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PENALTY HANDS LOEB CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD.(Competition)(Sebastien Loeb)(World Rally Championship)
Citroen driver Sebastien Loeb took his 31st career win during Rally Portugal, round five of the World Rally Championship. The win should have moved Loeb to within two points of Ford driver and championship leader Marcus Gronholm, but instead, a rules violation by six Ford Focus runners handed Loeb a one-point lead. Inspectors found the Fords were using the wrong specification of rear side-window glass and issued each car a five-minute penalty. The penalties hit Gronholm hard, dropping him from second place to fourth, and Mikko Hirvonen went from third to fifth. Subaru's Petter Solberg moved up to second, and Citroen's Dani Sordo moved into third.
Before the results shuffling, Gronholm took an early advantage on day one, but Loeb moved ahead at day's end and stretched his advantage in rain on day two. "I chose soft tires, but I'm slightly surprised that Marcus didn't make the same decision,'' Loeb said. "It was already raining before we left the service park.''
Gronholm did not think the rain-appropriate soft tires would last the full distance, so he opted ...
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- Magazine article from: AutoWeek August 1, 2005 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: AutoWeek September 24, 2007 700+ words
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- FORD QUITS CHAMP CAR.(Competition)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek February 5, 2007 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, PENALTY HANDS LOEB CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD.(Competition)(Sebastien...