Events
The Rally Finland is notable this year for having dropped its famous Ouninpohja stage. This has been done for safety reasons, however this is likely to be a huge disappointment for race fans.
|
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
| 1 | / 76ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 24–27) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:39:17.0 | 19 | 365.09 km | 47 | 34 |
| 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:41:51.4 | ||||||
| 3 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007 | 3:42:15.6 | ||||||
| 2 | 57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally (February 8–10) — Results and report |
1 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 2:46:41.2 | 20 | 340.24 km | 61 | 49 |
| 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 2:47:39.5 | ||||||
| 3 | Gianluigi Galli | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 2:49:04.4 | ||||||
| 3 | 22º Corona Rally México (February 28– March 02) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:33:29.9 | 20 | 353.75 km | 40 | 28 |
| 2 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007 | 3:34:36.0 | ||||||
| 3 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:35:09.6 | ||||||
| 4 | 28º Rally Argentina (March 27–30) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:05:48.6 | 21 | 347.91 km | 56 | 31 |
| 2 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007 | 4:08:21.8 | ||||||
| 3 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:09:53.3 | ||||||
| 5 | Jordan Rally (April 24–27) — Results and report |
1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:02:47.9 | 22 | 359.26 km | 54 | 33 |
| 2 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:04:03.6 | ||||||
| 3 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2007 | 4:07:47.4 | ||||||
| 6 | 5º Rally d'Italia Sardegna (May 16–18) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:57:17.2 | 17 | 344.73 km | 57 | 38 |
| 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:57:27.8 | ||||||
| 3 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:57:32.5 | ||||||
| 7 | 55th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece (May 28– June 01) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:54:54.7 | 20 | 331.52 km | 60 | 42 |
| 2 | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC2008 | 3:56:04.2 | ||||||
| 3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:56:50.8 | ||||||
| 8 | 9th Rally of Turkey (June 13–15) — Results and report |
1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:42:07.1 | 19 | 360.12 km | 60 | 37 |
| 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:42:15.0 | ||||||
| 3 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:42:32.8 | ||||||
| 9 | 58th Neste Oil Rally Finland (July 31– August 03) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 2:54:05.5 | 24 | 340.42 km | 99 | 68 |
| 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 2:54:14.5 | ||||||
| 3 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC2008 | 2:57:22.5 | ||||||
| 10 | 27. ADAC Rallye Deutschland (August 15–17) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:26:19.7 | 19 | 352.89 km | 81 | 57 |
| 2 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:27:07.4 | ||||||
| 3 | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:27:39.7 | ||||||
| 11 | 38th Repco Rally New Zealand (August 28–31) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:59:18.9 | 18 | 353.04 km | 57 | 35 |
| 2 | Dani Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:59:36.4 | ||||||
| 3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 4:00:00.4 | ||||||
| 12 | 44º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada (October 02–05) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:21:17.4 | 18 | 353.62 km | 69 | 48 |
| 2 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:21:42.3 | ||||||
| 3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:22:19.9 | ||||||
| 13 | 52ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France (October 10–12) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:42:58.0 | 16 | 359.02 km | 71 | 54 |
| 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:46:22.7 | ||||||
| 3 | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:46:29.6 | ||||||
| 14 | 5th Rally Japan (October 31– November 02) — Results and report |
1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:25:03.0 | 29 | 343.69 km | 86 | 57 |
| 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:25:34.1 | ||||||
| 3 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:27:33.6 | ||||||
| 15 | 64th Wales Rally of Great Britain (December 05-07) — Results and report |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 2:43:09.6 | 19 | 282.35 km | 78 | 47 |
| 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:25:34.1 | ||||||
| 3 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 2:44:30.2 | ||||||
Read more about this topic: 2008 World Rally Championship Season
Famous quotes containing the word events:
“We have defined a story as a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence. A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality. “The king died and then the queen died” is a story. “The king died, and then the queen died of grief” is a plot. The time sequence is preserved, but the sense of causality overshadows it.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The phenomenon of nature is more splendid than the daily events of nature, certainly, so then the twentieth century is splendid.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)