WRC: Rally Sardinia 2009

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Latvala ends Loeb's winning streak 

From autosport.com:

Latvala ends Loeb's winning streak 

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 10:44 GMT

Jari-Matti Latvala turned his troubled season around and ended Sebastien Loeb's unbeaten run in the 2009 World Rally Championship by winning the Rally Sardinia.

The Finn, who led home team-mate Mikko Hirvonen in a Ford one-two ahead of Loeb, had started his season with a string of mistakes, including a ferocious accident in Portugal that saw his car roll 17 times down the side of a cliff.

Leading finishers:

Pos  Driver              Car      Time
 1.  Jari-Matti Latvala  Ford     4h00m55.7s
 2.  Mikko Hirvonen      Ford     +    29.4s
 3.  Sebastien Loeb      Citroen  +  1m43.7s
 4.  Petter Solberg      Citroen  +  1m57.6s
 5.  Evgeny Novikov      Citroen  +  5m11.8s
 6.  Matthew Wilson      Ford     +  7m29.3s
 7.  Mads Ostberg        Subaru   + 13m20.6s
 8.  Henning Solberg     Ford     + 13m21.2s
 9.  Conrad Rautenbach   Citroen  + 19m31.1s
10.  Nasser Al-Attiyah   Subaru   + 19m43.7s

[Mothers Worry]

Penalty drops Loeb to fourth 

From autosport.com:

Penalty drops Loeb to fourth 

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 13:06 GMT

Sebastien Loeb has been given a two minute penalty in Sardinia because his co-driver Daniel Elena unfastened his safety belts while their car was still in motion when they stopped to change a wheel on SS11 yesterday.

The world champion falls from third to fourth in the results as a consequence of the punishment.