Miniatures of Juan Manuel Fangio and a flying Tommi Makinen


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.





RESULT

1. Sebastien Loeb / Citroen Total
2. Mikko Hirvonen / BP-Ford
3. Daniel Sordo / Citroen Total
4. Petter Solberg / Citroën Junior Team
5. Henning Solberg / Stobart VK Ford
6. Matthew Wilson / Stobart VK Ford
7. Jari-Matti Latvala / BP-Ford
8. Conrad Rautenbach / Citroen Jnr Team

 

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Drivers :

Sebastien Loeb 93
Mikko Hirvonen 92
Daniel Sordo 64
Jari-Matti Latvala 41
Petter Solberg 35
Henning Solberg 33
Matthew Wilson 28
Sebastien Ogier 24

Constructors :

Citroën Total 167
BP-Ford 140
Stobart VK Ford 80
Citroen Junior Team 47
Munchi's Ford 23

Rally Results posted by
David Little
26th October 2009

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