Victory for Sébastien Loeb and Constructors' World title for Citroën

After three days full of excitement, today finished in Salou the 47 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España 2011, penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship that fulfilled all the expectations created before the start. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena (Citroën DS3 WRC) achieved their seventh consecutive win in the Spanish round, a record very difficult to break in the future, and the French due takes the lead of the Championship just one race before its end. Loebs success mathematically secured the Constructors World Championship title to Citroën Total, the seventh for that brand in the history of the World Championship. 44 cars of the 58 that started the rally were able to reach its end.

Final classification of the 47 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España 2011
1-Sébastien Loeb-Daniel Elena (F-MC/Citroën DS3 WRC), 4h.05’39”3
2-Mikko Hirvonen-Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN/Ford Fiesta RS WRC), a 2’06”9
3-Jari-Matti Latvala-Miikka Anttila (FIN/Ford Fiesta RS WRC), a 2’32”4
4-Dani Sordo-Carlos del Barrio (E/Mini John Cooper Works WRC), a 3’24”1
5-Kris Meeke-Paul Nagle (GB-IRL/Mini John Cooper Works WRC), a 5’15”0
6-Mads Ostberg-Jonas Andersson (N-S/Ford Fiesta RS WRC), a 5’54”2
7-Evgeny Novikov-Denis Giraudet (RUS-F/Citroën DS3 WRC), a 9’31”8
8-Henning Solberg-Ilka Minor (N-A/Ford Fiesta RS WRC), a 9’40”1
9-Dennis Kuipers-Frederic Miclotte (Hol-B/Ford Fiesta RS WRC), a 11’13”8
10-Juho Hänninen-Mikko Markkula (Fin/Skoda Fabia S2000-1st SWRC), a 13’49”2