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Sebastien Loeb's desire to keep driving meant he ruled out stopping altogether after he confirmed a reduced schedule of FIA World Rally Championship events in 2013.
Loeb, who can win a ninth WRC drivers' crown on Rallye de France Alsace next week, will only contest a partial WRC campaign with the factory Citroen team next year as it works towards a possible FIA World Touring Car Championship programme from 2014 with Loeb potentially at the wheel of one of its challengers.
Speaking at the Paris Motor Show yesterday, Loeb said: “On the one hand I thought about calming things down and stopping, but on the other hand I didn't want to feel like I was retired. So now we have a new challenge and a different style of driving, about which myself and Citroen still have a lot to learn, and that is very exciting.”
Of his decision to reduce his WRC schedule, the 38-year-old added: “The driving bit is the strongest part of rallying: in terms of the sensations you feel and the way you have to improvise with the car. But then again I've been there for a number of years and won everything. Now there is the opportunity of a new project with Citroen, who I've won everything together with in rallying, and that is the ideal solution.”
Sebastien Loeb's desire to keep driving meant he ruled out stopping altogether after he confirmed a reduced schedule of FIA World Rally Championship events in 2013.
Loeb, who can win a ninth WRC drivers' crown on Rallye de France Alsace next week, will only contest a partial WRC campaign with the factory Citroen team next year as it works towards a possible FIA World Touring Car Championship programme from 2014 with Loeb potentially at the wheel of one of its challengers.
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Sebastien Loeb, Citroen. (Photo: WRC) |
Speaking at the Paris Motor Show yesterday, Loeb said: “On the one hand I thought about calming things down and stopping, but on the other hand I didn't want to feel like I was retired. So now we have a new challenge and a different style of driving, about which myself and Citroen still have a lot to learn, and that is very exciting.”
Of his decision to reduce his WRC schedule, the 38-year-old added: “The driving bit is the strongest part of rallying: in terms of the sensations you feel and the way you have to improvise with the car. But then again I've been there for a number of years and won everything. Now there is the opportunity of a new project with Citroen, who I've won everything together with in rallying, and that is the ideal solution.”