Overall Jordan Rally 2008

The winner of the 2008 Jordan Rally is Mikko Hirvonen. Going into the final day, Dani Sordo was in the lead, but after 4 stages today he had to give the lead to Mikko, and Sordo ended 2nd. Petters team-mate, Chris Atkinson, ended 3rd after another weekend with good driving. Henning has been climbing on the overall classification during the weekend, and ended 4th, after Latvala dropped down on the list today and Urmo Aava dropped out.

Petter went off the road on the final stage Saturday afternoon, and with a damaged roll-cage he was unable to restart again today. Rally Jordan has been a challenging rally for Petter and Phil, and it started on Friday with two broken dampers. Another broken damper on Saturday, before a broken brake calliper sent them off the road on the final stage Saturday.

Sebastien Loeb were forced to retire from the rally on Saturday, after he smashed into Conrad Rautenbach on the roadsection.

Next event is Rally Sardinia, 16. – 18. May 2008.

 
Overall classification Jordan Rally 2008

1. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford – total tid 4.02.47,9
2. Dani Sordo, Citroën +1.15,7
3. Chris Atkinson, Subaru +4.59,5
4. Henning Solberg, Ford +7.35,8
5. Matthew Wilson, Ford  +10.41,7
6. Frederico Villagra, Ford +11.22,2
7. Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford +12.15,6
8. Gigi Galli, Ford +12.24,4