BREAKING NEWS: Loeb's sixth Monte Carlo win
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Loeb wins Monte Carlo power stage and the event
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Sebastien Loeb has won Rallye Monte-Carlo for a sixth time following a dominant performance behind the wheel of the Citroen DS3 WRC he shares with Monegasque co-driver Daniel Elena.
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The Master of the Monte
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Loeb began the final day of the World Rally Championship qualifier, which consisted of one test, the 5.16-kilometre Power Stage, with a lead of 2m41.6s. After completing the challenging run unscathed, victory was all but assured.
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Dani Sordo Mini on podium again since 1967
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Dani Sordo won an exciting battle for second in his MINI John Cooper Works WRC, the marque’s first podium on the legendary event since Rauno Aaltonen took the overall victory in 1967 in a Cooper S.
Petter Solberg bagged the final podium spot on his return to the factory Ford team after an absence of more than a decade.
Event winner Sebastien Loeb has secured maximum World Rally Championship points on Rallye Monte-Carlo by securing three bonus points with victory on the event-closing Power Stage in his Citroen DS3 WRC.
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Evgeny Novikov Go Fast Ford Fiesta
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Loeb took 3m27.8s to complete the challenging stage with team-mate Mikko Hirvonen second fastest, 1.2s slower than Loeb, to bag two bonus points. M-Sport Ford Fiesta driver Evgeny Novikov rounded out at an impressive Rallye Monte-Carlo debut with his first Power Stage point in third.
Ford driver Petter Solberg’s outright pace was restricted having to run three used winter tyres and one winter tyre. Nevertheless he made it through to secure third overall.
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Pierre Campala John Cooper Works Mini
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Pierre Campana completed the tight and twisty test, held in dry and mild conditions, with a small powersteering problem on his factory MINI. He was ninth fastest as a result, 10.1s down on Loeb.
Czech Martin Prokop fended off MINI privateer Armindo Araujo in the battle for ninth place overall in his Fiesta by going three seconds faster than the Portuguese through the stage. Prokop was fifth quickest, 4.4s adrift of stage winner Loeb’s pace.
Francois Delecour, who finished sixth overall, handed driving duties to co-driver Dominique Savignoni for the stage to mark Savignoni’s retirement from the sport. Savignoni’s time was 52.2s slower than the fastest run.
OVERALL CLASSIFICATION
1 1 S. LOEB
D. ELENA CITROEN
DS3 WRC WRC
4:32:39.9
2 37 D. SORDO
C. DEL BARRIO MINI
COOPER WORKS WRC WRC
4:35:25.4 +2:45.5
(+2:45.5)
3 4 P. SOLBERG
