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Rally Italia Sardinia 2008 counts for:
2008 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2008 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2008 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 445th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 15 |
| Official name: | Rallye d'Italia-Sardegna |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Date: | from Friday 16-May-2008 to Sunday 18-May-2008 |
| Rally HQ: | Olbia, Sardinia; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 59 | |
| Starters: | 57 | |
| Finishers: | 38 | (66.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 2.69 | km | (SS17 Liscia Ruja) |
| Longest: | 33.96 | km | (SS5 Crastazza 2) |
| Slowest: | 80.08 | km/h | (SS14 Sorilis 1) |
| Fastest: | 99.67 | km/h | (SS10 Puna Pianedda 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 344.73 | km | (33.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 344.73 | km | (33.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 695.62 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,040.35 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 40th win and 64th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 23rd podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 46th win and 108th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second and third places were 240th to 241st podiums for Ford. |
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This time Loeb ran first on the road, sweeping road cleaner for two days but still clinched a win, his 40th.
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In his entertaining style, Galli was on the limit at home soil and was excellent fourth overall.
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Suzuki's reliability is improving, Per-Gunnar Andersson had trouble free run and scored a manufacturers' point.
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