Finland 2008

AFTER THE 6-WEEK SUMMER BREAK IT WAS GOOD TO GET BACK TO RALLYING AND WHAT BETTER RALLY TO KICK-START THE REST OF THE SEASON COULD YOU FIND THAN THE FINNISH RALLY!

SEBASTIEN LOEB ACHIEVED ANOTHER OF HIS DREAMS BY BECOMING ONLY THE FOURTH NON-SCANDINAVIAN WINNER OF THE EVENT IN ITS 57-YEAR W.R.C. HISTORY. NOT ONLY THAT BUT HE LED FROM START TO FINISH AND MADE IT HIS 42ND VICTORY. HE IS NOW JUST ONE POINT BEHIND MIKKO HIRVONEN IN THE TITLE RACE.

SEBASTIEN WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY, THOUGH, BY A VERY DETERMINED HIRVONEN. THERE WAS NEVER MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF SECONDS BETWEEN THEM AND, INDEED, THEY CLOCKED IDENTICAL TIMES ON THREE STAGES DURING THIS ABSORBING, FIERCELY CONTESTED BATTLE.

THEY LEFT THE REST OF THE FIELD MINUTES BEHIND! 3RD PLACE ON THE PODIUM WAS HELD BY MANY DIFFERENT DRIVERS AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSED BUT EVENTUALLY CHRIS ATKINSON TOOK THE HONOURS. WITH TEAM-MATE PETTER SOLBERG RECORDING SOME FAST TIMES AND A STAGE WIN, IT LOOKS LIKE SUBARU ARE ON THE WAY BACK WITH THIS NEW CAR.

JARI-MATTI LATVALA OVERCOOKED IT ON DAY ONE AND AGAIN UNDER SUPER-RALLY RULES ON DAY TWO, EVENTUALLY EARNING ONE POINT IN THE CONSTRUCTOR'S RACE BUT DANIEL SORDO TOOK A GOOD 4TH SPOT AND THUS ENABLED CITROEN TO CLOSE THE GAP ON LEADERS FORD TO 3 POINTS

Rally Results posted by
David Little
4th August 2008

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