Loeb continues German dominance

Date published : 22 Aug 2010 - 16:30:46

Defending world champion Sebastien Loeb won the German Rally for a record eighth consecutive time to extend his lead in the World Rally Championship standings to 58 points.

The six-time world title winner led the event from start to finish to win by 51.3 seconds from Citroen C4 WRC team-mate Dani Sordo.

Citroen Junior team driver Sebastien Ogier made it a clean sweep for the French manufacturer after finishing one minute and 22 seconds behind Sordo.

Ford works team driver Jari-Matti Latvala was fourth with privateer Citroen entrant Petter Solberg fifth.

The win, Loeb's fifth of the season, made it 59 at world championship level for him and co-driver Daniel Elena and took his points tally for the season to 191 compared to 133 for Ogier.

With four rounds of the series to go Loeb could clinch the world title in Japan next month ahead of races in France, Spain and Wales.

Loeb was delighted to have continued his dominance of the German race.

He said: "A very good victory for me again, the eighth one in a row. It's incredible, I really have a good feeling on this rally. I wouldn't like to be beaten here and this time it's all okay again."