Sébastien Ogier wins a seventh WRC title

In seventh heaven. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia offer themselves a seventh world crown in the best possible way, since they win the Rally of monza, final of WRC 2020. The French duo of Toyota ensured during the final day this Sunday, with a scratch in SS14, and won with a 13”9 lead over Ott Tanak.

The Estonian, who had a complicated start to the rally, gradually recovered to pass Dani Sordo in the last special. The Spaniard is 15”3 behind Ogier.

The Frenchman was in the mix from the start of the weekend. He won the first stage on Thursday, before fighting neck and neck with Dani Sordo for leadership. But to hope to become world champion, it took an error from Elfyn Evans, leader of the championship with 14 points ahead. The Briton had a perfect start to the rally, without shining but still placed. Up to the Fatal track exit during SS11, Saturday midday.

In dire conditions of mixed snow and rain, the Toyota driver was surprised in a completely frozen corner and ended his race in the trees. It was abandonment. Sébastien Ogier took the opportunity to take the lead in the championship, the situation was completely reversed.

Elfyn Evans had a chance this Sunday, but Ogier had to perform poorly and lose the lead of the rally. This was not the case, especially since Evans failed to shine in the final Power Stage.

Sébastien Ogier, who has won two out of seven rallies this season, is champion with an eight-point lead over Elfyn Evans. He becomes the equal of Juha Kankkunen, being titled with three different brands (Volkswagen, M-Sport Ford and therefore Toyota, for this seventh consecration), when KKK had been crowned with Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota, for four crowns in total.

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Discover the full report and analysis of the Monza Rally, produced by our special correspondent in Italy, in issue 2290 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version and this Wednesday on newsstands.