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How Solberg could beat 'the boss' Loeb

Sebastien Loeb was at his imperious best in Germany, but David Evans wonders just how unbeatable he might be if Petter Solberg could ever get himself back in a factory team

Olivier Quesnel adjusted his baseball cap and looked skyward, blinking at the unusually bright and prolonged sun which was shining across the Mosel region - sweetening this year's vintage of Riesling just a little bit more. Life was sweet for Quesnel, too.

Welcome to Germany. Welcome to Loeb country.

Cap straight, Quesnel looked skyward once more.

"He's on a different planet," he ventured.

"The boss," he said, by way of an explanation. "He's on a different planet. And he's there by himself."

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