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2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge


The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season was the third season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of ten rounds and began on April 4, with the Istanbul Rally. The season ended on December 12 with the China Rally. Nicolas Vouilloz won the title ahead of Freddy Loix and Giandomenico Basso.

Calendar

Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceC12345678910
21 March23 MarchKEN 56th KCB Safari RallyNairobiGravel????
4 April6 AprilTUR 37th Istanbul RallyPendik, IstanbulGravel15255.77 km
8 May10 MayPOR 42th Vodafone Rally de PortugalFaro, AlgarveGravel13249.74 km
27 June28 JuneBEL 44th Belgium Ypres Westhoek RallyYpres, West FlandersAsphalt18298.88 km
11 July12 JulyRUS 2nd Rally RussiaVyborg, LeningradGravel12223.24 km
1 August2 AugustPOR 49th Rali Vinho da MadeiraFunchal, MadeiraAsphalt21292.16 km
22 August24 AugustCZE 38th Barum Rally ZlínZlín, Zlín RegionAsphalt15263.06 km
11 September13 SeptemberESP 45th Rally Principe de AsturiasOviedo, AsturiasAsphalt15249.77 km
26 September28 SeptemberITA 50th Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaAsphalt12258.51 km
24 October26 OctoberSUI 49th Rallye International du ValaisMartigny, ValaisAsphalt17266.25 km
5 December7 DecemberCHN 11th Rally China??Gravel13157.50 km
Sources:

Safari Rally dropped off the calendar due to political difficulties in Kenya. The Istanbul Rally was added to become the new season opener

Selected entries

EntrantConstructorCarDriverCo-driverRoundsAbarthPeugeotMitsubishi RalliartVolkswagenMGHonda
ITA Abarth & C. SpaFiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000ITA Giandomenico BassoITA Mitia Dotta1–9
FIN Anton AlénFIN Timo Alanne1–4, 6–9
ITA Umberto ScandolaITA Guido D'Amore5, 9
ITA Dario D'Esposito8
ITA Andrea NavarraITA Guido D'Amore8
ITA Alessio PisiITA Luca Costantini8
ITA Renato TravagliaITA Lorenzo Granai8
ITA Island Motorsport1, 3, 5–6
TUR Fiat Motorsport TurkeyTUR Volkan IsikTUR Kaan Özşenler1, 3, 5–6
ITA ProcarESP Daniel SolàESP Oscar Sanchez1–4, 7
BEL François DuvalFRA Patrick Pivato2
POL Fiat Cersanit Rally TeamPOL Michał SołowowPOL Maciek Baran1
POR Fiat VodafonePOR José Pedro FontesPOR António Costa2, 5
ITA H.F. Grifone SRLFRA Didier AuriolFRA Denis Giraudet2, 4, 8
ITA Corrado FontanaITA Carlo Cassina3
ESP Fiat Auto EapañaESP Miguel FusterESP José Vincente Medina7
SWI Scuderia Zero4 PiuSWI Olivier BurriFRA Benjamin Veillas9
CZE Champion RacingPeugeot 207 S2000CZE Jan KopeckýCZE Petr Starý1–4
BEL Peugeot Team BeluxBEL Freddy LoixBEL Robin Buysmans1–9
FRA Nicolas VouillozFRA Nicolas Klinger1–9
FIN Juho HänninenFIN Mikko Markkula4
FRA BSA TeamFRA Brice TirabassiFRA Fabrice Gordon1–5
ITA F.P.F. Sport SRLITA Luca RossettiITA Matteo Chiarcossi1–3, 5–6, 8–9
ITA Sandro SottileITA Andrea Gorni8
AUT Stohl RacingAUT Manfred StohlAUT Ilka Minor2
FRA Peugeot TotalPOR Bruno MagalhãesPOR Mário Castro2
POR Carlos Magalhães5, 7
FRA BF Goodrich Drivers TeamPOR Miguel CamposPOR Paulo Babo2
BEL Patrick SnijersBEL Wim Soenens3
CZE Pavel ValoušekCZE Zdeněk Hrůza6
ESP Sergio VallejoESP Diego Vallejo7
ITA Andrea TorlascoITA Michele Brega8
HUN Peugeot Total HungariaHUN János TóthHUN Robert Tagai2–3, 6, 9
POL Cersanit Rally TeamPOL Michał SołowowPOL Maciek Baran3, 5–6, 8
POR Team de Ralis Olca/Nacional da MadeiraPOR Alexandre CamachoPOR Pedro Calado5
CZE Tescoma Rally TeamCZE Roman KrestaCZE Petr Gross6
ESP Peugeot Sport EspañaESP Enrique García OjedaESP Jordi Barrabés6–7
ESP Luís MonzónESP José Carlos Déniz7
ESP Óscar GarréESP Pablo Marcos7
POL Peugeot Sport PolskaFRA Bryan BouffierFRA Xavier Panseri6, 9
SWI Lugano Racing TeamSWI Gregoire HotzSWI Pietro Ravasi9
SWI Team Philippe Roux - Anne SpiersSWI Florian GononSWI Sandra Arlettaz9
ITA Mauro Rally TuningMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXITA Giovanni ManfrinatoITA Claudio Condotta1
AUT Red Bull Rally TeamAUT Andreas AignerGER Klaus Wicha2
POR Bernardo SousaPOR Carlos Magalhães2
ITA Ralliart ItalyPOR Armindo AraújoPOR Miguel Ramalho2
ITA Paolo AndreucciITA Anna Andreussi2, 8
FIN RRE SportsFIN Juho HänninenFIN Mikko Markkula2
NED Heuvel MotorsportNED Jasper van den HeuvelNED Martine Kolman3
RUS Driving ArtRUS Andrey ZhigunovRUS Igor Ter-Oganesiants4
CZE EuroOil Čepro Czech National TeamCZE Václav PechCZE Petr Uhel6
ESP B9 RacingESP Alberto HeviaESP Alberto Iglesias7
CHN Guizhou Bailing TeamCHN Liu Chao DongCHN Hongyu Pan10
CHN Hongjie WeiCHN Shaojun Huang10
FIN Juha SaloFIN Mika Stenberg10
CHN Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally TeamFIN Jarkko MiettinenFIN Mikko Lukka10
CHN Fan FanCHN Junwei Fang10
THA Jixiang WuTHA Zhengliang Ke10
CHN Zhonglin YangCHN Weipeng Zhang10
CHN Wuyi Youth Rally TeamCHN Jun XuCHN Shuang Liu10
CHN Zhixing YangCHN Xin Guo10
BEL DuindistelVolkswagen Polo S2000BEL Bernd CasierBEL Frédéric Miclotte3
BEL Belgian VW Club6, 8
BEL Raphaël AuqueirBEL Cédric Pirotte3
BEL René Georges Rally SportFRA Philippe GreiffenbergFRA Laurent Fourcade9
GBR Bill Gwynne MotorsportS2000 SportGBR Mark HigginsGBR Rory Kennedy3
GBR Stuart Jones RallyingGBR Stuart JonesGBR George Gwynn9
ITA ProcarHonda Civic Type-R R3ITA Alessandro BettegaITA Simone Scattolin3, 6–9
ITA JAS MotorsportGBR Guy WilksIRL David Moynihan4

