World Rallycross title contender Mattias Ekstrom set a pair of fastest times in the opening two qualifying sessions of the weekend at Loheac in France to top the order at the end of day one. The EKS Audi driver beat teammate Toomas Heikkinen in their Q1 encounter, before heading home Andreas Bakkerud, Timmy Hansen, Sebastien Loeb and Ken Block in the last race of Q2. Bakkerud was third fastest in Q1, before pulling a last corner move on French hero Sebastien Loeb in the race that Ekstrom won in Q2 to be second fastest, elevating him to second overall. Having won the last race of Q1 against rival Petter Solberg to set the second fastest time overall to Ekstrom, Loeb ran second to Ekstrom for...
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