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Rally winner Loeb secures 2010 title!

News after SS20

By Franck Drui

3 October 2010 - 14:17

Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb has won the Rallye de France, and with it a sensational seventh consecutive FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title.

Today’s victory was the 60th at World Championship level for Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena, who sealed the emotional win on a stage in Haguenau - the town in which Loeb was born 36 years ago.

Loeb led the rally from beginning to end, finishing 35.7sec ahead of the man in second place, his Citroen Total team-mate Dani Sordo. The team result gives Citroen an assailable lead in the manufacturers’ championship, meaning the FIA crown is heading to Paris for the sixth time.

Citroen privateer Petter Solberg finished third, 41.1sec behind Sordo, to complete a clean sweep of the podium for the French manufacturer.

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

Overall standings after SS20 - end of Rally:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	3h04m49.3s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+35.7s
03	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+1m16.8s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+1m29.3s
05	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+3m43.8s
06	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+11m55.9s
07	Federico VILLAGRA	Ford Focus WRC	+14m15.4s
08	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+14m26.9s
09	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Fiesta S2000	+16m48.9s
10	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+17m12.3s
11	Jari KETOMAA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+19m08.3s
12	Ken BLOCK	Ford Focus WRC	+19m45.2s
13	Khalid AL QASSIMI	Ford Focus WRC	+19m46.2s
14	Michal KOSCIUSZKO	Skoda Fabia S2000	+20m19.3s
15	Xavier PONS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+20m20.3s