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Rhys (English pronunciation: /ˈriːs/^[1]) is

• a Welsh given name (usually male), famous in Welsh history
• a surname of Welsh origin that means "Dragon", "fervor", "passion", "ultimate strength", "king" or "zeal"

The name is also anglicised as Rice, Rees, Reese and Reece

Given name[link]

Welsh history[link]

• Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197), 12th century ruler of southern Wales
• Rhys ap Tewdwr (died 1093), 11th century prince of southern Wales

Modern times[link]

As a first name, Rhys may refer to:

• Rhys Bobridge (born 1981), Australian singer and dancer
• Rhys Chatham (born 1952), American avant-garde "guitar orchestra" composer
• Rhys Coiro (born 1979), American film actor
• Rhys Darby (born 1974), stand-up comedian from New Zealand
• Rhys Davies (born 1985), Welsh Golfer
• Rhys Day (born 1982), Welsh footballer
• Rhys Evans (born 1982), English footballer
• Rhys Fulber (born 1970), member of Front Line Assembly
• Rhys Gemmell (born 1896), former tennis player from Australia
• Rhys Hanbury (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
• Rhys Hughes (born 1966), Welsh writer
• Rhys Ifans (born 1967), Welsh actor
• Rhys Jenkins (born 1990), rugby union player
• Rhys L. Isaac, professor
• Murder of Rhys Jones (died 2007), 2007 murder in Liverpool, England
• Rhys Millen, car racer
• Rhys Muldoon (born 1965), Australian actor
• Rhys M. Thomas (born 1982), Welsh international rugby union player
• Rhys Oakley (born 1980), Wales international rugby union player
• Rhys Palmer (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
• Rhys Priestland (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
• Rhys Rhys-Williams (1865–1955), British Liberal Party politician
• Rhys Stanley (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
• Rhys Taylor (born 1990), Welsh footballer
• Rhys Thomas (comedian) (born 1978), English comedian and actor
• Rhys Wakefield (born 1988), Australian actor
• Rhys Webb (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
• Rhys Wesser (born 1979), Australian professional rugby league footballer
• Rhys Williams (rugby player) (born 1980),Welsh rugby union player
• Rhys H. Williams (rugby player) (1930–1993), Welsh rugby union player

• T. Rhys Thomas, Wales international rugby union player

Surname[link]

As a last name, Rhys may refer to:

• Ernest Rhys (1859–1946), English writer
• Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953), Welsh comedian and presenter
• Gruff Rhys (born 1970), vocalist and guitarist
• Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Caribbean writer
• Sir John Rhys (1840–1915), Celtic scholar at Oxford
• John Rhys-Davies (born 1944), English actor of Welsh descent
• John Llewellyn Rhys, an airman memorialised by John Llewellyn Rhys prize
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor
• Keidrych Rhys (1915–1987), Welsh literary journalist and editor
• Matthew Rhys (born 1974), Welsh actor
• Morgan John Rhys (1760–1804), Baptist minister
• Paul Rhys (born 1963), Welsh television, film and theatre actor
• Phillip Rhys (born 1974), English actor

Fictional characters[link]

Fictional characters with the name Rhys include:

• Rhys, the central character of the first generation of Phantasy Star III
• Rhys, in the Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance video game
• Rhys, in Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry book series
• Rhys, in Gail Carson Levine's The Two Princesses of Bamarre
• Rhys Ashworth, on the British soap Hollyoaks
• Rhys Lawson, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Rhys Lewis, the eponymous subject of an 1885 novel by Daniel Owen
• Rhys Maelwaedd, a character of the Deverry Cycle book series.
• Rhys Rhysson, the Low King of the dwarfs in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
• Rhys Williams, in the BBC science fiction series Torchwood
• Rhys, elf in the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor sets of Magic: The Gathering, a collectible card game
• Rhys Sutherland, in the Home and Away television series

References[link]

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Rhys Millen (born in New Zealand), nephew of IMSA GTS driver Steve Millen, son of Rod and elder brother of Ryan, is one of the America's top competitors in drifting. Prior to that he was a top rally driver in the US, and became the first works backed driver from a car manufacturer with GM in 2004 after narrowly losing to Ken Nomura in the US D1 Grand Prix exhibition event in 2003. In 2011 Millen raced a 500bhp AWD Hyundai Veloster in the US Rallycross championship, in 2012 he will compete in the US-based so-called Global Rallycross Championship.

Career[link]

Millen became just the second champion in the short history of the United States' top drifting series, Formula D, just a year after his good friend, Samuel Hubinette, became the maiden series champ. Millen has two wins in his Formula D career: the 2004 season finale at the Irwindale Speedway, and the 2005 season opener at the Wall Speedway in Wall Township, New Jersey. He became the highest placed non-Japanese driver in the US round of the D1GP event in 2005, making it to the last 8 after beating Masato Kawabata, only to lose to Yasuyuki Kazama through a "One More Time" rerun. Millen's father, Rod, also competes in drifting on occasion. In fact, Rod made his Formula D debut at the 2005 season finale at Irwindale, the same event where his son was crowned the champion.

Millen has driven a Pontiac GTO drift car for three seasons (Winning in 2004 and 2005, but losing out to Hubinette in 2006) and a Pontiac Solstice for the 2007 D1 Season. For the 2009 season, he will drive a Hyundai Genesis Coupe.^[1] Red Bull has been a major sponsor of Rhys' drifting efforts, as well as the paint schemes of many of his cars.

Besides racing, Millen is also a stunt driver for films such as The Dukes of Hazzard, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. He also did the driving for the first Hyundai Genesis Coupe commercial.

