Sébastien Loeb hits town during 2010 Rally Gemany. Photos from WRC.com .
On August 22, 2010, Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver for Citroën Total WRT, claimed his eighth Rally Germany victory. The win at the 2010 WRC Rally Germany (August 19 - 22, 2010) marks his 59th overall in his WRC driving career.
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WRC Rally Germany 2010 - Pre Event Podcast - Thursday
Posted at WRC.com on August 19, 2010
Listen to the pre-rally podcast from Germany.
Citroens dominate Rally Deutschland Shakedown
Posted at WRC.com on August 19, 2010
Citroen’s bid for an eighth victory on Rally Deutschland got off to a strong start earlier today when C4 World Rally Cars locked out the top four times at the pre-event shakedown...
Stage summaries: ADAC Rallye Deutschland - Friday
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Friday's opening day of Rally Deutschland features three stages which are run consecutively in the morning, then repeated in the afternoon after a 30-minute service...
SS1: Loeb streaks into an early lead
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb streaked into an early lead of ADAC Rally Deutschland by setting the fastest time on Friday's opening stage.
The Citroen team leader completed the 24.01km Ruwertal/Fell test 5.4sec quicker than his nearest rival, his team-mate Dani Sordo. Jari-Matti Latvala was third fastest in his Ford Focus RS WRC...
SS2: Citroen pair pull further ahead
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo repeated their dominating form on Friday's second test, pulling 17.5sec clear of the chasing pack by the end of the 23km Grafschaft Veldenz...
SS3: Loeb makes it three from three
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Sebastien Loeb completed a clean sweep of stage wins on Friday morning by setting the fastest time through the Moselland test.
The rally leader had a trouble-free run through the 19km stage despite a damaged rear wheel on his Citroen, collected when he side-swiped a barrier on the previous stage...
Midday wrap: Loeb holds early advantage in Germany
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Sebastien Loeb's bid for an eighth win on Rallye Deutschland got off to the perfect start this morning when he completed the opening loop of three stages with a lead of 8.2 seconds over his Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo...
SS4: Solberg on the comeback trail
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Citroen privateer Petter Solberg was the fastest driver through SS4 as he continued to try and claw back time lost earlier in the day.
The Norwegian dropped 2min 30sec on SS1 when he stopped to change a wheel after a rear tyre was pushed off the rim. But after completing the repeated Ruwertal/Fell test 1.8sec quicker than rally leader Sebastien Loeb, Solberg insisted a decent finish was still possible...
SS5: Loeb edges further ahead
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Rallye Deutschland leader Sebastien Loeb was the stage winner on stage five to extend his advantage over team-mate Dani Sordo to double figures...
SS6: Sordo quickest but Loeb leads
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Dani Sordo rounded off a successful first day of competition alongside co-driver Diego Vallejo by setting the fastest time through Friday's final stage...
Friday wrap: Overnight leader Loeb vows to keep pushing
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Sebastien Loeb will take a 9.5-second lead into day two of Rallye Deutschland although the reigning world champion admits the gap might not be enough to keep Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo at bay.
The Spaniard has been a consistent threat to Loeb through Friday’s six stages and went faster than the Frenchman on the final stage of the day...
WRC Rally Germany 2010 - End Of Day One Podcast - Friday
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Listen to the podcast for day one of Rally Germany.
Co-driver change paying dividends for flying Sordo
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
Dani Sordo's partnership with new co-driver Diego Vallejo has got off to a strong start after the Spaniards claimed their first stage victory together on Rallye Deutschland earlier today (Friday)...
Stage summaries: ADAC Rallye Deutschland - Saturday
Posted at WRC.com on August 20, 2010
The second day of competition on ADAC Rally Deutschland is the longest and toughest of the rally.
After leaving Trier from 0630hrs, competitors tackle three stages consecutively before a 15-minute remote service at Birkenfeld to change tyres and prepare for the marathon 48km Panzerplatte stage. The same loop is repeated after a midday 30-minute service back in Trier...
SS7: Loeb quickest on Saturday’s opener
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Rally Deutschland overnight leader Sebastien Loeb maintained his dominant pace on Saturday's opener, setting the fastest time through SS7 with team-mate Dani Sordo his closest challenger...
SS8: Sordo keeps the pressure on
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Dani Sordo kept the pressure on his team-mate Sebastien Loeb by setting the fastest time through the 16km St. Wender Land test.
Sordo, competing for the first time with new co-driver Diego Vallejo, narrowed the gap to rally leader Loeb from 10sec to 7.3sec...
SS9: Advantage Loeb
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
The nip and tuck battle for the lead between Citroen drivers Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo swung back in Loeb's favour on SS9, when the Frenchman clawed back all the time lost to his team-mate on the previous test.
At the stage end, Loeb admitted he had made a few mistakes, and had slid off the racing line on some of the gravel sections as he pushed hard to keep Sordo at bay...
