TheEternal rivals never finished fighting. Like Sebastien Loeb, another multiple world champion and now semi-retired Sebastien Ogier will return to Rally Portugal from May 19-22. “Welcome back to the Toyota Yaris World Champion Rally Portugal,” the defending champions’ World Championship (WRC) team announced today, Monday.
Eight times versus nine times world champion
winner of 8And With the world title last year, Ogier has decided to do a few rallies this season, focusing on his retraining as an endurance driver and his participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 11-12. A few weeks before facing this legendary race for the first time, Ogier will return to his first love of Rally Portugal, the land of his first World Elite win in 2010 and the event he won five times.
The elders are resisting
Last week, it was Loeb, the most successful rally driver with nine titles, who confirmed his presence in Portugal with M-Sport Ford. In January, the two French had a spectacular battle in southeast France for the Monte Carlo Rally, the season’s opening round. A puncture victim on the last day, Ogier finally lost to Loeb, at 80And The triumph of the 48-year-old veteran, and oldest World Rally winner. Portugal will be 4And Round of the season dominated by young (21) Finn Kali Rovanpera, winner of Sweden and Croatia. With his only contested rally win, Loeb is now 4 years oldAnd In the general classification, 49 points ahead of the leader. Ogier is 8 years oldAnd.
