Jay Lagare

Caught a replay of the Monte Carlo Rally last night. It featured the much awaited debut of the new Citroen C4 World Rally Car on the WRC. Although it has essentially the same 2L turbocharged engine (providing a drool-worthy 315 BHP @ 5500 RPM and 570 NM @ 2750 RPM) as the previous Xsara, improvements in other systems is said to have improved overall performance. Even opposing drivers were awed. And it showed in the results: C4s piloted by Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo (Junior WRC champ) took the first AND second places respectively. It is, of course, in no small part due to driver skills. It looks like Sebastien Loeb and Citroen are going on a winning streak again.

Last night, I dreamt I went to this race track. I was just accompanying someone to get a car fixed. I don’t know why we went to a race track for that. Probably because of all those high-performance mechanics there. I really don’t know. Anyway, I somehow ended up in a pit stop in full racing gear. I was just standing there when this red Citroen Xsara WRC drives in and I was pushed/shoved into the passenger side. I glanced at the driver and he was no other than Sebastien Loeb!!!

I quickly told him was that I don’t know squat about co-driving but he seemed all nonchalant and just asked me to do whatever. And he drives off the pit stop. So I went like “Left!” “Right!” “Hard left!” “Hard right!”. I sure didn’t know what I was doing but all the twists and turns sure made it fun and exciting. The race ended for us when I made a mistake calling a turn and we spinned out trying to get back on track.

It may not exactly be WRC because it was on a racetrack (and the fact that it was just a dream :P) but it was a Citroen Xsara WRC and the driver was Loeb. Sure is WRC enough for me. :))