After five World Rally Championship victories in a row, Sebastien Loeb started the 2009 season as favourite once again. However, the Citroen star would have to fight right to the bitter end with Mikko Hirvonen, who used his Ford Focus to great effect during this turbulent year of rallying. With just one round to go, the Finn led his French rival by a single point - it would all be settled in Britain on the season-closing Rally GB, and what a finale! Who could have predicted the top pair would battle to the very last day, and that the 2009 World Rally Championship would be decided by a single point and just a handful of seconds?