13 Nov 11

BREAKING
NEWS:
Latvala
wins
Rally GB

Jari-Matti Latvala has won Wales Rally GB, his first victory in the World Rally Championship for more than a year.

Driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC alongside navigator Miikka Anttila, the Finn began the final day’s six stages in a close fight with Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb.

He boosted his chances of finishing first by beating Loeb on Sunday’s opening test and was virtually guaranteed the win, his first at world level for 470 days, when Loeb retired on a road section heading to the Crychan test following a head-on collision with a member of the public.

Latvala’s capture of top spot marked Ford’s third triumph in this year’s WRC following wins for this team-mate Mikko Hirvonen in Sweden and Australia earlier in the campaign.