Reigning World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb boosted his hopes of retaining his title by winning the Rally of Catalunya in Spain over the weekend. Citroen driver Loeb finished ahead of his team-mate Daniel Sordo, with main title rival Ford’s Marcus Gronholm in third place.

Loeb led from the first day in his Citroen C4 to pick up his sixth win of the season and 34th, a record, in all. Loeb is now just six points behind Gronholm in the race for the WRC drivers’ championship.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1. Loeb  (Citroen)
2. Sordo (Citroen)
3. Gronholm (Ford)
4. Hirvonen (Ford)
5. Duval (Citroen)
6. P. Solberg (Subaru)
7. Latvala (Ford)
8. Atkinson (Subaru)
9. Pons (Subaru)
10. H. Solberg (Ford)

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