Finally, Sebastien Loeb fans were happy again. Alsace was alive with the World Rally Championship and the local hero had just dropped the clutch on his factory Citroen.
But he'd done it 5232 miles away in Beijing. And he'd done it in a C-Elysee WTCC not a DS3 WRC.
Hmm, not ideal.
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