# 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

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.

## Calendar

| Round | Dates | Event title | Surface |
| 1 | April 4–6 | Istanbul Rally | Gravel |
| 2 | May 8–10 | Rally de Portugal | Gravel |
| 3 | June 27–28 | Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally | Asphalt |
| 4 | July 11–12 | Rally Russia | Gravel |
| 5 | August 1–2 | Rali Vinho da Madeira | Asphalt |
| 6 | August 22–24 | Barum Czech Rally Zlín | Asphalt |
| 7 | September 11–13 | Rallye Principe de Asturias | Asphalt |
| 8 | September 26–28 | Rallye San Remo | Asphalt |
| 9 | October 24–26 | Rallye International du Valais | Asphalt |
| 10 | December 5–12 | China Rally | Gravel |

## Selected entries

| Entrant | Constructor | Car | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Giandomenico Basso | Mitia Dotta | 1–9 |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Anton Alén | Timo Alanne | 1–4, 6–9 |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Umberto Scandola | Guido D'Amore | 5, 9 |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Umberto Scandola | Dario D'Esposito | 8 |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Andrea Navarra | Guido D'Amore | 8 |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Alessio Pisi | Luca Costantini | 8 |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Renato Travaglia | Lorenzo Granai | 8 |
| Island Motorsport | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Renato Travaglia | Lorenzo Granai | 1, 3, 5–6 |
| Fiat Motorsport Turkey | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Volkan Isik | Kaan Özşenler | 1, 3, 5–6 |
| Procar | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Daniel Solà | Oscar Sanchez | 1–4, 7 |
| Procar | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | François Duval | Patrick Pivato | 2 |
| Fiat Cersanit Rally Team | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | 1 |
| Fiat Vodafone | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | José Pedro Fontes | António Costa | 2, 5 |
| H.F. Grifone SRL | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Didier Auriol | Denis Giraudet | 2, 4, 8 |
| H.F. Grifone SRL | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Corrado Fontana | Carlo Cassina | 3 |
| Fiat Auto Eapaña | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Miguel Fuster | José Vincente Medina | 7 |
| Scuderia Zero4 Piu | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Olivier Burri | Benjamin Veillas | 9 |
| Champion Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Jan Kopecký | Petr Starý | 1–4 |
| Peugeot Team Belux | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Freddy Loix | Robin Buysmans | 1–9 |
| Peugeot Team Belux | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Nicolas Vouilloz | Nicolas Klinger | 1–9 |
| Peugeot Team Belux | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | 4 |
| BSA Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Brice Tirabassi | Fabrice Gordon | 1–5 |
| F.P.F. Sport SRL | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Luca Rossetti | Matteo Chiarcossi | 1–3, 5–6, 8–9 |
| F.P.F. Sport SRL | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Sandro Sottile | Andrea Gorni | 8 |
| Stohl Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | 2 |
| Peugeot Total | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Bruno Magalhães | Mário Castro | 2 |
| Peugeot Total | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Bruno Magalhães | Carlos Magalhães | 5, 7 |
| BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Miguel Campos | Paulo Babo | 2 |
| BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Patrick Snijers | Wim Soenens | 3 |
| BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Pavel Valoušek | Zdeněk Hrůza | 6 |
| BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Sergio Vallejo | Diego Vallejo | 7 |
| BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Andrea Torlasco | Michele Brega | 8 |
| Peugeot Total Hungaria | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | János Tóth | Robert Tagai | 2–3, 6, 9 |
| Cersanit Rally Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | 3, 5–6, 8 |
| Team de Ralis Olca/Nacional da Madeira | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Alexandre Camacho | Pedro Calado | 5 |
| Tescoma Rally Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Roman Kresta | Petr Gross | 6 |
| Peugeot Sport España | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Enrique García Ojeda | Jordi Barrabés | 6–7 |
| Peugeot Sport España | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Luís Monzón | José Carlos Déniz | 7 |
| Peugeot Sport España | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Óscar Garré | Pablo Marcos | 7 |
| Peugeot Sport Polska | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | 6, 9 |
| Lugano Racing Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Gregoire Hotz | Pietro Ravasi | 9 |
| Team Philippe Roux - Anne Spiers | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Florian Gonon | Sandra Arlettaz | 9 |
| Mauro Rally Tuning | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Giovanni Manfrinato | Claudio Condotta | 1 |
| Red Bull Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Andreas Aigner | Klaus Wicha | 2 |
| Red Bull Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Bernardo Sousa | Carlos Magalhães | 2 |
| Ralliart Italy | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Armindo Araújo | Miguel Ramalho | 2 |
| Ralliart Italy | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Paolo Andreucci | Anna Andreussi | 2, 8 |
| RRE Sports | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | 2 |
| Heuvel Motorsport | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Jasper van den Heuvel | Martine Kolman | 3 |
| Driving Art | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Andrey Zhigunov | Igor Ter-Oganesiants | 4 |
| EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Václav Pech | Petr Uhel | 6 |
| B9 Racing | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Alberto Hevia | Alberto Iglesias | 7 |
| Guizhou Bailing Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Liu Chao Dong | Hongyu Pan | 10 |
| Guizhou Bailing Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Hongjie Wei | Shaojun Huang | 10 |
| Guizhou Bailing Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Juha Salo | Mika Stenberg | 10 |
| Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Jarkko Miettinen | Mikko Lukka | 10 |
| Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Fan Fan | Junwei Fang | 10 |
| Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Jixiang Wu | Zhengliang Ke | 10 |
| Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Zhonglin Yang | Weipeng Zhang | 10 |
| Wuyi Youth Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Jun Xu | Shuang Liu | 10 |
| Wuyi Youth Rally Team | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Zhixing Yang | Xin Guo | 10 |
| Duindistel | Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo S2000 | Bernd Casier | Frédéric Miclotte | 3 |
| Belgian VW Club | Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo S2000 | Bernd Casier | Frédéric Miclotte | 6, 8 |
| Belgian VW Club | Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo S2000 | Raphaël Auqueir | Cédric Pirotte | 3 |
| René Georges Rally Sport | Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo S2000 | Philippe Greiffenberg | Laurent Fourcade | 9 |
| Bill Gwynne Motorsport | MG | S2000 Sport | Mark Higgins | Rory Kennedy | 3 |
| Stuart Jones Rallying | MG | S2000 Sport | Stuart Jones | George Gwynn | 9 |
| Procar | Honda | Honda Civic Type-R R3 | Alessandro Bettega | Simone Scattolin | 3, 6–9 |
| JAS Motorsport | Honda | Honda Civic Type-R R3 | Guy Wilks | David Moynihan | 4 |

