2008 Rally Japan

2008 Rally Japan 5th Pioneer Carrozzeria Rally Japan 14 2008 World Rally Championship 2008 Tour de Corse 2008 Rally GB Petter Solberg - 2008 Rally Japan 2.jpg Petter Solberg at the Sapporo Dome. Sapporo October 31 November 2, 2008 29 343.69 Rallies - Rally Japan 2008 http://www.juwra.com/japan_2008.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive 2008-10-31 1316.28 Gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 88 59 The 2008 Rally Japan was the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event saw Sébastien Loeb clinch his fifth consecutive world drivers title with his drive to a third-place finish. The event was won by Mikko Hirvonen in a Ford Focus, who led the event from start to finish to claim his third win of the season. Second place went to Hirvonen's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala, his fifth podium of the year and his first since the Rally of Turkey back in June. Stobart M-Sport Ford's François Duval crashed out from second place during the sixth stage. Duval was not injured in the crash, but his co-driver Patrick Pivato sustained a fractured pelvis and tibia. He was rushed to the hospital, and internal bleeding was discovered during surgery. On day two of the rally, after a second operation, his condition was described as critical but stable.Pivato in a critical but stable condition http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71888 Autosport 2008-11-01 On the 19th stage, Toni Gardemeister took the Suzuki World Rally Team's first-ever stage win. Suzuki also had their most successful rally to date with Gardemeister finishing sixth and teammate Per-Gunnar Andersson recording his best ever finish of fifth position. The event was originally planned to run on October 24−26, but as to make full use of venues, including the Sapporo Dome, with its tenant the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters possibly needing it for the Japan Series, the event was approved by FIA to be delayed for a week. The dome was not needed for baseball, as the Ham Fighters didn't make it to the Japan Series.Rally Japan 2008 in central Hokkaido http://www.rallyjapan.jp/e/00topics/rally_japan_2008_in_central_ho.html Rally Japan 2008-11-01 October 2010 H3llBot The Sapporo Dome Super Special Stage was the second to be held in indoor venues in WRC history. Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:25:03.0 0.0 10 2. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:25:34.1 31.1 8 3. FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:33.6 2:30.6 6 4. AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC2008 3:28:45.4 3:42.4 5 5. SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Jonas Andersson Suzuki SX4 WRC 3:30:15.9 5:12.9 4 6. FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Tomi Tuominen Suzuki SX4 WRC 3:31:12.4 6:09.4 3 7. GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:32:08.3 7:05.3 2 8. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2008 3:38:22.9 13:19.9 1 PCWRC 1. FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:43:30.4 0.0 10 2. RUS Evgeny Novikov AUS Dale Moscatt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:43:36.7 6.3 8 3. JPN Toshihiro Arai AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:43:39.6 9.2 6 Special stages All dates and times are JST (UTC+9). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(31 OCT) SS1 09:11 Heper 1 13.24 km FIN M. Hirvonen 9:57.9 79.7 km/h FIN M. Hirvonen SS2 09:39 Yuparo 1 11.10 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:24.2 79.3 km/h SS3 10:42 Isepo 1 13.67 km Cancelled SS4 11:28 Pipaoi 1 5.74 km FRA S. Loeb 3:17.3 104.7 km/h SS5 14:28 Heper 2 13.24 km FIN M. Hirvonen 9:35.6 82.8 km/h SS6 14:56 Yuparo 2 11.10 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:02.5 82.8 km/h SS7 15:59 Isepo 2 13.67 km Cancelled SS8 16:45 Pipaoi 2 5.74 km Cancelled SS9 18:14 Sapporo 1 1.49 km FIN M. Hirvonen 1:39.4 54.0 km/h SS10 18:24 Sapporo 2 1.49 km FIN M. Hirvonen 1:41.6 52.8 km/h2(1 NOV) SS11 08:28 Imeru 1 2.30 km Spain D. Sordo 1:42.5 80.8 km/h SS12 09:21 Nikara 1 31.12 km Norway P. Solberg 18:37.0 100.3 km/h SS13 10:37 Kamuycep 1 33.66 km Finland J. Latvala 21:58.1 91.9 km/h SS14 11:32 Kina 1 9.55 km Norway H. Solberg 5:54.6 97.0 km/h SS15 13:50 Imeru 2 2.30 km FRA S. Loeb 1:42.5 80.8 km/h SS16 14:43 Nikara 2 31.12 km Finland J. Latvala 18:22.8 101.6 km/h SS17 15:59 Kamuycep 2 33.66 km FIN M. Hirvonen 21:22.7 94.5 km/h SS18 16:54 Kina 2 9.55 km FIN M. Hirvonen 5:54.3 97.0 km/h SS19 18:09 Sapporo 3 1.49 km Finland T. GardemeisterSpain D. Sordo 1:25.4 62.8 km/h SS20 18:09 Sapporo 4 1.49 km Spain D. Sordo 1:23.2 64.5 km/h 3(2 NOV) SS21 07:07 Koyka 1 3.57 km NOR P. Solberg 2:00.2 106.9 km/h SS22 07:56 Iwanke 1 13.57 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:13.0 99.1 km/h SS23 08:21 Sikot 1 27.76 km Finland J. Latvala 17:49.5 93.4 km/h SS24 08:53 Imeru 3 2.30 km Finland J. Latvala 1:57.3 70.6 km/h SS25 10:06 Sapporo 5 1.49 km South Korea A. Kim 1:45.7 50.7 km/h SS26 11:58 Koyka 2 3.57 km FIN M. Hirvonen 2:08.6 99.9 km/h SS27 12:47 Iwanke 2 13.57 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:39.9 94.0 km/h SS28 13:12 Sikot 2 27.76 km NOR P. Solberg 18:00.2 92.5 km/h SS29 13:44 Imeru 4 2.30 km NOR P. Solberg 2:03.8 66.9 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 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret 1 1 10 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 112 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 1 102 3 ESP Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 Ret DSQ 59 4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 9 Ret 6 4 2 50 5 Australia Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret 13 3 6 Ret 7 6 46 Norway Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret Ret 10 2 6 6 5 4 5 5 8 41 7 Belgium François Duval 4 3 Ret 4 3 Ret 22 8 NOR Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret 4 7 8 5 5 7 9 11 15 Ret 9 Italy Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret 7 8 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Inj Inj Inj Inj 17 10 GBR Matthew Wilson 10 Ret 6 Ret 5 12 6 7 9 12 17 9 8 7 15 11 EST Urmo Aava 18 Ret 8 4 Ret 16 8 5 35 7 13 12 ARG Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret 8 12 9 9 13 FIN Toni Gardemeister Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 10 7 13 13 6 8 14 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret Ret 24 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 15 6 32 17 5 15 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Ret 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 6 16 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret 19 12 11 8 11 5 17 France Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 Finland Matti Rantanen 7 19 FIN Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 14 29 24 10 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 Ret 20 AUT Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret 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 18 18 10 6 - 175 2 United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team 8 18 11 7 13 14 10 18 9 7 6 11 14 18 - 164 3 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 9 8 6 3 8 3 9 7 5 6 7 6 - 93 4 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 3 3 7 5 3 4 4 6 0 4 7 2 - 64 5 Japan Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 7 0 1 7 - 28 6 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 6 4 4 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 22 References External links Results from the official site wrc.com Results at eWRC.com Results from Jonkka's World Rally Archive Japan 2008 Rally