9 Things You Should Know About Sebastien Loeb

Because you should know about the living rally legend.

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The World Rally Championship is full of men with titaniam balls, cat-like reflexes, and really, really precise feet, but none moreso than Sebastien Loeb. Loeb has been a dominant force in the sport for a decade and is every bit the definition of an era that Michael Schumacher was for F1. That said, he's retiring from rallying, so we felt we should do our kind of tribute to him: Random interesting facts organized into a list.

Unfortunately, the WRC doesn't get as much press as it should in North America, so we're going to give you 9 Things You Should Know About Sebastien Loeb for the next time you meet some cool European dudes on a study abroad.

He took the WRC championship nine consecutive times.

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He's a knight of the Légion d'honneur.

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He's always been primarily obsessed with motor vehicles.

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His first car was a Renault 5 GT Turbo.

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He has a grand total of 78 rally wins.

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He was an electrical technician before he started racing.

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He has been crowned "Champion of Champions" three times.

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He spends his weekends on a badass sportbike.

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He's not done racing, he's just done dominating WRC.

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