The French Sebastien Ogier (Toyota GR Yaris) took his seventh Rally Mexico victory this Sunday, the 57th of his careerto lead the World Championship at the expense of Estonian Ott Tänak (Ford Puma), who finished in ninth place.
The eight-time world champion finished the rally first with a 27.5-second margin over second-placed Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20), and 27.9 in third, the British Elfyn Evans (Toyota GR Yaris). The battle for second place was settled in the final stage and by just four tenths of a difference.
The current world champion, the Finn Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota GR Yaris), finished fourth in 1:55.3 minutesjust ahead of Dani Sordo (Hyundai i20), fifth in 2:58.8.
Ogier took the lead in Saturday’s Rally Mexico after Finn Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai i20) crashed into a light pole. From that moment, the French increased his advantage.
This Sunday the Gap driver started in conservative modealthough he regained his aggressiveness to prevail for the seventh time in the test.
The excitement of the day reached its limit in the last special, called “El Brinco”, a long descent of 9.5 kilometers where Neuville snatched the second position from Evans.
The victory made Sébastien Ogier the leading winner in Mexico with seven winsone more than his compatriot Pierre-Louis Loubet, who had six.
The Frenchman, who did not participate in the Swedish Rally with only a partial program this season, He leads the World Championship with 56 points and is three ahead of Neuville. Rovanpera was third with 52.
The Frenchman will play the next event, the Croatian Rally, from April 20 to 23.
Source: La Verdad
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