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Nine times world rally champion thinks Robert Kubica will become faster then Kimi Raikkonen

It was an emotional scene for Sebastien Loeb when he landed his eighth victory in the World Rally Championship's Rally Argentina. Sebastien Ogier placed second and still holds the 2013 points lead.

Incident-packed second leg opened the door for Sebastien Loeb to lace his Citroen on top of the leaderboard in Rally Argentina's leg two.

With a 16.3sec advantage over Sebastien Loeb, the other "Seb" holds the lead as Rally Argentina kicks into high gear for today's stages.

SS1, Super Especial Branca Unico (6.04 kilometres): First blood to Ogier

Qualifying for this weekend's World Rally Championship was close with Jari-Matti-Latvala just 0.035sec faster than Sebastien Loeb.

Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia dominated the winter rally in Sweden from qualifying to three days of tricky conditions. They topped it off by taking the Power Stage win for a clean sweep.

Volkswagen versus Citroen for the final battle for the Swedish Rally victory will take place tomorrow between the two 'Sebs' who were teammates last year.

Sebastien Ogier chose his starting position due to setting fastest qualifying time yesterday, and he turned that to his advantage to take the early lead in the Swedish Rally.

Conditions were cold and bright for the Swedish Rally qualifying session, with light snowfall and a temperature of -5C.

The promotion group Red Bull Media House and the sportsman media are already painting the 2014 WRC Rally New Zealand as an ultimate destination.

The final night of the FIA World Rally Championship opening event in Monaco was the scene of crashes and stage cancellations. Once again Sebastien Loeb earned the 'Monte' win, and early points Citroen Total Abu Dhabi team.

A couple of hours before SS14, 75 per cent of the Turini roads were covered in snow and the white stuff was falling. Then it turned to rain, and the roads became a treacherous mix of snow, slush and water. Carnage ensued.

The unflappable Frenchman has led since the rally’s second stage: Sebastien Loeb holds a lead over Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier by one minute and 47 seconds with one day remaining of the first FIA World Rally event in 2013.

Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team watched their ace expand his overall lead! Sebastien Ogier has the new Volkswagen Polo just 1min 34.8sec off the pace of "Seb", the champion!

Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena proved again why they have nine FIA World Rally championships. Dealing with the changing conditions, the French ace is in control of the leaderboard.

Monte Carlo shakedown saw former Citroen driver Thierry Neuville set the pace in his new ride with the Qatar World Rally Ford team. Sebastien Loeb, who is running a partial schedule this year, was second fastest.

Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena will contest for points for the Citroen team.