For the World Rally Championship event held in Central Europe, see Central European Rally.

The Central Europe Rally was a rally raid endurance race held in Romania and Hungary following the cancellation of the 2008 edition of the Dakar Rally, marking the debut of the Dakar Series.[1]

The Amaury Sport Organisation created this event to fill the gap created by the cancellation of the 2008 Dakar Rally after 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania less than two weeks before the originally scheduled start of the race.[2]

In the Cars category, Carlos Sainz Sr. won his first Dakar by 2:01 over Stéphane Peterhansel.

In the Trucks division, Hans Stacey won his second Dakar.

In the Bikes division, David Casteu won his first Dakar.

Route

The event began in Budapest on April 19 and finished at Lake Balaton in Hungary on April 26, 2008.[1]

Below is a table with the locations of the start and finish points of each stage of the Rally, as well as each stage's distance.[3]

Date Stage Start Finish Special Stage (km) Road Section (km) Total Stage winners
Bikes Quads Cars Trucks
20 April 1 Hungary Budapest Romania Baia Mare 63 468 531 Spain M. Coma Hungary L. Szabo Spain C. Sainz Netherlands H. Stacey
21 April 2 Romania Baia Mare 152 140 292 France D. Casteu Romania R. Irimescu France S. Peterhansel Netherlands H. Stacey
22 April 3 Romania Baia Mare Hungary Debrecen 152 285 437 Slovakia J. Katriňák Romania R. Irimescu South Africa G. de Villiers Czech Republic A. Loprais
23 April 4 Hungary Debrecen Hungary Veszprém 150 430 580 France C. Despres France H. Deltrieu Spain C. Sainz Netherlands H. Stacey
24 April 5 Hungary Veszprém 210 107 317 France D. Casteu Hungary N. Nemeth Spain C. Sainz Netherlands H. Stacey
25 April 6 Hungary Veszprém 210 107 317 France C. Despres France H. Deltrieu Spain C. Sainz Netherlands H. Stacey
26 April 7 Hungary Veszprém Hungary Balatonfüred 155 42 197 Slovakia J. Katriňák France C. Declerck Spain C. Sainz Netherlands H. Stacey
1,092 1,579 2,671

Results

Motorcycles

1. David Casteu (KTM) 12:21:14[4]
2. Francisco López (KTM) +2:58[4]
3. Alain Duclos (KTM) +19:39[4]
4. José Manuel Pellicer (Yamaha) +21:20[4]
5. Cyril Despres (KTM) +22:50[4]

Cars

1. Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn, Volkswagen Race Touareg 2, 11h18m08s[5]
2. Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret, Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, + 2.01m[5]
3. Dieter Depping/Timo Gottschalk, Volkswagen Race Touareg 2, + 6.34m[5]
4. Luc Alphand/Gilles Picard, Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, + 7.28m[5]
5. Carlos Sousa/Andreas Schulz, Volkswagen Race Touareg 2, + 33.45m[5]
6. Bruno Saby/Alain Guehennec, BMW X3 CC, + 46.30m[5]
7. Robert Baldwin/Kevin Heath, Hummer H3, + 56.02m[5]
8. Philippe Gache/François Flick, SMG, + 1h07m08s[5]
9. Miroslav Zapletal/Valdimir Nemajer, Mitsubishi L200, + 1h12m19s[5]
10. Robby Gordon/Andy Grider, Hummer H3, + 1h25m38s[5]

Trucks

1. Hans Stacey, Eddy Chevaillier, Bernard der Kinderen, MAN TGA, 11:43:20[6]
2. Wulfer van Ginkel, Daniël Bruinsma, Richard de Rooy, GINAF X2222, +0:33:43[6]
3. Aleš Loprais, Ladislav Lála, Milan Holáň, Tatra T815-2, +0:53:18[6]
4. Marek Spáčil, Jiří Žák, Zdeněk Němec, LIAZ 151154, +1:27:42[6]
5. Marco Dono, Andrea Bettiga, Angelo Fumagalli, Iveco, +1:28:27[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Central Europe Rally 2008: 2008 Edition > The Route Archived 2008-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Central Europe Rally 2008: 2008 Edition > Sporting Aspects Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The route". Archived from the original on 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  4. ^ a b c d e Central Europe Rally – Victory for Sainz and Casteu - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "RallySport Magazine – Sainz wins Central Europe Rally". Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Motorsport.com: News channel". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Central_Europe_Rally
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