Rallying: Loeb wins seventh Monte Carlo title
The Frenchman has decided to race only four events in the 2013 championship.
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January 21, 2013
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MONACO:
World champion Sebastian Loeb, in a Citroen, clinched a seventh Monte Carlo Rally title on Saturday after heavy snow and driving rain caused the race’s last two stages to be cancelled. Compatriot Sebastien Ogier, in Volkswagen, took second place as Loeb netted a 77th career win. Stages 17 and 18 were scrapped because of the worsening weather conditions. The injuries to the bystanders forced the curtailment of stage 16 around Col de Turini and the remaining specials were scrubbed as conditions worsened. “You just couldn’t drive as the snow was engorged with water owing to the rain and you couldn’t keep on the road,” said Loeb. The Frenchman has decided to race only four events in the 2013 championship — he now will only compete in Sweden, Argentina and France.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2013.
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