MEXICO CITY (AP) Sebastien Loeb of France won the Mexico Rally on Sunday, his fourth victory in the race and the 55th of his career.
Loeb finished the three-day rally ahead of Petter Solberg of Norway and Sebastien Ogier, also from France. All three were driving Citroens.
The victory for the six-time defending series champion gives him a six-point lead at the top of the drivers standing ahead of Mikko Hirvonen. Hirvonen finished fourth on Sunday and Jari-Matti Latvala was fifth. Both of them were driving Fords.
The Frenchman built up a 50 second lead after two days and finished 24.2 seconds ahead of Solberg and 25.3 in front of Ogier. He was 1:47.5 quicker than Hirvonen and 2:15.1 ahead of Latvala.
Loeb has 43 points in the drivers standings, followed by Hirvonen on 37 and Latvala and Ogier with 25 each. Solberg has 20.
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