WRC Japan Results
[ November 6th, 2008 ] By: Mark Ozimek Posted in » Ramblings
Something slightly different this time around! Hirvonen stayed in first place from the start to the final stage of the rally. This bumps his overall score up to 102. Latvala came very close to taking the lead by the 25th stage, but stayed in second place. Loeb, the current points leader at 112, took third.
Hirvonen is catching up to Loeb, however, with one race left, there is no way that Hirvonen can pass Loeb to take the lead, so congratulations to Loeb for being the only one to win 5 championships! So, the battle is going to be for the 4th place position between Latvala and Atkinson, both with 50 points, and potentially 3rd, currently held by Sordo with a 9 point lead over 4th and 5th.
As always, WRC.com has their own highlights video that sums it up pretty well:
I also found a video of Solberg driving the shakedown run in the stadium. The concrete floor looks like a lot of fun to drive on! Quick warning, it’s much louder than the previous video.
