Nine-time WRC champion defeated four-time F1 world champion Vettel 3-1 in a best of four final in Sunday’s individual Champion of Champions tournament to become a Race of Champions winner for the fourth time.🙈 

Loeb overcame Petter and Oliver Solberg and Mattias Ekstrom to set up t♔he final showdown with Vettel, who in turn beat Emma Kimilainen, Colton Herta and Tom Kristensen to progress to the final. 

The 47-year-old surged into an early 2-0 lead over Vettel, before the Aston Martin driver forced a mistake from Loeb in the third heat to take his only win of the final. Loeb then prevailed by 0.786s in the fou♉rth and deciding heat. 

Loeꦍb’s victory sees him tie Didier Auriol’s record for the most wins in the individual Champion of Champions event. 

“It’s been a long time since I was lꦦast at the Race Of Champions, so I’m happy to find out that 🃏at 47 years of age I still have the pace,” said Loeb.

“It was a nice fight with Seb in the final and I had a good feeling – except for when I completely lost control of the car in the third heat! Now 🧔here we are, and it’s great to equal Didier’s record of four RO♎C Champion of Champions titles.” 

Vettel added: “Sébastien was just too fast today. The conditions were tricky out there and it was getting more and more slippery, which I guess is normal for snow and ice! ꧂;

“I don’t have that much experience so it was a struggle to adapt; in my day job getting sideways is what we try to avoid. But I felt I was improv🍃ing every time I drove. That’s a good sign, buꦑt also a sign that I still have a lot to learn.”

Meanwhile, Haas F1 driver Mick Schumacher was 🍎knocked out in Sunday’s event by two-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick in the first round. 

Schumacher and Vettel paired up to compete for Team Germany in the ROC Nations Cup on Saturday but were eliminated by Team💃 USA’s Jimmie Johnson and Colton Herta in the quarter finals. 

Team GB’s David Coulthard and Chadwick also exited the competition at the same stage, having been beaten by Team Finland’s Mik✤a Hakkinen and Kimilainen, who stood in as a last-minute replacement for Alfa Romeo F1 driver Valtteri Bottas.