adapt our Citroen C4 WRC to its Pirelli tyres across the full spectrum of surface types has paid dividends. I am pleased with our run over what are incontestably the toughest stages of the season. Today's result has enabled us to recover the lead in the championship and it's been a good weekend, too, in terms of the Manufacturers' championship. The strength and competitiveness of our C4 and the successful management of our Pirelli tyres were the main keys to success here." (image/citroen.com) ______________________________ ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:54:54.7 2 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 3:56:04.2 3 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 3:56:50.8 4 15 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 3:59:14.4 5 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 3:59:44.1 6 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 4:01:06.0 7 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 4:01:42.2 8 8 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 4:04:08.7 9 11 A8 Toni Gardemeister FIN Suzuki SX4 4:05:08.5 10 18 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 4:08:23.8 11 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 4:08:47.2 12 14 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 4:08:50.3 13 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford Focus 4:13:24.9 14 41 N4 Andreas Aigner A Mitsubishi Lancer 4:16:06.7 15 57 N4 Martin Rauam EE Mitsubishi Lancer 4:16:41.7 16 42 N4 Bernando Sousa P Mitsubishi Lancer 4:17:04.8 17 50 N4 Armindo Araujo P Mitsubishi Lancer 4:17:34.4 18 56 N4 Fumio Nutahara J Mitsubishi Lancer 4:18:19.6 19 48 N4 Evgeny Aksakov RUS Mitsubishi Lancer 4:23:11.6 20 43 N4 Evgeniy Vertunov RUS Subaru Impreza 4:24:08.1 21 52 N4 Juho Hanninen FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 4:25:07.0 22 40 N4 Loris Baldacci RSM Mitsubishi Lancer 4:26:39.5 23 38 N4 Amjad Farrah JO Mitsubishi Lancer 4:29:18.4 24 58 N4 Naren Kumar IND Subaru Impreza 4:32:21.5 25 17 A8 Mads Ostberg N Subaru Impreza 4:43:56.4 26 34 N4 Gianluca Linari I Subaru Impreza 4:44:50.8 27 60 N4 Labros Athanassoulas GR Subaru Impreza 4:45:02.7 28 66 N4 Andreas Wimmer A Subaru Impreza 4:47:18.4 29 61 N4 Dimitris Nassoulas GR Mitsubishi Lancer 4:48:33.6 30 54 N4 Travis Pastrana USA Subaru Impreza 4:51:10.8 31 62 N4 Grigoris Nioras GR Subaru Impreza 4:51:26.5 32 69 N4 Elias Athanassiou GR Mitsubishi Lancer 4:59:09.0 33 63 N4 Emm.Panagiotopoulos GR Mitsubishi Lancer 5:01:02.9 34 67 N4 Panayiotis Zissis GR Mitsubishi Lancer 5:02:17.0 35 33 N4 Martin Prokop CZ Mitsubishi Lancer 5:06:00.5 36 35 N4 Evgeny Novikov RUS Mitsubishi Lancer 5:07:04.1 37 74 A6 Ioannis Zounis GR Mg Rover 5:14:11.6 38 73 A6 Haris Kaltsounis GR Opel Corsa 5:14:16.2 39 68 A8 Athanasios Tslilis GR Mitsubishi Lancer 5:24:34.3 40 72 A8 Dimitris Vassilis GR Subaru Impreza 5:37:49.0 41 71 A8 Dionissis Gazetas GR Mitsubishi Lancer 5:48:54.2 42 75 A5 Grigoris Ladogiannis GR Fiat Seicento 6:09:11.0 43 76 A5 Dimitris Angeletos GR Toyota Yaris 6:25:18.8 _____________________________ Retirements: No Driver Car Class Control 6 Chris ATKINSON (AUS) SUBARU Impreza WRC 2008 A8 16 7 Gigi GALLI (I) FORD Focus RS WRC 07 A8 18 10 Aris VOVOS (GR) FORD Focus RS WRC 07 A8 9 31 Toshihiro ARAI (J) SUBARU Impreza WRX Sti N4 10 32 Mirco BALDACCI (RSM) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 15 36 