But while the event format has changed, there was a distinctly familiar face standing at the top step of the podium on Sunday afternoon after Loeb swept to his eighth victory on the punishing asphalt roads through Germany’s Mosel and Saarland regions to add another record to his impressive list of achievements.
Cardiff, October 25, 2009 – Running on Pirelli tyres, Citroen driver Sebastien Loeb has claimed his sixth world driver’s title and 54th career victory on the Rally Great Britain, the final round of the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship.
Five-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has taken his fifth consecutive win on the Rally Catalunya, which puts him just one point behind Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen in the drivers’ championship heading into the final round of the season: Rally Great Britain