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Rallye Catalunya 2008 counts for:
2008 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2008 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2008 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 451st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 12 of 15 |
| Official name: | RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada |
| Edition: | 44th |
| Date: | from Friday 3-Oct-2008 to Sunday 5-Oct-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Tarragona, Catalunya; Spain |
| Clerk of the Course: | Aman Barfull |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 79 | |
| Starters: | 69 | |
| Finishers: | 48 | (69.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 4.11 | km | (SS15 La Serra d'Almos 1) |
| Longest: | 38.27 | km | (SS10 El Priorat - La Ribera d'Ebre 2) |
| Slowest: | 92.53 | km/h | (SS18 La Serra d'Almos 2) |
| Fastest: | 115.41 | km/h | (SS6 El Montmell 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 353.62 | km | (26.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 353.62 | km | (26.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 960.37 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,313.99 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 45th win and 70th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 16th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 28th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 51st win and 1-2 win were 116th to 117th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 248th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb won in style - his drive seemed effortless yet was dominant.
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Ford replaced Latvala with Duval but unfortunately, he had to surrender 3rd place to bolster Hirvonen's ever-slimmer championship hopes.
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Urmo Aava showed such speed that when he retired following an off, only four works cars were ahead of him.
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Related links
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New Zealand 2008
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Rallye de France 2008
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