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN (N) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 20 37 Spyros PAVLIDES (CY) SUBARU Impreza WRX Sti N4 5 39 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH (QA) SUBARU Impreza WRX Sti N4 10 45 Andrej JEREB (SLO) SUBARU Impreza WRX Sti N12 N4 13A 46 Jari KETOMAA (FIN) SUBARU Impreza WRX Sti N14 N4 15 49 Simone CAMPEDELLI (I) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 13C 51 Subhan AKSA (RI) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 12 53 Uwe NITTEL (D) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 12 55 Patrik SANDELL (S) PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N4 16A 57 Martin RAUAM (EE) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 20D 59 Pan. HATZITSOPANIS (GR) SUBARU Impreza WRX Sti N4 7C 64 Konstantinos APOSTOLOU (GR) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 6 A8 19 70 Moreno CENEDESE (I) MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 5 RALLY ITALIA-SARDINIA (May 16- 18, 2008) On May 16-18, 2008 the event moves is to the asphalt and gravel roads of Sardinia, Italy. The race starts and ends in the luxury resort of Porto Cervo in the northwest of the island. The 2007 winner was Marcus Gronholm in his Ford Focus RS WRC. ______________________________ SEBASTIAN LOEB WINS RALLY ITALIA-SARDINIA Defending World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has won the 2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna and with it came his 40th WRC victory.Concratulations. Sebastien Loeb wins 5th Rally d'Italia Sardegna (image/citroen.com) ______________________________ RALLY SARDINIA FINAL RESULTS Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:57:17.2 2 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 3:57:27.8 3 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:57:32.5 4 7 A8 Gigi Galli I Ford Focus 3:58:59.7 5 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 3:59:22.8 6 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 4:02:25.8 7 10 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 4:03:18.2 8 16 A8 Urmo Aava EE Citroen C4 4:03:38.5 9 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 4:05:05.9 10 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 4:06:58.2 11 19 A8 Mads Ostberg N Subaru Impreza 4:07:09.1 12 8 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 4:07:24.5 13 15 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 4:07:35.8 14 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford Focus 4:08:18.5 15 35 A6 Michal Kosciuszko PL Suzuki Swift 4:21:52.9 16 14 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 4:26:06.2 17 48 A7 Alessandro Bettega I Renault Clio 4:26:17.8 18 76 N4 Moreno Cenedese I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:30:47.9 19 77 N4 Fabio Frisiero I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:31:38.5 20 33 A6 Aaron Nicolai Burkar D Citroen C2 4:32:14.6 21 46 A6 Shaun Gallagher IRL Citroen C2 4:32:40.9 22 42 A6 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C2 4:37:39.8 23 39 A7 Stefano Albertini I Renault Clio 4:38:01.7 24 74 N4 Adriano Lovisetto I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:43:04.3 25 87 N3 Vytautas Baranauskas LT Ford Fiesta 4:46:55.5 26 41 A6 Patrik Sandell S Renault Clio 4:47:29.2 27 44 A6 Hans Weijs Jr. NL Citroen C2 4:48:07.7 28 32 A6 Jaan Molder EE Suzuki Swift 4:48:36.0 29 79 N4 Francesco