A fantastic turn-around of dominance by the new world champion, who seemed to have poised to get back his lost ground with that puncture he had yesterday. Sebastien Ogier claims another rally win, as his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala losing his lead with an unfavourable start position to clean the loose gravel being first on the road today. With the 1,2 finish also secures the manufacturer's championship for Volkswagen in their debut WRC season. Bravo!!
Local star - Dani Sordo did his share of best driving, but being second to open the stages was not good enough either, and he ended up loosing a wheel in SS14 to be enlisted in the retirement list. His team-mate Mikko Hirvonen finished in 3rd place, which comes as a consolation for the french-team as they lost their manufacturer crown to the newcomer.
In WRC-2, Robert Kubica was the undisputable leader, and sealed the championship title and would soon would be switching to a WRC car in Wales Rally GB.
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2013
A.Mikkelsen
Citroen Abu Dhabi Total WRT
Dani Sordo
FIA
Jari-Matti Latvala
Mads
Mikko Hirvonen
RACC Rally Catalunya
Round 12
Sebastien Ogier
Spain
Thierry Neuville
VW Motorsport
WRC