Ogier: Essential victory in Germany

Trailing leader Sébastien Loeb by 31 points, Sébastien Ogier will try to catch up with his teammate during the next event. But the German Rally has always been won by the Alsatian.

Published on 16/08/2011 à 13:44

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Sébastien Ogier still has his chances of winning this season but his gap with the leader Sébastien Loeb has increased since the Alsatian won his second Rally from Finland. The young Citroën driver is now 31 points behind his teammate while the asphalt events remain to be contested.

The first starts this week with the German Rally where Sébastien Loeb has always won. Sébastien Ogier knows that he will have to do better than his result last year to maintain his chances of success. “It’s an atypical rally with a lot of differences from one special stage to another”, explains the last winner of the Acropolis rally. ?Some sections I like more than others. Last year, despite a podium, I was not able to keep up with the winners. This time, we will have to show that we have progressed. »

“I found good sensations but the tests are not the race”, specifies Sébastien Ogier. “A priori, our rivals should be better armed than in past seasons. If we still want to believe in the world title, we would have to score more points than the current leader. While knowing that the leader has quite a track record in Germany! In any case, it will not be an easy rally. »