By Gareth Rhys Owen BBC Sport Wales at the GB Rally

Sebastien Loeb (right) celebrates his Rally GB win with co-driver Daniel Elena

Two big questions dominated the build up to Rally GB 2009.

Firstly, was Sebastien Loeb starting to lose his mojo? He began the race a point behind championship leader Mikko Hirvonen, although the Frenchman's victory in the previous leg in Catalonia had ended a run of five rallies without a win for Loeb.

Secondly, would Wales bid farewell to the Rally after 2009? Organisers had threatened to move the event to another location after the Welsh Assembly Government's (WAG) decision to withdraw funding.

By Sunday lunchtime we had a definitive answer to both.

Loeb secured his sixth successive world title with another highly accomplished display in the stages of Port Talbot and Rheola.