Possibly Loeb did the same trick as Hirvonen not so long ago, sandbagging on day 2 to make sure that Latvala would be first on the road on day 3.
First result, SS16, Loeb takes back 5 seconds, needs only just over a couple of secs to take the lead...and Loeb will be definitely going for it because he never won the RAC before...Sordo will be the backup to make sure that Citroen will take the constructors title now that Hirvonen is far away.