The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season was the third season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of ten rounds and began on April 4, with the Istanbul Rally. The season ended on December 12 with the China Rally. Nicolas Vouilloz won the title ahead of Freddy Loix and Giandomenico Basso.
Safari Rally dropped off the calendar due to political difficulties in Kenya. The Istanbul Rally was added to become the new season opener
| Entrant
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Constructor
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Car
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Driver
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Co-driver
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Rounds
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| Italy Abarth & C. Spa
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Abarth
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Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
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Italy Giandomenico Basso
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Italy Mitia Dotta
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1–9
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| Finland Anton Alén
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Finland Timo Alanne
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1–4, 6–9
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| Italy Umberto Scandola
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Italy Guido D'Amore
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5, 9
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| Italy Dario D'Esposito
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8
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| Italy Andrea Navarra
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Italy Guido D'Amore
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8
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| Italy Alessio Pisi
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Italy Luca Costantini
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8
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| Italy Renato Travaglia
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Italy Lorenzo Granai
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8
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| Italy Island Motorsport
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1, 3, 5–6
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| Turkey Fiat Motorsport Turkey
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Turkey Volkan Isik
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Turkey Kaan Özşenler
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1, 3, 5–6
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| Italy Procar
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Spain Daniel Solà
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Spain Oscar Sanchez
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1–4, 7
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| Belgium François Duval
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France Patrick Pivato
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2
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| Poland Fiat Cersanit Rally Team
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Poland Michał Sołowow
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Poland Maciek Baran
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1
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| Portugal Fiat Vodafone
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Portugal José Pedro Fontes
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Portugal António Costa
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2, 5
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| Italy H.F. Grifone SRL
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France Didier Auriol
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France Denis Giraudet
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2, 4, 8
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| Italy Corrado Fontana
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Italy Carlo Cassina
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3
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| Spain Fiat Auto Eapaña
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Spain Miguel Fuster
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Spain José Vincente Medina
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7
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| Switzerland Scuderia Zero4 Piu
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Switzerland Olivier Burri
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France Benjamin Veillas
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9
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| Czech Republic Champion Racing
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Peugeot
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Peugeot 207 S2000
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Czech Republic Jan Kopecký
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Czech Republic Petr Starý
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1–4
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| Belgium Peugeot Team Belux
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Belgium Freddy Loix
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Belgium Robin Buysmans
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1–9
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| France Nicolas Vouilloz
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France Nicolas Klinger
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1–9
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| Finland Juho Hänninen
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Finland Mikko Markkula
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4
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| France BSA Team
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France Brice Tirabassi
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France Fabrice Gordon
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1–5
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| Italy F.P.F. Sport SRL
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Italy Luca Rossetti
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Italy Matteo Chiarcossi
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1–3, 5–6, 8–9
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| Italy Sandro Sottile
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Italy Andrea Gorni
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8
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| Austria Stohl Racing
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Austria Manfred Stohl
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Austria Ilka Minor
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2
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| France Peugeot Total
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Portugal Bruno Magalhães
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Portugal Mário Castro
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2
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| Portugal Carlos Magalhães
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5, 7
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| France BF Goodrich Drivers Team
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Portugal Miguel Campos
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Portugal Paulo Babo
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2
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| Belgium Patrick Snijers
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Belgium Wim Soenens
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3
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| Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek
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Czech Republic Zdeněk Hrůza
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6
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| Spain Sergio Vallejo
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Spain Diego Vallejo
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7
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| Italy Andrea Torlasco
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Italy Michele Brega
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8
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| Hungary Peugeot Total Hungaria
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Hungary János Tóth
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Hungary Robert Tagai
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2–3, 6, 9
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| Poland Cersanit Rally Team
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Poland Michał Sołowow
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Poland Maciek Baran
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3, 5–6, 8
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| Portugal Team de Ralis Olca/Nacional da Madeira
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Portugal Alexandre Camacho
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Portugal Pedro Calado
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5
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| Czech Republic Tescoma Rally Team
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Czech Republic Roman Kresta
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Czech Republic Petr Gross
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6
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| Spain Peugeot Sport España
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Spain Enrique García Ojeda
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Spain Jordi Barrabés
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6–7
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| Spain Luís Monzón
