Sebastien Loeb
Sebastien Loeb
Sébastien Loebis a French professional rally and racing driver. He competed for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championshipand is the most successful driver in WRC history, having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He holds several other WRC records, including most wins, most podium finishes and most points. Loeb announced his retirement from World Rallying at the end of the 2012 season. Participating in selected events in the 2013 WRC season,...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth26 February 1974
CityHauenau, France
My main adversary is myself, ... I must not take any risks. I must consolidate and make sure I finish the race.
We will try everything to get another win in Monte Carlo, which is an event I really enjoy.
There was a big stone in the road and bang... I hit it,
Everyone was expecting me to win in Corsica, so I had to do something a little different,
To be honest, it didn't matter if I was first, second or third in this rally -- I just wanted to win the championship,
Marcus was really untouchable. We lost time on the first day with the penalty and since then it has been really difficult to come back.
I would have liked to win but we could not compete with Marcus.
I didn't want to get at all involved in the battle with Petter and Marcus because I would have been very annoyed with myself if I'd gone off as a result of me chasing them and then making a mistake.
On a hairpin on the first stage, the car went away viciously at the back. I lost control and I was forced to stop by the side of the road.
Of course I'm very disappointed to have made the mistake on Friday that dropped us down to eighth overall - especially for the team. I can only blame myself.
With such gaps between the competitors, there isn't much else to do. We are comfortable and the team says this is how we are going to finish.
It's true we've been unlucky so far this year but I'm not worried because we're only five points behind the leader and there are many more rallies to go,
It's completely stupid. They should have stopped the rally there and then. Marcus didn't even pose the question, he stopped. For me, it was the same.
We really drove aggressively the first two days but today we let up the pace and drove without taking risks.