The French driver Sebastien Loeb wins Rally France 2012. This rally gives him 9th world title in WRC championship. Loeb takes the rally champion title 2 rallies before the end of season 2012.

Dani Sordo lost the battle for fourth position with Thirerry Neuville due too powersteering problems of his Mini John Cooper Works WRC.
The Spanish driver was 5th at 3.6 seconds behind Neuville in stage 19 when he out of the game.
Sordo said: “The powersteering is broken in the stage. Before the stage it felt strange, really heavy but in the startline it was completely gone. I try to fix it but I don’t know if I can continue”
Petter Solberg restart the rally but his position is 28th overall. Finally Petter Solberg fails to get any point by the rally.

PowerStage Results:
1. T. Neuville 4:03.7
2. J. Latvala +0.5
3. M. Ostberg +0.5

Final Results:
1. S. Loeb 3:32:53.0
2. J. Latvala +15.5
3. M. Hirvonen +44.1
4. T. Neuville +1:07.3
5. M. Ostberg +1:16.4
6. O. Tanak +2:27.9

Some interesting statistic provided for Loeb in his careeer:
9 world titles shared with co-driver Daniel Elena
75 number of WRC event wins
2 rallies remaining before he calls time on full-time WRC career
162 number of WRC starts to date
1999 year of Loeb’s WRC debut in Catalunya
4 rounds missed after breaking shoulder in 2006 - he still claimed title
874 fastest stage times set
1525 points total scored in WRC
100% of stages won on Tour de Corse in 2005
23 different world championship rallies won
6 record held by Loeb for most WRC event wins in a row, achieved twice
2002 year of Loeb’s first WRC victory - Rallye Deutschland
9 number of occasions Loeb has won Germany’s WRC qualifier
11 victories scored during the 2008 season
3 types of Citroen World Rally Cars he has driven to victory
8 different team-mates during WRC career
4 team bosses worked under
1 co-drivers employed during WRC career
5 rallies won at the start of the 2009 season in succession
13 rounds tackled in 2010, number of times points scored