Sébastien Loeb: “Not so easy? »

“It was close the first two days, it was a great fight in the lead? » Indeed, if the rival of the Alsatian Mikko Hirvonen in his Ford Focus logically gave him a hard time, it was his teammate at Citroën Dani Sordo who surprised by finishing in the lead on the first day. Loeb did not admit defeat and would regain the lead on the second day.

Starting the day in third position, he let his rivals keep track. “It was an advantage not to sweep the track, but not as much as the first day in the dry. The roads were muddy, I like that and I took advantage of it to regain the lead and increase my lead during the day. »

The day would also see the retirement of his rival Hirvonen following an engine overheating in the fifteenth special. “It was less exciting, suddenly! »

Winner at the end of a final day spent ensuring his lead, did the Alsatian have an easy victory? " Not so easy ! Rallies are often played on Saturday evening, but Sunday is not that simple, you must not make mistakes, and with a rally brittle like this one had to be careful with the car? »

With Hirvonen?s retirement, Loeb increases his lead in the championship. ?It?s a superb operation, more than we could have hoped for, but it?s a shame that he lost ten points on a mechanical problem, he doesn?t deserve it. He's done a good job since the start of the championship, I beat him every time on details, but that's sport? »

With a 19 point lead in the championship over his teammate Sordo, Sébastien could be tempted to manage the end of the championship, or even try to win all the rallies of the season. “No, nothing changes. I take the rallies one after the other, I don't think about the championship, nor the famous victory record of twelve victories in a season that everyone talks about? »