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Taking charge at the beginning of the Wales Rally GB, Ford works driver Mikko Hirvonen currently leads after the first leg of the rally.........meanwhile, teammate Marcus Gronholm is in front of championship rival and Citroen works pilot Sebastien Loeb, who surprised a lot of the media this week by declaring that he was going for the championship and not the rally win(in other words..........HE'S POINTS RACING!!!!! )

Current top-10 after the first leg....................
1st} M. Hirvonen, Ford......................1 hr, 17:21.3 sec
2nd} M. Gronholm, Ford....................-39.6 sec
3rd} S. Loeb, Citroen.......................-57.9 sec
4th} P. Solberg, Subaru...................-1:34.0 sec
5th} D. Sordo, Citroen....................-2:37.9 sec
6th} M. Wilson, Ford.......................-5:01.3 sec
7th} C. Atkinson, Subaru................-5:02.3 sec
8th} M. Stohl, Citroen.....................-5:37.9 sec
9th} X. Pons, Subaru......................-5:57.5 sec
10th} A. Mikkelsen, Ford.................-6:41.8 sec

GO ATKO!!!!

I don't blame Loeb going into the round wanting only to do enough to win the world drivers title. It's not worth losing the chance of winning the title by pushing to hard. I'm saying that and yet I support Gronholm.

Hamilton should have done the same in this years F1.

After two legs of the Wales Rally GB, the Blue Oval's Mikko Hirvonen continues to lead, but all eyes, it seems, are on Citroen works pilot Sebastien Loeb as he is but four stages away from a fourth consecutive World Rally Championship title..........

Top-10 after the second leg of the 2007 Wales Rally GB...........................
1st} M. Hirvonen, Ford............................2 hrs., 16:27.3 sec
2nd} M. Gronholm, Ford..........................-35.5 sec
3rd} S. Loeb, Citroen..............................-1:15.0 sec
4th} P. Solberg, Subaru...........................-2:26.3 sec
5th} D. Sordo, Citroen............................-2:53.9 sec
6th} C. Atkinson, Subaru........................-5:49.9 sec
7th} M. Wilson, Ford...............................-5:59.9 sec
8th} M. Stohl, Citroen.............................-6:55.4 sec
9th} X. Pons, Subaru..............................-7:46.4 sec
10th} M. Ostberg, Subaru.......................-9:28.6 sec

FINAL 2007 World Rally Championship Standings.......................

^^^^DRIVERS STANDINGS^^^^
Sebastien Loeb(FRA).................................116 pts(8 wins)
Marcus Gronholm(FIN)..............................112 pts(5 wins)
Mikko Hirvonen(FIN)..................................99 pts(3 wins)

4th} Daniel Sordo(SPN)......................................65 pts
5th} Petter Solberg(NOR)....................................47 pts
6th} Henning Solberg(NOR).................................34 pts
7th} Chris Atkinson(AUS)....................................31 pts
8th} Jari-Matti Latvala(FIN)..................................30 pts
9th} Manfred Stohl(AUT).....................................13 pts
10th} Francois Duval(BEL)...................................12 pts
11th} Matthew Wilson(GBR).................................11 pts
t-12th}[12]Jan Kopecky(CZE)..............................10 pts
t-12th}[13]Toni Gardemeister(FIN).......................10 pts
14th} Daniel Carlsson(SWE)..................................9 pts
15th} Gigi Galli(ITA).............................................5 pts
t-16th}[16]Luis Perez(ARG)...................................4 pts
t-16th}[17]Xavier Pons(SPN).................................4 pts
t-18th}[18]Gareth Wilks(GBR)...............................3 pts
t-18th}[19]Urmo Aava(EST)..................................3 pts
20th} Frederico Villagra(ARG)................................2 pts
t-21st}[21]Gareth McHale(IRL)...............................1 pt
t-21st}[22]Katsuhiko Taguchi(JPN).........................1 pt
t-21st}[23]Mads Ostberg(NOR)..............................1 pt
t-21st}[24]Juho Hanninen(FIN)...............................1 pt


^^^^MANUFACTURERS STANDINGS^^^^
BP-Ford World Rally Team...........................212 pts(8 wins)
Citroen Total WRT......................................183 pts(8 wins)
Subaru World Rally Team............................87 pts
4th: Stobart VK-M Sport Ford WRT........................81 pts
5th} OMV Kronos Citroen WRT.............................45 pts
6th} Munchi's Ford WRT.......................................14 pts