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Loeb brings title number seven home

With Sebastien Loeb’s seventh world championship riding on a home win – this year Rally de France replaced the historical Tour de Corse – and a one-two for Citroën to bring the team a sixth world championship, the weekend couldn’t have ended sweeter for both parties.

Posted by CAR magazine - 5 October 2010

Meeke to move to WRC with Mini

According to a report by Autocar, current Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Kris Meeke has apparently signed on to drive for the Prodrive-run Mini World Rally Championship team next year.

By CAR magazine - 3 September 2010

’Twas a rocky round for WRC

After a devastating second round for Sebastien Loeb in Sweden, the Frenchman sailed to victory on the extremely jagged surface of the first gravel event of the season – Rally Mexico.

By CAR magazine - 3 March 2008

Winning start to Seb’s title defence

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.

By CAR magazine - 28 January 2008

Loeb joins legends with fourth title

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.

By CAR magazine - 3 December 2007

Loeb wins in Ireland, Ford seals manufacturers title

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

By CAR magazine - 21 November 2007

Rally Japan opens up driver’s championship

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.

By CAR magazine - 29 October 2007

Loeb closes in on Gronholm

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.

By CAR magazine - 15 October 2007

Catalunya: Seb does it in Threes

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.

By CAR magazine - 8 October 2007

Loeb delights in Deutschland

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.

By CAR magazine - 20 August 2007

Gronholm’s super seventh Finn win

Marcus Gronholm piloted the new ’07 Ford Focus RS to a spectacular win on his home soil at the weekend.

By CAR magazine - 6 August 2007

Gronholm wins after Loeb crash

Sébastien Loeb looked set to take a dominant victory in Rally Sardinia until the defending world champion crashed this Citroën C4 WRC on the first stage of the final leg. As a result, the Frenchman’s rival, Marcus Gronholm, claimed the victory for Ford and seized the lead of the driver’s championship standings.

By CAR magazine - 21 May 2007

Hirvonen cuts up Nordic Ice

Ford notched up its first 1-2-3 WRC win since 1979 with Mikko Hirvonen’s victory in Norway at the weekend. By contrast, Marcus Gronholm’s rival Sébastien Loeb struggled home in 14th place.

By CAR magazine - 19 February 2007

Triumphant return for Loeb, Citroën

Sébastien Loeb made a spectacular comeback from injury at the weekend when he claimed his fourth Monte Carlo Rally win in five years. The début victory for the new C4 WRC gave Citroën, which has returned to the WRC after a one-year hiatus, a dream start to 2007.

By CAR magazine - 22 January 2007

Gronholm gains in Loeb’s absence

Things in the WRC have certainly heated up since Sébastien Loeb broke his arm in a mountain biking incident… Marcus Gronholm charged back into title contention with victory in Rally Turkey.

By CAR magazine - 16 October 2006

There’s no stopping Seb!

It’s official – Sebastien Loeb is the world’s most successful rally driver to date. The Frenchman piloted his Citroen Xsara to his 27th win at this weekend’s Rally Japan, beating rally legend Carlo Sainz’s 26 victories.

By CAR magazine - 4 September 2006

King Marcus of Finland

Marcus Gronholm has proven himself to be the undisputed ruler of the Rally Finland, where he, this weekend, comprehensively beat off the advances of archrival Sebastien Loeb to win his home event for the sixth time in seven years.

By CAR magazine - 21 August 2006

Five in a row for lucky Loeb

By winning Rally Sardinia at the weekend, Sébastien Loeb closed in Carlos Sainz’s record total of WRC wins. The Frenchman’s co-driver, Daniel Elena, surpassed The Matador’s long-time navigator Luis Moya to become the record-holder for most WRC co-driver wins.

By CAR magazine - 22 May 2006

Loeb, Elena on record quest

By winning the Argentine Rally, double world champion Sébastien Loeb has moved to within two victories of equalling Carlos Sainz’s record for WRC wins. His co-driver, Daniel Elena, has already tied Luis Moya for the most WRC wins by a navigator.

By CAR magazine - 2 May 2006

Turbo gremlin hands win to Loeb

Although Marcus Gronholm set the pace at the start of Rally Catalunya, defending WRC champion Sébastien Loeb’s Kronos Citroën cruised to victory on Sunday after the Finn’s Ford Focus suffered a turbocharger wastegate failure.

By CAR magazine - 27 March 2006

Loeb notches up first WRC win of ‘06

Double world champion Frenchman Sébastien Loeb seized the lead in the WRC championship standings by winning a battle of attrition in the Mexican Rally on Sunday.

By CAR magazine - 6 March 2006

Gronholm wins thriller in Monte

Double world champion Marcus Gronholm staved off a late comeback charge from Sébastien Loeb to win his first rally at the wheel of a Ford Focus WRC. The Finn finally broke his run of bad luck on Rally Monte Carlo by claiming his first WRC win on tarmac.

By CAR magazine - 23 January 2006

Marcus ready to spearhead Ford

After seven years at the forefront of Peugeot Sport’s WRC campaign, double world champion Marcus Gronholm relishes the opportunity of duking it out with rivals Petter Solberg and Sébastien Loeb at the wheel of a Ford Focus WRC 06.

By CAR magazine - 4 January 2006

Richard Burns succumbs to tumour

The 2001 World Rally Champion, Richard Burns, has died from the brain tumour that saw him retire from the sport at the end of the 2003 season.

By CAR magazine - 29 November 2005

Duval wins as WRC rivals falter

Although his future in the WRC is uncertain, Belgium’s Francois Duval captured his first world championship event with victory in the season-ending Rally of Australia on Sunday.

By CAR magazine - 14 November 2005