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Rally France 2011 in English and Italian

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LOEB AND ELENA OVER THE TOP
By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Ford World Rally Team and Federation Francaise du Sport Automobile

Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have won their ninth consecutive World Rally Championship, and their eighth World Constructors Championship crown with Citroën.

Loeb could have afforded the luxury of not winning this race and still have won the championship but as expected, the number loyal fans who came to encourage him from every part of France meant Loeb may as well have had wings on his feet. And he did.
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Rally Mexico 2012 In English and Italian

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By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Ford World Rally Team and Rally Mexico

Sebastien Loeb has won the third round of the World Rally Championship. It was his sixth win in Mexico, and this year he confirmed his supremacy from the opening round.
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Rally France: The WRC Gets Hot: English and Italian

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Latvala hustles through a village on his way to fourth place.

After an incredible WRC in France, an increasingly tight battle in the WRC

By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, Ford Motor Company, BMW Claude Saulnier Press and Agence Presse

September 30-October 1The Rally France was the eleventh round of the WRC and one of the most exciting, with a number of plots and twists. The first surprise was that the John Cooper Works WRC Mini took command of the first day, followed by a Citroen…but that of Petter Solberg, a non factory entry. Sebastien Ogier was third. Not exactly the expected results. [Read more…] about Rally France: The WRC Gets Hot: English and Italian

Rally Sardinia 2011 In English and Italian

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Fords few high but couldn't stop the Citroens.

By Roberto Motta

Photo credits: Citroën Communication, Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, BMW and Volkswagen-Press-Media

After victories in Mexico, Portugal and Jordan, the DS3 WRC Citroen won a fourth consecutive victory on dirt, allowing Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena to achieve a major success that helps them to strengthen their leading position in the drivers’ standings World Rally Championship. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished in fourth place scoring valuable points for Citroën Total World Rally Team, which is also leading the standings in the Constructors’ Championship.
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Rally Sardinia in Photos

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Mini Clubman WRC.

Photo credits: Citroën Communication, Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, BMW and Volkswagen-Press-Media

One of the most interesting aspects (and there are many) of the WRC is the fantastic photography made available via the press services of all the major players. Italian Editor Roberto Motta and I have developed a way to sort through the hundreds of images that Motta gets after each event. He will sort through and send me as many as one hundred images, and from there I’ll pick 20-30 for the article, or as in this case, articles. It is always a difficult joy to make the selections.
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