2008 Rallye Deutschland

2008 Rallye Deutschland 27.ADAC Rallye Deutschland 10 2008 World Rally Championship 2008 Rally Finland 2008 Rally New Zealand Loeb and Elena - 2008 Rallye Deutschland.jpg Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena celebrating the victory. Trier August 15 17 2008 19 352.89 Rallies - Rallye Deutschland 2008 http://www.juwra.com/deutschland_2008.html juwra.com 2008-08-30 1165.09 Tarmac FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team 81 57 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. thumb|Henning Solberg driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 07. 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.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69819 Injured Galli sidelined for five months Autosport 25 April 2009 15 August 2008 Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:26:19.7 0.0 10 2. ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:07.4 47.7 8 3. BEL François Duval FRA Patrick Pivato Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:27:39.7 1:20.0 6 4. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:27:49.8 1:30.1 5 5. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 3:28:55.0 2:35.3 4 6. AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 3:31:05.6 4:45.9 3 7. NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:31:55.9 5:36.2 2 8. EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk Citroën C4 WRC 3:31:57.5 5:37.8 1 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ARGArgentina JORJordan ITAItaly GRCGreece TURTurkey FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 1 10 1 1 3 1 1 76 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 4 72 3 ESP Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 2 43 4 Australia Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret. 13 3 6 40 5 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 9 346 Norway Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret. Ret. 10 2 6 6 5 27 7 NOR Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret. 4 7 8 5 5 7 22 8 Italy Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 7 8 4 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 17 9 GBR Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 Ret. 5 12 6 7 9 12 12 10 Belgium François Duval 4 3 11 11 ARG Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret. 8 12 EST Urmo Aava 18 Ret. 8 4 Ret. 16 8 7 13 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Ret. 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 10 6 14 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret. 26 12 11 4 15 FIN Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 9 Ret. 8 10 3 16 France Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 Finland Matti Rantanen 7 18 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 Ret. 9 11 Ret. Ret. 15 1 FIN Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 FRA Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 AUT Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret. Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ARGArgentina JORJordan ITAItaly GRCGreece TURTurkey FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Rank Team Event Totalpoints MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ARGArgentina JORJordan ITAItaly GRCGreece TURTurkey FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan GBRUnited Kingdom 1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 11 4 10 16 9 14 15 11 15 18 - - - - - 123 2 United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team 8 18 11 7 13 14 10 18 9 7 - - - - - 115 3 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 9 8 6 3 8 3 9 7 - - - - - 69 4 United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 3 3 7 5 3 4 4 6 - - - - - 51 5 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 6 4 4 2 0 3 0 0 - - - - - 19 6 Japan Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 - - - - - 13 References External links Deutschland 2008 Rally Deutschland Rally Deutschland