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For Sébastien Ogier, prudence does not pay

2020-02-17T15:00:13.196Z


Second in Monte-Carlo and then at the foot of the podium in Sweden, the French driver is experiencing a start to the season neither really missed nor really successful.


37 points in two races, and only 5 small units behind the Elfyn Evans-Thierry Neuville duo which leads the race to the World Championship. From a strict accounting point of view, the start of the season for Sébastien Ogier is nothing catastrophic, or crippling in his ambition to regain his title of world champion, escaped last season in favor of Ott Tanak. Only, it leaves a little taste of unfinished, like a fourth place last weekend in Sweden more or less frustrating.

"I think we have to take this result as it comes," analyzed the Gapençais afterwards. Rovanperä (his 19-year-old teammate who finished third) dared to take risks in conditions that were not easy for everyone while I drove a little too hard with my head. ” And the Frenchman adds: "We are not going to say that we are happy to finish fourth, but overall it remains a good operation for the championship, we are more or less where we wanted to be before entering Mexico. Of course, there is always disappointment because I feel like I could have done more, taken more risks, but was it worth it at this time of the season? I am not sure."

Legitimate caution on the part of Ogier who is still discovering his new racing car, the Toyota Yaris world champion last year at the hands of Tanak. However, without making mistakes or experiencing technical problems, the six-time world champion was beaten on the Scandinavian roads more muddy than snowed by his two teammates (Rovanperä therefore, but also Evans winner), which does not happen everyday. The sign that its adaptation is longer than expected. Especially with the Polo, Ford Fiesta or Citroën C3, his last three cars, he had always won in one of the first two rallies of the season.

At Monte-Carlo already, Ogier expressed his too great caution to go and contest the victory at Neuville. “A new car is never easy to tame. It has potential, we really enjoyed it at times, on others it still lacks a bit of driving experience to really be able to let go, I still can't feel the car in all conditions. I think that we did not dare to take as many risks as Thierry, especially when the conditions were difficult. This is where we lost the most time. ” So should we expect to see him loose in Mexico, an event on which he remains on four wins and two second places? Hopefully because everything that is not taken at the start of the season will no longer be taken afterwards.

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Source: lefigaro

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