## Drivers standings

* The best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.
| Pos | Driver | IST | POR | YPR | RUS | MAD | ZLI | AST | SAN | VAL | CHN | Pts |
| 1 | Nicolas Vouilloz | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 58 |
| 2 | Freddy Loix | 8 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | 48 |
| 3 | Giandomenico Basso | Ret | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 5 | | 46 |
| 4 | Luca Rossetti | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 5 | 7 | | 3 | 3 | | 44 |
| 5 | Anton Alén | 3 | Ret | 11 | 2 | | Ret | 6 | 8 | 6 | | 21 |
| 6 | Renato Travaglia | 4 | | Ret | | 4 | 5 | | 4 | | | 19 |
| 7 | Jan Kopecký | 5 | 2 | Ret | 6 | | | | | | | 15 |
| 8 | Juho Hänninen | | 5 | | 1 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 9 | Bryan Bouffier | | | | | | 3 | | | 4 | | 11 |
| 10 | Jarkko Miettinen | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Liu Chao Dong | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Alexandre Camacho | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 6 |
| 13 | Jun Xu | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | Enrique García Ojeda | | | | | | 13 | 4 | | | | 5 |
| 15 | Bernd Casier | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 16 | Pavel Valoušek | | | | | | 4 | | | | | 5 |
| 17 | Fan Fan | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 |
| 18 | Patrick Snijers | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 19 | Miguel Fuster | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 4 |
| 20 | János Tóth | | Ret | Ret | | | 6 | | | 8 | | 4 |
| 21 | Bruno Magalhães | | 6 | | | 8 | | Ret | | | | 4 |
| 22 | Hanping Ma | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 4 |
| 23 | Daniel Sola | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | | | | 3 |
| 24 | Alessandro Perico | | | | | | | | 6 | | | 3 |
| 25 | Zhuoyong Tan | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 3 |
| 26 | Volkan Isik | 7 | | Ret | | 11 | 16 | | | | | 2 |
| 27 | Brice Tirabassi | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | | | | | | 2 |
| 28 | Umberto Scandola | | | | | 7 | | | Ret | Ret | | 2 |
| 29 | Manfred Stohl | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 30 | Jasper van den Heuvel | | | 7 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 31 | Sergio Vallejo | | | | | | | 7 | | | | 2 |
| 32 | Luca Cantamessa | | | | | | | | 7 | | | 2 |
| 33 | Gregoire Hotz | | | | | | | | | 7 | | 2 |
| 34 | Jixiang Wu | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 2 |
| 35 | Andreas Aigner | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 36 | Josef Peták | | | | | | 8 | | | | | 1 |
| 37 | Alberto Hevia | | | | | | | 8 | | | | 1 |
| 38 | Paul Lietaer | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 39 | Oleg Antropov | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 40 | Jianrong Jan | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | IST | POR | YPR | RUS | MAD | ZLI | AST | SAN | VAL | CHN | Pts |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |