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ADAC Rallye Deutschland 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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| 449th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 15 |
| Official name: | ADAC Rallye Deutschland |
| Edition: | 27th |
| Date: | from Friday 15-Aug-2008 to Sunday 17-Aug-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany |
| Clerk of the Course: | Armin Kohl |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 85 | |
| Starters: | 81 | |
| Finishers: | 57 | (70.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 4.37 | km | (SS19 SSS Circus Maximus Trier) |
| Longest: | 30.38 | km | (SS14 Arena Panzerplatte 2) |
| Slowest: | 77.73 | km/h | (SS19 SSS Circus Maximus Trier) |
| Fastest: | 110.92 | km/h | (SS4 Ruwertal - Fell 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 352.89 | km | (30.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 343.07 | km | (29.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 822.02 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,165.09 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 43rd win and 68th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 14th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 13th podium for Francois Duval. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 49th win and 1-2 win were 112th to 113th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 246th podium for Ford. |
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Sebastien Loeb's seventh consecutive win in Germany was also 1-2 for Citroen, catapulting Citroen into championship lead.
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Duval was once again very strong and finished on podium, although trailing Hirvonen until his puncture on SS14.
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Gigi Galli's crash had all elements of a fatality in it: roll into a tree at full speed. Luckily he only broke leg and many WRC drivers visited him in the hospital.
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Related links
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Rally Finland 2008
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New Zealand 2008
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