Drivers standings

  • The best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.
PosDriverIST
TURPOR
PORYPR
BELRUS
RUSMAD
PORZLI
CZEAST
ESPSAN
ITAVAL
SUICHN
CHNPts1582483464445216197158149111010118126136145155165175184194204214224233243253262272282292302312322332342351361371381391401PosDriverIST
TURPOR
PORYPR
BELRUS
RUSMAD
PORZLI
CZEAST
ESPSAN
ITAVAL
SUICHN
CHNPts
FRA Nicolas Vouilloz232512222
BEL Freddy Loix8Ret1461351
ITA Giandomenico BassoRet4632Ret115
ITA Luca Rossetti1135733
FIN Anton Alén3Ret112Ret686
ITA Renato Travaglia4Ret454
CZE Jan Kopecký52Ret6
FIN Juho Hänninen51
FRA Bryan Bouffier34
FIN Jarkko Miettinen1
CHN Liu Chao Dong3
POR Alexandre Camacho3
CHN Jun Xu4
ESP Enrique García Ojeda134
BEL Bernd Casier4
CZE Pavel Valoušek4
CHN Fan Fan6
BEL Patrick Snijers5
ESP Miguel Fuster5
HUN János TóthRetRet68
POR Bruno Magalhães68Ret
CHN Hanping Ma7
ESP Daniel Sola6RetRetRetRet
ITA Alessandro Perico6
CHN Zhuoyong Tan8
TUR Volkan Isik7Ret1116
FRA Brice TirabassiRetRetRet7Ret
ITA Umberto Scandola7RetRet
AUT Manfred Stohl7
NED Jasper van den Heuvel7
ESP Sergio Vallejo7
ITA Luca Cantamessa7
SUI Gregoire Hotz7
THA Jixiang Wu9
AUT Andreas Aigner8
CZE Josef Peták8
ESP Alberto Hevia8
BEL Paul Lietaer9
RUS Oleg Antropov9
CHN Jianrong Jan11

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References

References

  1. "IRC 2008 calendar".
  2. "2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge".
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