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
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.
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.
My main adversary is myself, ... I must not take any risks. I must consolidate and make sure I finish the race.
Now I've won the championship for the second time, I think I can say it feels as good as when I did it last time. Some people have said to me that because I've won eight rallies from 13 I should be compared to Schumacher, but I don't think that's correct. I think winning seven championships in rallying is more difficult than in Formula 1, and - at the moment - I have no plans. My priority is just to drive next year and to try and do what I enjoy. Winning rallies.
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.
We really drove aggressively the first two days but today we let up the pace and drove without taking risks.