Jari-Matti Latvala driving in 2012 Wales Rally GB. Photo via WalesRallyGB.com.
The tenth rally of the 2012 season of WRC was run from September 13 through September 16, 2012. For the most part, it was done on a gravel surface, but some of the sections were also on asphalt. Base camp for Wales Rally GB was Cardiff, Wales.
Jari-Matti Latvala has done something he hadn't managed for 217 days when he claimed victory on Wales Rally GB this afternoon, his first in the FIA World Rally Championship since Rally Sweden seven months and four days ago...
The agonising thing for Ford on Wales Rally GB was not just that it was the first factory win for 217 days, but also that it came frustratingly close to being a perfect one-two: a result that has eluded the works squad since Rally Australia one year ago...
Seven Up – Washington ran its winning streak to a season-high seven games with a thrilling, 2-1 comeback win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Verizon Center on Friday night...
Black Country Communion, the supergroup comprised of Glenn Hughes(Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze) bass and vocals, blues rock guitar titan Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, UFO, Foreigner) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper) have announced a series of U.S tour dates commencing in San Diego, California June 9th...
Matthew Wilson has recalled the moment when triumph turned to despair for him and his M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team mechanics on Rally Guanajuato Mexico last week...
Black Sabbath? Cult heroes? You gotta be kidding. Everyone, but everyone, knows and admires the Sabs, right? Well, yes, they do. Indubitably. But perhaps not this particular incarnation of the band...
WASHINGTON -- Special teams are so important to any hockey team’s success. In this sport, it’s just an indisputable fact. And as the playoffs draw near, the emphasis on special teams becomes even more critical...
On our visit last week to Hershey we not only got to visit a bit with ‘buzz’ prospect Dmitri Orlov but get an expert eye’s view of him from Patriot News Bears’ beat reporter Tim Leone...
If fortune had favoured Petter Solberg on the opening two rounds of the World Rally Championship this year then the Norwegian could have challenged for victory on both events...
Red Bull's Mark Webber topped the timesheets as the final pre-season test began at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Tuesday. Webber's best time, a 1m 22.544s, was almost four-tenths of a second faster than the quickest lap from McLaren's Jenson Button in second...
...The above join headliners Judas Priest and Dream Theater, UK festival exclusives from Black Country Communion, Jethro Tull and Spock’s Beard, and performances from the Michael Schenker Group, Caravan, The Enid, Pallas, Mostly Autumn, Thunder, Queensryche, Neal Morse, Saint Jude, Anathema and Curved Air...
In little under three weeks' time everyone will be assembled on the Melbourne grid readying themselves for the start of the Australian Grand Prix. But before the curtain is raised on the 2011 championship, the teams have one last chance to wrap up their development programmes, evaluate new upgrades and improve their cars at this week's final pre-season test...
The Caps flew into the Sunshine State trailing the Tampa Bay Lightning by just a single point for the lead in the Southeast Division. They leave not only with first place packed tightly in the overhead compartment but a two-point cushion, as well, as they sweep the Florida teams for just the fifth time in twenty-two tries (and the first in over two years). And while at times it seemed they'd be lucky to escape with any points at all, the luck was for once on their side - you know what they say, you have to be good to be lucky...
Pretty? No. But no one gets extra points for being pretty. Two is what a team gets for a win in the NHL, and two is what the Washington Capitals earned with a 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers...
...this season has and continues to be another interesting one in the evolution of the hockey team known as the Washington Capitals. I am indeed very happy with all three of the deadline weekend pickups: Marco Sturm, Jason Arnott, and Dennis Wideman...
It hasn't taken long for the new faces in the room to develop some chemistry with their new team mates, as evidenced by tonight's hard-fought win against the St. Louis Blues on Military Appreciation Night...
I spoke with Caps’ GM George McPhee last Thursday heading into the NHL trade deadline, and he told me that the Caps would not be dealing any of their young goalies or top prospects or first-round draft choices...
There was a lot of anticipation for this game, much more than your normal Tuesday night in D.C. against the Islanders. The Caps were breaking in three new additions to their line-up and treated their newcomers to a heart-stopping finish...
Norwegian Citroën privateer Petter Solberg, the driver with the best chance of beating Loeb here, finished 20 seconds slower for second place. Third overall went to Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala. Round thirteen put a wrap on the season.
Here is a collection links (main WRC category only), starting off with one scene setting preview, followed by rally review posts that include daily podcasts, and ending with a highlights video. Preview posts can be found within Junior's last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog posts.
