2008 Rally of Turkey

2008 Rally of Turkey
9th Rally of Turkey
Round 8 of the 2008 World Rally Championship
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Host country Turkey
Rally baseAntalya
Dates runJune 12 – 15 2008
Stages19 (360.74 km; 224.15 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,263.74 km (785.25 miles)
Statistics
Crews60 at start, 38 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Mikko Hirvonen
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

The 9th Rally of Turkey, the 8th round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season took place between June 12–15, 2008. The event returned after a year sabbatical and was held in the south west of Turkey, with the rally headquarters and service park based in the seaside resort of Kemer. The special stages are held on gravel mountain roads to the south west of Antalya.[1] The rally was won by Finland's Mikko Hirvonen, with Jari-Matti Latvala finishing second and Sébastien Loeb third. With this result Hirvonen took a three-point lead over Loeb in the drivers world championship going into the six-week summer break.

  1. ^ "Rally of Turkey". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.