Ott Tanak has slashed Sebastien Ogier’s lead at Rallye Monte-Carlo to less than 15 seconds at the end of Friday’s action after the M-Sport Ford survived a scare on SS7.
Top 15 classification after SS8 at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the first round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Sebastien Ogier FRA M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC 17 2h 07m 15.4s 2. Ott Tanak EST Toyota Yaris Gazoo Racing +14.9s
Top 15 classification after SS5 at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the first round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Sebastien Ogier FRA M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC 17 1h 21m 56.3s 2. Ott Tanak EST Toyota Yaris Gazoo Racing +40.4s
Sebastien Ogier leads the 2018 World Rally Championship season opener Rallye Monte-Carlo by 17.3 seconds from Andreas Mikkelsen in a tough opening two stages under darkness with almost every driver hitting trouble.
Top 15 classification after SS2 at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the first round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Sebastien Ogier FRA M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC 17 38m 09.8s 2. Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC +17.3s
Top 15 classification after the shakedown at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the first round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Thierry Neuville BEL Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2m 00.2s 2. Dani Sordo ESP Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2m 00.3s
Sebastien Ogier says every World Rally Championship factory contender will be a title rival for the 2018 season as he begins his hunt for a sixth consecutive world title.
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Volkswagen Motorsport boss Jost Capito praised the perfect performance his drivers and team produced after the manufacturer secured the first podium lockout at Rallye Monte Carlo since 1973
Defending WRC title winner Sebastien Ogier is expecting a tough battle from nine-time champion Sebastien Loeb but doesn't feel any pressure to beat his countryman
Sebastien Ogier completes SS15 with a 19-second margin over Andreas Mikkelsen; Juho Hanninen holds third with Thierry Neuville fourth and Mikko Hirvonen fifth; Robert Kubica is sixth; Mads Ostberg and Elfyn Evans both retired in SS14...
Sebastien Ogier: I was too quick coming into the corner and ploughed into the bank at quite a speed. This damaged the suspension at the front left so severely that Julien [Ingrassia - my co-driver] and I lost more than two minutes. We tried to complete the next special stage, but had to give up for safety reasons...
Sebastien Ogier wins Rally Italia Sardegna - 1 minute 16.8 seconds up on Thierry Neuville; Jari-Matti Latvala completes the podium ahead of Dani Sordo and Martin Prokop