Exclusive interview – Sébastien Ogier: “Ease has never been one of my concerns”

Motivated by a thirst for new adventure, the arrival of the World Rally Champion in the WEC is done with a spirit of refreshing openness for a driver whose path has until then been dictated by the quest for performance.

Published on 31/01/2022 à 17:07

Medhi Casaurang

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Exclusive interview – Sébastien Ogier: “Ease has never been one of my concerns”

Sébastien Ogier joins Richard Mille Racing in the WEC. ©DPPI/F. Le Floc’h

When did you want to discover theEndurance et Le Mans ?

Until now, I was totally focused on the rally, but it had been a few years since I got it into my head that Endurance was a good reconversion challenge. Motorsport is a fairly closed world. There F1, it was impossible to go there for example. But joining these last two years Toyota en WRC, this offered me interesting openings. The performance/driving pleasure/accessibility ratio seemed feasible to me in Endurance. By ai

Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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Pascal Lacroix

01/02/2022 at 04:55 a.m.

It's up to Ogier to prove that he can blend into the team, he will no longer be the star behind the wheel, wait and see as the English say

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