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The top 10 WRC drivers of 2009

The head-to-head fight between Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen, the number two contest between Jari-Matti Latvala and Dani Sordo and cameos from the likes of Petter Solberg and Sebastien Ogier. David Evans ranks to top 10 WRC drivers of the year

1. Sebastien Loeb

Starts: 12
Wins: 7
Championship position: 1st

Sensational through the first 5/12ths of the season. He then went from being able to do nothing wrong, to being able to do nothing right.

Whether the tyre coming off the rim in Sardinia was his fault was debatable - dropping from third to fourth because Daniel Elena undid his seatbelts while the car was still moving was certainly the fault of his co-driver. Loeb is similarly unwilling to accept blame for his Citroen's frailties over a tree root in Poland or the legality of said machine in Australia.

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