SUFFICIENT SHAKEUP? Plenty is new this year, but Sebastien Loeb is still the man to beat.(Motorsports)

Byline: ANTHONY PEACOCK The 2007 World Rally Championship looks radically different, with new cars and new events promising the return of cutthroat competition. Sebastien Loeb dominated last year, but this season the diminutive Frenchman faces a much tougher task. Loeb is aiming for his fourth straight title to equal the legendary Tommi Makinen's record, but this weekend's Monte Carlo Rally was the Citroen driver's first event in four months, following the mountain bike accident that broke his arm in four places last September.

He is also contending with an all-new Citroen C4 ...

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