1. Sébastien Loeb

2. Career He is the best French sportsman. He was born 26 February 1974 in Haguenau, Alsace. He is a French rally driver, he drives for Citroën. He was 8 times world rally champion He has 69 victories to his credit. He made 105 podiums.

3. Originally a gymnast, Loeb switched to rallying in 1995 and won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2001. Signed by the Citroën factory team in 2002. He also tried car-racing at the 24 hours of Le Mans in the Pescarolo and Peugeot Team

4. Co-driver Since 1997 Sebastien Loeb has the same co- driver: Daniel Elena. He is the most titled co-driver in the history of the world rally championship !

5. Amazing ! During the rally of Turkey he made a jump of 85m ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yye6LdGFG9c

6. Project He begins his reconversion: He chose to create his own racing-stable in long-distance race with a Oreca-Nissan.

7. He drives everything ! He has got a helicopter (EC120), he drives it himself. He also flew aboard a fighter aircraft: Rafale (Dassault) in 2010

8. Biography Sebastien Loeb has released a biography which is called « Ma ligne de conduite » He recounts his life as a rally driver: «Either this guy is crazy or he's a genius! Exclaimed his first co-pilot, white as a ghost from fear coming out of his car. »

9. Driving style It is one of the few drivers to have won world championship titles on all types of surface: asphalt (28), earth (33), snow-covered land (2) and mixed earth / asphalt (5). He holds the record of 23 wins for various rallies. He is renowned for the safety of his flight: since his accession in the World Championships, he averaged less than one drop per year of driving error. From the start, Sebastien Loeb has defined his maximum turning speed on bends in function of the angle, & he changes speed depending on the micro-local circumstances. This method is very scientific in its approach & it could have given him an advantage in terms of maximum speed.

10. He is already very present in publicity Carola Rossignol Mennen Elephant bleu Pull in Total And of course citroën

11. The best French sportsman I think Sebastien Loeb is the best known sportsman in France because he was eight times world champion and he is good on all surfaces… He has a technique that only himself can do and it makes him win each of his races.