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Wales Rally GB 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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| 454th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 15 of 15 |
| Official name: | Wales Rally GB |
| Edition: | 64th |
| Date: | from Friday 5-Dec-2008 to Sunday 7-Dec-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Cardiff, Wales; United Kingdom |
| Clerk of the Course: | Fred Gallagher |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 86 | |
| Starters: | 78 | |
| Finishers: | 47 | (60.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 0.99 | km | (SS15 Cardiff) |
| Longest: | 30.68 | km | (SS12 Resolfen 2) |
| Slowest: | 63.08 | km/h | (SS15 Cardiff) |
| Fastest: | 112.71 | km/h | (SS12 Resolfen 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 282.35 | km | (20.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 275.01 | km | (20.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,079.45 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,354.46 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 47th win and 73rd podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 7th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 17th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 53rd win and win and third place were 120th to 121st podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 253rd podium for Ford. |
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After Ford looked unlikely to threaten Citroen's makes title, Loeb charged in the final day and passed Latvala to take the win.
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Sebastien Ogier surprised everyone by taking the lead briefly in the first day - on wintery conditions and in his first outing in World Rally Car.
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Again Suzuki had a good rally, P-G Andersson ran as high as third and finishing in fifth place overall.
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Related links
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Rally Japan 2008
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Rally Ireland 2009
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