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| 24-10-2011 at 08:00: Citroen and Loeb Smash the Another WRC Record | |
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The seven time World Rally Champion holds the record for the most WRC wins, with 66 podiums – or 67 if he finishes in front in Spain, 102 podium finishes from 149 rallies, giving him the record for the most podium finishes, while a total 1251 points gives him the most career WRC points. Loeb’s win ratio of 44% is also another record. Other records carrying his the names of Loeb and Citroen include the most wins in one season (2008, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010) while when it comes to the most consecutive wins, Loeb holds the top four places, with six consecutive wins in 2005 and 2006 and five consecutive wins in 2006 and 2008. He also has lead the most 1-2 wins and the most 1-2-3 wins in a season, as well as the most tarmac wins and the most consecutive tarmac wins. He has won the Rally of Germany eight times, a record for winning one event, while his six wins in Argentina and Spain, and five wins in Mexico and on the Monte Carlo are records for those events, and his 23 wins in different events is yet another record. And, as through this record breaking career, Loeb’s co driver Daniel Elena has been his side, Elena shares these records and they are the most successful crew of all time. All of these records have been achieved behind the wheel of a Citroen, starting with the Citroen Xsara, which won the manufacturers’ title in 2003, 2004 and 2005, followed by the Citroen C4 WRC in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. This year Loeb is continuing his winning ways behind the wheel of the Citroen DS3 WRC. This means that Citroen holds the record for the most manufacturer wins – 79 wins – the longest run of wins with eight this year for the DS3 WRC, the longest run of podium finishes – 38 from 2008 to 2010 and 25 from 2005 to 2006 – and the largest number of 1-2-3 wins in one season, as well as the most wins in one season in 2005 and 2008 with 11 wins. |
The last major World Rally Championship record not held by Citroen and Sébastien Loeb has fallen on the second day of the WRC Rally of Spain at the weekend (22 October 2011) with Loeb guiding his Citroen DS3 WRC to his 802nd fastest WRC stage time, passing the record set by Markku Alen.^ Back to top ^
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