Uma, njengathi, ungumlandeli womhlangano uzokwazi ukuthi igama Sebastien Loeb ifana nomunye wabashayeli abahamba phambili bezikhathi zonke kwezemidlalo. Futhi umFulentshi wakufakazela lokhu ngokunqoba umhlangano weCatalunya ngamasekhondi angu-2.9 ngaphambi komunye u-Sébastien emhlabeni werali, u-Ogier.
Ngemva kokushiya i-rally cross kanye ne-Dakar ne-Peugeot, u-Loeb uthathe isinqumo sokubuyela emdlalweni owamenza waduma (akukona okokuqala ewenza) futhi wazibonakalisa phambi komncintiswano ngezilawuli ze-Citroën C3 I-WRC sengathi ifakazela ukuthi ubani owaziyo, akakhohlwa.
Ngokunqoba okuzuzwe eCatalunya, umshayeli ongumFulentshi uthole ukunqoba kwama-79 emsebenzini wakhe ku-WRC (nomshayeli othembekile uDaniel Elena njalo eceleni kwakhe), eminyakeni emihlanu ngemva kokuwina okokugcina. Kulokhu, kunikeze i-Citroën ukunqoba kwayo kokuqala kulo nyaka kanye nokunqoba kwe-99 komkhiqizo emhlabeni we-rally. Ngokuphela kokuzibandakanya kwe-Peugeot e-Dakar kanye ne-rallycross, kuyindaba yokuthi: buya Séb, imibuthano iyakudinga!
Mayelana "Nesiqalo Esibandayo". Kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu e-Razão Automóvel, kune-“Cold Start” ngo-8:30 ekuseni. Ngenkathi uphuza ikhofi lakho noma uqunga isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala unolwazi lwakamuva ngamaqiniso athakazelisayo, amaqiniso omlando namavidiyo abalulekile avela emhlabeni wezimoto. Konke ngamagama angaphansi kwama-200.