Loeb`s jump start penalty canned.
Sebastien Loeb's winning margin on Wales Ral♏ly GB has grown to 12.7 seconds after his jump start penalty🎀 for SS18 was removed, organisers have confirmed.
"Officials discovered a glitch in the timing system af🤡ter reviewing all the times for the stage," read a statement to the press.
"However, Loeb was unaware the penalty had been rescinded as he completed 📖the rally's final stage [SS19], battling for the win with Jari-Matti Latvala."
Sebastien𝓰 Loeb's winning margin on Wales Rally GB has grown to 12.7 seconds after his jump start penalty for SS18 was removed, organisers have confirme🤡d.
"Officials discovered a glitch in the timing system after reviewing al🎀l the times for the st🔜age," read a statement to the press.
"However, Loeb🍸 was 𒐪unaware the penalty had been rescinded as he completed the rally's final stage [SS19], battling for the win with Jari-Matti Latvala."
As a result, it꧋ is no longer the closest finish ever on Rally GB. That remains the 2004 edition, when Petter Solberg beat Loeb by 6.3 seconds.
