2008 Rally México

2008 Rally México 22º Corona Rally México 3 2008 World Rally Championship 2008 Swedish Rally 2008 Rally Argentina Sierra madre mountains by mexikids.jpg Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico León, Mexico February 29 March 2, 2008 20 353.75 830.83 Gravel FRA Sébastien Loeb FRA Citroën-Total World Rally Team 39 29 The 2008 Rally México, officially 22º Corona Rally México, was the third round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The rally was held on February 29 — March 2 and began with a ceremonial start on Thursday, February 28. It was the first gravel event of the season and also the opening round of the Junior World Rally Championship this season.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160116-1/preview_rally_mexico_-_pt_1.html Preview: Rally Mexico - Pt. 1. 2008-02-26 2008-03-01 Crash.net The event The rally consisted of 20 special stages, one of which was cancelled due to safety reasons, as there were too many spectators gathered around the road.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160343-0/rally_mexico_ss18_-_cancelled.html Rally Mexico: SS18 - cancelled. 2008-03-02 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305154302/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160343-0/rally_mexico_ss18_-_cancelled.html 5 March 2008 live Also five of the stages were Super Special Stages. Some of the sections were placed as high as 2700 meters over sea level, causing significant engine power loss due to lower air pressure. thumb|left|Sebastien Ogier's Citroën C2 S1600 parked in the service area.The event was won by the previous edition's winner, Sébastien Loeb. Before the rally there was some controversy with Citroën Team changing the engine in his car after a major malfunction during the shakedown,http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160178-0/loeb_hit_by_engine_problems.html Loeb hit by engine problems. 2008-02-29 2008-03-02 Crash.net but the team reverted to the original unit and avoided a five minutes penalty.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160212-0/loeb_reverts_to_original_engine_avoids_penalty.html Loeb reverts to original engine, avoids penalty. 2008-02-29 2008-03-02 Crash.net The first rally leader was Jari-Matti Latvala, but after having to be the opening driver on the second day's stages and suffering from the broken intercooler pipe, causing the turbo to overheat and break, he dropped to third.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160329-0/latvala_out_to_save_his_podium.html Latvala out to 'save' his podium. 2008-03-02 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305203329/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160329-0/latvala_out_to_save_his_podium.html 5 March 2008 live Subaru's Chris Atkinson finished second after constant pace placing him in the top eight on every stage, achieving the best result in his career so far. Fourth overall was Mikko Hirvonen who lost large amounts of time after a few punctures and having to change a wheel in his Ford Focus RS WRC 07.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160325-1/rally_reactions_rally_mexico_-_day_2.html Rally reactions: Rally Mexico - Day 2. 2008-03-01 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305144219/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160325-1/rally_reactions_rally_mexico_-_day_2.html 5 March 2008 live Henning Solberg lost his battle for fourth with Hirvonen and had to settle for fifth after damaging his damper.http://ewrc-results.com/results_main.php?event=151&stage=2970&category=&group= Rally Mexico 2008 results - SS20 - drivers comments 2008-03-02 ewrc-results.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080304171515/http://www.ewrc-results.com/results_main.php?event=151&stage=2970&category=&group= 4 March 2008 dead The rest of pointing drivers were Matthew Wilson, Federico Villagra, both in Focuses 2007 spec and privateer Ricardo Triviño driving a Peugeot 206 WRC. Petter Solberg managed to score the last point in Manufacturers' Championship, even though having to restart under SupeRally format after having mechanical problems with the front left driveshaft in his Subaru Impreza WRC2007 on SS10.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160296-0/news_flash_petter_out.html NEWS FLASH: Petter out. 2008-03-01 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305002656/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160296-0/news_flash_petter_out.html 5 March 2008 live Citroën's number two, Daniel Sordo, came back into the fight after breaking the suspension in his C4 WRC and retiring too,http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160280-0/official_sordo_to_re-start.html Official: Sordo to re-start. 2008-03-01 2008-03-02 Crash.net but even though he won 3 stages overall, he wasn't able to regain the penalty he was given. Suzuki drivers suffered from mechanical problems during the first day and both Toni Gardemeister and Per-Gunnar Andersson had to retire from the rally for good.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160240-0/news_flash_p-g_retires.html NEWS FLASH: P-G retires. 2008-02-29 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305214835/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160240-0/news_flash_p-g_retires.html 5 March 2008 livehttp://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160242-0/news_flash_galli_gardemeister_join_retirees.html NEWS FLASH: Galli, Gardemeister join retirees. 2008-02-29 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305214840/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160242-0/news_flash_galli_gardemeister_join_retirees.html 5 March 2008 live Also Stobart's Gigi Galli wasn't able to finish the event - the Italian had to retire from top-eight position after breaking the suspension in his Ford Focus.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160272-0/galli_very_disappointed_to_retire.html Galli 'very disappointed' to retire. 2008-03-01 2008-03-02 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080305120235/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/160272-0/galli_very_disappointed_to_retire.html 5 March 2008 live The top eight was followed by the JWRC podium - Frenchman Sebastien Ogier in Citroën C2 S1600, Estonian Jaan Mölder and Pole Michał Kościuszko, both in Suzuki Swifts S1600. Result change Mexican Ricardo Triviño was disqualified during the second day of the event for using non-homologated driving gloves; he was able to complete the rally after deciding to appeal his case to higher jurisdiction. His request was later rejected and Triviño was excluded from the event, which resulted in Sebastien Ogier, WRC debutant, to score one point in drivers' championship.