"Everyone was expecting me to win in Corsica, so I had to do something a little different," joked Seb at the post rally press conference, before continuing more seriously: "I really wanted to win here, not only because this is my home rally but also because I love the Corsican stages.
Guy Fréquelin the Citroen team boss couldn't however conceal the fact that he had "mixed feelings''. ‘'Sébastian and Daniel once again lived up to the high expectations everyone had in them. But I am disappointed for François. He wasn't feeling very well this morning. I therefore suggested that he didn't try to catch Petter Solberg''. (Francois Duval rolled out of the event on the first stage of the final day). ‘'He now needs to put this behind him very quickly and refocus on the main objective which is still to win a third Manufacturers' title"
Rally France 2005 results:
1 Loeb/Elena Citroen
2 Gardemeister/Honkanen Ford
3 Solberg/Mills Subaru
4 Sarrazin/Giraudet Subaru
5 Kresta/Jan Tomanek Ford
6 Bengue/Escudero Skoda
7 Pons/del Barrio Citroen
8 Bernardi/Fortin Peugeot
Sebastian Loeb and Daniel Elena continued their winning ways by dominating the 2005 Rallye France held in Corsica from the 21st to the 23rd October 2005. Having won the drivers world championship in Japan three weeks previously it was no holds barred and foot to the floor from the start to try to win one of the few events that this pair had yet to get their names on. Not only did they win the first stage in an attempt to build a lead from the start but they won every single stage in the rally; something that's never been done before on a WRC event.
