Loeb wins Rally de Espana!

Three weeks after clinching this year’s drivers’ World Championship, Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb has won the Rally de Espana - adding another victory to his record breaking tally.

Today’s win was the 61st at World Championship level for the Frenchman and his co-driver Daniel Elena.

The pair led the rally from beginning to end, eventually finishing 35.3 seconds ahead of the man in second place, Citroen privateer Petter Solberg.

Solberg worried that sliding wide on a corner in the final stage had dropped him behind the hard charging Dani Sordo, but in the end the Spaniard had to settle for third, 5.8 seconds back, to complete an all Citroen podium.

Ford works team driver Jari-Matti Latvala finished fourth, 38.4sec behind Sordo, while his team-mate Mikko Hirvonen completed the top five places.

On this last asphalt rally for the current specification World Rally Cars, Loeb completed a perfect record for the Citroen C4, which has been unbeatable on WRC asphalt since it was introduced in 2007.

Overall standings after SS16: