It was undoubtedly one of the key mental meetings not to be missed for the two championship protagonists during the Shakedown. And even though Gronholm is not far behind, it was Loeb and Citro\u00ebn who proved to be the fastest. The duel is now underway.<\/p>\n
This new 3.90-kilometer test session highlights the Citro\u00ebn C4 WRCs of S\u00e9bastien Loeb and Dani Sordo. Under the sun, the championship leader only made two runs, both of which he was satisfied with:<\/p>\n
\u00ab It was a very good introduction. Under the trees, the grip was variable, transitioning from very muddy sections to others that were much cleaner and stonier. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Loeb also takes the opportunity to remind everyone of his objective and put pressure on his Finnish rival: \u00ab Our goal in this event is to clinch the title. If Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm wins, we need to score four points, which means finishing in fifth place. It is important to finish the rally. Therefore, we didn’t want to overstrain our C4 WRC. After our two runs in the early morning, I saw that everything was fine with the car, and our shakedown ended. \u00bb<\/p>\n
More consistent, Dani Sordo is in second place at 0”1 just ahead of Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm. Petter Solberg, Jari-Matti Latvala, Henning Solberg, and Chris Atkinson are within the same second.<\/p>\n
Andreas Mikkelsen completes the top 8 in his first outing with the Ford Focus WRC version 2008. Tenth, Manfred Stohl completed five runs, more than any other driver.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9bastien Lindohlm, whose goal is to improve the performance of the Suzuki RX4, which will participate in the 2008 WRC championship, finishes several loops in 18th position, more than 12 seconds behind.<\/p>\n
Shakedown – Result – Rally of Great Britain<\/b><\/p>\n Chronos provided by the WRC<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was undoubtedly one of the key mental meetings not to be missed for the two championship protagonists during the Shakedown. And even though Gronholm is not far behind, it was Loeb and Citro\u00ebn who proved to be the fastest. The duel is now underway. This new 3.90-kilometer test session highlights the Citro\u00ebn C4 WRCs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-27510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-autre-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\n <\/strong><\/td>\n Drivers<\/td>\n Teams<\/td>\n Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/strong><\/td>\n Loeb<\/td>\n Citroen C4<\/td>\n 2’24”4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/strong><\/td>\n Sordo<\/td>\n Citroen C4<\/td>\n +0”1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/strong><\/td>\n Gronholm<\/td>\n Ford Focus<\/td>\n +0”3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/strong><\/td>\n P.Solberg<\/td>\n Subaru Impreza<\/td>\n +0”5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/strong><\/td>\n Latvala<\/td>\n Ford Stobart<\/td>\n +0”6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/strong><\/td>\n H.Solberg<\/td>\n Ford Stobart<\/td>\n +0”9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/strong><\/td>\n Atkinson<\/td>\n Subaru Impreza<\/td>\n +1”0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/strong><\/td>\n Mikkelsen<\/td>\n Ford Ramsport<\/td>\n +1”9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/strong><\/td>\n Hirvonen<\/td>\n Ford Focus<\/td>\n +2”3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/strong><\/td>\n Stohl<\/td>\n Citro\u00ebn OMV<\/td>\n +2”5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11<\/strong><\/td>\n Wilson<\/td>\n Ford Stobart<\/td>\n +2”6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12<\/strong><\/td>\n Pons<\/td>\n Subaru<\/td>\n +2”5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13<\/strong><\/td>\n Perez Companc<\/td>\n Ford Munchi’s<\/td>\n +3”3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14<\/strong><\/td>\n Villagra<\/td>\n Ford Munchi’s<\/td>\n +5”2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15<\/strong><\/td>\n Ostberg <\/td>\n Subaru<\/td>\n +5”2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n