| French rally ace Sébastien Loeb, has set another WRC record after winning his fourth consecutive Rally Argentina. The Citroën driver also ensured the manufacturer’s winning streak in South America (started by Carlos Sainz in 2004) remains unbroken. |
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| Not only did rally ace Sébastien Loeb triumph in Rally Monte Carlo at the weekend, he also added another WRC record to his name by winning the event for the fifth time. This record is shared with Loeb’s long-time co-driver Daniel Elena, who has been with Loeb since their first victory at Monte Carlo in a Citroën Xsara. |
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| The final event of the 2007 WRC calendar in Wales, at the Rally of Great Britain proved to be worthy of being the do-or-die rally of the season, throwing torrid weather conditions at teams and drivers alike, and turning what would have been gravel into a thick slush for the participants to navigate. |
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| Rally Ireland proved more than just your average tarmac event this weekend; as rain, road imperfections and mud-layered surfaces characterised much of what could be considered the toughest rally of its kind on the WRC calendar |
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| Mikko Hirvonen capitalised on the errors of the two main contenders for the driver’s championship to obtain his third career win, at the Rally of Japan this weekend. Rally Japan proved to be a real stuck-in-the-mud affair for the reigning WRC champion Sebastien Loeb and championship rival, Marcus Gronholm. Both rally aces retired on separate days due to pacenote errors. |
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| Sébastien Loeb put on a dominant display this weekend, driving to victory in Corsica. The Frenchman's win on asphalt goes back to back with his performance in Spain recently. With Tour de Course being the penultimate tarmac event of the season, Loeb has yet another asphalt rally to look forward to in Ireland. |
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| Three-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb moved closer to defending his driver’s title for a third time by winning Rally Catalunya for the third consecutive year on Sunday. The 33-year-old Citroën ace is now just six points behind rival Marcus Gronholm in the drivers’ standings with four rallies left in the season. |
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| Marcus Grönholm and co-driver Timo Rautiainen overcame a driving assault from Sebastien Loeb, to win the Rally of New Zealand. After an inspiring rally, which saw the rivals trading the lead the whole weekend, Grönholm won by the skin of his teeth as his BP-Ford Focus snatched victory from Loeb’s Citroën C4 in a record-breaking three tenths of a second. |
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| Three-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has won Rallye Deutschland for a record sixth consecutive time. He made history in 2002, when he claimed his official maiden WRC victory on the German asphalt, and has dominated the event ever since. |
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| Marcus Gronholm piloted the new ’07 Ford Focus RS to a spectacular win on his home soil at the weekend. |
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