For the first time since the Belgian round of World Rallycross in May, title protagonist Mattias Ekstrom qualified top at the Intermediate Classification at Loheac, and in the process has drawn level with reining champion Petter Solberg in the... In a rain-hit second day at Loheac, Ekstrom was second fastest in Q3 and third fastest in Q4 to maintain his overnight position at the top of the order and claim 16 championship points, while compatriot Johan Kristoffersson set a pair of second fastest times to climb to second at the Intermediate stage. After being embroiled in a race-long battle in Q3, returning 11th fastest time, Solberg then jumped the start of his Q4 race and had to take two...
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