C. PATTERSON FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:35:54.1 +3:14.2
(+28.7)
4 2 M. HIRVONEN
J. LEHTINEN CITROEN
DS3 WRC WRC
4:36:46.7 +4:06.8
(+52.6)
5 6 E. NOVIKOV
D. GIRAUDET FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:38:43.3 +6:03.4
(+1:56.6)
6 8 F. DELECOUR
D. SAVIGNONI FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:40:27.8 +7:47.9
(+1:44.5)
7 52 P. CAMPANA
S. DE CASTELLI MINI
COOPER WORKS WRC WRC
4:41:11.3 +8:31.4
(+43.5)
8 5 O. TANAK
K. SIKK FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:43:14.6 +10:34.7
(+2:03.3)
9 21 M. PROKOP
Z. HRUZA FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:48:50.6 +16:10.7
(+5:36.0)
10 12 A. ARAUJO
M. RAMALHO MINI
COOPER WORKS WRC WRC
4:48:56.5 +16:16.6
(+5.9)
11 9 M. WILSON
S. MARTIN FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:51:30.9 +18:51.0
(+2:34.4)
12 17 K. ABBRING
L. VANNESTE SKODA
FABIA S2000 2
4:51:36.2 +18:56.3
(+5.3)
13 10 H. SOLBERG
I. MINOR FORD
FIESTA RS WRC WRC
4:52:56.2 +20:16.3
(+1:20.0)
14 32 C. BREEN
G. ROBERTS FORD
FIESTA S2000 2
4:57:06.2 +24:26.3
(+4:10.0)
15 16 B. BOUFFIER
X. PANSERI PEUGEOT
207 S2000 2
5:00:05.3
[1:30] +27:25.4
(+2:59.1)
16 22 M. BURRI
S. REY PEUGEOT
207 S2000 2
5:02:59.4 +30:19.5
(+2:54.1)
17 71 C. ROBERT
Y. PERRET CITROEN
DS3 R3T 5
5:05:07.6 +32:27.7
(+2:08.2)
18 24 O. BURRI
J. FERRERO MITSUBISHI
LANCER EVO X 3
5:08:10.4 +35:30.5
(+3:02.8)
19 76 S. CHARDONNET
T. DE LA HAYE RENAULT
CLIO R3 5
5:09:35.2 +36:55.3
(+1:24.8)
20 14 P. NOBRE
E. PAULA MINI
COOPER WORKS WRC WRC
5:11:39.6 +38:59.7
(+2:04.4)
21 19 J. MELICHAREK
I. BACIGAL PEUGEOT
207 S2000 2
5:17:03.1
[0:40] +44:23.2
(+5:23.5)
22 80 B. LATOUR
J. DELCAMBRE CITROEN
DS3 R3T 5
5:17:37.6
[0:30] +44:57.7
(+34.5)
23 82 F. SIAS
T. BARICHELLA CITROEN
DS3 R3T 5
5:18:37.9 +45:58.0
(+1:00.3)
24 75 L. COMOLE
J. PAILHON HONDA
CIVIC TYPE R3 5
5:19:13.3 +46:33.4
(+35.4)
25 53 R. FRAU
F. VAUCLARE MITSUBISHI
LANCER EVO X 3
5:21:55.6 +49:15.7
(+2:42.3)
26 73 N. RESSEGAIRE
J. ARNAUD RENAULT
CLIO R3 5
5:23:54.2
[0:20] +51:14.3
(+1:58.6)
27 30 S. CORNU
F. NEDEL RENAULT
MEGANE RS 3
5:24:15.6 +51:35.7
(+21.4)
28 51 J. AYMARD
S. AYMARD SUBARU
IMPREZA STI 3
5:27:11.8 +54:31.9
(+2:56.2)
29 93 J. GATTI
B. CHAGOT PEUGEOT
206 XS 6
5:35:08.8 +1:02:28.9
(+7:57.0)
30 131 M. KOSCIUSZKO
M. SZCZEPANIAK MITSUBISHI
LANCER EVO X 3
5:35:14.8
[1:50] +1:02:34.9
(+6.0)
31 68 M. TEMPESTINI
D. PULPEA SUBARU
IMPREZA STI 3
5:36:33.1 +1:03:53.2
(+1:18.3)
32 78 C. FONTAINE
Y. COLAS RENAULT
CLIO R3 5
5:36:48.2 +1:04:08.3
(+15.1)
33 92 S. DROXLER
S. RACINE FORD
FIESTA R2 6
5:37:31.2
[1:30] +1:04:51.3
(+43.0)
34 83 F. BECT
M. LAMBERT CITROEN
DS3 R3T 5
5:39:09.4
[0:30] +1:06:29.5
(+1:38.2)
35 84 N. PANCIATICI
R. PADOVANI CITROEN
DS3 R3T 5
5:39:23.9 +1:06:44.0
(+14.5)
36 27 E. BOLAND
M. MORRISSEY MITSUBISHI
LANCER EVO X 3
5:40:35.1
[1:30] +1:07:55.2
(+1:11.2)
37 90 R. ESPOSITO
J. GROSJEAN FORD
FIESTA R2 6
5:40:43.5 +1:08:03.6
(+8.4)
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