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Catalunya WRC: Ogier seals fourth WRC title with win

Sebastien Ogier completed the final day of Rally Catalunya in the lead to be crowned WRC champion for the fourth year in a row.

Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport

Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport

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Jari-Matti Latvala, Miikka Anttila, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport
Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport
Daniel Sordo, Marc Marti, Hyundai i20 WRC, Hyundai Motorsport
Daniel Sordo, Marc Marti, Hyundai i20 WRC, Hyundai Motorsport
Thierry Neuville, Nicolas Gilsoul, Hyundai i20 WRC, Hyundai Motorsport
Thierry Neuville, Nicolas Gilsoul, Hyundai i20 WRC, Hyundai Motorsport

Having sat second behind local driver Dani Sordo on Friday, Ogier fought back to retake the lead at the end of Day 2.

The lead he kicked off Sunday with was 5.8s and the gap increased in all four tests as he won one of them and finished second behind teammate Jari-Matti Latvala in the other three.

Hyundai man Sordo, who scored an extra point in the last stage, was followed by his Hyundai teammates Thierry Neuville and Hayden Paddon in the classification, the duo separated by 12.8s.

Kris Meeke retired from fifth in the first stage of the day with an engine issue, handing the position to M-Sport's Mads Ostberg.

Ott Tanak took sixth more than five minutes adrift as Kevin Abbring secured his best WRC finish by bringing a fourth Hyundai into the top seven.

Skoda's WRC2 contenders Jan Kopecky and Pontus Tidemand took eighth and ninth overall followed by Craig Breen, who dropped as low as 15th yesterday with a broken driveshaft.

Jari-Matti Latvala and Eric Camilli finished well outside the points after retiring from Day 1 and Day 2 respectively, while Andreas Mikkelsen had retired on Saturday after a crash.

The Finn minimized his losses by winning the Power Stage and scoring three points as a result.

Final results

ClaDriver/CodriverCarGap
1  Sébastien Ogier
 Julien Ingrassia
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2  Daniel Sordo
 Marc Marti
Hyundai i20 WRC '16 +15.6s
3  Thierry Neuville
 Nicolas Gilsoul
Hyundai i20 WRC '16 +1m15.0s
4  Hayden Paddon
 John Kennard
Hyundai i20 WRC '16 +1m27.8s
5  Mads Ostberg
Fløene Ola
Ford Fiesta RS WRC +3m24.4s
6  Ott Tanak
 Raigo Molder
Ford Fiesta RS WRC +5m24.9s
7

  Kevin Abbring

 Sebastian Marshall

Hyundai i20 WRC '16 +7m31.3s
8

  Jan Kopecky

  Pavel Dresler

Skoda Fabia R5 +9m05.1s
9

  Pontus Tidemand

  Jonas Andersson

Skoda Fabia R5 +9m20.4s
10

  Craig Breen

  Scott Martin

Citroen DS3 WRC  +9m57.1s 

Standings

Pos.DriverPoints
1  Sébastien Ogier  222 pt
2  Andreas Mikkelsen 127 pt
3  Thierry Neuville  127 pt
4

 Hayden Paddon

114 pt
5

 Daniel Sordo 

111 pt
6   Jari-Matti Latvala 104 pt
7

 Mads Ostberg 

90 pt
8

 Ott Tanak 

61 pt
9

  Kris Meeke

54 pt
10

  Craig Breen

36 pt

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