2008 Rallye Deutschland
# 2008 Rallye Deutschland

The 2008 Rallye Deutschland was the tenth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event ran from August 15 to August 17 and was won by Sébastien 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, after Marcus Grönholm's seven wins in the Rally Finland. Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo took second place, eventually starting a series of three double wins for the Citroën Total World Rally Team.

Stobart M-Sport Ford driver François Duval beat factory Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen to the last podium place. Subaru's Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson took the following positions, and Henning Solberg edged out Urmo Aava to take two points for seventh place. In the Junior 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 left femur. The recovery was expected to take five months, and he missed the five last rallies of the season.

## Results

| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WRC |||||||
| 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 |

## 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 | | | | | | 76 |
| 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 72 |
| 3 | Dani Sordo | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 43 |
| 4 | Chris Atkinson | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Ret. | 13 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 40 |
| 5 | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 9 | | | | | | 34 |
| 6 | Petter Solberg | 5 | 4 | 12 | Ret. | Ret. | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 27 |
| 7 | Henning Solberg | 9 | 13 | 5 | Ret. | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | 22 |
| 8 | Gigi Galli | 6 | 3 | Ret. | 7 | 8 | 4 | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | | | | | | 17 |
| 9 | Matthew Wilson | 10 | Ret. | 6 | Ret. | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | | | | | | 12 |
| 10 | François Duval | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 11 |
| 11 | Federico Villagra | | | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 9 | Ret. | | | | | | | 8 |
| 12 | Urmo Aava | | 18 | | | Ret. | 8 | 4 | Ret. | 16 | 8 | | | | | | 7 |
| 13 | Conrad Rautenbach | Ret. | 16 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | 6 |
| 14 | Andreas Mikkelsen | | 5 | | | | Ret. | | 26 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | 4 |
| 15 | Toni Gardemeister | Ret. | 7 | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | 9 | Ret. | 8 | 10 | | | | | | 3 |
| 16 | Jean-Marie Cuoq | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 16 | Matti Rantanen | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 18 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | 8 | Ret. | Ret. | 24 | Ret. | 9 | 11 | Ret. | Ret. | 15 | | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Juho Hänninen | | 8 | | | | | | 21 | 13 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Sébastien Ogier | | | 8 | | 11 | 22 | | | 36 | 19 | | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Andreas Aigner | | 31 | | 8 | | | 14 | 11 | Ret. | | | | | | | 1 |
| 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 |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |

### Manufacturers' championship

| Rank | Team | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Total points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Team | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA | GRC | TUR | FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR | Total points |
| 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 |
