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Posted 30/09/2021 at 21:54 GMT
The The end is near, and as usual in the WRC, Sébastien Ogier is holding the rope. Titled every year since 2013, except in 2019, the Frenchman has three rallies – Finland, Spain and Italy – to add an eighth world crown to his prize list. To be titled in the heart of the Finnish forests, however, it would take “a great combination of circumstances”, according to the person concerned. Ogier is 44 points ahead of Elfyn Evans (Toyota), 50 over Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and 51 over revelation of the year, Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota).
Knowing that a maximum of 30 points can be won during a rally (including five bonus points for the Power Stage special), the French would have to put all his pursuers at least 60 points before the last two rallies … Complicated, knowing that Ogier won this Finnish meeting only once, in 2013. “ Mathematically the (title) chance is there, but we would have to have a good rally and especially for our three competitors to score very few points. The probability is very, very low so I don’t think about it “, he explains.
For the native of Gap (south-east), the objective of the “ Rally of 1000 Lakes “, around Jyväskylä, in central Finland, is mainly of “ score big points just to have this real first match point in Spain “(October 14-17), where he obtained the title worldwide in 2014 and 2016.
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Rovanperä on his land
For the first time, the rally takes place in October and not in the middle of summer. A postponement to ensure the presence of the many Finnish fans at the edge of the track. On the program of the rally reputed to be the fastest on the calendar, sometimes nicknamed the “Grand Prix of Finland”, nineteen specials for a total distance of 287.11 km. A sprint on earth punctuated by spectacular jumps. And, this year, inevitably wetter conditions in the middle of autumn which promise even more difficulties, with also night specials.
Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) / Rally Kenya 2021
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History of calendar, Finland had to give up its ordeal in 2020, due to the pandemic. This season, the country of the rally will have had the right to two rounds, after the Arctic Rally, added to the calendar at the end of February and won by the Estonian Ott Tanäk (Hyundai). Tanäk loves Finland. In 2018 and 2019, he also won. But since his victory in the snow of Lapland, he has been disappointing. And despite his 2nd place in Greece in September, the 2019 world champion is only 5th in the championship.
This weekend, the first rival of Ogier could be more Rovanperä. At 20, the Finnish prodigy became the youngest winner in history by establishing himself as a great in Estonia. After a good 3rd place in Belgium, he did it again in Greece, taking the Acropolis Rally. If the 2021 title remains a sweet dream, second place is now reaching out to him: he is only seven points from Evans and only one from Neuville, two experienced vice-world champions. With Ogier taking his bow at the end of the year, Rovanperä can make this end of the season a launching pad towards 2022. This weekend, it will be his first Rally Finland. The opportunity to shine on his land, he who was born there, in Jyväskylä.
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