UPDATE 1-Solberg maintains lead, Loeb in third
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World champion Petter Solberg has strengthened his lead after winning the final stage in leg one of the Rally of Italy on Friday. Championship leader Sebastien Loeb is improving steadily in third.
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World champion Petter Solberg extended his Rally of Italy lead to almost a minute after winning the first three stages on Saturday.
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Motorsport.com. Current World Rally Championship points leader Sebastien Loeb started out early with a bang to maintain the lead in the Rally of Great Britain on the close of the first day.
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Citroen&#39;s new world champion Sebastien Loeb leads the Rally of Catalunya by just two seconds from Markko Martin at the end of the first day.
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Sebastian Loeb boosts hopes of a fourth straight world title after Championship leader Marcus Gronholm crashes out in Japan.
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SÃ©bastien Loeb has shattered the notion that he is content to take the world championship by stealth, but after a storming run by Petter Solberg yesterday afternoon, it seems only a matter of time before the Subaru driver deprives him of the lead of the
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World champion Sebastien Loeb wins his third successive Monte Carlo Rally.
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FRANCE&#39;s Sebastien Loeb became the new world rally champion today after finishing second behind Markko Martin in the Rally of Corsica.
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Overnight leader Sebastien Loeb extended his lead in the Rally of Great Britain after the first three of eight special stages before pro-hunting protestors distrupted the race.
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OBIHIRO, Hokkaido -- Japan&#39;s first day on the FIA World Rally Championship ended Friday with Norway&#39;s Petter Solberg on top of the standings after he won four of the nine stages held.
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Subaru star, Petter Solberg has re-taken the lead on the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, after winning SS9 - the Norwegian now heads Marcus Gronholm by 8.4 seconds.
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A cautious approach helped Frenchman Sebastien Loeb to win his first world rallying title on Sunday. Before the Rally of France, Citroen team boss Guy Frequelin
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Petter Solberg turned up the heat on world championship rival Sebastien Loeb with a blistering display on stage six to close in on the Wales Rally GB leader.
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It may not be enough to tilt the championship this time, but Petter Solberg conjured a spectacular third consecutive victory at Rally GB to keep Sebastien Loeb waiting a little longer for the title.
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Subaru team leader Petter Solberg has won the Rally Italia Sardinia today [Sunday], dominating the event from the outset, and eventually taking the honours by 2 minutes 7.9 seconds.
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Citroen&#39;s championship leader Sebastien Loeb made a flying start to the Rally of Britain on Friday to seize the lead from Ford&#39;s overnight front-runner Francois Duval.
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he longest stage of the day - Kimun Kamuy - is the best opportunity for the drivers to catch or distance their closest opponents. Petter Solberg is the best at this game.