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Time to dust off the Tricolore and hang some onions out in celebration - Sebastien Loeb has done it again. Yup, he's gone and broken his own record and won the WRC for a sixth time. And he did it on British soil over the weekend.
But it wasn't a straightforward win. Going into Rally GB, Loeb was one point
behind Mikko Hirvonen. So he had to drive his nuts off this weekend, and he
did. Though he was helped slightly by Hirvonen's misfortune - Mikko's bonnet
popped up in the middle of the stage, forcing him to stop and tear it off - and
the fact that the Finn just sort of forgot to drive fast, especially in the
early stages.
It was the finale of an eventful season for Loeb, who almost killed himself
with a manic barrel roll on the Acropolis rally back in June. But the genius
and generally unflustered Frenchman simply dusted himself down, uttered merde or
something, and carried on driving like a God.
Of course, we would like to take some credit for the victory. In the current
issue of Top Gear magazine, our man Piers Ward meets Mr Loeb and has a drive of his
car - imparting some, erm, valuable nuggets of wisdom as part of the deal. We
suggest you buy it now and read it for yourself...
Open Car Bar
What do you think?
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 02:42 pm on 26 October 2009
Is that really the best video you could find of the barrel roll? Hats off to Loeb anyway, the Michael Schumacer of WRC, although he's probably tired of people saying that already.
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murrayhenson commented on this article
at 03:38 pm on 26 October 2009
Pfft. Schumacher is the Loeb of F1. When I see Schumacher drive as fast as Loeb on snow/dirt/mud/gravel AND tarmac, then it will be the other way around.
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PetrolheadViper commented on this article
at 03:39 pm on 26 October 2009
Of course, Top Gear had to t get the plug in at the end there -__- And im going to be a gay about this now...OMFG I GOT SECOND COMMENT LOOK HOW EXCITED IM PRETENDING TO BE.
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at 04:15 pm on 26 October 2009
@PetrolheadViper - that kinda backfired did it not, it being 3rd and all... :) but i get what your saying those people are very annoying Full respect to loeb, it would have been easy for him to loose motivation at this stage. Pity about him not getting the liscence to race in abu dabi, it would have been good
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Stigs...idol commented on this article
at 08:15 pm on 26 October 2009
Great driver... he should start drifting etc...
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