WRC Germany Aug 19-22 talk/results spoiler**

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Day 3



Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala started Sunday's opening stage in Germany with an attempt on the third place of Sebastien Ogier.

The Finn started the test 16.6sec adrift of the Citroen driver, but by the fourth split point he’d reduced the gap by 4.4sec. By the end of the stage, however, he had lost all but two-tenths of that advantage.

Latvala said he was had been too cautious near the end and had struggled with low engine revs in hairpins. Ogier was also having problems in hairpins. The Frenchman reported his C4 WRC was stalling in them - as it had on Friday.

Rally leaders Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo had trouble-free runs through the stage, setting the second and sixth fastest times respectively. Petter Solberg was the stage winner.

Malcolm Wilson moved ahead of Kimi Raikkonen into sixth place after the Finn missed two junctions in the stage.

Swede P-G Andersson lost the lead of the S-WRC competition after breaking a wheel on a kerb. He dropped three minutes changing the wheel, allowing Patrik Sandell, also in a Skoda Fabia S2000, into first place. Martin Prokop is 3.4sec behind in second.

Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block retired on the road section from the Service Park to the start of Dhrontal. The American was 10km into the 37km journey when his Ford’s alternator belt broke.

After bright sunshine on Friday and Saturday, Sunday dawned partly cloudy and rain had fallen on the stages overnight. The roads had dried by the time drivers started SS14, but further showers are possible later today.

Click: wrc.com/News SS15



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Rallye Deutschland leader Sebastien Loeb rounded off Sunday morning's first loop of stages in confident form with a fastest time through Moselwein.

The defending world rally champion’s lead over his Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo stood at exactly 48 seconds as the pair headed back to Trier for a 30 minute service.

With no repeat of the stalling problem that slowed him on SS15, Sebastien Ogier remains third, 1min 22sec behind Sordo but 19sec ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala.

Ford team-leader Mikko Hirvonen dropped more than four minutes on the stage after his Ford Focus RS WRC remained stuck in one gear. The Finn retired on Saturday when the input shaft to his transmission broke. He restarted today as a SuperRally entrant.

Click: wrc.com/News SS16




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While Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo maintained their one-two positions at the head of the leaderboard, the battle for sixth raged on between Matthew Wilson and the chasing Kimi Raikkonen.

Raikkonen began the day sixth, 19sec ahead of Wilson, but two mistakes on the opening stage (15) allowed the Stobart Ford driver to steal the position.

Wilson was quicker again on SS16 but on Dhrontal Raikkonen bit back, completing 1.6sec quicker to narrow the gap to 5.3sec with just one vineyard stage remaining.

Click: wrc.com/News SS17



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Sebastien Loeb will take a 50 second lead into the final stage of Rallye Deutschland after clearing the penultimate test in another stage winning time.

With only the Circus Maximus Super Special still to run, just 4.3 kilometres stand between the French driver and his eighth victory on this rally.

The rest of the positions in the top five look settled, while a good defensive drive from Brit Mathew Wilson looks to have ended Raikkonen chances of claiming back sixth. Wilson will take a 5.6sec advantage into the final test.

Click: wrc.com/News SS18




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[Weasel 555]

Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb has sealed victory on ADAC Rally Deutschland, round nine of the 2010 World Rally Championship, to extend his lead in the FIA Drivers' standings and rack up a record breaking eighth consecutive victory on the rally.

Loeb, the defending and six-time World Champion, led the rally from beginning to end and finished 51.3sec ahead of his team-mate Dani Sordo who was second in another C4 WRC.

Citroen Junior team driver Sebastien Ogier finished third, 1min 22sec behind Sordo, to complete a clean sweep of the podium for the French manufacturer.

Ford works team driver Jari-Matti Latvala finished fourth while Citroen privateer Petter Solberg completed the top five places.

Today's win was the 59th at World Championship level for Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena and gives him a total of 191 points in the drivers' championship, 58 points clear of his closest rival, Sebastien Ogier.

Click: wrc.com/News SS19





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Championship Standings: wrc.com Standings

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Next Round - Rally Japan Sept 9-12



Official Website: rallyjapan.jp/e/

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[WRXelent]

Ho-Hum. Looks like he'll be world champ again.

[alexinvancouver]

i usually download wrc and watch it
there used to be a nice site wrcfans.com
but it's not up any longer
the other one
http://wrc.mirafiori.com/wrc_2010/
and there're the whole bunch of funs who upload it on utube videos of day 1,2,3 shortly after the event
and if u're patient enough to wait for couple of days u can watch them pretending they're in real time =o)
broadcasting in north america sucks!
nothing on tv but people going roung and round in circles on asphalt and the rest of guys sitting around the track chewing on burgers and hot dogs
f@ck!