The
FIA, the governing body for the WRC, has released the entry list for the 2008 Production Car World Rally Championship.
Toshi Arai, who won the Production crown for the second time last year, will return to try and take the honours again, while the likes of Nasser Al-Attiyah, Juho Hanninen, Armindo Araujo and Andreas Aigner are also coming back for more.
In total 28 entries were confirmed - 5 for drivers and the rest for teams - along with their nominated events. Eight rounds will count towards the PWRC in 2008 with competitors eligible to score points on six of them.
27 have opted to take in the Acropolis Rally, while only 15 will do the event in Finland, which also counts towards the JWRC as well. 19 will start in Sweden, the first round in the PWRC.
The full 2008 PWRC entry list is as follows, the countries in
italics are the rounds that an individual driver or team has opted
not to nominate:
2008 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship entry list:
31.
Subaru Team / Toshi Arai (J) Team
Finland and GB
32.
Mirco Baldacci (RSM) Driver
Sweden and Finland
33.
Martin Prokop (CZ) Driver
Finland and Japan
34.
Gianluca Linari (I) Driver
Finland and GB
35.
Evgeny Novikov (RUS) Driver
Sweden and Finland
36.
Eyvind Brynildsen (N) Driver
Argentina and NZ
37.
Autotek (CY) Team
Sweden and Turkey
38.
Orion World Rally Team (HKJ) Team
Sweden and Japan
39.
QMMF (QA) ASNTeam
Finland and Japan
40.
Errani Team Group (I) Team
Finland and NZ
41.
Red Bull Rallye Team 1 (A) Team
Finland and Japan
42.
Red Bull Rallye Team 2 (A) Team
Finland and Japan
43.
Subaru RallyTeam Russia (RUS) Team
Argentina and GB
44.
Gaboko Racing Association (H) Team
Sweden and Japan
45.
Motoring Club 1 (I) Team
NZ and Japan
46.
Motoring Club 2 (I) Team
Turkey and Japan
47.
Motoring Club 3 (I) Team
Greece and Japan
48.
Red Wings (Moscow Region Team (RUS) Team
NZ and Japan
49.
Scuderia Rubicone Corse (I) Team
NZ and Japan
50.
Ralliart Italy (I) Team
Argentina and Finland
51.
Indonesia Rally Team (RI) Team
Turkey and GB
52.
Ralliart New Zealand (NZ) Team
Argentina and Turkey
53.
Pro Race & C. sas (I) Team
NZ and Japan
54.
Subaru RallyTeam USA (USA) Team
Sweden and Finland
55.
Peugeot Sport Sweden (S) Team
Finland and Japan
56.
ADVAN-PIAA Rally Team (J) Team
Sweden and Turkey
57.
World Rally Team Estonia (EE) Team
Sweden and Finland
58.
Team Sidvin India (IND) Team
Sweden and Argentina