Sebastien Ogier says RallyeMonteCarlo remains the WRC event he wants to win the most, as he eyes a record ninth victory 🏆 He's made the ideal start by topping the shakedown 🔝 Here's the full story ⬇️
The eight-time world rally champion will once again contest a partial campaign in 2023 for reigning champion Toyota, piloting a third car which he will share with Takamoto Katsuta.
Ogier and new co-driver Vincent Landais are the favourites given the former's Monte Carlo experience, while Loeb is absent from the list after failing to reach a deal with M-Sport. Loeb was also hampered by logistics as the Dakar Rally, in which he finished second, only finished last week."It is always a pleasure to sit behind the steering wheel of this WRC car and I enjoyed a lot last year doing these few events.
"Of course, Monte last year was frustrating at the end. We had a strong event and to be honest Ben [Veillas, co-driver] and me did the job to win the event, but the bad luck hit us very near the end of the race so it was frustrating to lose it like this. The 39-year-old is also yet to confirm his WRC schedule following Monte Carlo, although its expected that Katsuta will take over the third car in Rally Sweden next month.The Japanese driver is also set to compete in a round of the Finnish Rally Championship in a bid to secure extra mileage before Sweden."After Monte I won't be in Sweden for the rest we have discussed and planned with the team but I will give them the liberty to disclose it.
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