Loeb Tops Day 1 in Rally GB, Hirvonen Right Behind Him
23 Oct 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb will enter the second day of competition in Rally GB still on top of the timing sheets, but his lead has now been cut to only 5.3 seconds after the last 3 special stages of the day. T...
Loeb Takes Early Lead in Rally GB
23 Oct 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb has set off his title-defending effort in Great Britain with a great few runs on Friday, as the Frenchman leads the WRC field after SS3 by a comfortable 8.9-second lead over title riv...
Loeb Not Going for the Win in Great Britain
16 Oct 2009, 13:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb has the chance to become the first 6-time champion of the World Rally Championship in the history of the sport, yet he insisted he will not think about it too much during the upcoming...
Hirvonen to Treat Rally GB Like Any Other WRC Event
14 Oct 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Heading to the season finale with only a one-point advantage over Sebastien Loeb, Ford's Mikko Hirvonen will today begin his preparation for the most important event in his rallying career so ...
Loeb Wins Rally Spain, Citroen Grabs 1-2
4 Oct 2009, 16:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb got exactly what he wanted this weekend: a perfect 1-2 finish in Rally Spain that would get him within one point of his title rival Mikko Hirvonen with only one round to go. The Frenc...
Sordo Takes Rally Spain Lead after SS1
2 Oct 2009, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Dani Sordo took off to a perfect start in his home rally of Catalonia on Friday, as he topped the timing sheets after special stage 1, a full second ahead of championship leader and title favorite M...
Loeb Aims Decisive Win in Spain
28 Sep 2009, 09:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There will be plenty of action in the World Rallying Championship this weekend, as the title fight between reigning champion Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen will resume on the asphalt roads of Spa...
Loeb Needs Sordo in Quest for the WRC Title
9 Sep 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With only 2 rounds to go in the World Rally Championship and 5 points to recuperate to Mikko Hirvonen in the overall classification, Sebastien Loeb can only pray his teammate Dani Sordo will be up t...
Hirvonen Feels Sorry for Loeb
8 Sep 2009, 07:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Mikko Hirvonen won the Rally Australia event over the course of last weekend, the Finnish driver admitted he doesn't quite feel like a winner. On the dusty roads of New South Wales, th...
Loeb Handed Penalty, Gives Hirvonen Rally Australia Win
6 Sep 2009, 14:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / For the second time this season, reigning WRC champion Sebastien Loeb had to pay tribute to a technical infringement from his Citroen team and was demoted one place in the overall classification of ...
Australian Police to Hunt Down Rally Protesters
4 Sep 2009, 10:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Rally Australia organizers were forced to cancel the 6th stage of the event on Friday, after a group of protesters started to throw rocks at the WRC cars on the course. After failing to prevent ...
Latvala Leads from Ogier after Day 1 - Rally Australia
4 Sep 2009, 09:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After an exciting first day in Rally Australia, it will be Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala the first driver to tackle the dusty roads of the event on Saturday, after finishing the first day of action...
Loeb Relieved with Rally Finland Podium
6 Aug 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Four days after the curtain was drawn over the Rally Finland caravan last weekend, 5-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb admitted it feels refreshing to finally make a return on the podium of a WRC eve...
Mikko Hirvonen Wins Rally Finland
2 Aug 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mikko Hirvonen has moved one step closer to securing his first ever World Rally Championship crown after clinching his maiden Neste Oil Rally Finland win in career on Sunday. Driving in front of a h...
Finland: Hirvonen Leads from Loeb After SS5
31 Jul 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mikko Hirvonen got off to a great start in Rally Finland on Friday, as the Ford driver managed to quickly pull away from title rival Sebastien Loeb after the first super stages of the day. After 3 s...
Loeb Tops Rally Finland Shakedown
30 Jul 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With only 4 rounds to go and every single point bearing great importance in the title fight between Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and Citroen's Sebastien Loeb, the latter today made a clear statem...
Loeb: "Only Option is to Attack in Finland"
27 Jul 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Only 4 rounds to the finish line in the World Rally Championship, 5-time champion Sebastien Loeb admitted that both him and championship rival Mikko Hirvonen will have to be mistake-free in the upco...
Hirvonen Not Feeling Title Pressure
9 Jul 2009, 14:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Surely Mikko Hirvonen was not hopeful of holding the championship lead with 4 rounds to go in the 2009 World Rally Championship season. After Loeb had won 5 events in a row in the first part of the ...
Citroen: Title Will Be Decided in the Last Round
30 Jun 2009, 10:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Some few weeks ago, the 2009 World Rally Championship season was only a question of how many consecutive wins will Loeb manage to get under his belt. Three rallies away, it looks like the Frenchman ...
Hirvonen Wins Rally Poland, Takes WRC Lead
29 Jun 2009, 08:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mikko Hirvonen has become championship leader in the WRC, following a mistake-free performance during the inaugural Rally Poland the past weekend. The Finnish driver managed to maintain a secure lea...