He holds a 37.8-second lead over championship leader Marcus Gronholm ahead of Sunday's five stages.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb in command in Germany Rally
The Frenchman seems certain to win unless he suffers a similar fate to Gronholm.
BBC: Marcus Gronholm had won four of the six stages on day one
Gronholm is over a minute behind the leader in his Peugeot and occupies fourth spot.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Penalised Loeb remains on course
Loeb had amassed a 35-point lead over closest rival Ford's Marcus Gronholm when he broke his arm.
BBC: Three-time world champion Loeb will not race again in 2006
Loeb dominated proceedings once Gronholm had bowed out on stage eight, winning four of the day's six stages.
BBC: Marcus Gronholm had won four of the six stages on day one
He is now on 38 points after winning three of the five rounds so far with Gronholm on 37.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb into lead as Gronholm slips
Gronholm, who trails Loeb by 25 points with three races to go, lost far too much time after his enforced gearbox refit.
Gronholm's victory took the Finn to the top of the drivers' standings and continued Scandanavian domination on the icy terrain.
Gronholm had led the race in his Ford before crashing out on stage eight, handing control of the race to Loeb.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb makes it five wins in a row
Gronholm reduced the deficit with a win in stage nine, which saw Manfred Stohl retire from 10th place with mechanical problems.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb in command in Germany Rally
Despite sitting out the Turkey and Australia rallies, he clinched a third straight title when Marcus Gronholm finished fifth in Australia.
BBC: Three-time world champion Loeb will not race again in 2006
Frenchman Loeb, who has a 35-point advantage over Finland's Marcus Gronholm with four races left this season, has backed McRae's appointment.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | McRae steps in for injured Loeb
Gronholm, who needs a top-four finish to have a chance of overtaking absent leader Sebastien Loeb, led overnight after winning the first two stages.
Ford team director Malcolm Wilson admitted Gronholm's departure was a big disappointment.
BBC: Marcus Gronholm had won four of the six stages on day one
Gronholm had been leading the event by 40 seconds when he hit a rock, which caused an oil leak and ended his rally.
BBC: Marcus Gronholm had won four of the six stages on day one
And he was just 12.5 seconds behind Sainz going into the final stage, with Gronholm and Rovanpera well ahead in first and second.
Juha Gronholm from the Finnish architectural studio ALA explains that the concert hall was conceived to feel as a musical instrument in itself.
With three rallies left after the event in Turkey, Loeb, who broke his arm falling off his mountain bike, leads Gronholm by 35 points.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Gronholm takes charge in Turkey
Gronholm's Finnish compatriot and team-mate Mikko Hirvonen is fourth with Jan Kopecky in fifth, 2.7 seconds ahead of Citroen's Toni Gardemeister (Citroen) in fifth.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb in command in Germany Rally
Australian Chris Atkinson continued his charge for the top 10 with success in stage 12 while Loeb increased his lead over Gronholm to 31 seconds.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb in command in Germany Rally
Peugeot's Marcus Gronholm finished 15.7 seconds behind Solberg in third place.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Dominant Loeb extends winning run
The Citroen driver took the lead on stage two of six, with closest world title challenger Marcus Gronholm losing a minute due to brake problems.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Penalised Loeb remains on course
But Marcus Gronholm's retirement overnight ended any slim hopes Peugeot had.
The top three competitors were well ahead of the rest of the pack, with Spain's former champion Carlos Sainz back in fourth and 3:02.6 adrift of Gronholm.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Dominant Loeb extends winning run
Loeb, who has won the last five rallies and leads Gronholm by 31 points in the overall standings, admitted he struggled to cope with the Finn's pace.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb frustrated as Gronholm stars
The defending world champion stretched his lead at the top of the standings in the process and is now 31 points ahead of main rival Marcus Gronholm.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb makes it five wins in a row
The platform for Loeb's win was created on Saturday when the Citroen driver won all six of the day's stages while Gronholm struggled on the wrong tyres.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb into lead as Gronholm slips
Gronholm is aiming for his first Acropolis victory and is hoping for more luck than last time in Sardinia when he had to retire after hitting a rock.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb frustrated as Gronholm stars
Norway's Petter Solberg is in second, 26.3 seconds behind Gronholm.
BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb frustrated as Gronholm stars
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