WRC: RallyRACC Catalunya-Rally de España 2011_Highlights Day 3 (Part 2/2)

47th RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA / Rally de España 2011
Sebastien Loeb has won RallyRACC-Rally de España for a seventh time in his Citroen DS3 WRC following three days of dramatic action on the Costa Daurada south of Barcelona.
Overall positions after end of Rally:
1º Sebastien Loeb (Citroën DS3 WRC) 4h05m39.3s
2º Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2m06.9s
3º J.M. Latvala (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2m32.4s
4º Dani Sordo (Mini JCW WRC) +3m24.1s
5º Kris Meeke (Mini JCW WRC) +5m15.0s
6º Mads Østberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +5m54.2s
7º Henning Solberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +9m31.8s
8º Evgeny novikov (Citroën DS3 WRC) +9m40.1s
9º Denis Kuipers (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +11m13.8s
10º Khalid Al Qassimi (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +14m39.0s

2011 FIA Drivers' Championship Standings
1º Sebastien Loeb 222pts
2º Mikko Hirvonen 214pts
3º Sebastien Ogier 193pts

2011 FIA Manufacturers' Championship Standings
1º Citroën Total World Rally Team 397pts
2º Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 351pts
3º Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 145pts

Driving a Citroën DS3 WRC, Loeb maintained his overnight advantage for his seventh win in Spain and his fifth of the season alongside co-driver Daniel Elena. In doing so he helped Citroen wrap up the manufacturers' title for a seventh time. Jari-Matti Latvala began the final day in a strong second place following an inspired performance behind the wheel of his Ford Fiesta RS WRC, which he described as his best performance on asphalt. However, with team-mate Hirvonen needing to maximise his points total in his bid to prevent Loeb from claiming his eighth world title, Latvala ceded position to his fellow Finn for the third event in a row. "We have done a really good weekend but coming from three bad rallies I could not believe this result before we came to the end," said Loeb. "Mikko has taken a lot of points so we stay very close in the championship." Dani Sordo gave the thousands of Spanish fans lining the route reason for cheer when he finished fourth in his MINI John Cooper Works WRC. Sebastien Ogier had been closing on the local hero when his Citroen suffered an engine-related failure on the penultimate stage.
WRC: Sebastien Loeb has won RallyRACC-Rally de España for a seventh time (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ) in his Citroën DS3 WRC.
SWRC: Juho Hänninen has clinched the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in style with his third victory of 2011 on RallyRACC-Rally de España.
PWRC: Patrik Flodin won and moved into second place in the Production Car World Rally Championship with a thrilling victory on RallyRACC-Rally de España.

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