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Spain José Carlos Déniz
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7
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| Spain Óscar Garré
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Spain Pablo Marcos
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7
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| Poland Peugeot Sport Polska
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France Bryan Bouffier
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France Xavier Panseri
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6, 9
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| Switzerland Lugano Racing Team
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Switzerland Gregoire Hotz
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Switzerland Pietro Ravasi
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9
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| Switzerland Team Philippe Roux - Anne Spiers
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Switzerland Florian Gonon
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Switzerland Sandra Arlettaz
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9
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| Italy Mauro Rally Tuning
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Mitsubishi Ralliart
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
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Italy Giovanni Manfrinato
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Italy Claudio Condotta
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1
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| Austria Red Bull Rally Team
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Austria Andreas Aigner
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Germany Klaus Wicha
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2
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| Portugal Bernardo Sousa
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Portugal Carlos Magalhães
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2
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| Italy Ralliart Italy
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Portugal Armindo Araújo
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Portugal Miguel Ramalho
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2
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| Italy Paolo Andreucci
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Italy Anna Andreussi
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2, 8
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| Finland RRE Sports
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Finland Juho Hänninen
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Finland Mikko Markkula
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2
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Error creating thumbnail: Martine Kolman
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3
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| Russia Driving Art
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Russia Andrey Zhigunov
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Russia Igor Ter-Oganesiants
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4
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| Czech Republic EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team
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Czech Republic Václav Pech
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Czech Republic Petr Uhel
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6
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| Spain B9 Racing
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Spain Alberto Hevia
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Spain Alberto Iglesias
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7
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| China Guizhou Bailing Team
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China Liu Chao Dong
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China Hongyu Pan
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10
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| China Hongjie Wei
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China Shaojun Huang
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10
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| Finland Juha Salo
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Finland Mika Stenberg
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10
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| China Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team
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Finland Jarkko Miettinen
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Finland Mikko Lukka
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10
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| China Fan Fan
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China Junwei Fang
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10
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| Thailand Jixiang Wu
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Thailand Zhengliang Ke
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10
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| China Zhonglin Yang
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China Weipeng Zhang
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10
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| China Wuyi Youth Rally Team
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China Jun Xu
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China Shuang Liu
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10
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| China Zhixing Yang
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China Xin Guo
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10
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| Belgium Duindistel
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Volkswagen
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Volkswagen Polo S2000
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Belgium Bernd Casier
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Belgium Frédéric Miclotte
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3
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| Belgium Belgian VW Club
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6, 8
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| Belgium Raphaël Auqueir
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Belgium Cédric Pirotte
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3
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| Belgium René Georges Rally Sport
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France Philippe Greiffenberg
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France Laurent Fourcade
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9
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| United Kingdom Bill Gwynne Motorsport
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MG
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S2000 Sport
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United Kingdom Mark Higgins
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United Kingdom Rory Kennedy
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3
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| United Kingdom Stuart Jones Rallying
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United Kingdom Stuart Jones
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United Kingdom George Gwynn
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9
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| Italy Procar
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Honda
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Honda Civic Type-R R3
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Italy Alessandro Bettega
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Italy Simone Scattolin
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3, 6–9
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| Italy JAS Motorsport
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United Kingdom Guy Wilks
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Republic of Ireland David Moynihan
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4
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- The best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.
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| Key
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| Colour
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Result
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| Gold
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Winner
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| Silver
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2nd place
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| Bronze
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3rd place
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| Green
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Points finish
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| Blue
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Non-points finish
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| Non-classified finish (NC)
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| Purple
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Did not finish (Ret)
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| Black
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Excluded (EX)
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| Disqualified (DSQ)
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| White
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Did not start (DNS)
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| Cancelled (C)
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| Blank
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Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
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