Reputed to be the most demanding event on the WRC calendar, the 2013 Acropolis Rally will nonetheless be contested at breakneck speeds. The Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team will be represented by the crews Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen and Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio for this, the sixth round of the season.
From a technical point of view, what have you learned from the last few rallies? “Although this is the third year we have been running the Citroën DS3 WRC, the car changes at virtually every rally. Since the end of last season, we have secured homologation for new parts from the FIA. These parts concern both the engine, with the [...]
Clear leaders going into the final day, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena controlled proceedings from the front to grab their eighth win in Argentina. It was also Citroën’s ninth consecutive WRC win in South America!
The second leg of Rally Argentina turned out to be just as tricky as the competitors feared and provided plenty of twists and turns. It is at times like these that Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have been unstoppable in the past.
Challenging for the lead right from the word go, the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team crews ended day one of Rally Argentina in second and third position. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena are 16.3s adrift of the leaders, 1.8s ahead of their team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen.
It’s not only in Formula 1 where qualifying can be decided by a matter of a few thousandths of a second. Having seemed on course to set the best time, Sébastien Loeb had to settle for second in the end, as Jari-Matti Latvala beat his time by just 35/1000ths…
After missing Mexico and Portugal, Sébastien Loeb is back in the WRC! This was a good occasion to speak with him before Rally Argentina…
Rally Argentina, the fifth round of the World Championship, will see the much-anticipated return of Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena in the no.1 Citroën DS3 WRC. The nine-time World Champions will line up alongside Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen in the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team.
