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Summary Sebastien Loeb closed in on his 9th Rally Germany win, when he claimed three stage wins for Citroen.
Eight-time world champion Sebastien Loeb closed in on his ninth Rally Germany victory on Saturday, when he claimed three stage wins for Citroen.The Frenchman holds a commanding lead of 1 minute, 42.9 seconds over Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala, after a day of casualties for the chasing pack.Estonias Ott Tanak claimed his first championship stage wins by taking stages 10 and 11, but crashed out on the days last stage, when Spains Dani Sordo also had to retire due to coolant problems.Sordo was the only other driver to deny Loeb a stage win.Petter Solberg and Thierry Neuville, who were second and fourth, respectively, crashed out in stage eight.Loeb leads the overall standings with 171 points, ahead of Finlands Mikko Hirvonen on 128.
