The WRC was back in action this week in Germany & no prizes for guessing who won?

Rally Deutschland Top 8 + Matthew Wilson
1: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) 3h28m34.1s (Matches Sainzs record of 26 WRC wins)
2: Dani Sordo (Kronos Citroen) +33.8s (Another strong showing from Sainzs protege)
3: Marcus Gronholm (Ford) +2m19.2s (No doubt looking forward to Finland)
4: Toni Gardemeister (Astra Citroen) +2m33.8s (Another good outing in the Xsara on his 3rd outing of the season, he needs a works seat)
5: Manfred Stohl (OMV Peugeot) +4m25.9s (Big beneficiery from Hirvonens problems to scoop 5th)
6: Andreas Aigner (Red Bull Skoda) +5m42.6s (Best WRC outing and best-ever finish)
7: Jan Kopecky (Skoda) +5m45.8s (Another good outing for the Czech driver)
8: Chris Atkinson (Subaru) +7m25s (Best tarmac outing since Monaco)
12: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +18m34.9s (Slow start on day 1 but picked up the pace to finish 12th)

WRC Drivers Championship (Round 9/16)
1: Loeb (84)
2: Gronholm (51)
3: Sordo (41)
4: Stohl (24)
5: Hirvonen (21)
6: P.Solberg (20)
7: Gardemeister (16)
8=: Galli, H.Solberg & Pons (11)
11=: Atkinson & Bengue (9)
13=: Carlsson, Kopecky & Sarrazin (6)
16=: Duval, Radstrom & Valimaki (4)
19=: Aigner, Katajamaki, MacHale & Sohlberg (3)
23: Wilson (1)

WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 9/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (114)
2: Ford (91)
3: Subaru (63)
4: OMV Peugeot (41)
5: Red Bull Skoda (22)
6: Stobart VK Ford (17)

Next WRC Round: Rally Finland next week

By the way, James, you know you said Kubicas 2kg loss was through the nose. It was actually running on the same tyres for 51 of the 70 laps.

(Message edited by Tom B on August 13, 2006)