Multiple WRC champion, Sebastien Loeb has conceded that the title race is now wide open f🍰ollowing his crash on the Acropolis Rally ༺and his failure to score.

Loeb, who had ended Friday's opening leg i🌱n third place, 21.1 seconds off Mikko Hirvonen in P1, went out in the very first stage on day two - 8 kilometres into the 17.25 kilometre-run throug💮h Klenia Mycenae 1.

The♉ Frenchman rolled his Citroen C4 WRC several times in the incident and while he and co-driver, Daniel Elena both escaped unhurt, the car suffered heavy damage and as a result there was no chance t♉o SupeRally.

Speaking about the incident and his first DNF s𓃲ince the Swedish Rally at the st♒art of 2008, he admitted it was his fault.

"I took a right-hander a bit too fast. We got through the corner, but we weren't on💯 the correct line for the next left-hander," he explained.

"We hit a stone🙈 at the apex which🐼 ripped off a wheel and sent us into a series of barrel rolls on the other side of the road. We rolled five or six times at high speed.

"There was no chance to fix it for day three - t♍he car was too ba♎dly damaged to restart. The main thing is that neither of us [myself or Daniel Elena] were injured."

Despite his early exit however, and despite the fact Hirvonen took t🔯he wi👍n, Seb still remains top in the race for the 2009 drivers' crown, albeit with his cushion reduced from 17 points to seven.

"It's a shame to lose so many 𓂃points in the championship and of course, this is a great loss for us, but we still are onಌ top of the championship. Mikko lost points in Argentina. It was just my turn to make a mistake. Now though it is going to be harder to go for the title again," he summed-up.