SS10: Panzerplatte spin costs Latvala third place
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Jari-Matti Latvala lost third place on Rallye Deutschland after he spun off the road during the 48km Panzerplatte - the longest stage in the World Championship.
Latvala blamed his pace notes for the high-speed spin, which occurred 10km before the finish on a long left-hand corner...
Midday wrap: Loeb extends overall lead on Rallye Deutschland
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Sebastien Loeb continues to edge closer to his eighth victory on Rallye Deutschland.
The Frenchman extended his lead to 23 seconds over Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo following Saturday’s opening four stages, which included the punishing 48-kilometre Panzerplatte test...
SS11: Sordo backs off in the chase for victory
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Sebastien Loeb's lead of Rally Deutschland got a good deal more secure on SS11 after his closest rival, team-mate Dani Sordo, abandoned his fight for victory...
Update after SS13: Hirvonen out
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Ford team-leader Mikko Hirvonen's difficult time on Rally Deutschland continued on SS13, when the Finn retired 14km from the start line with a transmission problem...
SS14: Duval rolls on Panzerplatte repeat
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Francois Duval's second day on Rally Deutschland came to a premature end on SS14 when a crash left his Stobart team Ford Focus RS WRC on its roof...
Saturday wrap: Loeb in charge on ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Sebastien Loeb is five stages away from winning Rallye Deutschland for an eighth time after completing day two of the World Rally Championship qualifier with a lead of 35.7 seconds over factory Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo.
The 36-year-old from France has never been beaten on Germany’s all-asphalt event since it joined the WRC schedule in 2002. That run looks set to continue when the rally draws to a close in Trier tomorrow afternoon...
No changes planned for Ford as Hirvonen concedes title
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Ford remains adamant that it is not going to switch tactics this year, despite Mikko Hirvonen's transmission problem on the penultimate stage today ruling him out of this year's title race.
In order to stand even a mathematical chance of claiming the title that he missed out on by just one point last year, Hirvonen needs to finish the Rallye Deutschland in at least seventh place...
WRC Rally Germany 2010 - End Of Day Two Podcast - Saturday
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Listen to the podcast for the second day of Rally Germany.
Stage summaries: ADAC Rallye Deutschland - Sunday
Posted at WRC.com on August 21, 2010
Sunday's final day of ADAC Rallye Deutschland is the shortest of the rally. It takes competitors back to the Mosel vineyard region that hosted Friday's competition, before a grand finale on a street stage around the Porta Nigra in the centre of Trier...
SS15: Latvala makes a move on third
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala started Sunday's opening stage in Germany with an attempt on the third place of Sebastien Ogier.
The Finn started the test 16.6sec adrift of the Citroen driver, but by the fourth split point he’d reduced the gap by 4.4sec. By the end of the stage, however, he had lost all but two-tenths of that advantage...
SS16: Loeb and Sordo clear the early morning loop
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
Rallye Deutschland leader Sebastien Loeb rounded off Sunday morning's first loop of stages in confident form with a fastest time through Moselwein...
Leader Loeb plans to keep fighting in Germany
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
Sebastien Loeb insists finding the “right rhythm” will be crucial to his chances of claiming victory on Rallye Deutschland for an eighth time this afternoon...
SS17: Raikkonen and Wilson scrap for sixth
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
While Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo maintained their one-two positions at the head of the leaderboard, the battle for sixth raged on between Matthew Wilson and the chasing Kimi Raikkonen.
Raikkonen began the day sixth, 19sec ahead of Wilson, but two mistakes on the opening stage (15) allowed the Stobart Ford driver to steal the position...
SS18: Loeb leads by 50sec with just the Super Special to go
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
Sebastien Loeb will take a 50 second lead into the final stage of Rallye Deutschland after clearing the penultimate test in another stage winning time.
With only the Circus Maximus Super Special still to run, just 4.3 kilometres stand between the French driver and his eighth victory on this rally...
SS19: Sebastien Loeb wins Rally Deutschland!
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
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...
Record-breaker Loeb storms to WRC win 59
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
Sebastien Loeb took a giant step towards claiming his seventh World Rally Championship title by winning Rallye Deutschland today (Sunday).
His victory, by 51.3 seconds over Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo, takes his tally of wins on the Trier-based event to eight, a record at WRC level...
WRC Rally Germany 2010 - End Of Day Three Podcast - Sunday
Posted at WRC.com on August 22, 2010
Listen to the podcast for the final day of Rally Germany.
09 Rally Germany 2010
Highlights posted by WRCNorthAmerica at YouTube August 22, 2010
The wrc.com review: ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Posted at WRC.com on August 23, 2010
Olivier Quesnel said at the end of the Rallye Deutschland that 'the real Seb is back.' Forgive us for questioning the team principal's judgement, but we hadn't ever really noticed him going away...
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