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WRC arena.

After winning the Swedish station in February and the Mexican station in March, Ogier won again in the Portuguese station in April, and Hill once again ranked second.

Ogier, who won three times in four starts, seemed unstoppable.

Entering May, WRC Argentina begins.

At this stop, Ogier will face challenges because Loeb returns.

The Argentina station is bound to be a war between the two Sebastians.

One is the previous champion, and the other is the strongest challenger currently.

Ogier is bound to win.

In the first six stages, he won five and gained a 6-second lead.

However, on the 7th stage, an accident happened.

Ogier crashed.

He was in a hurry and drove too fast, causing the car to slide off the track.

Loeb benefited from this.

Loeb was fast in the next two stages, taking the fastest time, and successfully overtook Ogier.

He extended his lead to 40 seconds.

Then, Loeb entered the invincible road tyrant mode, and the Argentina Grand Prix became Loeb's bag.

In the final stages of Argentina, he won smoothly and comfortably.

It was my eighth time winning the championship in Argentina, and it was also my 8th WRC victory.

Loeb said in an interview:

"It feels good to win, it was a tough race but there are so many fans here supporting me on the trackside and it's really nice to win."

Of course, Argentina may be the final victory for the retiring champion.

He will play for the last time in France this season, and it will also be the last time we see him appear in the WRC.

This time, the Volkswagen team did not crash and no passers-by set up obstacles.

But the bad luck continued - a flat tire.

Time enters June.

The sixth leg of the 2013 WRC - the Greek race begins.

In the Greek race, Ogier's bad luck came again. He crashed and withdrew from the race.

Ogier's withdrawal gives hope to Citroën driver Hivonen.

This is his last chance to compete for the world title.

However, "the team told me that Ogier died, which was a good opportunity for me, and then my steering system also failed." Hivonen said frustratedly.

"My steering went out without warning, and the steering went out and it was really hard to continue racing. So my last hope was gone. It was like... you know, it was really... At the most critical moment, my luck was so bad that it was over."

Ogier crashed, but another Leda driver, Latvala, stepped up.

He tried his best to win the Acropolis Rally, the most classic and difficult event in WRC.

Thanks to Latvala's victory, Leda Racing won again.

Latvala said: "I am really happy. This season has been very difficult, and it feels really good to win. This victory is very important to me and the team."

"Ten years ago, I drove a car to participate in the Greek Rally. In order to win this race, I prepared for 10 years."

After the Greek leg, summer vacation has arrived.

Leda Racing Team has put a lot of effort into car and driver selection. They won 6 out of 4 games and took the top two spots in the driver standings.

First place, Ogier, 126PTS;

Second place, Latvala, 74PTS;

Third place, Loeb, 68PTS;

Fourth place, Sivonen, 61PTS;

50th place, Neuville, PTS.

Leda Racing has clearly become the strongest team.

If Leda Racing Team is the strongest team in the 2013 season, then Volkswagen Racing Team is the most unlucky team.

They had high hopes before the game.

They are united and ambitious, spending huge sums of money to build a team and develop racing cars, hoping to unseat Citroën from the throne.

However, fate did not want to give them this opportunity.

Crash, rollover, parts failure, tire blowout, and even artificial obstacles... Various accidents came one after another, constantly disrupting their battle rhythm.

This made everyone in the Volkswagen team very helpless.

But no matter what, the game must continue.

June 6, Italian Station, Sardinia.

The last stop before summer vacation.

For the Russian Novikov of the M-SPORT team, the Italian station is a very good stop.

it's actually very good.

The navigator kept announcing the route to the co-pilot: "Right 6, go right, cross the top of the slope..."

"Bang!" A sound!

"Oh, it was such a miserable fall." A reporter at the scene lamented.

"They're on their backs now and there's no doubt the Russian is too fast."

Afterwards, Novikov explained his accident:

"It was a right-hand bend, getting tighter and tighter. But in my road book it was smooth."

"So I tried my best to go as fast as I could, and the curve was not only sharp, but it was a little slippery, so I hit the stone wall."

"The car overturned and the rear wheel fell off. The damage is a bit serious. It may not be repaired tomorrow."

Novikov's accident was not the only one.

But one of his many accidents.

Maybe he will continue to do so during this season.

M-SPORT Team Manager Wilson commented:

"He is indeed a very talented driver, but he hasn't shown it yet."

"He can drive very fast and has great adaptability, but no matter what, he is only 23 years old. He made many mistakes and paid a high price."

Novikov's teammate Neuville had much better luck in Sardinia. He achieved his best personal ranking - second place.

However, he was almost killed by a native of Sardinia in the middle of the race - a cow stopped in the middle, blocking Neuville's path.

Second place went to Neuville of the M-SPORT team.

The first place is naturally Ogier of Leda Racing Team.

He continued to dominate the entire competition with the excellent performance and excellent reliability of Lexing R-WRC.

Of course, there were some twists and turns in the process, mainly involving his teammate Latvala.

Latvala suffered a puncture on the first stage in Sardinia. After the puncture, he continued to advance at full speed for 1 kilometers.

"I drove a long way after the tire punctured. I don't know when or why the tire punctured. It was probably a simple puncture, and then the brakes didn't work very well, so my performance dropped sharply."

"At first I thought I hit a rock, because I did hit a big rock, but it was on the right side. Why did my left wheel puncture?" Latvala and the navigator were very puzzled.

The two got out of the car together to change the punctured tire, which put them two minutes behind.

However, they fought back strongly, fought hard to catch up, and finished in third place.

Ogier has won three championships this season after winning the championship in Sardinia, Italy.

In the first half of the season, they were virtually unbeatable and literally flying.

Especially in Sardinia's famous flying jump - Imontileno, Ogier drove the Lexing R-WRC through the billowing smoke and soared down from the top of the slope, fully demonstrating the sports beauty of the rally.

After the Sardinia Station in Italy, the first half of the 2013 season ended.

Leda Racing had a perfect first half of the season.

奥吉尔和拉特瓦拉包揽车手积分榜前2位，分别是154pts和90pts。第3至5名分别是诺伊维尔、勒布、希沃宁。

In the manufacturer standings, Leda Racing Team is far ahead with 220pts.

Citroën ranked second with 174pts.

The Volkswagen team is far behind, with a score of 89pts.