Spain 2010

HERE WE ARE WITH ONLY 2 ROUNDS LEFT, INCLUDING THIS ONE, AND SEBASTIEN LOEB HAS ALREADY WRAPPED UP HIS 7TH WORLD TITLE. BUT YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IT - HE IS STILL AS COMPETITIVE AS EVER AND YET REMAINS EXTREMELY MODEST AND IS A MODEL THAT OTHER MULTIPLE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN MOTORSPORT COULD DO WELL TO FOLLOW.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, AS THIS WAS A MIXED TARMAC AND GRAVEL RALLY (WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE TARMAC ASPECT), HE WON AGAIN TO MAKE IT 61 VICTORIES.

PETTER SOLBERG AND DANIEL SORDO BATTLED OVER 3RD PLACE AND THEN OVER 2ND PLACE AFTER SEBASTIEN OGIER HAD CRASHED OUT (HE RE-ENTERED UNDER THE SUPER RALLY RULES). EVENTUALLY, PETTER WON AND TOOK ANOTHER 2ND PLACE. WHEN ASKED BEFORE THE RALLY IF HE WOULD BE ATTACKING HERE AND AT THE LAST ROUND IN WALES IN 3 WEEKS TIME, HE GAVE AN ABSOLUTELY TYPICAL PETTER REPLY THAT JUST SUMS UP HIS CHARACTER. "I'VE GOT TWO CARS LEFT AND ONLY ANOTHER TWO ROUNDS TO GO, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK!"

DANIEL SORDO STILL HAS NO DRIVE FIXED UP IN 2011 AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF HE IS NOT AROUND NEXT YEAR. HOPEFULLY, HIS FIGHTING THIRD HERE MAY HELP TO SECURE A SPOT SOMEHOW.

KIMI RAIKKONEN WROTE OFF HIS CAR ON THE SHAKEDOWN BEFORE THE RALLY STARTED AND TOOK NO PART BUT HIS TEAM-MATE, KEN BLOCK, FARED BETTER BY EARNING HIS FIRST WORLD RALLY POINTS FOR 9TH POSITION.

Rally Results posted by
David Little
25th October 2010

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