Marrone I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:49:16.6 30 84 A7 Alessandro Broccoli RSM Renault Clio 4:49:28.9 31 31 A6 Martin Prokop CZ Citroen C2 4:50:55.1 32 34 A6 Andrea Cortinovis I Renault Clio 4:51:43.4 33 90 N3 Burcu Cetinkaya TR Ford Fiesta 5:00:26.4 34 71 N4 Giuseppe Dettori I Mitsubishi Lancer 5:02:27.9 35 47 A7 Gilles Schammel LUX Renault Clio 5:09:08.2 36 38 A6 Francesco Fanari I Citroen C2 5:09:11.6 37 89 N3 Koray Muratoglu TR Ford Fiesta 5:22:29.4 38 85 A7 Gerri Pranzoni I Renault Clio 5:23:59.6 39 93 N1 Raffaele Donadio I Rover MG 6:24:30.6 JORDAN RALLY WRC (Apr 24-27, 2008) A new and spectacular host country for the WRC, Jordan is also the first Arab nation to be invited to join the series. The Jordan Rally is not a brand new event, it has been a round of the Middle Eastern Rally Championship since the 1980's. ______________________________ HIRVONEN WINS IN JORDAN Mikko Hirvonen of the BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team has won the inaugural WRC Jordan Rally. The 27-year-old Finn and his co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen completed the final day with a rally lead of 1m 15.7sec. The result moves Hirvonen into the lead of the 2008 drivers' championship, five points ahead of Sebastien Loeb. ______________________________ JORDAN RALLY FINAL RESULTS- Apr 25-27 2008, (round 5 of 15) Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 4:02:47.9 2 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 4:04:03.6 3 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 4:07:47.4 4 8 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 4:10:23.7 5 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 4:13:29.6 6 9 A8 Federico Villagra AR Ford Focus 4:14:10.1 7 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 4:15:03.5 8 7 A8 Gigi Galli I Ford Focus 4:15:12.3 9 14 A8 Khalid Al-Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 4:21:53.6 10 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 4:26:26.0 11 42 A6 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C2 4:29:57.8 12 10 A8 Barry Clark GB Ford Focus 4:34:07.1 13 46 A6 Shaun Gallagher IRL Citroen C2 4:34:57.9 14 47 R3 Gilles Schammel L Renault Clio 4:37:29.4 15 64 N4 Abdullah Al-Qassimi UAE Mitsubishi Evolution 4:37:33.3 16 75 N4 Nick Georgiou RL Mitsubishi Evolution 4:39:30.3 17 66 N4 Ameer Najjar HKJ Mitsubishi Evolution 4:42:30.0 18 63 N4 Michel Saleh RL Subaru Impreza 4:48:23.0 19 61 N4 Amjad Farrah HKJ Mitsubishi Evolution 4:48:23.1 20 77 N4 Mazen Tantash HKJ Mitsubishi Evolution 4:48:53.1 21 62 N4 Michael Kahlfuss D Mitsubishi Evolution 4:50:06.2 22 43 A6 Florian Niegel D Suzuki Swift 4:50:17.4 23 39 R3 Stefano Albertini I Renault Clio 4:50:58.6 24 37 R3 Simone Bertolotti I Renault Clio 4:51:14.1 25 71 N4 Andreas Wimmer A Subaru Impreza 4:51:55.9 26 18 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 4:54:04.3 27 34 A6 Andrea Cortinovis I Renault Clio 4:58:45.1 28 67 N4 Riccardo Errani I Mitsubishi Evolution 5:19:51.1 29 40 R3 Milos Komljenovic SCG Renault Clio 5:36:31.2 30 80 N4 Tamer Tabbaa HKJ Subaru Impreza 5:36:36.6 31 38 R2 Francesco Fanari I Citroen C2 5:42:36.0 32 78 N4 Ammar Hijazi HKJ Subaru Impreza 5:50:50.1 33 81 N4 Abir Batikhi HKJ Subaru Impreza 6:00:23.9 RALLY ARGENTINA FINAL RESULTS (Mar 28-30 2008) Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 5:05:48.6 2 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 