WRC: Duval finishes third in Germany
Fran輟is Duval celebrated a third-place finish at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. The Belgian tarmac specialist, whose Focus RS WRC of the Stobart-Ford team is equipped with a clutch from ZF Sachs Race Engineering, made a particularly impressive showing on the final day when he won four special stages in a row. His brand colleague Mikko Hirvonen occupied second place overall at the beginning of the World Rally Championship痴 tenth round of the season. A massive puncture on the 14th special stage caused him to lose about 100 seconds. The Finnish 吐actory� driver ultimately came fourth overall after 19 special stages and 352 timed kilometres. Hirvonen � like the seventh-placed Stobart-Ford driver Henning Solberg � was contesting the event in a Focus RS WRC, which uses a clutch from Schweinfurt as well.
Results, Rallye Deutschland (D), 10th round of the World Rally Championship, 15 Aug - 17 Aug 2008:
1. S. Loeb/D. Elena, Citroen, 3h 26m19.7s
2. D. Sordo/M. Marti, Citroen, + 47.7s
3. F. Duval/P. Pivato, Ford, + 1m 20.0s, ZF Sachs
4. M. Hirvonen/J. Lehtinen, Ford, + 1m 30.1s, ZF Sachs
5. P. Solberg/P. Mills, Subaru, + 2m 35.3s
6. C. Atkinson/S. Pr騅ot, Subaru, + 4m 45.9s
7. H. Solberg/C. Menkerud, Ford, + 5m 36.2s, ZF Sachs
8. U. Aava/K. Sikk, Citroen, + 5m 37.8s
Drivers� championship:
1. S. Loeb, 76 points; 2. M. Hirvonen, 72; 3. D. Sordo, 43; 4. C. Atkinson, 40; 5. J. Latvala, 34; 6. P. Solberg, 27; 7. H. Solberg, 22; 8. G. Galli, 17; 9. M. Wilson, 12; 10. F. Duval, 11.
Manufacturers� championship:
1. Citroen, 123 points; 2. Ford, 115; 3. Subaru, 69; 4. Stobart-Ford, 51; 5. Munchi's-Ford, 19; 6. Suzuki, 13.