On December 31, 2008, he became the first person to back-flip an off-road truck in the air. He landed off-balance, forcing his vehicle to flip on its side a few times after landing, but then walked away unharmed.

In 2009, Hyundai teamed up with Millen to race the Hyundai Genesis Coupe at the Formula Drift Professional Drifting Championship, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and select Redline Time Attack Series events in 2009.^[2][3] On July of that year, Millen set a new rear wheel drive record to take Pikes Peak's time attack title.^[4][5]

Complete Drifting Results[link]

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D1 Grand Prix[link]

Formula D[link]

References[link]

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External links[link]

• IMDB entry
• Official Site
• Formula D profile
• Rhys Millen Documentary Mad Skills
• Rhys Millen Interview before attacking the Pikes Peak Hill Climb

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Gruff Rhys
Rhys, on stage with the band Mogwai in Scotland in 2001
Background information
Born	(1970-07-18) 18 July 1970 (age 41) Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Origin	Bethesda, Wales
Occupations	musician, songwriter, producer.
Instruments	guitar, vocals, keyboard, saz, drums,
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Rough Trade, Team Love
Associated acts	Super Furry Animals Ffa Coffi Pawb Neon Neon Mogwai Boom Bip Gorillaz Manic Street Preachers
Website	www.gruffrhys.com

Gruffydd Maredudd Bowen Rhys (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡrɨ̞fɨ̞ð maˈrɛdɨ̞ð ˈbowɛn ˈr̥ɨːs]; born 18 July 1970 in Haverfordwest)^[1] is a Welsh musician, performing solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals who obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He also most recently formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with Boom Bip. Their album Stainless Style was nominated for the 2008 Nationwide Mercury Prize. He won the 2011 Welsh Music Prize for his album Hotel Shampoo.

He was educated at Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen, Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales and was awarded a degree in art at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Musical career[link]

Ffa Coffi Pawb[link]

After playing drums for the band Emily, Gruff Rhys found fame in Wales as the front man of Ffa Coffi Pawb. Translated, the name means 'everyone's coffee beans', though if said quickly in Welsh, it can sound like 'fuck off everyone' in English and Welsh combined.
On signing to Ankstmusik, Ffa Coffi Pawb became one of the leading bands on the Welsh music scene, and released three albums - Clymhalio, Dalec Peilon and Hei Vidal!'.

Rhys plays the guitar in an unusual style. Although he is right-handed, he learnt to play left-handed on his brother's left-handed guitar. Once his brother left home, however, Rhys only had access to a right-handed guitar. As he had already learnt to play left-handed, and rather than invert the nut and re-string it, he taught himself to play the right-handed guitar upside down so the bass strings are on the bottom. Today, Rhys still plays left-handed on an upside down right-handed guitar.^[2]

Super Furry Animals[link]

When Ffa Coffi Pawb disbanded in 1993, Rhys and drummer Dafydd Ieuan, of Rhoscefnhir, Anglesey, who had played for Catatonia, Anhrefn, Hanner Pei and many other Welsh language bands, formed the basis of the Super Furry Animals. They soon settled on a line-up consisting of Rhys on vocals and guitar, Ieuan on drums, his brother Cian Ciaran (formerly of WWZZ) on keyboards, Huw Bunford (formerly of U-Thant) on guitar and Guto Pryce on bass. This line-up has remained constant to the present day, although the role of each member has become more flexible, particularly in the studio.

In 1995, following a couple of largely Welsh-language EPs on the Ankst label, they signed to Creation Records. Apparently, when offering them the deal after a gig, Alan McGee, head of Creation, asked that they sing more songs in English. Rhys pointed out that all the songs that night had been in English. The Super Furries went on to release of their critically acclaimed first album, Fuzzy Logic, in 1996 - the first time Rhys had recorded in English. He later observed that his singing sounded like a random collection of accents - but it was nevertheless very successful.

Follow-up albums included Radiator in 1997, Guerrilla in 1999 and Mwng in 2000. They also became particularly famous for their 40-foot inflatable bears and the SFA blue tank, which toured summer festivals playing techno music at high volume. The Super Furries made a further mark on history in July 2001, when they released their first album for the Sony label, Rings Around the World, on CD and DVD simultaneously: they repeated this for 2003's Phantom Power. Unfortunately 2005's Love Kraft performed poorly commercially and SFA agreed to leave Sony. They are presently signed to Rough Trade and released Hey Venus! in 2007 in the UK. In 2009 they released their latest record to date, entitled "Dark Days/Light Years".

Solo[link]

On 24 January 2005, Gruff Rhys released his first solo album, Yr Atal Genhedlaeth on the Placid Casual label. This was a loose, sketchy, all-Welsh-language album, with most of the instruments played by Rhys. A tour of Wales and several festival appearances followed. After SFA signed to Rough Trade, the new label agreed to take on his solo work as well and on 8 January 2007 they released Candylion, a batch of acoustic pop songs in English, Spanish and Welsh, which Rhys wrote whilst touring Love Kraft but which didn't fit with the direction of the new SFA album. A third solo album by Rhys, Hotel Shampoo was released on 14 February 2011. On the 4 March 2011, it was announced that Gruff will be playing at Glastonbury 2011.

