2008 Rally of Turkey

2008 Rally of Turkey 9th Rally of Turkey 8 2008 World Rally Championship 2008 Acropolis Rally 2008 Rally Finland Antalya June 12 15 2008 19 360.74 1263.74 Gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 60 38 The 9th Rally of Turkey, the 8th round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season took place between June 12–15, 2008. The event returned after a year sabbatical and was held in the south west of Turkey, with the rally headquarters and service park based in the seaside resort of Kemer. The special stages are held on gravel mountain roads to the south west of Antalya. Rally of Turkey wrc.com http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=401&season=2008&rally_id=TR 2008-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080612224352/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=401&season=2008&rally_id=TR 12 June 2008 dead dmy-all The rally was won by Finland's Mikko Hirvonen, with Jari-Matti Latvala finishing second and Sébastien Loeb third. With this result Hirvonen took a three-point lead over Loeb in the drivers world championship going into the six-week summer break. Event Day one The event kicked off with a short superspecial stage on Thursday evening, which was won by Sébastien Loeb. On Friday - the first full day of the rally - he was due to run first and 'clean' the roads. This had a big impact on his performance (his stage times were up to 29 seconds quicker on the second pass through the stages) and meant that he would only win one stage on the day. Despite this he would still be leading the end of day one as the Ford drivers all took a tactical approach to the final stage of the day in order to secure a more advantageous road position for day two Ford team plays its tactical aces on SS9 http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1623&desc=Ford%20team%20plays%20its%20tactical%20aces%20on%20SS9 wrc.com 2008-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080701095702/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1623&desc=Ford%20team%20plays%20its%20tactical%20aces%20on%20SS9 1 July 2008 dead - a tactic criticised by the Citroën Total team boss Olivier Quesnel. Citroen Team boss critical of Ford’s tactical game http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1628&desc=Citroen%20Team%20boss%20critical%20of%20Ford’s%20tactical%20game wrc.com 2008-06-13 Behind Loeb were the drivers for the BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team and the Stobart VK M-Sport team, with the last of the Ford quartet, fifth place man Mikko Hirvonen, a mere 6.2 seconds behind Loeb at the end of day one. Ahead of Hirvonen was Gigi Galli in fourth place. Galli won three stages, with his teammate Henning Solberg winning one stage and finishing the day in second place. The remaining Ford driver was Jari-Matti Latvala who ended the day in third place after an astonishing performance that saw him take two stage wins (one by a margin of 15 seconds) and pick up two punctures. Behind the leaders was Subaru driver Petter Solberg. The new Subaru was more disappointing than on its debut in Greece with Petter Solberg nearly 50 seconds off the pace. Matthew Wilson was in seventh spot, just over a minute behind despite suffering with a cold.SS4: Hirvonen leads after the morning loop http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1595&desc=SS4:%20Hirvonen%20leads%20after%20the%20morning%20loop wrc.com 2008-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617205706/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1595&desc=SS4%3A%20Hirvonen%20leads%20after%20the%20morning%20loop 17 June 2008 dead In the final points paying position was Dani Sordo. Sordo was running in fifth until suspension damage on stage 7Hirvonen back on top after SS7 http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1612&desc=Hirvonen%20back%20on%20top%20after%20SS7 wrc.com 2008-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080701100940/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1612&desc=Hirvonen%20back%20on%20top%20after%20SS7 1 July 2008 dead put him back into 8th place. Day two thumb|left|Daniel Elena and Sébastien LoebThe Citroën teams fears about road sweeping were confirmed throughout the day as Loeb lost time to both factory Ford drivers. By the end of the day Loeb was 34 seconds adrift of new rally leader Mikko Hirvonen, yet Loeb still believed that "anything was possibleSS15: Decisive stage proves tactics-free http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1676&desc=SS15:%20Decisive%20stage%20proves%20tactics-free