Five-time World Rally champion to test for Red Bull this month
Forget about Lewis and F1 for a minute - let’s hear it for the awesomely talented and massively underappreciated Seb Loeb, who clinched his fifth World Rally title - in a row! - at the weekend.
Loeb is one of the best drivers in the world, no question, so it will be interesting to see where he goes from here. Red Bull, which now sponsors his Citroen rally team, have offered the Frenchman a test in one of their F1 cars - it’s apparently a reward for him winning the WRC this season. The test will take place later this month, at the Circuit de Catalunya. Before that, Loeb will have a brief run at Silverstone.
Although Loeb claims he has no interest in switching from rallying to F1, and has already confirmed that he will defend his title for Citroen in 2009, we’d love to see how he would get on racing alongside Lewis, Kimi and co. After all, he is just about the most successful current driver in any code of motorsport. But at 34, it’s probably too late for him to make the switch.
Shame. We think he’d do a great job in F1, even if he’s not used to the dark arts of overtaking. How do you think he’d cope with the transition?
Gridcrasher bonus! Watch Loeb test in a Renault F1 car in 2007:
