Sebastien Loeb continued his perfect start to the 2009 World Rally season with a win in Portugal that extends his lead at the top of the overall standings to ten points. After winning all four races so far this season, the Citroen driver now has a 40-point tally - the maximum possible.
SebastienLoebcontinuedhisperfectstarttothe2009WorldRally
seasonwithawininPortugalthatextendshisleadatthetopof
theoverallstandingstotenpoints.
Day three of the Rally of Portugal began with the familiar sight of Sebastien Loeb leading the field. Mikko Hirvonen had led the way into day two, but the Finn was soon forced into second place after a sustained onslaught from the defending world champion.
As a result, Loeb held a 26-second cushion but knew that he had the worst of the dusty conditions ahead of him. The Frenchman started strongly, but Hirvonen also attacked from the off. Initial split times showed Hirvonen to have closed some of the gap on his illustrious rival.
But they were later deemed to have been inaccurate as the top four drivers maintained their positions from the start of the day. Yet again, the day belonged to Loeb who finished in a time of three hours 53 minutes 13.1 seconds. That was 24.3 seconds ahead of Hirvonen who came home in second place - his third consecutive runners-up spot of the season. Daniel Sordo, Loeb's Citroen team-mate, took third place.
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