...Another constant are the classic gravel roads found north of Roald Dahl Plass. People talk about Finland and New Zealand being great, fast rallies - well Wales Rally GB is right up there with them. And this year’s event is going to be an even bigger challenge with some of the trickiest asphalt around being slotted into Saturday’s stages on the Epynt military ranges.
But, for the mainstay, this event is about the woods; it has been for the last half-century. It was 1960 when then clerk of the course Jack Kemsley decided to give the RAC Rally some teeth...
...The three hour test - a prelude to this weekend’s rally - took place a day earlier and at a different location than originally scheduled after a tree disease in Margam Forest forced organisers to abandon Thursday’s planned stage at Margam Park.
Instead the test took place on the 1.7km asphalt Superspecial constructed on the Barrage in Cardiff Bay, a stone’s throw from the Service Park. Weather conditions were dry and chilly as the night time session got underway at 1900hrs in a temperature of just three degrees Celsius...
...“Where it goes to asphalt, it’s going to be very, very slippery,” said Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala. “It’s going to be a question of trying to stay on the road. If it’s foggy it’s going to be really difficult, also because the organisers have placed some blocks near the corners to stop people from cutting the corners. I can see a few people running into those...
Ford's world rally drivers from the last 12 years said an emotional farewell to the Focus RS World Rally Car at a celebration event in Wales today.
After 173 event starts, the Focus makes its final appearance as Ford's team entry in the World Rally Championship at Rally GB this weekend. Next season the Focus will be replaced by a World Rally Car based on the Fiesta model...
...Citroen C4 driver Loeb started Friday’s opening stage, the 32.14-kilometre charge through Hafren Forest, with a lead of 0.7s over Jari-Matti Latvala following his fastest time through Thursday night’s Cardiff Bay stage.
Despite a wild moment when he ran wide on a corner, Latvala went quickest in his factory Ford Focus to take a slender one-second lead. Although he slipped back when his car’s engine ingested water going through the second splash in Sweet Lamb and stuttered momentarily (click here to see the incident), a determined run through Myherin meant he stopped the clocks 3.2s faster than Loeb to go back in front of the Frenchman in the overall standings at the midway point...
...Solberg had no answer to Loeb - who was running first on the road - on the 11.15 kilometres of asphalt on the Four Ways Crychan stage and claimed that his rival had taken excessive ‘cuts’ through corners to drag mud and other debris onto the sealed stage surface to impede him.
Loeb, who won the stage by 6.4s to go 5.3s ahead of Solberg, brushed off the suggestion when quizzed at the remote service halt at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells, where he reported overshooting a junction and stalling his engine on stage nine, before spinning on stage 11, which Solberg won to narrow Loeb’s advantage to 2.5s...
Sebastien Loeb cemented his dominance of the 2010 World Rally Championship season with his eighth victory of the campaign on Wales Rally GB earlier today.
Loeb, who became world champion for the seventh time on Rallye de France last month, fended off a spirited charge by fellow Citroen C4 driver Petter Solberg to claim top honours on the Cardiff-based event for the second time for his 62nd career triumph...
...Even seven-time World Champion Sebastien Loeb, a man who has more or less seen it all, said that it was the longest and the tightest battle that he had experienced all year. The fact that he still won by 20 seconds proves the extent to which he has dominated the season: Wales Rally GB was the Frenchman’s eighth win of the year...
Loeb, having already grabbed the season's championship in the previous rally, was followed by second place finisher Norwegian Citroën privateer Petter Solberg. Third overall in his home country event was Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo.
The major review links, including daily podcasts and a highlights video, are included in this list. Preview post links are loaded within Junior's last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog posts.
Three weeks after he clinched the 2010 drivers' title, Sebastien Loeb underlined his intention to keep on winning by setting the fastest time at this morning's shakedown test for Rally de Espana...
After 125 kilometres of competitive action on Rally de Espana it's situation normal - but not for all the WRC mechanics, who have to change their cars' specification from gravel to asphalt, at a specially extended service halt...
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...
...The Catalunya Rally - as the Rally de Espana is still known to those of a certain age - is always a funny event, and not just because you stand a fair chance of being suddenly embraced by a larger than life blue woodpecker as you wander around the service park...
This is a collection of review links, including daily podcasts and a highlights video. Preview posts can be found within Junior's last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog posts.
Sunday, the last day of the rally, started with the top four drivers only seconds apart. Mikko Hirvonen checked out early on with a transmission problem that slowed him down too much to complete the day, and left him with sixth place end result. An ailing Petter Solberg (Finished second) had a mechanical problem that kept him just short from a much diserved win.
Here is a collection of review links, including daily podcasts and a highlights video. Preview posts can be found within Junior'slast regular 'Reading And Viewing List'.
