Citroën returns to battle

Sébastien Loeb is freed from the weight of dusty road tactics. In Australia, Citroën had to slow down its driver so that he did not open the road during the second day of competition, on very slippery roads. With the return of asphalt, the Catalan round of WRC offers less calculation and more attack. Thus, Sébastien Loeb and Dani Sordo did not stop taking risks on Friday in order to outrun Mikko Hirvonen. “ With Dani, it's super tight, we're always at the limit, it goes very quickly, concluded the Alsatian on Friday evening. I'm confident in the car and we can see that Hirvonen isn't quite keeping up with the pace so that's rather positive. »

Dani Sordo, before the six special stages of this second day of Rally, has less than two seconds ahead of Sébastien Loeb. “ For now, it's almost ideal, confides the five-time world champion. We are both in front, Hirvonen is far away. But the others are far behind Hirvonen so we can only count on the two of us. For my part, I can only count on Dani and myself to score four points more than ?Hirvo?. » The Frenchman must indeed win this Rally of Catalonia by scoring four points more than Mikko Hirvonen if he wants to remain master of his destiny. Indeed, a victory in Wales would give him a new crown, whatever the Finn's result.

For his part, Dani Sordo gives an even more positive assessment, before the start of this second day. “ For now, it's a perfect step. We are not far from each other and Hirvonen is far away. For a first day, it?s perfect. But you have to stay focused and finish like that otherwise it will have been for nothing. »

The first special begins this Saturday at 9:14 a.m. and offers the longest section of the Rally, with 38,27 km on the program.