sebastien loeb is on a roll and has shown it again this weekend in a new edition of the Race of Champions, which this year has been held in Sweden. After starting 2022 shining at the Dakar, where he managed to climb to the second step of the podium, the Frenchman, nine times world rally champion, prevailed on his (sporadic) return to the WRC, achieving spectacular success at the Monte Carlo Rally. And now, while preparing his return to action with Cristina Gutiérrez in Extreme-E, he has shone by beating the four-time Formula 1 champion in the final of the race of champions Sebastian Vettel.Vettel lost the first test in the Nations Cup against the Norwegians Petter and Oliver Solberg. And on Sunday, in the individual grand final, he fell to Loeb. The final was scheduled to be the best of three, with five rounds if necessary. In the end it was resolved in four (3-1 in favor of the French). For Loeb it is the fourth crown of ‘champion of champions’ (2003, 2005, 2008 and 2022), equaling the record of Didier Auriol.
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“I am very happy. It is not easy for us to be here in front of all the Swedish and Norwegian drivers because they are really used to these conditions, with so much snow and cold. But I had a good feeling this weekend. I was able to find my rhythm to finish winning,” he explained. Loeb.
“It was too fast. The conditions were getting more and more difficult and slippery and I thought I had a good chance, but then I made mistakes. My rival did very well and deserved to win. I think in these conditions I have to catch up.” “Vettel pointed out.