World Rally legend Sebastien Loeb won the Latvian WRX round by winning the first semi-final ahead of top qualifier Johan Kristoffersson and dominating the final having made the best start from the front row of the grid. As he did for much of his WRC career, Loeb led from the front, setting a series of fastest laps of the day to secure his first ever World RX win in his maiden first full season of rallycross, and was joined on the podium by teammate Timmy Hansen, who had to fight back from a slow start in his semi-final. DTM star Mattias Ekstrom, who had extended his lead in the Drivers’ Championship points just by qualifying for the semi-finals as season-long rival Petter Solberg finished...
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