Neon Neon[link]

In 2007 Rhys launched a new electro-pop collaborative project with Boom Bip under the collective moniker Neon Neon.^[3] Their album, titled Stainless Style, is a loose concept album based on the tumultuous life of De Lorean Motor Company founder John De Lorean,^[4] and was released on 18 March 2008 via Lex Records. The album includes a number of high-profile guest appearances from Fab Moretti of The Strokes, Har Mar Superstar, Yo Majesty, Spank Rock, Cate Le Bon and The Magic Numbers. The first single, "Raquel", was released on 26 November 2007.^[5] The follow-up single "I Lust U", featured fellow Welsh artist Cate Le Bon on vocals. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize.

Collaborations with other artists[link]

Rhys has occasionally collaborated with other artists, providing vocals for the track "Dial: Revenge" on the Mogwai album Rock Action as well as guesting on the songs "Fear of Guitars" (from the album Machine Says Yes by FC Kahuna) and "Do's and Don'ts" (by Boom Bip) as well as "Just War" from Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's album Dark Night of the Soul. He has also featured on the myspace remix track "I'm Not Lying" by Goldie Lookin' Chain. He features on the track "Cream Dream" from the 2009 Simian Mobile Disco album Temporary Pleasure. He also eats carrots on the Misty's Big Adventure album Television's People, continuing the vegetable relay started by Brian Wilson on Smile.^[6] Miles Kane has also called for him to produce the next album by his band the Rascals. Rhys has also recently collaborated with influential hip-hop group De La Soul on a new Gorillaz track titled "Superfast Jellyfish". The track is on the third Gorillaz studio album, Plastic Beach.

In 2010 he released an album with Brazilian artist Tony da Gatorra on Turnstile Music. The album featured both compositions by Tony da Gatorra, who is relatively unknown in his native Brazil, and Gruff Rhys.^[7]

On December 17, 2011, Rhys joined the Manic Street Preachers on stage during the band's 38 song 'A Night of National Treasures' one-off live event at the The O2 Arena (London) to provide the lead vocals for the song Let Robeson Sing. Introducing Rhys to the stage, lead singer James Dean Bradfield explained that Rhys had been set to perform the song at the bands 2001 performance in Havana, Cuba but that circimstances had prevented this from happening.

Documentary Separado[link]

In 2010 Gruff's film 'Separado' premiered. It is a documentary about Gruff's trip to Patagonia to meet members of his family whose ancestors had emigrated in Victorian times.

Computer Game Music[link]

In 2011 Rhys composed the music for the successful iOS game Whale Trail^[8] which has been an iTunes game of the week.^[9]

Personal life[link]

Rhys was born 18 July 1970 in Haverfordwest, Wales.^[1] His father was Ioan Bowen Rees (13 January 1929 – 4 May 1999), a "poet, essayist, polemicist, mountaineer, internationalist ... and a White Robe Druid of the Gorsedd of Bards."^[10] Ioan Bowen Rees "campaigned all his life for Welsh rights, language and culture" although he did not believe in the narrow view of nationalism, glorifying one country over another, rather that the "battle for Wales is the battle for all small nations, all small communities, all individuals in the age of genocide."^[10][11] Rhys's mother shared his father's love of writing and was a poet.^[11] Gruff supports Bangor City F.C. of the League of Wales.^[12]

Discography[link]

Ffa Coffi Pawb[link]

Super Furry Animals[link]

Gruff Rhys[link]

Albums[link]

Singles and Extended plays[link]

Neon Neon[link]

Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Super Furry Animals
• Placid Casual
• Candylion MySpace
• Gruff Rhys biography from BBC Wales
• SFA biography from BBC Wales

Reviews

• Short story review of Candylion at The Wheel's Still In Spin

Rhys Darby
Darby performing with Flight of the Conchords in June 2007
Born	(1974-03-21) 21 March 1974 (age 38) New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealander
Occupation	comedian and actor
Spouse	Rosie Carnahan
Children	Two sons
Website
www.rhysdarby.com

Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is an actor and comedian from New Zealand, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects^[1] of things such as machinery and animals.^[2] Darby was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002.^[3] He also won the 2012 Fred (Dagg) award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, for Best NZ show.^[4]

Darby is probably best known for playing Murray Hewitt, the band manager of Flight of the Conchords in the HBO television series, a role he originally played in the BBC radio series under the name Brian Nesbit.^[5]

Life and career[link]

A former soldier (signaller trained in morse code), he left the New Zealand Army in 1994 and began studies at the University of Canterbury.^[6] In 1996 he formed a comedy duo, Rhysently Granted, with Grant Lobban.^[7] After winning an open mic contest at Southern Blues Bar in Christchurch they began performing at local venues.^[8] Rhysently Granted performed at two international comedy festivals which led to Darby moving up to Auckland to seek more solo stand-up experience.^[9] After performing his first solo show at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Darby moved to the UK to pursue his career further.^[3] At the same time, fellow Kiwis and friends Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement were dipping their toes in the waters at the Edinburgh Fringe.

In 2004 he appeared in the Flight of the Conchords BBC radio series as the band's manager Brian Nesbit alongside comedy stars such as Rob Brydon, Andy Parsons and Jimmy Carr.

Darby plays Murray, the band's manager, on Flight of the Conchords TV show. He also provided vocals for the track Leggy Blonde on their self-titled first album and also in the second series of the show on the track "Rejected" during the episode "A Good Opportunity" along with tenor Andrew Drost.

Darby played the role of Norman, the boss of Jim Carrey's character in the film Yes Man.^[10] In July 2008 he appeared in a Nike advertisement featuring Roger Federer, he played an impostor posing as Federer's coach.^[11][12]

He appeared on a British children's television program The Slammer during the first season of the show. He is also doing several advertisements for the mobile phone company 2degrees. He appeared on Soccer AM on the 18th of October 2008 and on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on the 23rd.

