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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Everyone was expecting me to win in Corsica, so I had to do something a little different,
We will try everything to get another win in Monte Carlo, which is an event I really enjoy.
My main adversary is myself, ... I must not take any risks. I must consolidate and make sure I finish the race.
I would have liked to win but we could not compete with Marcus.
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.
To be honest, it didn't matter if I was first, second or third in this rally -- I just wanted to win the championship,
There was a big stone in the road and bang... I hit it,
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.
We really drove aggressively the first two days but today we let up the pace and drove without taking risks.
I had the tyre choice right, and I knew what Marcus was on. So I pushed, not too much but enough to push Marcus a little.