The nine-time WRC champion has secured another one-off deal with the British squad after defeating Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier to score a memorable 80th career WRC win at the Monte Carlo season opener in January.
M-Sport had been keen to secure Loeb’s services for more WRC events, pending the 48-year-old’s availability amid a busy schedule that includes Extreme E, the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship, and most recently, confirmation of an outing in the DTM later this month.
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However, a deal has been struck to put Loeb back in the Puma on Rally Portugal’s gravel roads from 20-22 May, thanks to support from Ford and Red Bull.
Loeb will once again be joined by co-driver Isabelle Galmiche, who became the first female to stand on the top step of a WRC podium since Fabrizia Pons in 1997 in Monte Carlo on her debut.
It is also anticipated Loeb will compete against eight-time WRC champion Ogier, who is tipped to continue his part-time WRC campaign in Portugal. The event…
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