2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge Explained

The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season was the third season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of ten rounds and began on April 4, with the Istanbul Rally. The season ended on December 12 with the China Rally. Nicolas Vouilloz won the title ahead of Freddy Loix and Giandomenico Basso.

Calendar

RoundDatesEvent titleSurface
1April 4–6 Gravel
2May 8–10 Gravel
3June 27–28 Asphalt
4July 11–12 Gravel
5August 1–2 Asphalt
6August 22–24 Asphalt
7September 11–13 Asphalt
8September 26–28 Asphalt
9October 24–26 Asphalt
10December 5–12 Gravel

Selected entries

EntrantConstructorCarDriverCo-driverRounds
Abarth & C. SpaAbarthFiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta1–9
Anton Alén Timo Alanne1–4, 6–9
Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore5, 9
Dario D'Esposito8
Andrea Navarra Guido D'Amore8
Alessio Pisi Luca Costantini8
Renato Travaglia Lorenzo Granai8
Island Motorsport1, 3, 5–6
Fiat Motorsport Turkey Volkan Isik Kaan Özşenler1, 3, 5–6
Procar Daniel Solà Oscar Sanchez1–4, 7
François Duval Patrick Pivato2
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran1
Fiat Vodafone José Pedro Fontes António Costa2, 5
H.F. Grifone SRL Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet2, 4, 8
Corrado Fontana Carlo Cassina3
Fiat Auto Eapaña Miguel Fuster José Vincente Medina7
Scuderia Solferino Rally Olivier Burri Benjamin Veillas9
Champion RacingPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Jan Kopecký Petr Starý1–4
Peugeot Team Belux Freddy Loix Robin Buysmans1–9
Nicolas Vouilloz Nicolas Klinger1–9
BSA Team Brice Tirabassi Fabrice Gordon1–5
Racing Lions SRL Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi1–3, 5–6, 8–9
Stohl Racing Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor2
Peugeot Total Bruno Magalhães Mário Castro2
Carlos Magalhães5, 7
BF Goodrich Drivers Team Miguel Campos Paulo Babo2
Patrick Snijers Wim Soenens3
Pavel Valoušek Zdeněk Hrůza6
Sergio Vallejo Diego Vallejo7
Andrea Torlasco Michele Brega8
Peugeot Total Hungaria János Tóth Robert Tagai2–3, 6, 9
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran3, 5–6, 8
Kronos Racing Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula4
Team de Ralis Olca Alexandre Camacho Pedro Calado5
Tescoma Rally Team Roman Kresta Petr Gross6
Peugeot Sport España Enrique García Ojeda Jordi Barrabés6–7
Luís Monzón José Carlos Déniz7
Óscar Garré Pablo Marcos7
Peugeot Sport Polska Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri6, 9
Lugano Racing Team Gregoire Hotz Pietro Ravasi9
Florian Gonon Sandra Arlettaz9
Mauro Rally TuningMitsubishi RalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta1
Red Bull Rally Team Andreas Aigner Klaus Wicha2
Bernardo Sousa Carlos Magalhães2
Ralliart Italy Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho2
Paolo Andreucci Anna Andreussi2, 8
RRE Sports Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula2
Heuvel Motorsport Jasper van den Heuvel Martine Kolman3
Driving Art Andrey Zhigunov Igor Ter-Oganesiants4
EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team Václav Pech Petr Uhel6
B9 Racing Alberto Hevia Alberto Iglesias7
Guizhou Bailing Team Liu Chao Dong Hongyu Pan10
Hongjie Wei Shaojun Huang10
Juha Salo Mika Stenberg10
Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team Jarkko Miettinen Mikko Lukka10
Fan Fan Junwei Fang10
Jixiang Wu Zhengliang Ke10
Zhonglin Yang Weipeng Zhang10
Wuyi Youth Rally Team Jun Xu Shuang Liu10
Zhixing Yang Xin Guo10
Autostal DuindistelVolkswagenVolkswagen Polo S2000 Bernd Casier Frédéric Miclotte3
Belgian VW Club6, 8
Raphaël Auqueir Cédric Pirotte3
René Georges Rally Sport Philippe Greiffenberg Laurent Fourcade9
Bill Gwynne MotorsportMGS2000 Sport Mark Higgins Rory Kennedy3
Stuart Jones Rallying Stuart Jones George Gwynn9
ProcarHondaHonda Civic Type-R R3 Alessandro Bettega Simone Scattolin3, 6–9
JAS Motorsport Guy Wilks David Moynihan4

Drivers standings

PosDriverIST
POR
YPR
RUS
MAD
ZLI
AST
SAN
VAL
CHN
 Pts 
1 Nicolas Vouilloz23251222258
2 Freddy Loix8Ret146135148
3 Giandomenico BassoRet4632Ret11546
4 Luca Rossetti113573344
5 Anton Alén3Ret112Ret68621
6 Renato Travaglia4Ret45419
7 Jan Kopecký52Ret615
8 Juho Hänninen5114
9 Bryan Bouffier3411
10 Jarkko Miettinen110
11 Liu Chao Dong38
12 Alexandre Camacho36
13 Jun Xu46
14 Enrique García Ojeda1345
15 Bernd Casier45
16 Pavel Valoušek45
17 Fan Fan65
18 Patrick Snijers54
19 Miguel Fuster54
20 János TóthRetRet684
21 Bruno Magalhães68Ret4
22 Hanping Ma74
23 Daniel Sola6RetRetRetRet3
24 Alessandro Perico63
25 Zhuoyong Tan83
26 Volkan Isik7Ret11162
27 Brice TirabassiRetRetRet7Ret2
28 Umberto Scandola7RetRet2
29 Manfred Stohl72
30 Jasper van den Heuvel72
31 Sergio Vallejo72
32 Luca Cantamessa72
33 Gregoire Hotz72
34 Jixiang Wu92
35 Andreas Aigner81
36 Josef Peták81
37 Alberto Hevia81
38 Paul Lietaer91
39 Oleg Antropov91
40 Jianrong Jan111
PosDriverIST
POR
YPR
RUS
MAD
ZLI
AST
SAN
VAL
CHN
 Pts