Monte Carlo
Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, 24. - 27. January 2008
Previous winners:
2008 Sebastien Loeb/ Daniel Elena, Citroën
2007 Sebastien Loeb/ Daniel Elena, Citroën
2006 Marcus Grønholm/ Timo Rautiainen, Ford
2005 Sebastien Loeb/ Daniel Elena, Citroën
2004 Sebastien Loeb/ Daniel Elena, Citroën
2003 Sebastien Loeb/ Daneil Elena, Citroën
2002 Tommi Mäkinen/ Kaj Lindström, Subaru
Petters previous results:
2008 5. place
2007 6. place
2006 Retired
2005 Retired
2004 7. place
2003 Retired
2002 6. place
2001 Retired
What happend in 2008?
The 2008 season’s first rally, Rally Monte Carlo, is completed, with a really good result for SWRT. Petter ended 5th, and his teamcollegue Chris Atkinson ended 3rd. This is Petters best result in Monte Carlo ever, and it is the second time Chris is on the podium. The good result puts Subaru in second position in the manufacturer championship, only 1 point behind Citroen. A brilliant start on the new season! Sebastien Loeb is the winner, while Mikko Hirvonen ended second.
49 crews were set to start the 76th Rally Monte Carlo. 19 specialstages and 365 competitive kilometres to drive on small and narrow tarmac-roads up in the mountains of Ardeche and the Col du Turini. Not much snow in Ardeche, but the famous Col du Turini gave the drivers quite a challenge with snow in the stages.
The rally started with two special stages on Thursday evening, and continued with 6 stages on Friday and 6 stages on Saturday. On Saturday evening the crews went by bus 400kms from Valence to Monaco, to finish the rally with 4 special stages in the mountains north of Nice. A superspecial in the lower part of the F1 circuit completed the weekend. And again we could follow a battle for seconds between Chris and this time, Duval. In 2007 Chris was fighting with Mikko Hirvonen.
Overall classification Rally Monte Carlo 2008
1. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen
2. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford
3. Chris Atkinson, Subaru
4. Francois Duval, Stobart Ford
5. Petter Solberg, Subaru
6. Gigi Galli, Stobart Ford
7. Cuoq, Peugeot
8. PG Andersson, Suzuki
9. Henning Solberg, Stobart Ford