The Rally Japan, not for the first time, was a tale of two Citroens. But this time, the plot structure was slightly different to what we have been used to previously. In fact, it should be more aptly called a tale of two Sebastiens.
They share the same Christian name, but their destinies on the narrow roads of Hokkaido could not have been more different. Loeb has won in Japan once and clinched the title there twice, but this year it was not to be. As for Ogier, his experience of Japan consisted only of watching a few in-car videos before leaving and a liking for sushi...
Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for August 22 through August 31, 2010 contains links to some items posted during that time period, which I wanted to share.
Sorry for the delay in posting lately, but there have been many forces working against me, including a malfunctioning Blogger dashboard Reading List utility.
Petter Solberg is convinced he has the pace to win a round of the World Rally Championship before the end of this season.
The Norwegian took a great deal of confidence from the recent Rallye Deutschland, where he finished fifth, but was regularly the fastest of the Citroen C4 WRCs. Solberg admitted he came close to withdrawing from the Trier-based event after a troubled opening day...
In an interview with Spinner.com, legendary vocalist Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company/The Firm/Queen +Paul Rodgers) confirmed being approached by Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry to replace frontman Steven Tyler, and subsequently turned down that offer during the period when it appeared Steven Tyler might be leaving the band...
Many teams were cautious in reading too much into their performance, since the rain in the morning disrupted things so significantly and with more bad weather possible, they wanted to preserve their three sets of full wet Bridgestone tyres and four sets of intermediates. And as expected, for once Red Bull were not among the pacesetters. We take a team-by-team look at Friday progress at Spa...
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso took the honours in Belgium on Friday, topping both the rain-swept morning session and the much drier afternoon one. Alonso and his rivals reflect on their early progress at Spa...
There was a nice little ceremony in a packed Williams hospitality area at Spa on Thursday, as Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 300th Grand Prix with all of his friends in the paddock. Everyone who was anyone was there, including most of his fellow drivers with the notable exception of Michael Schumacher… Bernie Ecclestone was there, and presented the Brazilian with a medal...
Eagle Rock has announced two releases from Irish blues rock guitar icon Rory Gallagher. The label will release Ghost Blues 2DVD and The Beat Club Sessions CD on September 14.
The 2DVD set, running 179 minutes in total, is the complete Rory Gallagher experience, both revealing his background as a musical artist and tapping into his dominating stage presence...
Medvedev, 44, has said previously that he likes to listen to classic rock. Russia’s president since May 2008, Medvedev became a fan of Deep Purple as a teenager living in a cramped two-room apartment on the outskirts of Leningrad in the 1970s.
Deep Purple, whose music was banned by Soviet authorities, were flown to Moscow in February of 2008 to be the guests of honor at a concert in the Kremlin and met Medvedev. In a 2007 interview with Itogi magazine, Medvedev said he had the entire vinyl collection of Deep Purple. At school, he also listened to Black Sabbath...
The head of Volkswagen's motorsport division says the manufacturer could be competing in the World Rally Championship as early as 2013 if plans are given the green light in the coming months...
Matthew Wilson believes that the extended test mileage he is accumulating with the new Ford Fiesta WRC will put him in a strong position next year.
Wilson is due to take the wheel of the Fiesta again at a test between the upcoming World Championship rounds in France and Spain, which is when Ford factory drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala will also sample their 2011 car for the first time...
The New York Times reported Thursday that the NHL is involved in preliminary discussions about the possibility of setting up a women's hockey league as parity in the women's game continues to decrease internationally...
Drivers: Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), Pedro de la Rosa (Sauber), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Gentlemen, first of all, what did you do during the break? Pedro, with the family I guess? Pedro de la Rosa: Yes, it has been a very good break. I was always with the family. We went to Majorca, on holiday, where we normally go. Great time I must say, very good...
The world championship fight could not be better poised as it enters its final European stage after the summer break, with only 20 points - less than you get for a win - separating the top five drivers.
In Hungary Red Bull’s Mark Webber moved up to the lead with 161 points after becoming the only driver to win four times this season. He is chased by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on 157, Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel on 151, McLaren’s Jenson Button on 147, and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on 141...
Aged 38, Rubens Barrichello’s passion for racing shows no sign of abating - as his wheel-to-wheel tussle with former team mate Michael Schumacher in Hungary proved. Winning out against the 41-year-old German, it was a battle born out of a different era. For Barrichello, who will celebrate his 300th Grand Prix in Belgium this weekend, it was all par for the course, but for his legion of fans it was further proof of the unswerving verve and vigour of the grid’s most experienced driver. We look back on some of the ever-cheerful Brazilian’s best (and worst) F1 moments...
