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HEADLINE NEWS

Photos: World Rally Pics and mcklein-imagedatabase.com

French make puts its weight behind Loeb’s title fight with Ford’s Finn

CITROEN’S DOUBLE DISASTER PUTS HIRVONEN IN TITLE HUNT

FOUR ST AG E FOUR ST AG E , BR OOKLAN A BR OOKLAN A

OUT CRASHES LOEB OUT CRASHES LOEB

Ser ies dominator Sé bastien Loe b c ra shed out ear ly on in the ev ent

CHASING SEBASTIEN LOEB

SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E OUT CRASHES OGIER OUT CRASHES OGIER SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E OUT CRASHES OGIER SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E OUT CRASHES OGIER SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E OUT CRASHES OGIER SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E OUT CRASHES OGIER SHIPMANS SIX, ST AG E

accident ow n his with miser y Citr oën compounded Ogier Sé bastien

Sé bastien Ogier compounded Citr oën miser y w ith his ow n a ccident

This graph shows the standing of Sébastien Ogier and Mikko Hirvonen in this year’s drivers’ championship relative to points leader Sébastien Loeb. While Loeb has been able to maintain a decent gap on both drivers through the summer, his early crash in Australia has destroyed the safety net that he had built up.

INTS AHEAD/BEHIND LOEB

PO

25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40

Sweden

KEY

Ogier Hirvonen

Mexico

Portugal

Jordan

Italy

Argentina

POINTS AHEAD AND BEHIND LOEB

Greece

Finland

Germany

Australia

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