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Rally of Turkey 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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| 447th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 15 |
| Official name: | Rally of Turkey |
| Edition: | 9th |
| Date: | from Thursday 12-Jun-2008 to Sunday 15-Jun-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Kemer, Antalya; Turkey |
| Clerk of the Course: | Metin Ceker |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 76 | |
| Starters: | 60 | |
| Finishers: | 37 | (61.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 2.60 | km | (SS1 Antalya SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 31.03 | km | (SS19 Olympos 2) |
| Slowest: | 68.71 | km/h | (SS3 Myra 1) |
| Fastest: | 85.65 | km/h | (SS5 Perge 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 360.12 | km | (28.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 360.12 | km | (28.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 903.62 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,263.74 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 6th win and 25th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Second place was 5th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 66th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 67th win and 1-2 win were 243rd to 244th podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 110th podium for Citroen. |
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Hirvonen and Latvala scored 1-2 and 100th consecutive points finish for Ford, helped by controversial tactical maneuvers in Friday evening.
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Building on his speed in Acropolis, Urmo Aava was again very fast but not very lucky.
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Already third PWRC win in 2008 for Andreas Aigner - title looks very much to be his at season mid-point.
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Related links
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Acropolis 2008
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Rally Finland 2008
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