| 2008 Tour de Corse 52ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | |||
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Round 13 of the2008 World Rally Championship
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| Rally base | Ajaccio | ||
| Dates run | October 10 – 12 2008 | ||
| Stages | 16 (359.02 km; 223.08 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Tarmac | ||
| Overall distance | 1,094.28 km (679.95 miles)[1] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 71 at start, 54[1] at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Citroën Total World Rally Team | ||
The2008 Tour de Corse was the thirteenth round of the2008 World Rally Championship season. The event was won byCitroën driverSébastien 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 driverMikko Hirvonen finished in second place after team orders issued by the Ford team forcedFrançois Duval andJari-Matti Latvala to drop behind him, in order to improve his championship hopes.
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
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| WRC | ||||||
| 1. | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:42:58.0 | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| 2. | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:46:22.7 | 3:24.7 | 8 | ||
| 3. | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:46:29.6 | 3:31.6 | 6 | ||
| 4. | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:46:35.5 | 3:37.5 | 5 | ||
| 5. | Subaru Impreza WRC2008 | 3:48:33.4 | 5:35.4 | 4 | ||
| 6. | Subaru Impreza WRC2008 | 3:49:08.4 | 6:10.4 | 3 | ||
| 7. | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:50:23.2 | 7:25.2 | 2 | ||
| 8. | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:52:00.2 | 9:02.2 | 1 | ||
| JWRC | ||||||
| 1. (19.) | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4:04:43.9 | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| 2. (20.) | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4:05:01.6 | 17.7 | 8 | ||
| 3. (21.) | Renault Clio R3 | 4:05:37.2 | 53.3 | 6 | ||
All dates and times areCEST (UTC+2).
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Rally leader |
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| 1 (10 October) | SS1 | 9:18 | Acqua Doria-Serra di Ferro 1 | 15.92 km | 9:27.4 | ||
| SS2 | 10:11 | Portigliolo-Bocca Albitrina 1 | 16.62 km | 9:21.9 | |||
| SS3 | 11:09 | Arbellara-Aullene 1 | 27.42 km | 15:51.4 | |||
| SS4 | 14:37 | Acqua Doria-Serra di Ferro 2 | 15.92 km | 9:32.2 | |||
| SS5 | 15:30 | Portigliolo-Bocca Albitrina 2 | 16.62 km | 9:22.5 | |||
| SS6 | 16:28 | Arbellara-Aullene 2 | 27.42 km | 15:48.9 | |||
| 2 (11 October) | SS7 | 8:48 | Carbuccia-Scalella 1 | 21.88 km | 14:26.3 | ||
| SS8 | 10:21 | Calcatoggio Du Liamone 1 | 24.95 km | 17:09.2 | |||
| SS9 | 11:19 | Appricciani-Coggia 1 | 14:37 km | 9:23.9 | |||
| SS10 | 14:02 | Carbuccia-Scalella 2 | 21.88 km | 14:33.6 | |||
| SS11 | 15:35 | Calcatoggio Du Liamone 2 | 24.95 km | 17:08.0 | |||
| SS12 | 16:33 | Appricciani-Coggia 2 | 14.37 km | 9:21.3 | |||
| 3 (12 October) | SS13 | 8:43 | Agosta-Pont De Calzola 1 | 31.81 km | 19:10.2 | ||
| SS14 | 9:36 | Pietra Rossa-Verghia 1 | 26.32 km | 16:25.6 | |||
| SS15 | 12:14 | Agosta-Pont De Calzola 2 | 31.81 km | 19:22.0 | |||
| SS16 | 13:07 | Pietra Rossa-Verghia 2 | 26.32 km | 16:27.4 |
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| Rank | Team | Event | Total points | ||||||||||||||
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| MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA | GRC | TUR | FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR | |||
| 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 10 | - | - | 169 | |
| 2 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 14 | - | - | 146 | |
| 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 87 | |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 62 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 22 | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 21 | |
| Pos | Driver | MEX | JOR | ITA | FIN | GER | ESP | FRA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 42 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 32 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 22 | ||
| 6 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | |||
| 7 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 8 | Ret | |||
| 12 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 15 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 16 | 7 | 11 | DNS | 7 | DNS | DNS | 4 | ||
| 17 | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 1 | ||
| 19 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | |||||
| Pos | Driver | MEX | JOR | ITA | FIN | GER | ESP | FRA | Pts |