2008 Rally Finland

Motor rally competition 2008 Rally Finland 58th Neste Oil Rally Finland 9 2008 World Rally Championship 2008 Rally of Turkey 2008 Rallye Deutschland 2008 Rally Finland friday service 07.JPG Sebastien Loeb driving out from service at Jyväskylä. Jyväskylä, Finland July 31 August 3, 2008 24 340.42 1461.58 Gravel FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team 108 68 The 58th Rally Finland, the ninth rally of the 2008 World Rally Championship season took place between July 31 and August 3, 2008. The event was the first rally held after a six-week mid season break. The rally was based in the city of Jyväskylä in the centre of Finland with the special stages held on fast gravel roads in the lake district area of the country.World Rally Championship - Rallies - Neste Oil Rally Finland wrc.com http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=401&season=2008&rally_id=FIN 2008-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080116024402/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=401&season=2008&rally_id=FIN 16 January 2008 dead dmy-all The winner was the reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb, who became only the fourth non Scandinavian driver to win the event in fifty-eight runnings. It was his sixth win of the season and reduced the gap in the championship standings between himself and Finland's Mikko Hirvonen to just one point. Hirvonen finished in second, with Chris Atkinson taking the third podium spot for the Subaru World Rally Team. This would prove to be Subaru’s final podium in the world championship. Event Day one The event started with a short superspecial stage on Thursday evening - which was won by Sébastien Loeb - before the first full day of action on Friday. The first stage on Friday demonstrated the competitive nature of the rally, with Loeb and Hirvonen setting identical times, and Jari-Matti Latvala only finishing three seconds behind them. However, Latvala was the first big casualty, hitting a rock on SS3 and damaging the suspension - an accident that put him out for the day and angered his Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson (rally).Wilson bemoans Latvala's crash autosport.com http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69550 2008-08-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920093730/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69550 20 September 2008 live Meanwhile, Loeb was eking out a narrow advantage by winning every special stage until SS8. Hirvonen was also driving flat out and matched Loeb's time on SS6 and took his first outright stage win on the 7.86 mile test at Urria. At the end of day one, Loeb had built up a useful lead of 14.4 seconds, although Hirvonen had not given up hope. Behind the two leaders saw a three way battle between the two Stobart Ford drivers, Henning Solberg and Gigi Galli, and Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo. These three were covered by only twelve seconds. The two Subaru World Rally Team drivers, Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson were having their own private battle, just over ninety seconds behind the leader. Suzuki's Per-Gunnar Andersson was in the final points paying position despite suffering a huge spin on SS2. Impressive performances were made by privateers Urmo Aava and Andreas Mikkelsen, with both featuring in the points earlier on day one - Aava was third after SS4 with Mikkelsen in fifth.Loeb holds rally lead after SS4 wrc.com http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1978&desc=Loeb%20holds%20rally%20lead%20after%20SS4 2008-08-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20080809045852/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1978&desc=Loeb%20holds%20rally%20lead%20after%20SS4 9 August 2008 dead However they both crashed out near the end of day one - Aava in SS9 and Mikkelsen in SS10. Loeb extends lead at end of day one autosport.com http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69583 2008-08-09 Day two The battle between Loeb and Hirvonen continued throughout day two with the pair regularly setting fastest times. They were opening up a big lead to the drivers behind them, with Hirvonen describing the pace as "crazy...how much longer can this go on for, I don't know.Hirvonen stunned by 'crazy' pace autosport.com http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69591 2008-08-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920101800/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69591 20 September 2008 live " By the end of the day Loeb had pulled out another four seconds to take his lead to eighteen seconds. Most of this time was gained when Hirvonen stalled at the start of SS20.Start line stall costs Hirvonen on SS20 wrc.com http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=2076&desc=Start%20line%20stall%20costs%20Hirvonen%20on%20SS20 2008-08-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080813213012/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=2076&desc=Start%20line%20stall%20costs%20Hirvonen%20on%20SS20 13 August 2008 dead Behind the leaders, Gigi Galli had been drawing away in the battle for third before an accident in the Kakaristo stage (which was a truncated and reversed version of Ouninpohja) put him out of the rally. After Galli, PG Andersson also rolled at the same corner. The main mover of the day was Subaru driver Chris Atkinson who leapt from seventh to third on the leaderboard by the end of day two. Dani Sordo was only a second behind in fourth but was having to be cautious in order to score manufacturer points. Henning Solberg was slipping back in fifth place while his brother Petter was one place behind in sixth. Privateer driver Matti Rantanen had moved up to seventh due to the retirements of others and Toni Gardemeister was keeping his Suzuki in the points despite having problems with his gearbox. Day three July 2012 Results thumb|upright=0.85|Mikko Hirvonen finished second, only 9 seconds behind winner Loeb. Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:05.5 0.0 10 2. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 2007 2:54:14.5 +9.0 8 3. AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 2:57:22.5 +3:17.0 6 4. ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 2:57:36.4 +3:30.9 5 5. NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 2007 2:58:03.2 +3:57.7 4 6. NOR Petter Solberg UK Phill Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 2:58:09.6 +4:04.1 3 7. FIN Matti Rantanen FIN Jan Lönegren Ford Focus RS WRC 2006 3:00:16.6 +6:11.1 2 8. FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Tomi Tuominen Suzuki SX4 WRC 3:02:24.2 +8:18.7 1 JWRC 1. (21.) CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3:17:52.2 0.0 10 2. (22.) SWE Patrik Sandell SWE Emil Axelsson Renault Clio S1600 3:18:09.7 +17.5 8 3. (23.) POL Michal Kosciuszko POL Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 3:19:26.9 +1:34.7 6 4. (29.) DEU Aaron Nikolai Burkart DEU Michael Koelbach Citroën C2 S1600 3:26:24.7 +8:32.5 5 5. (31.) IRL Shaun Gallagher IRL Paul Kiely Citroën C2 S1600 3:29:36.6 +11:44.4 4 6. (34.) NED Kevin Abbring BEL Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 3:32:23.9 +14:31.7 3 7. (35.) LUX Gilles Schammel BEL Renaud Jamoul Renault Clio R3 3:35:40.1 +17:47.9 2 8. (41.) NED Hans Weijs Jr. NED Hans Van Goor Citroën C2 R2 3:40:30.9 +22:38.7 1 PWRC 1. (13.) FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:08:38.1 0.0 10 2. (14.) SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Göran Bergsten Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:11:08.3 +2:30.2 8 3. (15.) FIN Jussi Välimäki FIN Jarkko Kalliolepo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:11:51.7 +3:13.6 6 4. (17.) FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:13:53.6 +5:15.5 5 5. (18.) SWE Oscar Svedlund SWE Björn Nilson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:14:40.5 +6:02.4 4 6. (24.) JPN Fumio Nutahara UK Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:21:41.6 +13:03.5 3 7. (25.) FIN Jussi Tiippana FIN Marko Salminen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:22:01.1 +13:23.0 2 8. (28.) RUS Evgeny Aksakov EST Aleksander Kornilov Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:26:10.7 +17:32.6 1 Special stages All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(31 JUL/1 AUG) SS1 19:45 Killeri 1 2.06 km FRA S. Loeb 1:20.5 92.1 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS2 07:30 Vellipohja 1 17.16 km FRA S. Loeb FIN M. Hirvonen 8:16.9 124.3 km/h SS3 08:26 Mokkipera 1 11.38 km FRA S. Loeb 5:30.5 124.0 km/h SS4 09:09 Palsankyla 1 13.90 km FRA S. Loeb 7:12.7 115.6 km/h SS5 11:47 Vellipohja 2 17.16 km FRA S. Loeb 8:09.9 126.1 km/h SS6 12:43 Mokkipera 2 11.38 km FRA S. Loeb FIN M. Hirvonen 5:28.8 124.6 km/h SS7 13:26 Palsankyla 2 13.90 km FRA S. Loeb 7:07.8 117.0 km/h SS8 16:18 Urria 12.65 km FIN M. Hirvonen 6:00.5 126.3 km/h SS9 16:50 Lautapera 7.87 km FRA S. Loeb 3:52.4 121.9 km/h SS10 17:29 Jukojarvi 22.18 km FRA S. Loeb 10:37.2 125.3 km/h SS11 20:00 Killeri 2 2.06 km FRA S. Loeb 1:20.0 92.7 km/h 2(2 AUG) SS12 07:13 Himos 15.35 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:37.3 106.8 km/h SS13 08:09 Hirvimaki 10.67 km FRA S. Loeb 5:47.7 110.5 km/h SS14 08:34 Surkee 1 14.80 km FRA S. Loeb 8:03.4 110.2 km/h SS15 10:46 Leustu 21.43 km FIN M. Hirvonen 10:12.4 126.0 km/h SS16 11:45 Kakaristo 1 20.09 km FIN J. Latvala 10:43.2 112.4 km/h SS17 12:26 Kaipolanvuori 13.64 km FIN J. Latvala 7:06.6 115.1 km/h SS18 13:31 Surkee 2 14.80 km FRA S. Loeb 7:55.9 112.0 km/h SS19 16:13 Kakaristo 2 20.09 km FIN M. Hirvonen 10:34.7 113.0 km/h SS20 17:03 Juupajoki 21.13 km FIN J. Latvala 10:57.4 115.7 km/h SS21 17:56 Väärinmaja 16.25 km FRA S. Loeb 8:22.5 116.4 km/h 3(3 AUG) SS22 09:38 Lankamaa 23.09 km FIN M. HirvonenFRA S. Loeb 11:11.0 123.9 km/h SS23 10:44 Hannula 10.92 km FIN J. Latvala 5:43.8 114.3 km/h SS24 12:02 Ruuhimaki 6.46 km NOR P. Solberg 3:12.9 120.6 km/h 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 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 67 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 1 10 1 1 3 1 66 3 Australia Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret. 13 3 37 4 ESP Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 35 5 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 34 6 Norway Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret. Ret. 10 2 6 6 23 7 NOR Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret. 4 7 8 5 5 20 8 Italy Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 7 8 4 Ret. Ret. Ret. 17 9 GBR Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 Ret. 5 12 6 7 9 12 10 ARG Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret. 8 11 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Ret. 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 6 EST Urmo Aava 18 Ret. 8 4 Ret. 16 6 13 Belgium François Duval 4 5 14 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret. 19 12 4 15 FIN Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 9 Ret. 8 316 France Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 Finland Matti Rantanen 7 2 18 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 Ret. 9 11 Ret. Ret. 1 FIN Juho Hänninen 8 13 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 1 AUT Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret. 1 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 United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team 8 18 11 7 13 14 10 18 9 - - - - - - 108 2 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 11 4 10 16 9 14 15 11 15 - - - - - - 105 3 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 9 8 6 3 8 3 9 - - - - - - 62 4 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford 8 8 3 3 7 5 3 4 4 - - - - - - 45 5 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 6 4 4 2 0 3 0 - - - - - - 19 6 Japan Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 - - - - - - 12 References External links Results from the official site wrc.com Finland 2008 Rally Finland, 2008