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/161011-0/rally_mexico_result_revised.html Rally Mexico result revised. 2008-03-20 2008-03-20 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080323053823/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/161011-0/rally_mexico_result_revised.html 23 March 2008 live It was the first time in World Rally history that JWRC driver driving Super 1600 front-wheel drive rally car scored points in overall classification.http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=689&desc=Amended%20Mexico%20result%20makes%20Ogier%20a%20record%20breaker Amended Mexico result makes Ogier a record breaker www.WRC.com 2008-03-20 2008-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080325180824/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=689&desc=Amended%20Mexico%20result%20makes%20Ogier%20a%20record%20breaker 25 March 2008 dead Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:33:29.9 10 2. AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC2007 3:34:36.0 1:06.1 8 3. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:35:09.6 1:39.7 6 4. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:37:08.6 3:38.7 5 5. NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:38:27.8 4:57.9 4 6. GBR Matthew Wilson IRL Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:39:58.8 6:28.9 3 7. ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Perez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:52:32.9 19:03.0 2 DSQ Trevinio_DQ a MEX Ricardo Triviño ESP Sergio Salom Peugeot 206 WRC 3:54:47.2 21:17.3 1 8. FRA Sebastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C2 S1600 3:58:54.8 25:24.9 1 Trivinio_DQ Ricardo Triviño was disqualified for wearing non-homologated driving gloves. JWRC 1. (8.) FRA Sebastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C2 S1600 3:58:54.8 10 2. (9.) EST Jaan Mölder BEL Frederic Miclotte Suzuki Swift S1600 4:00:26.7 1:31.9 8 3. (10.) POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciej Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 4:02:00.0 3:05.2 6 4. (12.) DEU Aaron Burkart DEU Michael Kölbach Citroën C2 S1600 4:04:56.6 6:01.8 5 5. (13.) SWE Patrik Sandell SWE Emil Axelsson Renault Clio S1600 4:06:40.5 7:45.7 4 6. (19.) IRL Shaun Gallagher GBR Clive Jenkins Citroën C2 S1600 4:14:16.0 15:21.2 3 7. (22.) CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 4:48:43.2 49:48.4 2 8. (23.) ITA Francesco Fanari ITA Massimiliano Bosi Citroën C2 S1600 4:51:28.8 52:34.0 1 Special stages All dates and times are CST (UTC-6). DayStageTimeSS [A]NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(29 FEB) SS1 08:28 Alfaro 1 22.96 km FIN J. Latvala 14:14.6 96.7 km/h FIN J. Latvala SS2 09:51 Ortega 1 23.83 km FRA S. Loeb 14:11.8 100.7 km/h SS3 10:39 El Cubilete 1 18.87 km FRA S. Loeb 11:51.5 95.5 km/h SS4 13:02 Alfaro 2 22.96 km NOR P. Solberg 14:02.5 98.1 km/h SS5 14:25 Ortega 2 23.83 km FIN J. Latvala 14:00.1 102.1 km/h SS6 15:13 El Cubilete 2 18.87 km FIN J. Latvala 11:45.5 96.3 km/h SS7 16:33 Super Special 1 2.21 km NOR P. Solberg 1:41.7 78.2 km/h SS8 16:38 Super Special 2 2.21 km FRA S. Loeb 1:42.0 78.0 km/h2(1 MAR) SS9 08:24 Ibarilla 1 29.90 km FRA S. Loeb 18:35.7 96.5 km/h SS10 09:47 Duarte 1 23.27 km FRA S. Loeb 18:19.6 76.2 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS11 10:38 Derramadero 1 23.28 km ESP D. Sordo 14:04.6 99.2 km/h SS12 13:12 Ibarilla 2 29.90 km FRA S. Loeb 18:21.0 97.8 km/h SS13 14:35 Duarte 2 23.27 km ESP D. Sordo 17:56.2 77.8 km/h SS14 15:26 Derramadero 2 23.28 km NOR H. Solberg 13:52.9 100.6 km/h SS15 16:41 Super Special 3 2.21 km FRA S. LoebNOR H. Solberg 1:41.9 78.1 km/h SS16 16:46 Super Special 4 2.21 km AUS C. AtkinsonFRA S. Loeb 1:40.8 78.9 km/h3(2 MAR) SS17 08:28 Leon 16.09 km FIN J. Latvala 10:43.3 90.0 km/h SS18 08:56 Guanajuatito 22.30 km Cancelled SS19 10:19 Comanjilla 17.88 km FIN M. Hirvonen 10:12.7 105.1 km/h SS20 11:34 Super Special 5 4.42 km ESP D. Sordo 3:19.3 79.8 km/h Footnotes A SS all times local 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 21 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 20 3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 16 4 Australia Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 14 5 Italy Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 9 Norway Petter Solberg 5 4 12 9 7 Belgium François Duval 4 5 8 NOR Henning Solberg 9 13 5 4 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 5 4 10 ESP Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 GBR Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 3 12 France Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 FIN Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. 2 ARG Federico Villagra 7 2 15 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 1 FIN Juho Hänninen 8 1 FRA Sebastien Ogier 8 1 Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ARGArgentina JORJordan ITAItaly GRCGreece TURTurkey FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Rank Driver 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - 37 2 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 11 4 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 4 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 5 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 Japan Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Junior championship thumb|Junior world champion Sébastien Ogier competing in a Citroën C2 S1600 at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland. Pos Driver MEXMexico JORJordan ITAItaly FINFinland GERGermany ESPSpain FRAFrance  Pts  1 France Sébastien Ogier 1 10 2 Estonia Jaan Mölder 2 8 3 Poland Michał Kościuszko 3 6 4 Germany Aaron Burkart 4 5 5 Sweden Patrik Sandell 5 4 6 Ireland Shaun Gallagher 6 3 7 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 7 2 8 Italy Francesco Fanari 81 Pos Driver MEXMexico JORJordan ITAItaly FINFinland GERGermany ESPSpain FRAFrance Pts References External links Results at eWRC-results.com Results at official page WRC.com Mexico Category:Rally Mexico Rally