France 2010

THIS IS A VERY SHORT REPORT BECAUSE ALL THE ACTION SURROUNDED SEBASTIEN LOEB. THE RALLY WAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEING HELD AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE OF HIS BIRTH IN THE ALSACE REGION NEAR THE BORDER WITH GERMANY. THIS IS WHERE HE LEARNT THE SKILLS OF HIS TRADE AND, ONCE AGAIN, HE DISPLAYED THEM AS ONLY HE CAN.

HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL FOR EMBARRASSMENT WAS VERY HIGH - IT SEEMED AS IF THE WHOLE POPULATION OF THE REGION HAD TURNED OUT TO WITNESS HIM TAKING HIS 7TH CONSECUTIVE WORLD TITLE. THIS HE DULY DID BUT HE ONLY PUSHED EARLY ON TO ESTABLISH A COMFORT ZONE AND EVEN THIS 'PUSH' WAS LESS THAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN IF CIRCUMSTANCES HAD BEEN DIFFERENT.

7 TITLES, 60 VICTORIES, 92 PODIUMS. WILL THIS EVER BE BEATEN? WELL, ONLY BY SEBASTIEN HIMSELF! HE GOES AGAIN IN 2011 AND SAID THAT AS LONG AS HE GETS THE SAME THRILL AT DOING THE JOB THAT HE LOVES THEN HE WILL CARRY ON.

SEBASTIEN OGIER WAS THE ONLY DRIVER WHO COULD HAVE STOPPED HIM BUT WHEN HE HIT A ROCK AND BADLY DAMAGED THE SUSPENSION HIS RALLY WAS EFFECTIVELY OVER. NEVERTHELESS, HE LOOKS QUITE CAPABLE OF GIVING HIS NAMESAKE 'A RUN FOR HIS MONEY'. THERE WERE PLENTY OF BATTLES DOWN THE ORDER WITH DANIEL SORDO (2ND) AND PETTER SOLBERG (3RD) PUTTING IN NOTABLE DRIVES.

BY THE WAY, CITROEN RETAINED THE MANUFACTURERS TITLE - QUELLE SURPRISE!

Rally Results posted by
David Little
4th October 2010

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