Neste Rally Finland / Who’s hot?
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Who’s hot?
Sebastien Ogier
VW Polo R WRC
Volkswagen Motorsport
In Australia there was simply not
one driver that could come anywhere near our HOT award. Ogier led the field almost from start
to finish and was not rewarded
enough for all his efforts. But not
winning the championship in Oz
will not be a big problem. He’ll sets
things right in France we expect.
In Austrlia the young Frenchman
was perfectly cool. He knows he
is one of the best and he knows
he doesn’t have to be afraid of
anybody. But his rare mistake
in Germany proves that Ogier is
only human. Even he can falter
on some extra pressure. But In
Australia he was totally at ease.
He won almost all stages and as
it was necessary for his championship chances he even won the
Powerstage. So he deserved to
be champion but then a strange
twist of faith caused a puncture
for Hirvonen and the Frenchman got stuck one point from his
championship. But the Ogier we
knew from his early Citroën days
seems to have gone completely.
He is smiling a lot and that seems
to suit him well. In France there
are two challenges for him. First
of all to gain enough points to be
the champion but secondly he will
be in a battle with his biggest rival
ever Sebastien Loeb. Jost Capito
sees the merits of this and gives
his top driver a free hand to fight
this battle. “After Australia the situation in the championship is such
that we can afford it,” says Capito.
In a few weeks time we will know
if the new Seb, as he doesn’t want
to be called can finally beat the
old Seb. It will be a tight battle,
but Ogier in this form is capable of
(almost) anything.