Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will contest six rounds of next year’s championship with Hyundai, after signing a two-year deal with the manufacturer. Loeb took nine straight titles between 2004 and 2012, after which he scaled back his involvement, focusing on World Touring Cars and World Rallycross. Loeb participated in three rallies in 2018 and clinched victory, the 79th of his career, at Rally Spain. Hyundai will field Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen for a full campaign with Loeb sharing the third car with Dani Sordo. Sordo is set to contest the eight events that Loeb will miss. Next year’s season opener in Monte Carlo will be the first time that Loeb...
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