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Sébastien Loeb et Florent Malouda - Sur son compte Twitter (@realflorentm), le milieu de terrain de Chelsea Florent Malouda a partagé jeudi une photo le montrant au côté d’un autre grand sportif français en la personne de l’octuple champion du monde de rallye, Sébastien Loeb. L’occasion de constater que le pilote Citroën est entier, quelques jours après son spectaculaire accident survenu lors du rallye du Portugal…
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Q&A with Sebastien Loeb Ahead of WRC Mexico
Reigning World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb is leading the points race after two rounds and has put Citroen ahead of Ford in the WRC Manufacturers’ championship.
Loeb is feeling confident heading into Rally Mexico and has been undefeated at this event since 2006. He talks about his title defense and expectations for the first loose surface event of the WRC calendar below:
Q: First at Monte-Carlo, sixth in Sweden: how do you assess your start to the season?
SL: “Starting with a win in Monte-Carlo was obviously a good result. Sixth in Sweden, however, left me with a sense of what could have been. I know I can do better on that surface, but obviously I just can’t seem to manage it! At the end of the day, I’m leading the World Championship, ahead of Mikko [Hirvonen], and Citroën is leading the Manufacturer’s standing, so it’s positive. I would say that the start of the 2012 season has been fairly typical. If the rest goes the same way as the last eight years, I’d take that!”
Q: You are unbeaten in Mexico since 2006. Do you have a secret formula? How does the altitude affect the performance of the cars and your driving style?
SL: “There is no secret formula; it just comes down to a lot of hard work with the entire team. I have always felt comfortable on the stages here in Mexico, despite often having to cope with being first out on the road. Fortunately, this aspect won’t come into play this year thanks to the qualifying stage and I will be able fight fairly with the other drivers from day one. The altitude does indeed play a vital role, because the lack of oxygen means that the engines have less power. Fundamentally, it doesn’t change the way I drive. It’s perhaps a little easier to exit corners because you don’t hit the accelerator pedal as hard. And equally, you have to be careful not to head into a corner too quickly.”
Q: There are two 42km-long stages on Saturday and a 54km-long stage in Sunday. Will tyre management be especially difficult on these stages?
SL: “I don’t think so, because the Michelin Latitude Cross tyres are sufficiently hard-wearing on the road surface here, which is actually not that abrasive. Sunday’s stages will perhaps be a bit more difficult to manage in terms of strategy, because the four stages are being run without any service period. Depending on the positions and time differences, we’ll have to attempt to solve an equation with several imponderables. Should we take one or two spare tyres, focus on fighting for position in the overall standings or in the Power Stage? It will be interesting right up to the very end!”
Jump!
being retro doesn’t hurt… :)
For those who like a french accent! Seb Loeb & Little Seb ;)
That first photo of Little Seb, aawww! And that second in which used so much hair gel.. eewww. Even Loeb and his pitiful attempt to mask he has almost no hair looks better than Little Seb there. (PS: *Insert some sigh about good old times in which they were teammates there.*)
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aaaaaaawn <3<3
