WRC - What happened in Germany

By Naughtynat
August 23 2006

Day 1 : Loeb is leading,with Sordo second 42 seconds behind.Sordo is now
driving the second Kronos Total Citroen car and inspite of his age,maturity is a
characteristic of his driving.Third is Toni Gardemeister followed by Marcus
Gronholm.Although Marcus started off well,a wrong tyre selection made him lose
time.Another Finn is fifth,Mikko Hirvonen,and Austrian Manfred Stohl is behind
him in sixth.

Day 2 : Loeb is now on "safe mode" and cruises in first.Sordo remains second,
followed by Marcus Gronholm.The rain during the last 2 stages didn't affect the
leaders.Fourth is Gardemeister,with Mikko Hirvonen not far behind him.Manfred
Stohl is sixth.

Day 3 : Sebastian Loeb takes the win.The two Kronos cars are 1-2,with Sordo
finishing second.Gronholm is third,with Gardemeister and Stohl in fourth and
fifth respectively.Sixth and seventh were taken by two Fabias,driven by Aigner
and Kopecky.Chris Atkinson took eighth.Hirvonen is out,and the JWRC winner
is Kris Meeke.

Debrief : Loeb takes his 26th WRC win,and a record of 5 consecutive Rally
Germany wins.Anyone to beat that?He extends his championship lead over
Gronholm,making it as hard as impossible to catch up.

Drivers Championship Standings :
1.Loeb 84 Kin' hell!
2.Gronholm 51
3.Sordo 41
4.Stohl 24
5.Hirvonen 21
6.Solberg P 20
7.Gardemeister 16
8.Galli 11
-.Solberg H 11
-.Pons 11

Constructors Championship Standings :
1.Kronos Total Citroen 114
2.Ford 91
3.Subaru 63
4.OMV - Peugeot Norway 41
5.RB Skoda 22
6.Stobart - VK U-Sport Ford 19

JWRC :
1.Sandell 26
2.Anderson 21