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Sébastien Ogier, a rookie attacking the 24 Hours of Le Mans

2022-06-08T15:05:21.793Z


The eight-time world rally champion will set off this weekend with the Richard Mille Racing team. “ Apart from the name and the myth around the 24 Hours of Le Mans, I don't know much about this race. And to be very honest, I never followed them too much or watched them too much. At the dawn of a second life as a driver, in Endurance after fifteen years of rallying, Sébastien Ogier has lost none of his outspokenness. Free speech has always been his trademark. A character trait that earned him a


Apart from the name and the myth around the 24 Hours of Le Mans, I don't know much about this race.

And to be very honest, I never followed them too much or watched them too much.

At the dawn of a second life as a driver, in Endurance after fifteen years of rallying, Sébastien Ogier has lost none of his outspokenness.

Free speech has always been his trademark.

A character trait that earned him a dismissal from the Citroën team in 2011 when, steeped in ambition at 27, he demanded a status identical to that of King Sébastien Loeb to allow him to fight on equal terms against him. .

A crime of lèse-majesté that he does not deny.

The years pass and the champion has not changed his way of saying things one iota.

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