Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia 2021 world champions

At the end of three stressful days in the Monza region on the famous Italian circuit, the two Frenchmen climbed to the top of the WRC for the eighth time in their careers.

Published on 21/11/2021 à 13:13

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Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia 2021 world champions

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won their 8th world title this Sunday in Monza. ©DPPI/F. Flemish

At the start of this final round of the 2021 season, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia had only one goal in mind: to get their 8^e world crown to end their collaboration in style. The pair managed to completely hide everything that this ordeal represented in order to achieve their goal. THE rally of Monza will in fact mark the end of the career of the most decorated French co-driver in the history of the WRC.

It was also the last time that Sébastien Ogier played an entire championship since he should only return sporadically next year. Finally, this race offered the ultimate opportunity to see in action the 2017 WRCs which have so excited the discipline over the past five years.

Auteur d’une saison très solide ponctuée de 7 podiums dont 4 succès au Monte-Carlo, en Croatie, en Sardaigne et au Safari du Kenya, le binôme tricolore s’est de nouveau montré impressionnant durant cette ultime manche rivalisant jusqu’au bout pour la victoire. Pas forcément avantagé par son rôle d’ouvreur, même si l’épreuve se déroule majoritairement sur l’asphalte, le duo de Toyota a fait preuve d’une grande solidité en remportant notamment 5 scratchs lui permettant de s’installer en haut du classement durant le week-end. Malgré une belle frayeur dimanche matin après contact avec le muret d’une chicane, l’équipage a pu mener le rallye qu’il souhaitait avec d’excellentes sensations et une sublime bataille jusqu’à une nouvelle récompense amplement méritée.

Last January, the Ogier-Ingrassia duo won their 8th Monte-Carlo. ©DPPI/F. Flemish

In Croatia, victory was decided by only 6 tenths. The 3rd closest finish in history after Jordan in 2011 (0″2 between Ogier and Latvala) and New Zealand in 2007 (0″3 between Gronhölm and Loeb). ©Bastien Roux

En tête pendant la majeure partie du rallye, Sébastien Ogier et Julien terminent en beauté avec une 5e victoire en 2021 devant leurs partenaires du Toyota Gazoo Racing, Elfyn Evans et Scott Martin, et de Dani Sordo et Cándido Carrera, premiers représentant de Hyundai in the ranking.

The collaboration between Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia ended this Sunday, November 21 with an 8th world title and incredible numbers. In 169 WRC starts, the two men have been on the podium 91 times for 54 victories, a ratio of 32,14%. Together they won 632/633 stages and scored 2.537 points.

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