SEBASTIEN LOEB & DANIEL ELENA: 5 TH CONSECUTIVE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE*
Sébastien Loeb's first rally: the Florival Rally (France), in 1997
Daniel Elena's first rally: the Bauxite Rally (France), in 1992 (as co-driver)
Their first rally together: 1998
Their first WRC start: Catalunya, in 1999 (Saxo Kit Car)
Their first WRC win: Deutschland, in 2002 (Xsara WRC)
WRC starts: 112, including 98 in a WRC car (two in a Toyota Corolla, 66 in the Xsara, and 30 in the C4)
WRC podium finishes: 72
WRC wins: 46 (18 with the C4, and 28 with the Xsara) For information: Marcus Grönholm, 30 wins; Carlos Sainz, 26; Colin McRae, 25; Petter Solberg, 13; Mikko Hirvonen, 6; Jari-Matti Latvala, 1; François Duval, 1.
WRC titles: 5 (in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008), an outright record
WRC wins in a single season: 10, in 2005 and 2008 (not including the 2008 Rally GB), an outright record
Consecutive WRC wins: 6, in 2005, an outright record
Consecutive podium finishes: 12, in 2005 and 2006
Event wins records: Deutschland (8 consecutive wins), Corsica (4 consecutive wins) and Monte Carlo (5 wins, not consecutive)
Sébastien is the only non-Nordic driver to have won the Swedish Rally (2004)
WRC starts/wins ratio: 46 wins from 98 starts = 46.9%, an outright record
WRC starts/podium finishes: 71 podiums from 98 starts = 72.4% For information: only Carlos Reutemann has done better (2 from 2 = 100%, in Argentina in 1980 and 1985)
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Retirements: 15 (including Sweden 2008), six of which were down to driver error (offs in Catalunya in 2002, Argentina in 2003, Australia in 2005, Sardinia in 2007 and Sweden in 2008, plus a broken sump in Mexico in 2004).
Number of different rallies won: 17, an outright record (12 rounds of the current calendar, plus Sanremo, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus and Australia) For information: Carlos Sainz has the next best score (13 rallies)
Citroën Sport wins in a single season: 11 in 2005, a record For information: the next best score is Lancia (10 wins in 1988)
Of Citroën's 52 WRC wins, Sébastien and Daniel scored 46
* Subject to the publication of the official results by the FIA
* Sous réserve de la publication officielle des résultats par la FIA