A retirement for Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen at the Rally of Great Britain has handed Sebastien Loeb his eighth consecutive WRC title. The rally is still in progress, but Loeb can no longer be beaten for the crown.
“Mikko was going like a bat out of hell and we were scrapping for every tenth of a second. In SS7, I started flat out as I wanted to get back in front,” said Loeb at the end of Day 2.
“There was fog and the grip suited me a lot better. Mikko made a mistake and the situation has turned in our favour. If his retirement is confirmed it means that we’re world champions, and we can take it easy.”
We’ll have more from Citroën after the rally is finished.
[Source: Citroën WRC]
6 replies on “Loeb secures eighth world title at Rally GB”
Awesome effort. Has to be the best rally driver ever.
This guy is crazy.
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