The DVD of his live performance Imagine That! has gone platinum in New Zealand.

Rhys Darby with fan Yvan J Drake at his NZ Show of This Way To Spaceship

He regularly returns to New Zealand to appear in comedy shows such as Pulp Sport, 7 Days and The Jaquie Brown Diaries.

Rhys Darby's hair colour is self-described as Electric Copper in the episode of Flight of the Conchords entitled Murray Takes It to the Next Level. He also refers to this in his stand-up show It's Rhys Darby Night which he performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 6–15 August 2009,^[13] The Bloomsbury Theatre in London from the 27 July – 1 August and toured around New Zealand with in October and November that year.

Darby played the role of Angus in the Richard Curtis film The Boat That Rocked^[14] released in the UK on 1 April 2009. This film was released in some countries in November 2009 under the name Pirate Radio.

In 2009 whilst home in New Zealand he began filming T.V. ads for NZ's new mobile network 2degrees and appearing in NZ shows Rocked the Nation 2, Jaquie Brown Diaries and Intrepid Journeys. He has also branched out in to producing live comedy with his wife and their company Awesomeness International. At the NZ International Comedy Festival they produced shows for local comedians Brendhan Lovegrove, Jeremy Corbett and Paul Ego. He became a climate ambassador for Greenpeace in its Sign On climate campaign^[15] and published a poem on Youtube in support of the campaign.

In 2009 Darby became a part of the New Zealand TV ONE series Intrepid Journeys Season 5, touring the African country of Rwanda.

As of October 2009, Darby is co-hosting a Cryptozoology themed radio show with New Zealand journalist David Farrier on New Zealand radio station 95bFM called the Cryptid Factor.

Darby took the title role in the Roughcut TV pilot "The Amazing Dermot" was aired on the UK's Channel 4 in 2009.^[16]

In January 2010, Rosie announced the birth of their second son, Theo.^[17]

In 2010, Darby appeared as a recurring character role as an enthusiastic interviewer in a series of ads by Hewlett-Packard Company.

On 10 August 2010, Entertainment Weekly claimed that Darby was in consideration to have a part in the television series The Office replacing Steve Carell's character when the actor left at the end of the 2011 season.^[18] Darby confirmed on The Kevin and Bean Show that NBC did not negotiate further for the role and he is now involved in a pilot for CBS. In May 2011, he also filmed a pilot for a Channel 4 sitcom in the UK, The Fun Police.^[19] This was broadcast on 16 September.

In 2011, Darby and family moved back to the US from NZ for Darby to take a role in the short lived CBS sitcom How to be a Gentleman with David Hornsby, Kevin Dillon, Mary-Lynn Rasjkub.^[20] He also fronted a promotional video for NZFact, an organisation owned by the MPAA that lobbied for the NZ "three-strikes" internet downloading law (section 92A) which threatened New Zealanders for downloading copyrighted music. This law change was strongly objected to by many New Zealanders, despite being approved by both the Labour and National political parties. Darby justified his appearance on this DVD saying: "I recorded something saying you should not pirate DVDs. That is it. I haven’t done anything wrong."^[21]

Darby's second DVD "It's Rhys Darby Night!" was released in NZ on 12 December 2011.

Darby has also written a self-described "autobiographical space novel" entitled "This Way to Spaceship", which was released on 12 April 2012. On May 20, 2012, Darby was awarded the Fred Award by the New Zealand International Comedy Festival for his show of the same name as his book.^[4]

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Films[link]

Television Appearances[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Loeb at the 2010 Rally Bulgaria Personal information Nationality  French Born (1974-02-26) 26 February 1974 (age 38) World Rally Championship record Active years 1999 – present Teams Citroën, Kronos Citroën Rallies 157 Championships 8 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Rally wins 71 Podiums 107 Stage wins 837 Total points 1400 First rally 1999 Rally Catalunya First win 2002 Rallye Deutschland Last win 2012 Acropolis Rally 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2005–2006 Teams Pescarolo Sport Best finish 2nd (2006) Class wins 0

Sébastien Loeb (born 26 February 1974 in Haguenau, Alsace) is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He has won the world championship a record eight times in a row,^[1] and also holds several other WRC records, including most points, wins and podium finishes.

Originally a gymnast, Loeb switched to rallying in 1995 and won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2001. Signed by the Citroën factory team for the 2002 season, he and co-driver Daniel Elena took their debut WRC win that same year at the Rallye Deutschland. After finishing runner-up to Petter Solberg by one point in 2003, Loeb took his first drivers' title in 2004. Continuing with Citroën, he went on to take a record eighth consecutive world title in 2011. Loeb is a tarmac expert, having won all but three WRC rallies on that surface since 2005.

Besides his success in rallying, Loeb is a three-time winner at the Race of Champions, after taking home the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy and the title "Champion of Champions" in 2003, 2005 and 2008. In 2004, he won the Nations' Cup for France with Jean Alesi. In 2006, he finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2009, Loeb was made knight of the Légion d'honneur.

