Photo: Benjamin Ward/Rally Norway
Ecstatic Loeb wins Rally Norway
Sebastien Loeb won his 49th victory in the WRC with his victory in Rally Norway 2009. An ecstatic Loeb was extremly happy to win this difficult winter-rally.
– This victory was very important for me, said Sebastien after passing the finishing line at Budor.
Loeb was just 9.8 seconds ahead of Mikko Hirvonen after three days with 23 stages. That is definitely close race! Jari-Matti Latvala took the third place on the podium.
Best norwegians were Henning and Petter Solberg who ended on 4th and 6th place.
Final Classification Rally Norway 2009| Pos | No | Driver | Cl | Time | Diff |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastien LOEB (F)
Citroën C4 | A8 | 3:28:15.9 | 0.0 | | 2 | 3 | Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN)
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | A8 | 3:28:25.7 | +9.8 | | 3 | 4 | Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN)
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | A8 | 3:29:37.7 | +1:21.8 | | 4 | 6 | Henning SOLBERG (N)
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | A8 | 3:31:49.4 | +3:33.5 | | 5 | 2 | Dani SORDO (E)
Citroën C4 | A8 | 3:32:07.9 | +3:52.0 | | 6 | 11 | Petter SOLBERG (N)
Citroën Xsara | A8 | 3:34:41.3 | +6:25.4 | | 7 | 16 | Matthew WILSON (GB)
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | A8 | 3:34:51.5 | +6:35.6 | | 8 | 5 | Urmo AAVA (EE)
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | A8 | 3:35:05.0 | +6:49.1 |
Published: 2009-02-15 15:04 |
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