Forced to finish the season, is Ogier the victim of his own trap?

As the summer break loomed, the small shop of WRC drew the curtain in a strange atmosphere. Victorious for only the second time in his career in Finland, Sébastien Ogier did not explode with joy at the finish of the Power Stage. He was then just a little more demonstrative on the podium with the staff of Toyota who never comes to the races. Given the scenario that had led him to this first place, the Frenchman refused to rejoice too much. Having probably also made a quick assessment of the situation, he knew what the Finnish result would imply. It did not make him laugh.

When Sébastien Ogier is at the start of a race, his only goal is victory. For him to say that he would have preferred to finish 2nd at the end of a meeting as famous as Finland, something unusual must have happened. This is exactly what happened during the 73rd edition of the Nordic classic. Elfyn Evans and especially Kalle Rovanperä, who had won the race, went off the road in the same special stage, the penultimate one. While the weekend was looking idyllic for Toyota Gazoo Racing on home soil, it turned into a defi