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The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season was the third season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of ten rounds and began on April 4, with the Istanbul Rally. The season ended on December 12 with the China Rally. Nicolas Vouilloz won the title ahead of Freddy Loix and Giandomenico Basso.
| Round | Dates | Event title | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 4–6 |  Istanbul Rally | Gravel |
| 2 | May 8–10 |  Rally de Portugal | Gravel |
| 3 | June 27–28 |  Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally | Asphalt |
| 4 | July 11–12 |  Rally Russia | Gravel |
| 5 | August 1–2 | Rali Vinho da Madeira | Asphalt |
| 6 | August 22–24 |  Barum Czech Rally Zlín | Asphalt |
| 7 | September 11–13 |  Rallye Principe de Asturias | Asphalt |
| 8 | September 26–28 |  Rallye San Remo | Asphalt |
| 9 | October 24–26 |  Rallye International du Valais | Asphalt |
| 10 | December 5–12 |  China Rally | Gravel |
| Entrant | Constructor | Car | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Giandomenico Basso | Mitia Dotta | 1–9 |
 Anton Alén | Timo Alanne | 1–4, 6–9 | |||
| Umberto Scandola | Guido D'Amore | 5, 9 | |||
| Dario D'Esposito | 8 | ||||
| Andrea Navarra | Guido D'Amore | 8 | |||
| Alessio Pisi | Luca Costantini | 8 | |||
| Renato Travaglia | Lorenzo Granai | 8 | |||
| Island Motorsport | 1, 3, 5–6 | ||||
| Fiat Motorsport Turkey | Volkan Isik | Kaan Özşenler | 1, 3, 5–6 | ||
| Procar | Daniel Solà | Oscar Sanchez | 1–4, 7 | ||
| François Duval |  Patrick Pivato | 2 | |||
 Cersanit Rally Team | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | 1 | ||
| Fiat Vodafone | José Pedro Fontes | António Costa | 2, 5 | ||
| H.F. Grifone SRL | Didier Auriol | Denis Giraudet | 2, 4, 8 | ||
| Corrado Fontana | Carlo Cassina | 3 | |||
| Fiat Auto Eapaña | Miguel Fuster | José Vincente Medina | 7 | ||
| Scuderia Solferino Rally | Olivier Burri | Benjamin Veillas | 9 | ||
| Champion Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Jan Kopecký | Petr Starý | 1–4 |
| Peugeot Team Belux | Freddy Loix | Robin Buysmans | 1–9 | ||
| Nicolas Vouilloz | Nicolas Klinger | 1–9 | |||
| BSA Team | Brice Tirabassi | Fabrice Gordon | 1–5 | ||
| Racing Lions SRL | Luca Rossetti | Matteo Chiarcossi | 1–3, 5–6, 8–9 | ||
 Stohl Racing | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | 2 | ||
| Peugeot Total | Bruno Magalhães | Mário Castro | 2 | ||
| Carlos Magalhães | 5, 7 | ||||
| BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Miguel Campos | Paulo Babo | 2 | ||
| Patrick Snijers | Wim Soenens | 3 | |||
| Pavel Valoušek | Zdeněk Hrůza | 6 | |||
| Sergio Vallejo | Diego Vallejo | 7 | |||
| Andrea Torlasco | Michele Brega | 8 | |||
 Peugeot Total Hungaria | János Tóth | Robert Tagai | 2–3, 6, 9 | ||
| Cersanit Rally Team | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | 3, 5–6, 8 | ||
| Kronos Racing | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | 4 | ||
| Team de Ralis Olca | Alexandre Camacho | Pedro Calado | 5 | ||
| Tescoma Rally Team | Roman Kresta | Petr Gross | 6 | ||
| Peugeot Sport España | Enrique García Ojeda | Jordi Barrabés | 6–7 | ||
| Luís Monzón | José Carlos Déniz | 7 | |||
| Óscar Garré | Pablo Marcos | 7 | |||
| Peugeot Sport Polska | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | 6, 9 | ||
| Lugano Racing Team | Gregoire Hotz | Pietro Ravasi | 9 | ||
| Florian Gonon | Sandra Arlettaz | 9 | |||
| Mauro Rally Tuning | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Giovanni Manfrinato | Claudio Condotta | 1 |
| Red Bull Rally Team | Andreas Aigner |  Klaus Wicha | 2 | ||
| Bernardo Sousa | Carlos Magalhães | 2 | |||
| Ralliart Italy | Armindo Araújo | Miguel Ramalho | 2 | ||
| Paolo Andreucci | Anna Andreussi | 2, 8 | |||
| RRE Sports | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | 2 | ||
 Heuvel Motorsport | Jasper van den Heuvel | Martine Kolman | 3 | ||
| Driving Art | Andrey Zhigunov | Igor Ter-Oganesiants | 4 | ||
| EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team | Václav Pech | Petr Uhel | 6 | ||
| B9 Racing | Alberto Hevia | Alberto Iglesias | 7 | ||
| Guizhou Bailing Team | Liu Chao Dong | Hongyu Pan | 10 | ||
| Hongjie Wei | Shaojun Huang | 10 | |||
| Juha Salo | Mika Stenberg | 10 | |||
| Soueast-Motor Wan Yu Rally Team | Jarkko Miettinen | Mikko Lukka | 10 | ||
| Fan Fan | Junwei Fang | 10 | |||
 Jixiang Wu | Zhengliang Ke | 10 | |||
| Zhonglin Yang | Weipeng Zhang | 10 | |||
| Wuyi Youth Rally Team | Jun Xu | Shuang Liu | 10 | ||
| Zhixing Yang | Xin Guo | 10 | |||
| Autostal Duindistel | Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo S2000 | Bernd Casier | Frédéric Miclotte | 3 |
| Belgian VW Club | 6, 8 | ||||
| Raphaël Auqueir | Cédric Pirotte | 3 | |||
| René Georges Rally Sport | Philippe Greiffenberg | Laurent Fourcade | 9 | ||
 Bill Gwynne Motorsport | MG | S2000 Sport | Mark Higgins | Rory Kennedy | 3 |
| Stuart Jones Rallying | Stuart Jones | George Gwynn | 9 | ||
| Procar | Honda | Honda Civic Type-R R3 | Alessandro Bettega | Simone Scattolin | 3, 6–9 |
| JAS Motorsport | Guy Wilks |  David Moynihan | 4 | ||
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