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AL QASSIMI RISES TO WRC CHALLENGE IN GERMANY-  Emirati driver tackling stern test of adaptability in Abu Dhabi Citroën on return to action- Abu Dhabi, UAE, 22nd August, 2013: After a difficult build-up to Rallye Deutschland, the UAE’s Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi is facing a stern test of his adaptability this weekend in one of the most awkward rounds of the World Rally Championship.  The ninth […]

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CITROËN TOP DRIVER – RALLY FINLAND – DAY 3 KEITH CRONIN WINS IN STYLE-  The season’s most spectacular rally more than lived up to its reputation. Difficult and demanding in equal measure, the Finnish course rewarded the most daring and skilled crews. In the Citroën Top Driver, the DS3 R3s of Keith Cronin, Sébastien Chardonnet and Jussi Vainionpää […]

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SEBASTIEN OGIER HAS TAKEN A SENSATIONAL VICTORY IN RALLY SWEDEN AND SECURED A MAIDEN WIN FOR VOLKSWAGEN & RSQUO;S NEW POLO R WORLD RALLY CAR ON ONLY THE MANUFACTURER & RSQUO;S SECOND EVENT. Ogier, 29, dominated the World Rally Championship’s snow and ice round after taking the lead from his fellow Frenchman Sebastien Loeb on […]

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SEBASTIAN LOEB CONTINUES WHERE HE LEFT OFF LEADING IN MONTE CARLO. Although he has no plans to contest the entire WRC in 2013, Sébastien Loeb has clearly lost none of his motivation. The first four stages of the Rallye Monte-Carlo saw the Citroën driver leave his rivals gasping for breath, their ranks led by Volkswagen’s […]

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SEBASTIEN LOEB CLAIMED THE OVERALL VICTORY IN FRANCE – HIS 75TH IN THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – to secure in his ninth WRC drivers’ title with Citroen becoming WRC manufacturers’ champion for an eighth time. With Loeb embarking on a partial WRC campaign with Citroen in 2013, the statistics below demonstrate the French legend’s […]

Motorsports Mondial

Photo: bestofrallylive Monte Carlo Rally,  SS7, Lamastre-Gilhoc-Alboussiere Sebastien Loeb has extended his lead of Rallye Monte-Carlo after winning Thursday’s third stage, which was held in increasingly mild ambient temperatures following overnight frost. The eight-time world champion’s advantage out front now stands at 1m23.2s heading to the midday service halt in Valence. “The tyre choice was […]