Career[link]

Rallying[link]

Early career[link]

Loeb and Elena at the 2001 Rally Finland

Loeb was born in Haguenau, Alsace, and grew up in Oberhoffen-sur-Moder. He competed as gymnast and became a four-time Alsatian champion, once champion of the French Grand East, and fifth in the French championship.^[2] He broke off school in 1992 but resumed taking classes in 1994, aiming at a professional formation in electrical engineering. On 12 September 1994, in parallel with his classes, he started working as an electrician at the Socalec company near Haguenau Airport, where he was the oldest apprentice and already noted for his daring/reckless driving style and his tendency not to be punctual. He could count, though, on the understanding of his boss, who was himself fascinated by speed and owned a Ferrari Testarossa 512 TR.^[3]

In 1995, at age 21, he quit his job and classes and definitely turned his attention to racing. In 1998, he started entering events in the French Citroën Saxo Trophy series, winning the title in 1999. Guy Fréquelin, Citroën Sport's team principal, would serve as Loeb's mentor as he entered the Junior World Rally Championship in 2001, becoming the series' first champion by winning five of the six events. During this year, he was also released for participation in the Rallye Sanremo in the Citroën Xsara WRC. In only his third world rally with a World Rally Car, he surprisingly hounded Peugeot tarmac specialist and eventual victor Gilles Panizzi to the finish.

2002–03[link]

Loeb during Citroën's testing in Finland in May 2002

The 2002 season was Loeb's first as a WRC driver with the Citroën Total World Rally Team, although the team only participated in seven rounds in the build-up to their full entry the following year. Loeb started the season by provisionally winning the Monte Carlo Rally, after racing under appeal due to a two-minute time penalty incurred by an illegal tyre change during the second day. Citroën considered the penalty too severe but later withdrew the appeal, and Subaru's Tommi Mäkinen then took a record fourth consecutive Monte Carlo win. Loeb later took his debut victory at the Rallye Deutschland in Germany, edging out Peugeot's Richard Burns.

In 2003, his first full season in the championship, Loeb won three WRC events, Monte Carlo, Germany and Sanremo, before losing to Petter Solberg in the Wales Rally Great Britain, also losing the championship to him by just one point. Loeb's reputation grew as he defeated his more illustrious team mates – Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae – over the course of the season. At the end of the year, he earned the title "Champion of Champions" by beating Marcus Grönholm in the final of the Race of Champions.

2004[link]

Loeb at the 2004 Cyprus Rally

In the 2004 season, Loeb dominated the WRC scene in a similar way to the Michael Schumacher domination of Formula One the same year, by winning six events and taking six runner-up spots to securely give him the drivers' title, 36 points clear of second-placed Solberg. His six WRC victories tied the record for victories in one season with fellow Frenchman Didier Auriol, who won six events in 1992. He was also responsible for Citroën's second manufacturers' title in a row.

Originally known as a tarmac specialist, 2004 was the year Loeb proved himself capable of winning on other surfaces as well. He won the snow-based Swedish Rally, becoming the first non-Nordic to win the event. On gravel, he triumphed in the Cyprus Rally, Rally of Turkey and the Rally Australia. On tarmac, he continued his success in Monte Carlo and Germany.

2005[link]

Loeb at the 2005 Cyprus Rally

In 2005, with victory in the ninth round in Argentina, Loeb became the first to win six consecutive rallies, beating Timo Salonen's record of four from 1985. Having already won the season-opening Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo, he also became the first to win seven in a season, beating his (and Didier Auriol's) own record of six wins in a season. Loeb was in a position to clinch the title while leading the Wales Rally Great Britain, but after it was announced that the last two stages of the rally would be abandoned due to the death of Markko Märtin's co-driver Michael Park in an accident on stage 15, Loeb deliberately incurred a two-minute penalty to drop him to third place and avoid retaining his title in such circumstances. He went on to secure the title by finishing second to Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm at the next rally in Japan.

Loeb eventually extended his win record to ten and won the title with a 56-point margin, breaking a 25-year-old record; Walter Röhrl's margin over Hannu Mikkola in 1980 was 54. Loeb set several other records during the season as well. He won all twelve stages in the 2005 Tour de Corse in France, which marked the first time a driver had won every stage of a WRC rally. Loeb's twelve podium and thirteen points-scoring finishes in a row were also new records in the series.

In the Race of Champions, after being surprised by the young event rookie Heikki Kovalainen last year, he beat Tom Kristensen in the final to claim his second title.

2006[link]

Loeb at the 2006 Rally Japan

Citroën's parent company, PSA Peugeot Citroën, pulled both manufacturers out of the WRC at the end of 2005, but Citroën planned to return in 2007 with the C4 WRC, and developed the car during 2006. Loeb was closely involved with this as he was guaranteed the leading role in the team at the comeback. In the meantime, a 'gap year' beckoned in the privateer ranks, namely with Citroën-sponsored Kronos Racing entered as the Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team.

In order to score on the first round in Monte Carlo, Loeb was initially forced to activate the SupeRally rules for retiring competitors, having spun off the road on day one. Although he did manage to fight his way back to second place, it was the first time he had ever been beaten to the finish (namely by fellow double world champion Marcus Grönholm) on these roads in the Xsara WRC. This outcome was mirrored on the following month's Swedish Rally, with Grönholm again the man to whom Loeb was forced to give best, placing the duo in an early runaway 1–2 position in the points standings.

Loeb on a road section during the 2006 Rally Finland

But the Frenchman's bridesmaid status was not to last, and racking up a triumph on the ensuing Rally Mexico – the first of five on the trot that season – propelled him into a championship lead he was never to lose. He tied Carlos Sainz's record number of 26 individual rally victories in August with a fifth consecutive victory in Germany. With his subsequent victory in Japan, the world record of 27 victories and counting eventually became his. His victory in Cyprus put him on the verge of a third consecutive World Rally Championship title.

