Sébastien Loeb dominates at the Rallycircuit

The Rallycircuit, an event rally played on the Paul-Ricard circuit (Var), allowed fans to see Sébastien again Loeb on a DS 3 WRC. The nine-time world champion does not seem to have lost his bearings since he dominated the event by completing the 10th and final special 1'48 ahead of Yvan Muller.

Thibault Durbec completed the podium by finishing more than 3 minutes behind the winner and thus completed a leading trio dominated by the DS 3 WRCs.

Despite a collision in SS6, Quentin Giordano (Peugeot 208 T16 R5) arrived in 4th place and won the R5 class, finishing 14 seconds off the podium. Pepe Lopez (208 T16 R5) completed the top five.

Norman Nato (Peugeot 207 S2000) took 7th place, finishing between Fabiano Lo Fiego (Ford Fiesta R5) and Antoine Leclerc (206 T16). Anthony Beltoise finished 9th in his Skoda Fabia R5.

Sébastien Loeb will only have a few days to rest before returning to his Peugeot 3008 DKR for the 2017 Dakar which will begin on January 2 in Asuncion (Paraguay).

Rallycircuit 2016 results

1. Sébastien Loeb (DS 3 WRC) 1’41’10
2. Yvan Muller (DS 3 WRC) + 1'48
3. Thibault Durbec (DS 3 WRC) + 3'35
4. Quentin Giordano (Peugeot 208 T16 R5) + 3'49
5. Pepe Lopez (Peugeot 208 T16 R5) + 4'07
6. Fabiano Lo Fiego (Ford Fiesta R5) + 4'15
7. Norman Nato (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 5'12
8. Antoine Leclerc (Peugeot 206 T16) + 5'18
9. Anthony Beltoise (Skoda Fabia R5) + 6'24
10. Jean-Paul Villa (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 8'03

Discover our report on the Rallycircuit produced by our special correspondent in issue 2093 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.