2008 Rallye Deutschland

2008 Rallye Deutschland 27.ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of the 2008 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena celebrating the victory.
Host country	Germany
Rally base	Trier
Dates run	August 15 – 17 2008
Stages	19 (352.89 km; 219.28 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,165.09 km (723.95 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews	81 at start, 57[1] at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 2008 Rallye Deutschland was the tenth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event ran from August 15 to August 17 and was won by Sébastien Loeb for the seventh consecutive year.

The rally marked the first time a driver had won a WRC event seven times in a row, and the second time a driver had won the same event seven times during his career, after Marcus Grönholm's seven wins in the Rally Finland. Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo took second place, eventually starting a series of three double wins for the Citroën Total World Rally Team.

Stobart M-Sport Ford driver François Duval beat factory Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen to the last podium place. Subaru's Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson took the following positions, and Henning Solberg edged out Urmo Aava to take two points for seventh place. In the Junior World Rally Championship, Sébastien Ogier closed in on the title with his third win of the season.

Gigi Galli retired after crashing heavily on the fifth stage and fracturing his left femur. The recovery was expected to take five months, and he missed the five last rallies of the season.^[2]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:26:19.7	0.0	10
2.	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:27:07.4	47.7	8
3.	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:27:39.7	1:20.0	6
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:27:49.8	1:30.1	5
5.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	3:28:55.0	2:35.3	4
6.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	3:31:05.6	4:45.9	3
7.	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:31:55.9	5:36.2	2
8.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Citroën C4 WRC	3:31:57.5	5:37.8	1

Pos Driver MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRC TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 1 10 1 1 3 1 1 76 2 Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 4 72 3 Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 2 43 4 Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret. 13 3 6 40 5 Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 9 34 6 Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret. Ret. 10 2 6 6 5 27 7 Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret. 4 7 8 5 5 7 22 8 Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 7 8 4 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 17 9 Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 Ret. 5 12 6 7 9 12 12 10 François Duval 4 3 11 11 Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret. 8 12 Urmo Aava 18 Ret. 8 4 Ret. 16 8 7 13 Conrad Rautenbach Ret. 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 10 6 14 Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret. 26 12 11 4 15 Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. Ret. Ret. Ret. 9 Ret. 8 10 3 16 Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 Matti Rantanen 7 18 Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 Ret. 9 11 Ret. Ret. 15 1 Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret. Pos Driver MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRC TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Rank	Team	Event															Total points
		MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRC	TUR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	11	4	10	16	9	14	15	11	15	18	-	-	-	-	-	123
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	18	11	7	13	14	10	18	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	115
3	Subaru World Rally Team	10	6	9	8	6	3	8	3	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	69
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	3	3	7	5	3	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	51
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	6	4	4	2	0	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	19
6	Suzuki World Rally Team	2	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	13

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