Portugal, SS7 – Sébastien Ogier also retires!

It’s definitely a Black Friday for French rallymen named Sébastien! A few hours after Sébastien Loeb's retirement at the very start of SS5, it is now Sébastien Ogier who was forced to throw in the towel in SS7. The Gapençais had been already suffered a puncture during the previous special, which had extinguished his chances of victory losing more than two minutes. Finding himself without spare wheels, Sébastien Ogier was therefore at the mercy of the elements. And the very brittle nature of Rally The Portuguese once again did not spare him. After suffering another puncture, Ogier was forced to leave the special.

Sébastien Ogier has a problem of his own ❗️

The Frenchman suffered a puncture during the 6th special. He drops to 11th place overall 😫#WRC | #RallyDePortugal pic.twitter.com/jgMvcDp5X9

- CANAL + Sport (@CanalplusSport) May 20, 2022

In the general classification, the abandonment of Ogier does not upset the table. Elfyn Evans continues to lead the debates in front Thierry Neuville (7″) et Kalle Rovanperä (14″1), auteur du scratch, qui effectue un rapproché sur le Belge, confirmant ainsi la bonne forme des Toyota sur la terre portugaise (le TGR truste les 3 premières places de la spéciale). Au pied du podium, Pierre-Louis Loubet s’accroche à la 4e place et confirme qu’il est bien le meilleur pilote de M-Sport Ford aujourd’hui, Gus Greensmith étant relégué au 6e rang (à 41″5) et Adrien fourmaux in 9th place (at 1’45″5).

Stage classification

Rally Portugal standings