wrc.com 2008-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080615144759/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1676&desc=SS15%3A%20Decisive%20stage%20proves%20tactics-free 15 June 2008 dead ". Hirvonen had earlier said that he needed a lead of 50 seconds Manufacturers’ points the priority for Ford http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1670&desc=Manufacturers’%20points%20the%20priority%20for%20Ford wrc.com 2008-06-15 to hang on to his lead throughout Sunday. With a lead of only 16 seconds over his teammate Latvala - there was still everything to play for going into Sunday. Behind the three leaders, the two Stobart drivers both had a less successful day. After starting brightly, Gigi Galli suffered turbo problems throughout stages 12 and 13 SS12: Galli loses third http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1660&desc=SS12:%20Galli%20loses%20third wrc.com 2008-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617114425/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1660&desc=SS12%3A%20Galli%20loses%20third 17 June 2008 dead which dropped him to 8th place by the end of the day. Galli had to retire from the rally at this stage as he was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. Henning Solberg had a quiet day and gradually dropped time, finishing up just over two minutes off the pace in 4th place with Dani Sordo looming large, only 7 seconds behind. Petter Solberg and Matthew Wilson continued their steady runs in 6th and 7th place respectively. Day three thumb|right|Rally winner Mikko HirvonenWith over sixty five kilometres of special stages still to go, the rally was still wide open. The tension was increased further after the first special stage of the day as Hirvonen stalled at the start line and lost nine seconds of his advantage to Latvala.Lead battle intensifies on SS17 http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1698&desc=Lead%20battle%20intensifies%20on%20SS17 wrc.com 2008-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617190320/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=1698&desc=Lead%20battle%20intensifies%20on%20SS17 17 June 2008 dead Everything had looked settled after special stage 18, with Latvala making a small mistake and losing the advantage he had gained at the previous stage, but the final thirty kilometre stage saw drama right to the end. Both the challengers to Hirvonen's lead were making significant inroads at the mid way split. Latvala was 4.3 seconds faster than Hirvonen, with Loeb 11.3 seconds faster SS19 Olympos 2 Split times http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=409&season=2008&rally_id=TR wrc.com 2008-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617112934/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=409&season=2008&rally_id=TR 17 June 2008 dead dmy-all and putting both Ford drivers under enormous pressure - pressure that was increased when Hirvonen suffered a puncture near the end of the stage. Hirvonen leads Ford 1-2 in Turkey http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68345 autosport.com 2008-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080616035636/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68345 16 June 2008 live However, Latvala and Loeb's tyres were also very worn and they could not maintain their final stage attack. At the end Hirvonen hung on to win by 7.9 seconds from Latvala, with Loeb 25 seconds back in third. Behind the podium finishers, Citroën's Dani Sordo easily picked off Henning Solberg to claim fourth place. Henning's brother Petter Solberg maintained his sixth position, never really being in a position to challenge the Stobart Ford driver. Matthew Wilson shrugged off his cold to finish in seventh with eighth place going to privateer Conrad Rautenbach, scoring his second points finish of the season. Federico Villagra and Barry Clark finished ninth and tenth, thus earning the Munchi's Ford team three valuable manufacturer points. Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:42:07.1 0.0 10 2 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:42:15.0 7.9 8 3 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 4:42:32.8 25.7 6 4 ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 4:44:32.7 2:25.6 5 5 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:44:40.8 2:33.7 4 6 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 4:44:55.3 2:48.2 3 7 GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:46:31.3 4:24.2 2 8 ZIM Conrad Rautenbach GBR David Senior Citroën C4 WRC 4:49:53.8 7:46.7 1 PCWRC 1 AUT Andreas Aigner GER Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 5:02:21.6 0.0 10 2 SWE Patrik Sandell SWE Emil Axelsson Peugeot 207 S2000 5:03:10.3 48.7 8 3 ITA Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 5:05:22.6 3:01.0 6 4 EST Martin Raum EST Silver Kutt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 5:07:52.6 5:31.0 5 5 ITA Armindo Araujo ITA Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 5:08:45.4 6:23.8 4 6 RUS Evgeniy Vertunov RUS Georgy Troshkin Subaru Impreza 5:09:14.6 6:53.0 3 7 ITA Simone Campedelli ITA Danilo Fappani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 5:14:40.7 12:19.10 2 8 ITA Giorgio Bacco SMR Silvio Stefanelli Subaru Impreza 5:25:14.3 22:52.7 1 Retirements ITA Gigi Galli - ill health (SS16) FIN Toni Gardemeister - engine (SS15) SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson - electrical (SS15) EST Urmo Aava - (SS19) JPN Toshi Arai - (SS16) CZE Martin Prokop - excluded (SS11) NOR Eyvind Brynildsen - (SS15) GER Uwe Nittel - (SS17) ITA Francesco Trevisin - (SS9) JOR Amjad Farrah - (SS9) RUS Evgeny Novikov - (SS9) RUS Evgeny Aksakov - (SS9) Special stages All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(12/13 JUN) SS1 17:25 Antalya SSS 1 2.60 km FRA S. Loeb 2:07.6 73.4 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS2 08:38 Perge 1 22.43 km EST U. Aava 16:03.6 83.8 km/h FIN M. Hirvonen SS3 09:21 Myra 1 24.15 km FIN J. Latvala 21:05.3 68.7 km/h SS4 09:59 Kumluca 1 9.90 km ITA G. Galli 7:47.4 76.3 km/h SS5 12:57 Perge 2 22.43 km ITA G. Galli 15:42.8 85.6 km/h SS6 13:40 Myra 2 24.15 km FIN J. Latvala 20:46.0 69.8 km/h FIN J. Latvala SS7 14:18 Kumluca 2 9.90 km FRA S. Loeb 7:38.9 77.7 km/h FIN M. Hirvonen SS8 17:01 Chimera 1 16.94 km ITA G. Galli 12:21.5 82.2 km/h SS9 17:47 Phaselis 1 22.40 km NOR H. Solberg 17:49.3 75.6 km/h FRA S. Loeb 2(14 JUN) SS10 09:28 Chimera 2 16.94 km FIN M. Hirvonen 11:57.3 85.0 km/h SS11 10:16 Silyon 1 27.36 km FIN M. Hirvonen 21:53.5 75.0 km/h FIN M. Hirvonen SS12 12:59Kemer 1 20.50 km EST U. Aava 15:06.9 81.4 km/h SS13 13:49 Silyon 2 27.36 km FIN M. Hirvonen 21:36.8 75.9 km/h SS14 16:32Kemer 2 20.50 km FIN J. Latvala 14:49.4 83.0 km/h SS15 18:23 Phaselis 2 22.40 km FIN M. Hirvonen FRA S. Loeb 17:19.2 77.6 km/h SS16 19:01 Antalya SSS 2 2.60 km FRA S. Loeb 2:06.3 74.1 km/h 3(15 JUN) SS17 09:38 Olympos 1 31.03 km EST U. Aava 25:07.5 74.1 km/h SS18 12:04 Camyuva 5.50 km FRA S. Loeb 4:11.2 78.8 km/h SS19 13:07 Olympos 2 31.03 km FIN J. Latvala 24:48.9 75.0 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 4 5 1 2 3 1 59 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 1 10 1 1 3 56 3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 34 4 Australia Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret. 13 31 5 ESP Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 30 6 Norway Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret. Ret. 10 2 6 20 7 Italy Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 7 8 4 Ret. Ret. 17 8 NOR Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret. 4 7 8 5 16 9 GBR Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 Ret. 5 12 6 7 12 10 ARG Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 8 11 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Ret. 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 6 EST Urmo Aava 18 Ret. 8 4 Ret. 6 13 Belgium François Duval 4 5 14 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret. 19 4 15 France Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 FIN Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 9 Ret. 2 17 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 Ret. 9 11 Ret. 1 FIN Juho Hänninen 8 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 1 AUT Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 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 - - - - - - - 99 2 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 11 4 10 16 9 14 15 11 - - - - - - - 90 3 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 9 8 6 3 8 3 - - - - - - - 53 4 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford 8 8 3 3 7 5 3 4 - - - - - - - 41 5 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 6 4 4 2 0 3 - - - - - - - 19 6 Japan Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 - - - - - - - 10 References External links Results from the official site wrc.com Results at eWRC.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive Turkey Category:Rally of Turkey Rally of Turkey Category:June 2008 sports events in Turkey