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Sebastien LoebWorld champion Sebastien Loeb won his fourth successive Rally Argentina to take over at the top of the overall standings in the 2008 title race. The French Citroen driver, who also won the previous round in Mexico, finished two minutes and 33 seconds ahead of Australian Chris Atkinson’s Subaru Impreza, with Spain’s Dani Sordo in another Citroen taking third place.

It was Loeb’s 39th career victory in the World Championship, another record for a man who has won the last four world titles. He took over the lead in the standings from Ford Focus driver Mikko Hirvonen, who was fifth after failing to recover from mechanical problems on the opening day. Read the rest of this entry »

citroen wrcThe FIA World Motor Sport Council will discuss radical changes in the World Rally Championship at a meeting on March 26, including a possible return to two-wheel drive only cars. The series is set to be transformed in the next few seasons. The FIA, considering rule changes, are reportedly looking into Super 2000 specs as well as a return to a two-wheel drive only championship.

If agreed upon officially, such a rule would not come into force until around 2011.

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