For 11 days in September, Hendrix fans can tour the London flat where Jimi wrote some of his iconic songs, played and entertained.
The first-floor flat at 23 Brook Street (pictured below) will be open to the public from September 15-26. Tickets for visits to the flat (hurry, they’re selling fast) cost £8 and can be booked at www.seetickets.com ...
Kimi Raikkonen says that his first World Rally Championship stage win has given him additional motivation to continue in the sport next year.
The 2007 Formula One World Champion went quickest on the final stage of the Rallye Deutschland, Circus Maximus, to claim a fastest time on only his eighth-ever WRC event in a World Rally Car...
The upcoming 2010-11 campaign will be the sixth in a capitals’ uniform for 26-year-old forward Tomas Fleischmann. The left wing-turned-center arrived in the District earlier this week and he hit the ice with a few of his Washington teammates on Thursday morning in preparation for the upcoming season.
Although Fleischmann’s goal, point and ice time totals have risen in each of his five seasons with the Capitals, and although he totaled 23 goals and 51 points last season, and although he just inked a $2.6 million deal for 2009-10, the Czech Republic native has heard his name floated in recently rumored trades that would reportedly bring a defenseman back to D.C.
Even with "Thor," "Captain America" and "The Avengers" on the horizon, Marvel Studios is looking further into the future with plans for an "Iron Fist" adaptation.
Deadline reports that screenwriter Rich Wilkes has been tapped to write the script for "Iron Fist," based on the martial arts-inclined superhero of the same name...
The Experience, a new book from longtime Classic Rock favourite, photographer Gered Mankowitz, has just landed at the Classic Rock office – and it’s a corker.
The 128 pages are dominated by two historic sessions at Masons Yard Studio, which took place shortly after Jimi had taken London by the throat and changed the rock landscape forever...
Meet Norman Hood. Norman first met Black Sabbath in 1968 when he booked them (as Earth) to play at a pub backroom venue he was running with some friends in Lichfield, Staffordshire about 15 miles north east of Birmingham...
...Norman would later work for Big Bear Music and run an agency called Tramp (named after the band) who had an early version of Judas Priest on their books, before teaming up with Tony Iommi as part of the IMA management agency.
The economic crisis in Greece has affected many facet of the society, including hockey.
The following is an email interview with Hellenic National Team captain Dimitris Kalyvas about the history of ice hockey in the southeastern European country and the lack of financial support for the Greek teams...
At the very top of the hockey media hierarchy here there have been ominous departures this summer — Tarik El Bashir is pursuing new beats within the Post’s sports department, ones which won’t require anywhere near the travel commitments the hockey beat does, while Lisa Hillary is bolting to cover the Flyers for Comcast in Philadelphia. Tarik’s departure came as a bit of a shock earlier this summer, and is disappointing given the volume and quality of product he brought to the beat, particularly in the past couple of seasons. For a lot of hockey fans in this town, Tarik’s commitment and work ethic arrived as a breath of fresh air on a beat that for a generation of editors on 15th St. seemed little more than a way station, a step barely above internship at Redskins Central. Hillary’s departure, however, is more discouraging...
Organisers of next year’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix are hoping that input from Formula One teams into the design of the new circuit will help make it one of the most challenging and exciting on the F1 calendar.
Hermann Tilke, the architect behind several recent new circuits including Turkey and Abu Dhabi, came up with the initial design for the Indian track, but several teams were also consulted before construction began in earnest...
India loves sport and 2011 is set to be a big year for sport in the Asian country thanks to the inaugural Indian Grand Prix. Mark Hughes, vice president of JPSK Sports, the Jaypee Group subsidiary charged with constructing the all-new circuit near Delhi, is determined the race will make a major impression on the calendar. With young fans aplenty, a growing Formula One interest courtesy of Karun Chandhok and Force India, a state-of-the-art track in the making, and a passionate promoter, he shouldn’t be disappointed...
Despite a podium lock-out for Citroen in Germany, Ford is upbeat about the pace of its Focus WRC on asphalt, with two sealed-surface events remaining this year.
Jari-Matti Latvala, who generally feels more comfortable on gravel, put in his best asphalt performance yet, challenging for a podium throughout the rally before eventually finishing fourth, just 20 seconds behind Sebastien Ogier...
...I think it’s important to honor the inevitable “oh shit” moments we all have: you’re on the edge of disaster there’s no escape; you’ve stepped in a steaming pile and now you’ve got to clean up the mess.
And the poster reminded me of the song “Oh Shit” by Buzzcocks, which is (perhaps) the best post-breakup song ever recorded...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
