2008 Swedish Rally

Car rally 2008 Swedish Rally 57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 2 2008 World Rally Championship 2008 Monte Carlo Rally 2008 Rally México Karlstad, Sweden February 7 10 2008 20 340.24 1440.08 Snow/Ice-covered gravel FIN Jari-Matti Latvala GBR BP-Ford World Rally Team 61 49 The 2008 Swedish Rally, officially 57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, was the second round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first and only event held on snow- and ice-covered gravel roads. The rally took place during February 7–10, beginning with the Super Special Stage placed in the rally's base, Karlstad. The rally was also the first round of the Production Car World Rally Championship this season. Even though it snowed before the rally, eliminating the threat of calling the event off, the mild temperatures caused cancellation of stages 12 and 18, shortening the overall competitive length.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159496-0/swedish_rally_ss12_-_cancelled.html Swedish Rally: SS12 - cancelled. 2008-02-09 2008-02-11 Crash.net http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159526-0/second_stage_cancelled.html Second stage cancelled. 2008-02-10 2008-02-11 Crash.net The rally was won by BP Ford World Rally Team's Jari-Matti Latvala; the first of his championship career. Latvala's teammate and compatriot Mikko Hirvonen was second and Stobart VK M-Sport Ford's Gigi Galli completed an all-Ford podium. Subaru World Rally Team's Petter Solberg was fourth, followed by Andreas Mikkelsen, Dani Sordo, Toni Gardemeister, Juho Hänninen, Mads Østberg and Jari Ketomaa. Fifth-placed Matthew Wilson ran into technical problems with throttle on the penultimate stage and had to retire.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159529-0/news_flash_wilson_jr_loses_fifth.html NEWS FLASH: Wilson Jr loses fifth. 2008-02-10 2008-02-11 Crash.nethttp://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159568-0/throttle_issue_robs_wilson_jr.html Throttle issue robs Wilson Jr. 2008-02-11 2008-02-11 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080215062752/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159568-0/throttle_issue_robs_wilson_jr.html 15 February 2008 live Sébastien Loeb crashed out and rolled his car while running third, then retired again, after restarting under SupeRally and winning two stages, because of the damaged engine.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159511-0/loeb_engine_was_on_its_last_legs.html Loeb: Engine was on its last legs. 2008-02-09 2008-02-11 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080212202300/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159511-0/loeb_engine_was_on_its_last_legs.html 12 February 2008 live Henning Solberg inherited the third place, but later suffered a puncture causing him to slip further down and then crashed while running fourth and was forced to retire for the second day;http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159498-0/news_flash_henning_goes_off.html NEWS FLASH: Henning goes off. 2008-02-09 2008-02-11 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080212202137/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159498-0/news_flash_henning_goes_off.html 12 February 2008 live after rejoining the fight under SupeRally format Norwegian was the fastest driver on day three, winning all the remaining stages. With his debut win, the 22-year old Latvala became the then-youngest winner in the history of the WRC, breaking Henri Toivonen's record from the 1980 RAC Rally;Latvala claims historic Swedish win Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65066 2008-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20080211105836/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65066 11 February 2008 live his own record would stand until the 2021 Rally Estonia where it would be broken by the 20-year-old Kalle Rovanperä. __TOC__ Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:46:41.2 10 2. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:47:39.5 +58.3 8 3. ITA Gigi Galli ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:49:04.4 2:23.2 6 4. NOR Petter Solberg WAL Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2007 2:49:40.6 2:59.4 5 5. NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Floene Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2:52:27.2 5:46.0 4 6. ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 2:53:54.3 [1] 7:13.1 3 7. FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Tomi Tuominen Suzuki SX4 WRC 2:57:16.5 10:35.3 2 8. FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2:59:08.7 12:27.5 1 [1] — Including 5 minute penalty for replacing the damaged engine after malfunction during 2008 Monte Carlo Rally.http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159435-0/engine_blow_for_sordo.html Engine blow for Sordo. 2008-02-07 2008-02-11 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080211075254/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159435-0/engine_blow_for_sordo.html 11 February 2008 live PCWRC 1. (8.) FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2:59:08.7 10 2. (10.) FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STi N14 3:00:31.9 1:23.2 8 3. (11.) SWE Patrik Sandell SWE Emil Axelsson Peugeot 207 S2000 3:01:00.5 1:51.8 6 4. (12.) CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:01:11.7 2:03.0 5 5. (14.) DEU Uwe Nittel DEU Detlef Ruf Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:03:04.0 3:55.3 4 6. (15.) JPN Toshihiro Arai AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:03:31.6 4:22.9 3 7. (17.) PRT Armindo Araujo PRT Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:05:13.9 6:05.2 2 8. (19.) PRT Bernardo Sousa PRT Carlos Magalhães Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:07:07.3 7:58.6 1 Special stages All dates and times are CET (UTC+1). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader 1 (7 FEB) SS1 20:04 SSS Karlstad 1 1.90 km NOR P. Solberg 1:28.9 76.5 km/h NOR P. Solberg2(8 FEB) SS2 09:34 Stensjön 1 15.50 km FIN J. Latvala 7:24.0 125.7 km/h FIN J. Latvala SS3 10:44 Bjälverud 1 21.58 km FIN J. Latvala 10:33.7 122.5 km/h SS4 11:23 Mangen 1 22.09 km FIN J. Latvala 12:20.7 107.4 km/h SS5 13:25 Stensjön 2 15.50 km FIN J. Latvala 7:22.3 126.2 km/h SS6 14:35 Bjälverud 2 21.58 km FIN J. Latvala 10:32.4 122.8 km/h SS7 15:14 Mangen 2 22.09 km FIN J. Latvala 12:21.2 107.3 km/h SS8 18:00 SSS Karlstad 2 1.90 km ITA G. Galli 1:28.2 77.6 km/h3(9 FEB) SS9 08:25 Horssjön 1 14.89 km FRA S. Loeb 9:18.1 96.0 km/h SS10 09:38 Hagfors 1 20.92 km ESP D. Sordo 11:45.8 106.7 km/h SS11 10:41 Vargåsen 1 24.63 km FRA S. Loeb 13:49.1 106.9 km/h SS12 13:04 Horssjön 2 14.89 km Cancelled SS13 14:17 Hagfors 2 20.92 km ESP D. Sordo 11:30.1 109.1 km/h SS14 15:20 Vargåsen 2 24.63 km FIN M. Hirvonen 13:32.5 109.1 km/h4(10 FEB) SS15 08:08 Ullen 1 16.25 km NOR H. Solberg 8:21.7 116.6 km/h SS16 09:13 Lesjöfors 1 10.49 km NOR H. Solberg 5:54.5 106.5 km/h SS17 09:45 Rämmen 1 21.87 km NOR H. Solberg 11:14.4 116.7 km/h SS18 11:21 Ullen 2 16.25 km Cancelled SS19 12:26 Lesjöfors 2 10.49 km NOR H. Solberg 5:43.8 109.7 km/h SS20 12:58 Rämmen 2 21.87 km NOR H. Solberg 11:07.1 118.0 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 16 2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 10 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 10 4 Italy Gigi Galli 6 3 9 Norway Petter Solberg 5 4 9 6 Australia Chris Atkinson 3 21 6 7 Belgium François Duval 4 5 8 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 5 4 9 ESP Dani Sordo 11 6 3 10 France Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 FIN Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 2 12 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. 1 FIN Juho Hänninen 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 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team 8 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 2 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 4 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 11 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 5 Japan Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 Production championship Points table:2008 Production WRC Classification Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://www.fia.com/en-GB/sport/championships/wrc/2008/Pages/pwrc_classification.aspx 2009-02-01 Pos Driver SWESweden ARGArgentina GRCGreece TURTurkey FINFinland NZLNew Zealand JPNJapan GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 Finland Juho Hänninen 1 10 2 Finland Jari Ketomaa 2 8 3 Sweden Patrik Sandell 3 6 4 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 4 5 5 Germany Uwe Nittel 5 4 6 Japan Toshihiro Arai 6 3 7 Portugal Armindo Araújo 7 2 8 Portugal Bernardo Sousa 8 1 Pos Driver SWESweden ARGArgentina GRCGreece TURTurkey FINFinland NZLNew Zealand JPNJapan GBRUnited Kingdom Pts References External links Results at eWRC.com Swedish Rally, 2008 Category:Swedish Rally Rally Category:21st century in Värmland County