HAT-TRICK OF VICTORIES FOR CITROEN RALLY TEAM
07 March 2008 - Citroën UK Ltd

Loeb and Elena are the most successful pairing to compete at Rally Mexi

Citroën’s quadruple FIA World Rally Champions Sébastien Loeb and co-driver, Daniel Elena, scored their third consecutive victory at Rally Mexico, to move within one point of the lead of the FIA World Rally Championship driver standings.

Frenchman Loeb piloted his Citroën C4 WRC to eight stage wins on his way to his 38th WRC triumph with Elena. The pair are now just a single point behind Mikko Hirvonen after three rounds.

Citroën Total, meanwhile, has also recovered some ground to Ford in the manufacturer’s championship.

Loeb and Elena are the most successful pairing to compete at Rally Mexico, having won the event three times since it became a round of the WRC in 2004.

“I’m delighted to have won here,” beamed Sébastien. “Following our blank scorecard in Sweden, it was important to try to bounce back straight away. It wasn’t easy and, as often seems the case in Mexico, we had a troubled start, but the rest of the event went very well for us.”

The next round of the WRC is in Argentina on March 28-30.
Final Leaderboard for 5th Corona Rally Mexico*

1. S. Loeb/ D.Elena (Citroën C4) 3h 33 min 29.9s
2. C. Atkinson/ S. Prevot (Subaru Impreza) + 1min 06.1s
3. JM. Latvala/ M. Anttila (Ford Focus) + 1min 39.7s
4. M. Hirvonen/ J. Lehtinen (Ford Focus) + 3min 38.7s
5. H. Solberg/ C. Menkerud (Ford Focus) + 4min 57.9s
6. M. Wilson/ M. Scott (Ford Focus) + 6min 28.9s

FIA World Rally Championship standings after round 3 – Manufacturers*

1st. Ford – 37 points; 2nd. Citroën Total – 25 pts; 3rd. Subaru - 25 pts; 4th Stobart – 19 pts; 5th Munchi’s - 6 pts; 6th Suzuki - 5 pts.

FIA World Rally Championship standings after round 3 – Drivers*

1st. M. Hirvonen, 21 pts; 2nd. S. Loeb, 20 pts; 3rd. JM. Latvala, 16 pts; 4th. C. Atkinson, 14 pts; 5th. P. Solberg, 9 pts; 6th. G. Galli, 9 pts.
*All results subject to FIA confirmation.

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