Sebastien Ogier has explained a series of events that ended his World Rally Championship Acropolis Rally victory bid, after failing to nurse a wounded Toyota back to the service park.
The eight-time world rally champion was locked in a fight for victory with Hyundai’sOgier inherited the rally lead on stage nine when Neuville a hit a hole in the road that caused terminal suspension damage.
Ogier managed to finish the stage, losing four minutes which demoted him to fourth overall, but was forced to abandon an effort to reach the service park. “And then when I restarted from the re-group there was no hybrid anymore. Obviously I knew I would lose a bit of time without hybrid, but that was not the biggest issue we had.
“We managed to do a couple of kilometres, but with 12 kilometres to service... We almost could have made it but it started to be not decent to continue, because we were losing a lot of parts.”Photo by: McKlein /Ogier admitted it was a tough retirement to take, but confirmed that he will rejoin the rally on Sunday under restart rules.
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