Shortly after Loeb broke his right humerus in a mountain-biking accident near his home in Switzerland and missed the rallies in Turkey and Australia. In spite of this, Loeb had accumulated such a huge point lead before Turkey that Marcus Grönholm's failure to finish third or better in Australia handed Loeb the 2006 championship crown. He received the news at home via an Internet video link to the rally HQ. Due to the time difference, he made do with early morning coffee instead of the customary champagne, calling the whole experience "strange".

2007[link]

Loeb at the 2007 Rally Catalunya

For 2007, Sébastien Loeb returned as an official Citroën driver, with the new Citroën C4 WRC. He won the 75ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, the first race for the new C4, following that up with a solid second place after Grönholm, in Sweden, to set up a two-point lead over the Finn after two of 16 rounds. At the first Rally Norway, Loeb went off and lost eight minutes during SS12 while chasing Grönholm and the leader, Mikko Hirvonen. On the next stage, he made another mistake and lost nine minutes. He eventually finished 14th in the rally and dropped to third in the championship standings. He won 8 of the 18 stages in this rally. Loeb won the next rally, the 21º Corona Rally México, 55.8 seconds clear of Grönholm.

He then followed this success up with his third and fourth season victories on the Portuguese and Argentinian rallies. Characteristically, he was once more to be found in the lead on the seventh round, the Rally d' Italia in Sardinia. On new stages on the final leg to those of the previous year, however, Loeb was once more to lament error and the surrender of probable victory, this time after crashing and breaking his suspension in a ditch. He left the lead in the hands of Grönholm, who won to propel himself seven points ahead of Loeb at the top of the championship standings. A second loss to the Finn in as many years on the Acropolis Rally then extended the deficit to nine points over the championship's summer break.

Loeb occupied his recess by, amongst other engagements, competing in the Shell Donegal International Rally on 15, 16 and 17 June, partially as preparation for the coming Rally Ireland world championship round that November. He scored a comprehensive victory, albeit only after being given a scare by the pace of tenacious private Subaru-mounted Mark Higgins. Punctures afflicted upon his rival eventually settled the contest.

Ambitions of finally scoring victory on Rally Finland proved once more unrealized, with Loeb relegated to third place behind the pacy natives Grönholm and Hirvonen. Rallye Deutschland, as was traditional, differed somewhat. Although, at the scene of his first victory and on a rally where he had never subsequently lost, Loeb was left unexpectedly to fend off the challenge not of the Finn, but of a privateer, his one-time team-mate and championship returnee François Duval, he came to eventually triumph, reducing some of his championship points deficit.

Loeb at the 2007 Wales Rally GB

A very close battle on the gravel stages of Rally New Zealand ended with the closest second place in the whole of World Rally history – Loeb finished only 0.3 s behind his main rival. The next two rounds, however, allowed the French driver to regain some points, as he won both tarmac events – Rallye Espana, where his teammate Danni Sordo additionally took second place and two points from Grönholm, and Rally France.

Rally Japan was another dramatic event – Loeb got the chance to take the lead in Championship after Grönholm's early mistake,^[4] but he was unable to, as his co-driver mistake caused the C4 to go off road on one of the stages of second leg. Both drivers ended with no points after finally retiring from the event.^[5] In Ireland, during 1st Rally Ireland almost the same story happened – Marcus Grönholm overcooked a slippery right corner on one of the early stages, trying to keep a fast pace, and had to retire from the rally. Loeb made use of his rival's mistake and, by making no major mistakes, although having some suspension-related problems with keeping pace at the beginning,^[6] he added 10 points to his account, moving ahead of Finnish driver just one round before the season's end. In Wales he was not fighting for the win, focusing mostly on securing his advantage, finishing the event third – on 2 December 2007 Loeb became World Rally Champion for the fourth time in a row.^[7]

2008[link]

Loeb with his C4 WRC at the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally

Loeb started the 2008 season with a record fifth win in Monte Carlo.^[8] On the second rally of the year, 2008 Swedish Rally, he crashed out during day one. Although he re-joined the rally to collect manufacturers' points, the team later decided to retire him due to a damaged engine. After winning in Mexico and Argentina, Loeb had a crash with Conrad Rautenbach in Jordan, from which he could only recover to take tenth place in the rally. He went on to win two events, and then finish close third to the Ford factory team duo Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala at the Rally of Turkey.

Loeb later notably won the Rally Finland ahead of Hirvonen. This was the fourth time in the event's 58-year history that a non-Nordic driver won the rally, after Carlos Sainz in 1990, Didier Auriol in 1992 and Markko Märtin in 2003. This started a string of five victories for Loeb. In Germany, New Zealand and Spain, Citroën also took double wins as his team-mate Dani Sordo took three runner-up spots in a row.

Loeb during the 2008 Rally Argentina

Going into the penultimate round of the season, the 2008 Rally Japan, Loeb led Hirvonen by 14 points and needed a third place to secure the world drivers' title. Finishing behind Ford's Hirvonen and Latvala, Loeb broke Juha Kankkunen's, Tommi Mäkinen's and his own record of four titles and became the first five-time world champion in rallying.^[9]

After clinching the World Rally Championship, Loeb edged out Latvala to take his first Wales Rally GB win, a feat which also helped secure his team their first manufacturers' title since 2005, from 2006 and 2007 victors Ford. In December, Loeb won the individual 2008 Race of Champions, becoming the second driver after compatriot Auriol to win the event more than twice.

