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Acropolis Rally 2008 counts for:
2008 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2008 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2008 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 446th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 15 |
| Official name: | BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally |
| Edition: | 55th |
| Date: | from Thursday 29-May-2008 to Sunday 1-Jun-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Tatoi, Northern Attica; Greece |
| Clerk of the Course: | Anita Passalis |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 62 | |
| Starters: | 60 | |
| Finishers: | 42 | (70.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 4.60 | km | (SS7 SSS Tatoi 1) |
| Longest: | 32.16 | km | (SS11 Aghii Theodori 2) |
| Slowest: | 65.67 | km/h | (SS1 Schimatari 1) |
| Fastest: | 100.77 | km/h | (SS17 Avlonas 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 331.52 | km | (25.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 331.52 | km | (25.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 971.38 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,302.90 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 41st win and 65th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 35th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| Third place was 24th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 47th win and 109th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 127th podium for Subaru. |
| | Third place was 242nd podium for Ford. |
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Loeb mastered conditions but even he suffered a puncture which momentarily cost him the rally lead.
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Suffering from no problems and benefiting from his experience, Petter Solberg gave Subaru's new Impreza WRC2008 an excellent 2nd overall.
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Estonia's Urmo Aava not only finished fourth but also scored his first stage win in privately run Citroen C4 WRC.
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Related links
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Sardinia 2008
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Turkey 2008
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