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.
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 83. (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). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader1(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 9:21.33(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 4 426 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
Manufacturers' championship Rank Team Event Totalpoints 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
References
External links
Results from the official site wrc.com Results at eWRC.com