2009[link]

Loeb during the shakedown in Cyprus

Loeb started the year by winning Rally Ireland for the second time since 2007. He then won his first Rally Norway ever, after a fierce battle with Mikko Hirvonen, lasting throughout the very final stage. Being first on the road through all three days, Loeb kept his lead, in the end winning with 9.8 seconds over Hirvonen. Loeb continued his good form by winning over Hirvonen in Cyprus, marking his career 50th victory, and in Portugal. His victory in Argentina, the fifth in a row in this country, was also his fifth victory in a row since the start of the season.

At the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Loeb had a puncture after going off the road and dropped from third to fourth.^[10] Although he passed Petter Solberg for the final podium spot, he still finished fourth due to a time penalty for a safety rule violation; co-driver Daniel Elena had unfastened his safety belts before the crew stopped the car for a tyre change.^[11] At the Acropolis Rally, Loeb crashed out from third place.^[12] On Rally Poland's return to the WRC, Loeb had another crash but he continued in the event under superally rules. After team orders issued for the Citroën Junior Team drivers and a late mistake by Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala, Loeb found himself seventh but had lost the championship lead to Hirvonen by one point.^[13]

By winning the Rally Catalunya, Loeb reduced the deficit to Hirvonen in the title race before the final event of the year; once again trailing by a single point.^[14] The Frenchman gained the championship by winning the final event of the year, the Rally GB. Victory was secured partly due to an incredible performance over SS8 and SS9, where in the course of only two stages Loeb extended his lead in the rally over Hirvonen from 2.4s to 25s.^[15][16]

2010[link]

Loeb in Sofia before the 2010 Rally Bulgaria

The 2010 WRC season started with the snow-based Swedish Rally, where Loeb finished second behind Ford's Mikko Hirvonen. He went on to take a clear championship lead by winning the following three gravel events: Rally México, Jordan Rally and Rally of Turkey. In New Zealand, Loeb finished third in a tight battle that saw the top five finish within 26 seconds of each other. In Portugal, Loeb narrowly lost the win to his countryman Sébastien Ogier of the Citroën Junior Team, who took his debut win in the World Rally Championship. In the following Rally Bulgaria, a new event in the series and the season's first tarmac rally, Loeb won while Citroën scored the WRC's first 1–2–3–4 in seventeen years.^[17]

At the 60th Rally Finland, Loeb beat Citroën privateer Petter Solberg to the final podium position, behind Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala and Ogier. He went on to win the Rallye Deutschland for the eighth time in a row, marking the first time a driver has won a WRC rally eight times.^[18] After a fifth place in Japan, Loeb secured a record-extending seventh consecutive World Rally Championship title by winning his home event, the Rallye de France. As the Rallye de France–Alsace had replaced the Tour de Corse as the French round of the WRC, Loeb ended up clinching the title on a final stage that was held in his home town of Haguenau, Alsace.^[19][20] Loeb later took part in the Race of Champions, driving for Team France alongside four-time Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. In the individual event, he made it to the final for the seventh time but lost to surprise winner Filipe Albuquerque.

2011[link]

Loeb at the 2011 Rally de Portugal

The 2011 season brought a new generation of World Rally Cars. Now at the wheel of a Citroën DS3 WRC, Loeb started his year by finishing sixth at the Rally Sweden. He went on to win in Mexico for the fifth time in row, after teammate Sébastien Ogier crashed out from a narrow lead.^[21] In Portugal, Loeb finished second to Ogier and took his first Power Stage win, collecting three more points from the final stage.^[22] At the Jordan Rally, held during the Arab Spring, the entire first day was cancelled. Loeb placed third behind the closest-ever finish in the history of the World Rally Championship.^[23] He then beat Ford's Mikko Hirvonen to the win at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

In Argentina, Loeb won after a tight three-way battle, taking the lead from Ogier on the final stage and finishing 2.4 seconds ahead of Hirvonen.^[24] At the next event, the Acropolis Rally in Greece, Loeb had to settle for second behind Ogier. In the high-speed Rally Finland, he beat Jari-Matti Latvala to become the first non-Nordic driver to win twice in the event's 60-year history.^[25] In August, Loeb signed a two-year contract extension with Citroën.^[26] At the Rallye Deutschland, Loeb held a close lead ahead of Ogier after the first day and Citroën decided to freeze the situation. A puncture later dropped Loeb out of contention and he finished behind his teammate. This ended his record win streak in Germany and was the first time that he had lost in a tarmac-based event since the 2006 Monte Carlo Rally. Tension in the team grew; David Evans of Autosport wrote that "it's war between the two Sebs".^[27]

Loeb at the Acropolis Rally

Before Australia, Loeb held a 25-point lead in the championship ahead of Ogier. During the first day of the rally, both Sébastiens crashed out. Loeb later gained a point by climbing to tenth place after Citroën ordered Ogier to slow down.^[28] In his home event, the Rallye de France, Loeb took the lead from the start but soon fell victim to a rare engine failure in his DS3 WRC and had to retire. As Ogier beat Mini's Dani Sordo to the win, Loeb now tied the lead in the championship with Hirvonen, and Ogier was only three points adrift. At the Rally Catalunya, Loeb took his fifth win of the season and broke Markku Alén's record (801) for most stage wins in the world championship.^[29] He carried an eight-point lead over Hirvonen into the season-ending Wales Rally GB. Loeb took the rally lead from Latvala on the third stage, but lost it to Hirvonen by 0.4 seconds on stage six. However, Hirvonen soon went wide, spun and broke his radiator, which in turn caused severe engine problems. As he was unable to restart, Loeb secured his eighth consecutive world championship. This title moved him ahead of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher in terms of major motorsport championships won.^[30] While running in second place behind Latvala, Loeb retired from the rally due to a road section collision with a spectator who had driven his car on the wrong side of a narrow road.^[31][32]

2012[link]

Loeb at the 2012 Monte Carlo Rally

In the first round in 2012, the Monte Carlo Rally, Loeb took his first win of the season and secured maximum 28 points with a fastest time on the power stage. In Sweden, after hitting a snowbank on stage seven, Loeb was forced out of the fight for the number one spot. He finished sixth and gained three extra points by winning the power stage. Loeb took his second victory of the season at the Rally Mexico, ahead of his new teammate Mikko Hirvonen. In Portugal, he crashed out on the night stages of the first day after mishearing a pacenote. He took his 70th WRC victory in Rally Argentina.

