The main driver from Citroen managed a relaxed victory in the Rally of Mexico. After his performances obtained in the second day of the competition, no one could even get close to Loeb.
Sebastian Loeb raised on the first position in the overall standings after the victory in the Rally of Mexico. For the French is the fourth victory in the Rally of Mexico. Loeb returned to that made him famous, yesterday, when he showed his talent. He earned victories in all the stages, except one, Saturday. The advance built Saturday was sufficient and well managed Sunday. Loeb hasn’t slowed and he drove quickly to his first victory of 2010. But in the last day, the duel for second place, between Petter Solberg and Sebastian Ogier, drew our attention. The two drivers fought until the last super special of the rally. Ogier had a small head start but old Solberg was
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Red Bull denied the rumor that it has reached an agreement with Kimi Raikkonen for the Finn to make his return in Formula 1 in the 2011 season.
Kimi Raikkonen left Formula 1 at the end of the 2009 season to be part of a new experience in World Rally Championship with the Citroen Junior.
The second team of the French manufacturer is sponsored by the energy drinks company Red Bull, and this thing immediately led to the speculation that the Finn will return in Formula 1 next year, with the Austrian team. The rumors are fueled by the fact that Mark Webber’s current contract expires at the end of 2010 season, so the team will have an extra place available for the next season.
Earlier, Raikkonen admitted that it is too early to discuss such a project, and Dietrich Mateschitz, owner of the Red Bull, has reinforced the fact that between the two parties
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Kimi Raikkoen is optimistic that it will do respectably in Rally Mexico, despite the fact that his back pains stopped him from testing on gravel.
Kimi Raikkonen made his debut in the World Rally Championship in a round fully deployed on snow and ice in Sweden, being the reason why he has not yet enough experience on gravel at the steering wheel of the Citroen C4 WRC.
Finnish planed to perform more testing sessions before leaving for Mexico, but a back pain kept him away from the steering wheel and the pilot said he preferred not to take unnecessarily risks worsening an injury.
“My plan had initially been to take part in a test session on gravel, in order to get to know the Citroën C4 WRC a bit better on a new surface for me. But unfortunately I experienced a bit of back pain that stopped me from driving. I’ve had some treatment now
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The six time world champion of the WRC says that the Finn drivers have first chance to win the Rally of Sweden, to be held this weekend.
Sebaastien Loeb believes that his direct rivals are favorite in the first round of the WRC season, although the Frenchman managed to win here two years ago without any problems. The reason of Loeb’s statement: the driving conditions are different from 2008.
“The conditions will be very different to those of the 2008 event. Snow’s fallen on frozen gravel, the temperature hasn’t risen above zero and the snow hasn’t been transformed into a layer of ice. We’re faced with a layer of powdery snow covering frozen earth so the grip level is going to keep on changing. It’s a bit like Russian roulette, and I’d really prefer a good layer of ice with constant grip,” said Loeb in an interview on the official website of the World Rally
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Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen have expressed their desire to win the world title in the 2010 WRC season.
Sébastien Loeb have authoritatively dominated the WRC in the past six seasons, but the fight for the last years world title was intense in the light of the results obtained by Mikko Hivonen, the Ford Team driver. The Finn missed the world title in the last stage, when it was surpassed by Loeb with only one point.
The two rivals have already recharged their batteries for the 2010 season and Loeb admits that the only motivation to continue in the WRC at the moment is to conquer the seventh world title.
“For sure, if I’m here it’s because I want to continue. I like what I do. I want to win and do my best. I had a lot of pleasure from the fight with Mikko [Hirvonen] last year. I don’t want to share the
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