Sébastien Loeb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetSébastien Loeb
French racing driver
Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1974
Place of Birth: Haguenau, Grand Est, France
Profession: rally driver
Nationality: France
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
SebastienLoeb
About Sébastien Loeb
- Sébastien Loeb (French pronunciation: ?[sebastj?~ lœb]; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing, and rallycross driver.
- He competed for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and is the most successful driver in WRC history, having won the world championship a record nine times in a row.
- He holds several other WRC records, including most event wins, most podium finishes and most stage wins.
- Loeb announced his retirement from World Rallying at the end of the 2012 season.
- Participating in selected events in the 2013 WRC season, he raced a full season in the FIA GT Series driving a McLaren MP4-12C before moving on with Citroën to the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2014.
- In the 2018 season he is one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.Originally a gymnast, Loeb switched to rallying in 1995 and won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2001.
- Signed by the Citroën factory team for the 2002 season, he and co-driver Daniel Elena took their maiden WRC win that same year at the Rallye Deutschland.
- After finishing runner-up to Petter Solberg by one point in 2003, Loeb took his first drivers' title in 2004.
- Continuing with Citroën, he went on to take a record ninth consecutive world title in 2012.
- Loeb is a tarmac expert, having won all but three of the WRC rallies on that surface in which he has participated since 2005. Besides his success in rallying, Loeb is a three-time winner at the Race of Champions, after taking home the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy and the title "Champion of Champions" in 2003, 2005 and 2008.
- In 2004, he won the Nations' Cup for France with Jean Alesi.
- In 2006, he finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- Loeb was named the French Sportsman of the Year in 2007 and 2009, and made knight of the Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) in 2009.
- In 2012, he won the rallycross final in his first appearance at X Games XVIII.
- In 2018, Loeb won the Spanish round of that year's World Rally Championship, in a rare entry six years after his retirement as a full-time rally driver.
Read more at Wikipedia