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Sebastien Loeb wins Rally Deutschland!

Sordo and Ogier on the podium

By Franck Drui

22 August 2010 - 13:53

Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb has sealed victory on ADAC Rally Deutschland, round nine of the 2010 World Rally Championship, to extend his lead in the FIA Drivers’ standings and rack up a record breaking eighth consecutive victory on the rally.

Loeb, the defending and six-time World Champion, led the rally from beginning to end and finished 51.3sec ahead of his team-mate Dani Sordo who was second in another C4 WRC.

Citroen Junior team driver Sebastien Ogier finished third, 1min 22sec behind Sordo, to complete a clean sweep of the podium for the French manufacturer.

Ford works team driver Jari-Matti Latvala finished fourth while Citroen privateer Petter Solberg completed the top five places.

Today’s win was the 59th at World Championship level for Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena and gives him a total of 191 points in the drivers’ championship, 58 points clear of his closest rival, Sebastien Ogier.

Overall standing after SS19 :

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	3h59m38.3s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+51.3s
03	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+2m13.3s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+2m33.9s
05	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+6m47.7s
06	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+8m46.7s
07	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+8m50.5s
08	Khalid AL QASSIMI	Ford Focus WRC	+17m36.5s
09	Mark VAN ELDIK	Subaru Impreza WRC	+17m53.0s
10	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+17m58.8s
11	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+18m03.5s
12	Bernhard TEN BRINKE	Ford Focus WRC	+19m00.6s
13	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Skoda Fabia S2000	+21m11.4s
14	Eyvind BRYNILDSEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+21m14.0s
15	Xavier PONS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+23m58.9s