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Preview: Rally of Turkey.

Tuesday, 10th June 2008

Preview for the Rally of Turkey - the eighth round in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship.

The opening day is the longest with more than 154km of competition, while Sunday's final leg includes two passes over the 31.20km Olympos test, the longest of the event.

Drivers tackle 19 tests in total covering 360.12 kilometres in a route of 1263.74 kilometres.


Last year:

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The Rally of Turkey was last apart of the WRC in 2006 and that event was won by Marcus Gronholm, who finished over 2 minutes up on Mikko Hirvonen. Henning Solberg came in third, followed by Xavier Pons and Kosti Katajamaki.

Chris Atkinson was sixth, while Dani Sordo and Manfred Stohl rounded out the points scorers.

Petter Solberg went out in the penultimate stage on day 2, losing a certain podium finish. He eventually finished 13th under the SupeRally. The late Colin McRae, who was standing in for the then injured Sebastien Loeb, failed to finish due to a mechanical issue.

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