2008 Tour de Corse

The 2008 Tour de Corse was the thirteenth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event was won by Citroën driver Sébastien Loeb for the fourth year in succession. It was his tenth victory of the season and gave him a fourteen-point lead in the drivers table with just two rallies left in the season. Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen finished in second place after team orders issued by the Ford team forced François Duval and Jari-Matti Latvala to drop behind him, in order to improve his championship hopes.

2008 Tour de Corse 52ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
Round 13 of the 2008 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Rally base	Ajaccio
Dates run	October 10 – 12 2008
Stages	16 (359.02 km; 223.08 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,094.28 km (679.95 miles)
Statistics
Crews	71 at start, 54 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:42:58.0	0.0	10
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:46:22.7	3:24.7	8
3.	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:46:29.6	3:31.6	6
4.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:46:35.5	3:37.5	5
5.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC2008	3:48:33.4	5:35.4	4
6.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC2008	3:49:08.4	6:10.4	3
7.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Citroën C4 WRC	3:50:23.2	7:25.2	2
8.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:52:00.2	9:02.2	1
JWRC
1. (19.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	4:04:43.9	0.0	10
2. (20.)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C2 S1600	4:05:01.6	17.7	8
3. (21.)	Pierre Campana	Samuel Teissier	Renault Clio R3	4:05:37.2	53.3	6

Special Stages

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (10 October)	SS1	9:18	Acqua Doria-Serra di Ferro 1	15.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:27.4	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	10:11	Portigliolo-Bocca Albitrina 1	16.62 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:21.9
	SS3	11:09	Arbellara-Aullene 1	27.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:51.4
	SS4	14:37	Acqua Doria-Serra di Ferro 2	15.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:32.2
	SS5	15:30	Portigliolo-Bocca Albitrina 2	16.62 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:22.5
	SS6	16:28	Arbellara-Aullene 2	27.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:48.9
2 (11 October)	SS7	8:48	Carbuccia-Scalella 1	21.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:26.3
	SS8	10:21	Calcatoggio Du Liamone 1	24.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:09.2
	SS9	11:19	Appricciani-Coggia 1	14:37 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:23.9
	SS10	14:02	Carbuccia-Scalella 2	21.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:33.6
	SS11	15:35	Calcatoggio Du Liamone 2	24.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:08.0
	SS12	16:33	Appricciani-Coggia 2	14.37 km	François Duval	9:21.3
3 (12 October)	SS13	8:43	Agosta-Pont De Calzola 1	31.81 km	Sébastien Loeb	19:10.2
	SS14	9:36	Pietra Rossa-Verghia 1	26.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:25.6
	SS15	12:14	Agosta-Pont De Calzola 2	31.81 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Loeb	19:22.0
	SS16	13:07	Pietra Rossa-Verghia 2	26.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	16:27.4

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

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 1 1 1 106 2 Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 92 3 Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 2 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 Ret 59 4 Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 3 6 Ret 13 3 6 Ret 7 6 45 5 Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 7 3 7 2 39 9 Ret 6 4 42 6 Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret Ret 10 2 6 6 5 4 5 5 40 7 François Duval 4 3 Ret 4 3 22 8 Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret 4 7 8 5 5 7 9 11 15 22 9 Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret 7 8 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Inj Inj Inj 17 10 Urmo Aava 18 Ret 8 4 Ret 16 8 5 35 7 13 11 Matthew Wilson 10 Ret 6 Ret 5 12 6 7 9 12 17 9 8 12 Federico Villagra 7 6 6 14 13 9 Ret 8 12 9 13 Conrad Rautenbach Ret 16 16 4 26 13 10 8 10 10 Ret Ret 14 6 14 Andreas Mikkelsen 5 Ret 19 12 11 8 11 5 15 Toni Gardemeister Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 10 7 13 13 16 Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret Ret 24 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 15 6 32 17 4 17 Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2 Matti Rantanen 7 19 Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 14 29 24 1 Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 Ret 20 Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret 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)

Manufacturers' championship

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	18	18	10	-	-	169
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	18	11	7	13	14	10	18	9	7	6	11	14	-	-	146
3	Subaru World Rally Team	10	6	9	8	6	3	8	3	9	7	5	6	7	-	-	87
4	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	3	3	7	5	3	4	4	6	0	4	7	-	-	62
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	6	4	4	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	-	-	22
6	Suzuki World Rally Team	2	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	7	0	1	-	-	21

Junior championship

Pos	Driver	MEX	JOR	ITA	FIN	GER	ESP	FRA	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	1	1	5		1	Ret	2	42
2	Aaron Burkart	4		3	4	2	3	5	34
3	Martin Prokop	7		10	1	Ret	1	1	32
4	Shaun Gallagher	6	2	4	5	4	4		30
5	Michał Kościuszko	3	Ret	1	3		9	Ret	22
6	Alessandro Bettega		Ret	2	Ret	3	2	Ret
7	Patrik Sandell	5	Ret	7	2		5	6
8	Jaan Mölder	2	Ret	9	Ret		6	11	11
9	Stefano Albertini		5	6	13	10	7	9	9
10	Gilles Schammel		3	12	7	Ret	Ret	10	8
11	Simone Bertolotti		6	Ret	10	5	8	Ret
12	Florian Niegel		4	Ret	9	8	10	7
13	Kevin Abbring		Ret	Ret	6	6	11	8	7
14	Pierre Campana							3	6
15	Pierre Marché							4	5
16	Andrea Cortinovis		7	11	DNS	7	DNS	DNS	4
17	Hans Weijs, Jr.		Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	12	2
18	Francesco Fanari	8	9	13	12	9	Ret		1
19	Miloš Komljenović	Ret	8	Ret	11
Pos	Driver	MEX	JOR	ITA	FIN	GER	ESP	FRA	Pts

External links

• Results from the official site wrc.com
• Results at eWRC.com