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Sebastien
Loeb
FRANCE
WORLD RALLY CHAMPION - 2005, 2004 ; WORLD JUNIOR RALLY
CHAMPION - 2001
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| 1974 |
- 26/02/1974:
date of birth, France
- Born at Oberhoffen
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| 1995 |
- starts competition
rallying
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| 1999 |
- wins Citroen
SaxoKit-Car Cup
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| 2000 |
- French Rally
Champion with Citroen Xsara Kit-Car
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| 2001 |
- Super 1600
with Citroen
- wins
world junior rally championship (Super 1600)
- first WRC
drive - San Remo Rally - finish 2nd
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| 2002 |
- joins
WRC full time; Citroen
- finish first
in Monte Carlo Rally but loses win due to illegal wheel change
penalty
- first WRC
win at German Rally
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| 2003 |
- 3 RALLY WINS
- finish
championship runner-up
to Petter Solberg
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| 2004 |
- wins the
first 2 rallies of the year
- first
non scandinavian driver to win the Rally of Sweden
- 5
rally wins (Monaco, Sweden, Cyprus, Turkey and Germany)
- wins
his first world rally championship
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| 2005 |
- 4th year
with WRC Citroen
- record
5 wins in a row (equals Massimo Biasion, 1988, 1989) after
Acroplis Rally (Round 8 of 16)
- record
6 wins in a season (equals Didier Auriol, 1992) after
Acroplis Rally (Round 8 of 16); his 16th WRC win
- new
record 10 wins in a season; 20th career win
- wins
his 2nd world rally championship
-
first rally driver to achieve a clean sweep - wins every stage
of 2005 Rally of Corsica
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2006 |
- 5th year
with WRC Citroen (Kronos privateer team)
- 21st
career win (at Rally Mexico) becoming the greatest French rally
driver
- new
world record: 27 world rally wins after Rally of Japan (Sept 3,
2006)
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