2008 World Rally Champion Mikko Hirvonen

[N.O.T]

Yes he will have a chance to win the snow rallies and the home rally.....other than that ??

[Corny]

Depends on the C4, if Citroën will make a big step forward then Mikko will be nowhere, but when it remains like this, he will have a serious chance..

[1LM1]

May the best driver win!
May the best team win!

May the next season be great!

Citroen and Ford are both fantastic teams and the C4 and the Focus are both fantastic reliable cars.


I am quite optimistic.


The big question is maybe: will Petter and Subaru be able to win again? Why not.

[leno]

The big question is maybe: will Petter and Subaru be able to win again? Why not.

i really hope so

[RallyfanNZ]

The only person who really knows how much Mikko was pushing is Mikko himself.

I predict that Ford will win the manufacturers for a 3rd time in a row. Mikko and Loeb will be equal at start of year, but towards the end Mikko will trail off on the tarmac and win GB again. Loeb has made more driving errors this year then any other. So I think Loeb is going about as fast as he can go. I still think Mikko has some speed left in him.

[Janne]

I hope Mikko is capable of challencing Seb next year, but I doubt it. No-one of current WRC drivers can do it, he is just too fast and reliable. We'll see after two years how records will show at that point

[A.F.F.]

I think Mikko will be able to challenge Sebastien but not for the title. There are about six or seven rallies where Mikko can fight for the win but on tarmac he is only fighting for second position.

Of course if Latvala should get the second seat of Ford and continue on taking those giant leaps towards the top, then Sebastien had two fight against to on gravel * fingers crossed *

[Isthmus]

Depends on the C4, if Citroën will make a big step forward then Mikko will be nowhere, but when it remains like this, he will have a serious chance..

If the C4 will grow up its skills as the Xsara did, then will be almost impossible to take the title to SLoeb. Remember, even that Citroën won the makes title in 2003, it was not at all the most competitive car at gravel. Then in 2004 it was really improved, and won at all surfaces...then in 2005 was just a perfect season. But Ford are no sleeping ether

[SanjayKumar]

Mikko definitely needs to improve on his skills, but he will. The Focus is a very well built car and has an extra year on the C4 so hopefully that'll help also.

[pantealex]

Loeb will be champion (hope not), but he wins "only" 10 events
Hirvonen wins 3 times
Latvala will win 1
Solberg (with new Impreza) or Sordo (after Sebs mistake) 1