Rally of Mexico

Winner of the last two editions of the Rally of Mexico, Sebastien Loeb can legitimately aim for from three. The French, "only" the 2nd at the end of the day on Friday, has taken the controls. And it will not take too much time for the best driver in the world to put the record. From the first special of the morning, he signed the scratch time (18'35''7) and the opportunity to get back on the heels of Jari-Matti Latvala overall. Separated from 9''9 yesterday, the two men stood only a little more than one tenth! "It's very tight now in the general. It has been a few changes since last night settings. We are better, I do not know why ... Maybe Latvala scans the road ahead of us, "confided the pilot Citroen on the site of the mark to rafters. We must remember that times have changed. While the Finns travelling in second place Friday, he had the onerous task of opening the road this Saturday. Latvala does not sweep A sweeper role that does not seem to suit her. "This is not good. I understand better what Mikko (Hirvonen) said yesterday (the leader of the championship opened the road Friday). It's much better to be second than first on the road from the point of view of the brake. I have to learn to fly on the basis of that. I just need to make my own steering more and stay calm. It is not hopeless, we still have a chance. This is not lost. "Young had beautiful Scandinavian continue to believe, however Loeb him inflicting a second blow to morale by taking the lead at the following special. More rapid 4''7, Alsacien thus pushing its main rival to nearly five seconds in the overall standings. Chris Atkinson, in turn, retained his place on the podium, just ahead of Mikko Hirvonen, who benefited from a mechanical problem with Petter Solberg to grab the ground. The Norwegian was indeed forced to stop about two minutes in the middle of the ES10 after his broken driveshaft. He fell to 7th place overall at more than 5 minutes Loeb before he decided to abandon.