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 9 346 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 Matti Rantanen 7 18 Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 Ret. 9 11 Ret. Ret. 15 1 Juho Hänninen 8 21 13 Sébastien Ogier 8 11 22 36 19 Andreas Aigner 31 8 14 11 Ret. Pos Driver MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRC TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR Pts
Manufacturers' championship Rank Team Event Totalpoints 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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