Sebastien Loeb made the perfect start to his bid to secure his sixth straight World Rally Championship title by winning four of today’s six stages to lead by 5.3 seconds after day one of the Rally of Great Britain.

World Rally Championship rivals Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb enjoyed a thrilling battle for the lead on the first full day of the Rally of Finland.

Dani Sordo was the man to catch after the first day of the Rally Argentina after he won a thrilling battle with Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb on the opening leg.

Sebastien Loeb’s immaculate start to the World Rally Championship continued with victory on the Rally of Portugal, his fourth win out of four events in 2009.

Sebastien Loeb continued his perfect start to the new World Rally Championship season by taking victory on Rally Norway to deal a major blow to Ford’s title hopes.

SEBASTIEN LOEB holds the lead at the end of the opening day of the Rally of Norway, having moved ahead of Mikko Hirvonen on Friday’s final stage.

As expected, five times World rally champion Sebastien Loeb has brought his Citroen C4 to victory in Rally Ireland today.

The second day of Rally Ireland was yet another display of domination from rally leader, Sebastien Loeb (Citroen C4 WRC).

Rally Ireland kicked off the World Rally Championship in torrential rain, a new a season brings fresh hope but on today's six stages, Sebastien Loeb, the five-time World Rally champion, illustrated, yet again, that he's the one they all have to beat in '09.

Jari-Matti Latvala maintained his lead at the end of the second day of the Wales Rally GB today despite allowing world champion Sebastian Loeb to claw back valuable time over the closing stages.

Mikko Hirvonen will take a slight lead into the final day of the Rally of Turkey despite failing to make the most of running second on the gravel roads today.

FORD’S Finnish duo Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala gifted the lead to Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb at the end of the first leg of the Rally of Turkey in a tactical ploy to ensure the Frenchman starts first on day two.

Sebastien Loeb maintained his place at the top of the standings after coming back from a slow puncture early on day two of the Acropolis Rally in Greece.

Reigning world rally champion Sebastien Loeb maintained his grip on the Italian Rally with some controlled driving on the second day.

BP Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen reclaimed the lead in the World Rally Championship after posting his first win of the season at the inaugural event in Jordan.

A sequence of unlikely events conspired to keep Citroen’s Dani Sordo at the head of the Jordan Rally standings at the end of day two.

Reigning four-time world champion Sebastien Loeb recovered from a difficult start to the Jordan Rally today to sit ominously just one second off the lead at the end of the first leg.

Sebastien Loeb remained on course for a fourth consecutive victory at the Rally Argentina, winning three of the nine stages on Saturday to put his Citroen nearly 80 seconds clear of second-placed Petter Solberg.

Defending world rally champion Sebastien Loeb opened up a lead of more than a minute at Rally Mexico today and is four stages away from recording a second win of the season.

Reigning World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb’s hopes of extending his early-season advantage at the top of the standings were ended after he crashed out of the Swedish Rally.

SEBASTIEN LOEB sent out an ominous message on the first full day of the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally by establishing a 56-second lead over his nearest rival.

Sebastien Loeb sent out an ominous message on the first full day of the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally by establishing a 56-second lead over his nearest rival.

Sebastien Loeb wrested the initiative in the World Rally Championship title race from Marcus Gronholm with victory in Rally Ireland.

Sebastien Loeb capitalised fully on Marcus Gronholm's error as he seized control of the World Rally Championship title race in Rally Ireland today.

Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen secured his second victory of the World Rally Championship season by winning the Rally of Japan.

The battle for the world rally driver’s title took another dramatic twist as Sebastien Loeb crashed out of Rally Japan on the second day in Obihiro.

Sebastien Loeb is set for victory at the French Rally after dominating the second day in Corsica.

Citroen's Sebastien Loeb will go into the final day of the Rally Catalunya holding a comfortable lead.

Marcus Gronholm was victorious on home soil as he won a seventh Rally Finland title to extend his FIA World Rally Championship lead to 13 points.

Marcus Gronholm stands on the verge of a record seventh victory on home soil after a dominant display alongside Ford team-mate Mikko Hirvonen in the Rally Finland on Saturday.

Marcus Gronholm strengthened his grip on the World Rally Championship by winning Rally Greece.

Ford's Marcus Gronholm has a 44-second lead over World Rally Championship title rival Sebastien Loeb heading into the final day of the Greek round.

World Rally Championship leader Marcus Gronholm grabbed Rally Greece by the scruff of the neck to head the pack at the end of day one on Friday.

The World Rally Championship title race was blown wide open after race leader Sebastien Loeb crashed on the final day of the Italy Rally.

World champion Sebastien Loeb continued his bid to increase his points lead by dominating the second day of the Italy Rally.

World Championship leader Sebastien Loeb hit the front of the Rally Sardinia at the end of the first leg after spending much of the day running down the order.

Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb secured his third successive World Rally Championship triumph after easing to victory at the Rally Argentina today.

IRISH driver, Shaun Gallagher picked up the final championship point on his debut in the Junior World Rally Championship that begun in Rally Norway at the weekend.

Marcus Gronholm claimed the lead in the World Rally Championship with second place behind his Ford team-mate Mikko Hirvonen in Norway today.

Marcus Gronholm cut Sebastien Loeb’s World Rally Championship lead to two points with victory in the Swedish round of the series.

Marcus Gronholm took full advantage of Sebastien Loeb's absence at the Rally of Turkey to keep alive his hopes of clinching this season's championship.

Finland's Marcus Gronholm finished the second day of Rally Turkey with a comfortable lead after Petter Solberg crashed out late in the afternoon.

Marcus Gronholm continued his personal domination of the Rally of Finland with a superb performance today.

Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb finished day one of the Rally Argentina with a narrow lead over Subaru’s Petter Solberg.