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Rally Argentina 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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| 443rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 4 of 15 |
| Official name: | Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 28th |
| Date: | from Friday 28-Mar-2008 to Sunday 30-Mar-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba; Argentina |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alfredo Menendez |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 61 | |
| Starters: | 56 | |
| Finishers: | 31 | (55.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 1.78 | km | (SS9 Estadio Cordoba 1) |
| Longest: | 24.70 | km | (SS19 Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare) |
| Slowest: | 53.47 | km/h | (SS21 Estadio Cordoba 3) |
| Fastest: | 114.48 | km/h | (SS14 Santa Monica - Amboy 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 347.91 | km | (21.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 347.91 | km | (21.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,271.54 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,619.45 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 39th win and 63rd podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 4th podium for Christopher Atkinson. |
| Third place was 12th podium for Daniel Sordo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 45th win and win and third place were 105th to 106th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 125th podium for Subaru. |
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Colored in style of new sponsor Red Bull, Citroen scored double podium after both Fords fell away.
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Only three top drivers completed the route with no problems. Atkinson was one of them and was rewarded with a fine second place.
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For a third time this season, a non-WRCar finished in top-8 and scored drivers' points. This time it was Group N winner Andreas Aigner.
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Related links
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Rally Mexico 2008
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Rally Jordan 2008
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