Sebastien Loeb continues to increase his legend. The nine-time
champion of the WRC, which already knows what it is to achieve success in different
categories, has added a new trophy to his showcase this weekend in
Riga. In a last test by water and mud as protagonist, something that
has not been able to overshadow the excellent debut of Latvia in the contest, Loeb has
added his first victory in the World Rallycross at the controls of the Peugeot 208
RX Supercar. The frenchman overcame in the grand final Mattias Ekström, favorite driver
the rise with the title of the category.
The condition of circuit rookie and the strong
rainfall experienced in Riga led to greater gender equality. Johan
Kristofferson and Andreas Bakkerud were the strongest during the rounds
qualifying, any time that Sébastien Loeb had two small mishaps, one
them with your mate Timmy Hansen as guilty. Despite this, the
French made it through to the semi-finals round in which he was not present
Petter Solberg, also a former pilot of the WRC, and that this result is almost
leave of his options to become a three-time contest. All in all,
Loeb was sentenced to Kristofferson in his semi-final, despite a bad start.
Sébastien Loeb signed a final almost pristine avoiding the
tap the output between Bakkerud and Timerzyanov, a mishap that ended with the
Russian pilot against the protections. From that point, no one could do shadow
the nine times champion of the WRC and after the completion of the ‘joker lap’ in last
instance, Loeb won clearly to Mattias Ekström. The podium as completed
Timmy Hansen, signing a doublet for the team Peugeot Sport in the
podium. For his part, Mattias Ekström also closed the test very satisfied
since it now has 27 points of advantage in his leadership, on Johan
Kristofferson.
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