WRC: Rally Great Britain *SPOILERS*

[Mothers Worry]

Rain eases Rally GB tyre wear fears

From autosport.com:

Rain eases Rally GB tyre wear fears

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 08:53 GMT

Concerns over excessive tyre wear on this weekend's Rally GB have eased following heavy rain on the opening day of the recce for the final round the World Rally Championship.

The drivers will be using Pirelli's soft compound Scorpion tyre on the Cardiff-based event and five-time world champion Sebastien Loeb had been among those worried by the prolonged dry spell which had left the Welsh roads hard and abrasive.

[Mothers Worry]

Loeb leads but Hirvonen closes in 

From autosport.com:

Loeb leads but Hirvonen closes in 

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 13:55 GMT

Sebastien Loeb continues to lead the championship-deciding Rally GB, but Mikko Hirvonen has reduced his advantage to five seconds at the end of day one.

After Loeb had put Hirvonen in the shade on the first loop this morning, the Finn fought back on the repeat run through the stages.


Leading positions after day one:

Pos  Driver              Car        Time/Gap
 1.  Sebastien Loeb      Citroen  1h15m22.1s
 2.  Mikko Hirvonen      Ford         + 5.3s
 3.  Petter Solberg      Citroen     + 40.5s
 4.  Dani Sordo          Citroen     + 41.6s
 5.  Sebastien Ogier     Citroen   + 2m41.3s
 6.  Henning Solberg     Ford      + 2m50.1s
 7.  Matthew Wilson      Ford      + 3m23.0s
 8.  Conrad Rautenbach   Citroen   + 4m54.6s
 9.  Jari-Matti Latvala  Ford      + 6m50.1s
10.  Eyvind Brynildsen   Skoda     + 7m52.0s

[Racin Jason]

Im hoping that Hirvonen can keep taking it to Loeb, the sport needs new challengers as opposed to loeb constantly dominating

[Mothers Worry]

Loeb wins Rally GB and sixth title 

From autosport.com:

Loeb wins Rally GB and sixth title 

Sunday, October 25th 2009, 12:09 GMT

Sebastien Loeb has won the World Rally Championship for a record-extending sixth time after claiming Rally GB victory.

The Citroen driver had arrived at the season finale one point behind Mikko Hirvonen and facing his toughest title battle in many years, but led the rally throughout.



Pos  Driver              Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Sebastien Loeb      Citroen     3h16m25.4s
 2.  Mikko Hirvonen      Ford         + 1m06.1s
 3.  Dani Sordo          Citroen      + 1m07.1s
 4.  Petter Solberg      Citroen      + 1m28.1s
 5.  Henning Solberg     Ford         + 6m28.0s
 6.  Matthew Wilson      Ford         + 7m46.0s
 7.  Jari-Matti Latvala  Ford        + 12m11.9s
 8.  Conrad Rautenbach   Citroen     + 14m27.8s
 9.  Eyvind Brynildsen   Skoda       + 22m22.7s
10.  Armindo Araujo      Mitsubishi  + 24m18.8s