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They’ve designated as the Michael Schumacher of the Rally there are only two differences between this and the German. The first is numerical and reversible and the Schumacher has won seven world championships to six of Sebastien Loeb. The second, however, is undeniable: o Schumacher is one of the best pilots of all time in Fomula 1 and the Frenchman is the one and only one in the world of WRC.
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O Loeb was born on February 26, 1974 and the sport came to life early on. Do not imagine but that it had any special connection with motor sports. The opposite, in fact. The gym was his first love and the sport that brought the first of discrimination. Emerged Alsatian champion four times, once a champion of the Great Orient of France and had taken the fifth place in the national championship in the country.
* Since last year’s season (2008) that Loeb had been the only driver with 5 consecutive titles by overcoming the Tommi Makinen (1996-99).
* Only one other Frenchman has won the title of world champion in WRC, o Didier Auriol in 1994.
* In 2006 was ahead 35 points from Marcus Gronholm, but broke his hand in 4 games before the end. The Gronholm failed to make the total overthrow ending fifth (4v.) in Australia.
* In 2008, Loeb has the most wins in a season (11). The previous record held by himself with 10 in 2005. Since 2003 there is at least three races in each year.
In 1995 at the age of 21 he decided to make his interests shift and showed a motorsports. The Citroen came to “good morning” in his life and his mentor, Guy Frequelin, who acted as director of the Citroen Sport, gave him the opportunity to participate in the World Junior Championships in 2001. The Loeb him right choice for taking the title with 5 wins in six games!
In 2002, thrown into deep waters of the WRC and the first match of his career in Monaco took second place. The first victory came a few months later in Germany. The end of the season found the Frenchman in 10th place overall with 18 points. In 2003 sent a clear message to all other major drivers. The Loeb added three more victories to his credit (Monte Carlo, Germany, San Remo) and lost the title in the last rally of the season in Wales, with a degree of difference from Petter Solberg.
This was the last time ever she saw the back of another at the end of the year. Since then, always leading to either the Citroen Xsara WRC or the Citroen C4 WRC, measuring six consecutive world championships and invalidating a record after another. In 2008 he became the first of five consecutive title, a record that he has improved this season. It also counts the most wins of any other driver in the history of the institution, the number 54.
Especially the way he won the last championship certainly will cut your appetite and dreams of any wish in the near future to challenge the primacy of. That was 5 points behind Mikko Hirvonen two races before the finale, proving the truth of speech. However, the Finnish Ford driver approached me more than anyone else in … miracle after losing the title to an