The Frenchman won last...
The Frenchman won last weekend’s Rally Portugal, but with arch-rival Marcus Gronholm finishing second, the Citroen star was still two points adrift of the series lead. However, the Finn and his fellow Focus WRC runners were given a five-minute time penalty for infringing the regulations, when an official post-rally technical check discovered that the leading Fords were running illegal rear side windows. The decision dropped Gronholm from second to fourth position and, as a consequence, allowed Loeb to move into the lead of the championship by one point.
"Nine points, that"s...
"Nine points, that"s why!" and the tortoise logo are the big giveaway. It"s the brainchild of Chris Brooks, of Princes Risborough, Bucks. Fed up of "tailgating morons trying to make me go faster" when he was only three penalty points away from a driving ban, he designed his own sticker to make them back off. "Now all I get is friendly toots and smiles," he said. To buy your own sticker for í‚á£2.35, click on Chris"s www. ninepointsthatswhy. com website.