Loeb: He's not lucky, he's brilliant
AUTOSPORT's David Evans explains why Sebastien Loeb makes his own luck; why Ford dropped the ball in Portugal, and why the stewards were correct to strip Mikko Hirvonen of victory
Is Sebastien Loeb the luckiest driver in the history of the World Rally Championship?
When the eight-time world champion rolled out of Rally of Portugal last week, he resigned himself to losing his lead in his pursuit of an ninth straight title. And he did, indeed, lose that lead. For a while.
But by Sunday evening, Loeb was back leading the championship again. Incredible.
Or incroyable as the man himself might say.
Look back down the years. There was the time he broke his arm in 2006, but still won the title after Marcus Gronholm rolled his Ford in Australia, ruining the Finn's chances of challenging.
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