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Rally Finland 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)
2008 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 448th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 15 |
| Official name: | Neste Oil Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 58th |
| Date: | from Thursday 31-Jul-2008 to Sunday 3-Aug-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 109 | |
| Starters: | 99 | |
| Finishers: | 68 | (68.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 2.06 | km | (SS1 SSS Killeri 1) |
| Longest: | 23.09 | km | (SS22 Lankamaa) |
| Slowest: | 92.12 | km/h | (SS1 SSS Killeri 1) |
| Fastest: | 126.32 | km/h | (SS8 Urria) |
| Planned stage distance: | 340.42 | km | (23.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 340.42 | km | (23.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,121.16 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,461.58 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 42nd win and 67th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 26th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Christopher Atkinson. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 48th win and 111th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 245th podium for Ford. |
| | Third place was 128th podium for Subaru. |
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Leading from start to finish, Loeb vanguished Hirvonen in a thrilling battle and fulfilled a dream of many years: winning the Rally Finland.
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No fewer than six different drivers occupied third place during the rally. In the end it was Subaru's Chris Atkinson who held that place, following an ever-improving drive.
(Photo: SWRT.com)
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Suzuki debuted their mildly revised SX4 WRC and experienced Gardemeister finished in points despite potentially dangerous off-road excursion, hurt arm and mechanical problems.
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Related links
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Turkey 2008
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Deutschland 2008
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