The Citroen driver's success, the 51st of his career, sees him open up a 10-point lead over Ford's Mikko Hirvonen at the top of the drivers' standings and it is becoming difficult to see how any of his rivals can stop him marching to a sixth successive world title.

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But that did not stop his commission marching to court to defend it.

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