As you remember Sebastien Loeb will participate in just four rounds of the World Rally Championship, but still continues to dominate as he wants, being first, on the first day of the Monte-Carlo rally, in the first race of the year. See the Day 1 highlights below.
After only four stages Loeb, in the Citroen DS3 WRC, is already 1 minute and 20 seconds ahead of his French compatriot, Ogier, driving the Volkswagen Polo R WRC. Hirvonen (Citroen DS3 WRC) is third, Sordo (Citroen DS3 WRC) fourth and Latvala fifth (Volkswagen Polo R WRC). The best Ford is driven by the Russian Novikov who is in sixth place.