Mattias Ekstrom tops the order at the end of the first day of the World Rallycross Championship at Mettet in Belgium, just five days after winning the second round of the championship at Hockenheim. Ekstrom won the first race of the weekend on track in Belgium to set second fastest time in Q1, two hundredths of a second slower than the fastest time set by Peugeot-Hansen driver Sebastien Loeb. The Swede then raced the Frenchman on track in Q2, running second on lap one he took his joker lap at the first opportunity and leap frogged Loeb when the Frenchman took his compulsory extra route on lap four. In the joker, Loeb ran wide, allowing Johan Kristoffersson room to pass on the inside, the...
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