Loeb tops Shakedown

Triple world rally champion Sebastien Loeb was the fastest of the pack during this morning's Shakedown in preparation for the final round of the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB.

Loeb completed the short 3.90 kilometre test in two minutes, 24.4 seconds over his Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo.

BP-Ford's Marcus Gronholm was third fastest, just 0.2 seconds slower than second, followed by Subaru World Rally Team's Petter Solberg in fourth.

Stobart's Jari-Matti Latvala and Henning Solberg were fifth and sixth respectively, with just 0.3 seconds separating them.

Chris Atkinson scored the seventh fastest time in the Impreza while young Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen finished eighth driving the '06 Ford Focus for the first time this weekend.

Rounding out the top ten were Finland's Mikko Hirvonen and OMV Kronos Citroen Manfred Stohl, respectively, with the Austrian completing five passes through the test, more than any of the other top drivers.