Racing[link]

Le Mans/Sports Cars[link]

As his WRC stature grew, Loeb began to participate in road racing events and tests. He first competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race in 2005, where he drove for the Pescarolo Sport team's No. 17 entry. Reportedly Loeb did much of his preparation for the race by running practice laps around the circuit in the Sony PlayStation 2 video game Gran Turismo 4 aboard a private jet.^[33] In the race the car was plagued by incidents, but Loeb proved to be able to drive fast for his first race on a closed track. Loeb finished second overall in the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Pescarolo-Judd, between the two Diesel-powered Audi R10.

Free time in his WRC schedule allows him to race in the French GT Championship (FFSA GT) where he drove a Ferrari 550 Prodrive and a Porsche 911 RSR as well as in the French Carrera Cup where he achieved top-10 finishes.

Formula One[link]

Loeb has had a number of Formula One tests. He first tested for Renault F1 at Paul Ricard in December 2007, in a switch that saw Heikki Kovalainen test Loeb's WRC car.^[34] Red Bull, which became a major sponsor of the Citroën factory team during the 2008 season, rewarded Loeb for winning the WRC with a Formula One test in Red Bull Racing's 2008-spec Red Bull RB4. He first drove the car at Silverstone, and then took part in the first official Formula One winter test in Barcelona.^[35] Loeb was eighth quickest of 17 drivers.^[36]

Loeb continued to set his sights on a switch to Formula One in 2009. Following stories that fellow Frenchman Sébastien Bourdais was under threat at Toro Rosso,^[37] Loeb told French newspaper L'Equipe that he was interested in replacing Bourdais at the Red Bull-backed team.^[38] He intended to make his F1 debut at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which took place in November, after the WRC season finished, with a view to making the switch full-time for 2010.^[39] However, this plan was scuppered when he was not granted an FIA Super Licence, rendering him ineligible to race in F1 for the foreseeable future as he had not done enough circuit racing at lower levels.^[40] He had also been in contact with the US F1 Team about a possible drive for 2010.^[41]

Loeb has also taken part in an official GP2 Series testing session after the 2009 season, where he drove for the David Price Racing team, finishing last of 25 drivers.

Personal life[link]

Loeb and co-driver Elena in 2008

Loeb has a wife, Séverine, and a daughter Valentine. They reside near Lausanne, Switzerland.^[42] He was made knight of the Légion d'honneur on May 27, 2009, by French president Nicolas Sarkozy.^[43] Loeb is a member of the "Champions for Peace" club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.^[44]

Victories[link]

World Rally Championship victories (71)
#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	21. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2002	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2	71ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2003	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
3	22. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2003	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
4	45º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia	2003	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
5	72ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2004	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
6	53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally	2004	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
7	32nd Cyprus Rally	2004	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
8	5th Rally of Turkey	2004	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
9	23. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2004	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
10	17th Telstra Rally Australia	2004	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
11	73ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
12	35th Propecia Rally New Zealand	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
13	2º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
14	33rd Cyprus Rally	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
15	6th Rally of Turkey	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
16	52nd Acropolis Rally	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
17	25º Rally Argentina	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
18	24. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
19	49ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
20	41º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2005	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
21	20º Corona Rally México	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
22	42º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
23	50ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
24	26º Rally Argentina	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
25	3º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
26	25. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
27	3rd Rally Japan	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
28	34th Cyprus Rally	2006	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
29	75ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
30	21º Corona Rally México	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
31	41º Vodafone Rally de Portugal	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
32	27º Rally Argentina	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
33	26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
34	43º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
35	51ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
36	1st Rally Ireland	2007	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
37	76ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
38	22º Corona Rally México	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
39	28º Rally Argentina	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
40	5º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
41	55th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
42	58th Neste Oil Rally Finland	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
43	27. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
44	38th Repco Rally New Zealand	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
45	44º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
46	52ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
47	64th Wales Rally of Great Britain	2008	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
48	2nd Rally Ireland	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
49	3rd Rally Norway	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
50	37th Cyprus Rally	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
51	43º Vodafone Rally de Portugal	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
52	29º Rally Argentina	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
53	45º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
54	65th Wales Rally of Great Britain	2009	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
55	23º Corona Rally México	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
56	28th Jordan Rally	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
57	2010 Rally of Turkey	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
58	2010 Rally Bulgaria	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
59	28. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
60	2010 Rallye de France	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
61	46º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
62	66th Wales Rally of Great Britain	2010	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
63	24° Corona Rally México	2011	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
64	8° Rally d'Italia Sardegna	2011	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
65	31º Rally Argentina	2011	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
66	61st Rally Finland	2011	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
67	47º RACC Rally de España	2011	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
68	80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	2012	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
69	25° Guanajuato Rally México	2012	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
70	32nd Philips Rally Argentina	2012	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
71	58th Acropolis Rally	2012	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC