View Full Version : Clean Sweep for Loeb
henk4
10-23-2005, 04:44 AM
Loeb's win in the Tour de Corse is of course nothing special. However I wonder whether it has ever happened before that one driver won ALL stages.
spi-ti-tout
10-23-2005, 04:55 AM
I didn't even bother to write the reports this time. Sucks a lot for Panizzi - his Loeb-matching skill wasn't given justice when the Evo first lost it's brakes and then engine on his HOME RALLY. Happily Galli and 'Pera are in the top 10 though, even if that means last and second-last.
Zytek_Fan
10-23-2005, 10:56 AM
Loeb got the driver's championship :D
henk4
10-23-2005, 10:58 AM
Loeb got the driver's championship :D
and deservedly so:D
Oliver_Newton
10-24-2005, 07:11 PM
Loeb has indeed had an amazing year. It has although made it kinda boring knowing that Loeb will most likely win race after race. I'm looking forward to next season after the driver shuffle. Just my two sense. As for if a driver ever has won all stages in a single rally? I'm not sure, but that is an interesting thought.
Zytek_Fan
10-24-2005, 07:16 PM
Loeb will probably be joining Subaru next year or possibly going full time with Pescarolo Sport
henk4
10-24-2005, 11:58 PM
Apparently the success of Loeb has made Citroen come back on its earlier decision to leave WRC. The story about Loeb is that he will join a Belgian private team that will continue to run the current Xsara. In 2007 the C4 (as presented in Geneva in 2004) will be fully developed.
His clean sweep of winning all stages of last weekend indeed is unique. Nobody ever managed to do this before.
henk4
10-24-2005, 11:58 PM
Loeb has indeed had an amazing year. It has although made it kinda boring knowing that Loeb will most likely win race after race. I'm looking forward to next season after the driver shuffle. Just my two sense. As for if a driver ever has won all stages in a single rally? I'm not sure, but that is an interesting thought.
Welcome to UCP:)
Zytek_Fan
10-25-2005, 03:20 PM
Apparently the success of Loeb has made Citroen come back on its earlier decision to leave WRC. The story about Loeb is that he will join a Belgian private team that will continue to run the current Xsara. In 2007 the C4 (as presented in Geneva in 2004) will be fully developed.
His clean sweep of winning all stages of last weekend indeed is unique. Nobody ever managed to do this before.
The private teams never do well
Oliver_Newton
10-25-2005, 07:48 PM
Welcome to UCP:)
Thanks. I've been viewing these forums for a while now, I've just never made any comments till now. This is a great site and I don't plan on leaving any time soon. :D
henk4
10-25-2005, 10:34 PM
The private teams never do well
You might be surprised to see how much factory support this particular team will be getting....
DasModell
10-26-2005, 01:02 PM
Kronos .. will be more like a factory supported team ..
Cotterik
10-26-2005, 01:10 PM
he realy wanted this rally win, i guess thats why he tried that much harder, for his first home win.
henk4
10-26-2005, 01:50 PM
After the new programme and rules for WRC in 2007 became official, Citroen officially announced it will return in 2007. This means that Loeb will continue in a "private" team Xsara for 2006.
He might be after a new "first": The first privateer WRC champion:)
DasModell
10-26-2005, 02:09 PM
yes . i thought about that too ..
and if the team will be well suported he might just do it ..
henk4
10-26-2005, 02:12 PM
he has got a 3-year contract offer from Ford. Said he would not do one year there, and now that Citroen is returning the Chronos option is the one that will materialise