Sebastien Loeb and his Monaco-born co-driver Daniel Elena claimed their fifth Monte Carlo win for Citroën in today. Taking their prize at the finish ceremony in front of the Principality's palace this afternoon, the Citroën pair has carved out an indelible place in the record books
of the world longest-standing and most prestigious rally. Meanwhile, after being forced to make profit from the SupeRally ruling to re-start this morning after their problem on Day 3, Dani Sordo and Marc Martí came 11th to earn a Manufacturers' point for Citroën.
The Citroën C4 WRC's second straight win over the legendary stages of the Monte Carlo Rally follows on from the three successes notched up by its predecessor, the Xsara WRC. "This result owes much to the talent of
Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena. They put in a perfect run," said Olivier Quesnel after the finish. "Another win for the team on the WRC's particularly challenging curtain-raiser is a fitting reward for all the hard work put in by everyone at Citroën Sport."
Indeed, the team led from start to finish, staking an early claim in the Vercors Mountains on Thursday evening when the C4 WRC of Dani Sordo/Marc Martí emerged in the lead after SS1 before their team-mates took over in front after the following test. A series of five consecutive top-two stage times had many believing that the two Citroën crews were heading for a repeat of their one-two finish on this event last year, but Dani ultimately had to call on the SupeRally ruling to be able to continue after suffering a mechanical problem on SS11.
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