Great Britain 2009

ON DAY 1, MIKKO HIRVONEN BATTLED ON MORE OR LESS EQUAL TERMS WITH SEBASTIEN LOEB WHO CAME INTO THIS ROUND WITH A DEFICIT TO MIKKO OF A SINGLE POINT

BY THE END OF DAY 2, SEBASTIEN HAD CREATED A SIGNIFICANT GAP OF ALMOST 30 SECONDS WITH SOME REAL ATTACKING, ON-THE-EDGE DRIVING. AT THE START OF DAY 3, MIKKO STARTED TO CLAW BACK A LITTLE OF HIS BIG DEFICIT BUT THEN IT ALL FELL APART WHEN A HEAVY LANDING CAUSED HIS BONNET TO COME LOOSE. EVENTUALLY HE HAD TO STOP TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE BONNET.

THAT INCIDENT COST HIM A MINUTE AND ANY CHANCE OF CATCHING SEBASTIEN. DANIEL SORDO KEPT A RESURGENT PETTER SOLBERG AT BAY BUT, OH, HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SEE PETTER BACK IN A COMPETITIVE CAR AND DRIVING AS ONLY HE CAN DRIVE. THEY FINISHED 3RD AND 4TH RESPECTIVELY.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT SEBASTIEN? HIS 54TH WIN, MORE THAN DOUBLE ANY OTHER DRIVER, AND HIS 6TH CONSECUTIVE TITLE. I KNOW RECORDS ARE MADE TO BE BEATEN BUT, SURELY, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HIS RECORD WILL EVER BE BEATEN.

Rally Results posted by
David Little
26th October 2009

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