| 2008 Rallye Deutschland 27.ADAC Rallye Deutschland | |||
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Round 10 of the2008 World Rally Championship
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 Loeb and co-driverDaniel 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 LoebCitroën Total World Rally Team | ||
The2008 Rallye Deutschland was the tenth round of the2008 World Rally Championship season. The event ran from August 15 to August 17 and was won bySébastien 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, afterMarcus Grönholm's seven wins in theRally Finland. Loeb's teammateDani Sordo took second place, eventually starting a series of three double wins for theCitroën Total World Rally Team.
Stobart M-Sport Ford driverFrançois Duval beat factoryFord driverMikko Hirvonen to the last podium place.Subaru'sPetter Solberg andChris Atkinson took the following positions, andHenning Solberg edged outUrmo Aava to take two points for seventh place. In theJunior 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 leftfemur. 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 | 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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