5:08:21.8 3 2 A8 Daniel Sordo E Citroen C4 5:09:53.3 4 17 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 5:25:52.1 5 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 5:31:03.9 6 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford Focus 5:33:30.6 7 7 A8 Gigi Galli I Ford Focus 5:33:40.4 8 41 N4 Andreas Aigner A Mitsubishi Lancer 5:34:47.9 9 60 N4 Sebasitan Beltran RA Mitsubishi Lancer 5:35:53.5 10 46 N4 Jari Ketomaa FIN Subaru Impreza 5:37:41.2 11 56 N4 Fumio Nutahara J Mitsubishi Lancer 5:38:47.0 12 57 N4 Martin Rauam EE Mitsubishi Lancer 5:44:16.0 13 38 N4 Amjad Farrah HKJ Mitsubishi Lancer 5:53:04.4 14 33 N4 Martin Prokop CZ Mitsubishi Lancer 5:53:07.8 15 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 5:55:01.8 16 66 N4 Walter Rodriguez RA Mitsubishi Lancer 6:07:28.4 17 70 N4 Gaston Genovese RA Mitsubishi Lancer 6:09:27.2 18 42 N4 Bernardo Sousa P Mitsubishi Lancer 6:13:02.4 19 49 N4 Simone Campedelli I Mitsubishi Lancer 6:14:10.0 20 44 N4 Gabor Mayer H Subaru Impreza 6:14:31.4 21 37 N4 Spyros Pavlides CY Subaru Impreza 6:15:58.6 22 48 N4 Egveny Akasakov RU Mitsubishi Lancer 6:17:23.6 23 47 N4 Giorgio Bacco I Subaru Impreza 6:18:13.7 24 12 A8 Per-Gunnar Andersson S Suzuki SX4 6:18:21.5 25 45 N4 Andrej Jereb SLO Subaru Impreza 6:18:47.1 26 51 N4 Subhan Aksa RI Mitsubishi Lancer 6:27:26.0 27 75 N4 Alberto Nicolas RA Mitsubishi Lancer 7:01:06.3 28 76 A6 Guillermo Bottazzini RA Renault Clio 7:12:58.3 29 78 A6 Roberto Jauregui RA Peugeot 206 7:32:36.5 30 83 A6 Miguel Angel Durante RA Renault Clio 8:15:19.7 31 77 N3 Manuel Machinea RA Peugeot 206 8:37:49.6 RALLY MEXICO FINAL RESULTS (Feb 29-Mar 2 2008) Pos No Class Driver Nat Car Time 1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:33:29.9 2 6 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Subaru Impreza 3:34:36.0 3 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:35:09.6 4 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 3:37:08.6 5 10 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 3:38:27.8 6. 8 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 3:39:58.8 7 9 A8 Federico Villagra RA Ford Focus 3:52:32.9 8 15 A8 Ricardo Trivino MEX Peugeot 206 3:54:47.2 9 42 A6 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C2 3:58:54.8 10 32 A6 Jaan Molder EE Suzuki Swift 4:00:26.7 11 35 A6 Michal Kosciuszko PL Suzuki Swift 4:02:00.0 12 5 A8 Petter Solberg N Subaru Impreza 4:03:35.9 13 33 A6 Aaron Nicolai Burkar D Citroen C2 4:04:56.6 14 41 A6 Patrick Sandell S Renault Clio 4:06:40.5 15 62 N4 Benito Guerra MEX Mitsubishi Lancer 4:06:49.6 16 14 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 4:07:34.0 17 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 4:07:45.0 18 65 N4 Rodrigo Salgado MEX Mitsubishi Lancer 4:12:24.6 19 66 N4 Jose Ignacio De Izau MEX Mitsubishi Lancer 4:13:52.9 20 64 N4 Carlos Izquierdo MEX Mitsubishi Lancer 4:29:48.8 21 68 N4 Jos Cortes MEX Mitsubishi Lancer 4:37:49.0 22 46 A6 Shaun Gallagher IRL Citroen C2 4:44:16.0 23 31 A6 Martin Prokop CZ Citroen C2 4:48:43.2 24 38 R2 Francesco Fanari I Citroen C2 4:51:28.8 25 72 A6 Raul De Alcazar MEX Peugeot 206 5:14:53.6 26 74 N3 Remy Espinoza CR Renault Clio 5:18:40.3 27 79 A6 Jose Manuel Ponce MEX Peugeot 206 5:53:54.6 28 70 A6 Juan Carlos SarmientMEX Peugeot 206 6:00:52.0 29 76 A6 Luis Orduna MEX Peugeot 206 6:05:17.3

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