This week-end in SwedenRally Sweden, the upcoming second round of the World Rally Championship season, will be the 100th world class start for the Citroën pairing composed of driver
Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena.
"It's a nice round figure, but it's not
that important to me," said Loeb, he prefers to concentrate on the job at hand.
"Our objective will be to try to win, which won't be easy," the Frenchman explained. "For one thing, we will start the weekend running first on the road and that can often be a handicap in Sweden. Our rivals will also be out to draw level after the Monte Carlo Rally and I'm expecting a close fight."
"Sure, it would be nice to celebrate our 100th start with a win but scoring points in both championships will also be important and I will base my pace on the way the rally unfolds," Loeb declared.
Sebastien Loeb's career in numbers:
1st rally for
Sebastien Loeb: Florival in 1997 (France)
1st rally for Daniel Elena: Bauxite in 1992 (as a co-driver)
First rally together: 1998
1st rally in World series: Catalunya in 1999 with a Saxo Kit Car
1st WRC win: Deutschland in 2002 with a Xsara WRC
WRC starts: 99 including 87 with a WRC
(2 with a Toyota Corolla, 68 with the Xsara and 17 with the C4)
WRC podiums: 61
WRC wins: 37 (record)
WRC titles: 4 (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007)
Most wins in one season: 10 in 2005 (record)
Consecutive wins: 6 in 2005 (record)
Consecutive podiums: 12 in 2005 and 2006
Record number of wins: Deutschland (6 successive wins) and Monte Carlo (5).
Sébastien is only non-Nordic driver to have won the Swedish rally (2004).
Starts/wins ratio: 37/99 => 37% (record)
Starts/finished events: 85/99 => 85%
Starts/podiums ratio: 61/99 => 61%
The only driver who has done better is Carlos Reutemmann (2/2 => 100% in Argentina, 1980 and 1985)
Number of different events won: 17 (record)
12 are on the current calendar, in addition to Sanremo, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus and Australia. Carlos Sainz is 2nd with 13 different events.
Citroën Sport wins in one season: 11 in 2005 (record)
10 wins in one season for Lancia in 1988
Source Citroen Sport
