Loeb is doing well

At the access located 8 km from the finish of the long Paprotki special (33 km), there is a certain excitement at the security post. The cibists' radio announcement of Sébastien's exit from the road Loeb had the effect of a bomb late Friday morning. The marshals are on edge, even though the incident occurred 25 km earlier.

“No one had this strain in the notes. I could not do anything. At the time, I said to myself: ?It?s not possible!?… We have to accept it and say to ourselves that the championship is not compromised. »

In the event of victory, Mikko Hirvonen could be up to three points ahead while Ford would almost come back to level with Citroën in the Manufacturers' championship, provided they achieve the double. If the C4 had been destroyed in Greece, it is completely repairable this time. Loeb therefore leaves in Super Rally. A fairly rare situation which had succeeded once in Monte-Carlo 2006 when he finished in 2nd place behind Grönholm. In Poland, the five-time world champion can move up places but not the time: 33rd at 19 from Hirvonen at the end of the first stage, the Citroën driver will rank two days later in 54th place at 6? 7?19! The end of the rally, dramatic for Jari-Matti Latvala, even gave Seb an additional point. Unexpected.

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