How confronting self-doubt drove Ogier to become a WRC legend

By:

Tom Howard

Nov 18, 2021, 12:49 PM

This weekend's Rally Monza marks the end of an era in the World Rally Championship, as Sebastien Ogier prepares to bring down the curtain on his full-time career with an eighth title. For all his enduring success, the Toyota driver reveals in an exclusive interview that lingering insecurities have compelled his quest for perfection

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The familiar sight of Sebastien Ogier in full flow, fighting for yet another World Rally Championship title, will be a vision of the past next year as the rallying great brings the curtain down on his full-time career on this weekend's Rally Monza season finale.

From the outside, the way WRC's very own human metronome has continued to pump out title after title has appeared relatively straightforward. But that is the magic of Ogier. He's a master of making the arguably the most difficult of motor racing disciplines seem easy.

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Tom Howard is a News Editor working across both Autosport.com and Motorsport.com websites. Starting out as a sports reporter in local newspapers, Tom focussed on motorsport covering several national championships in the UK, including the BTCC.

After a period working as a freelance journalist, Tom moved to Australia in 2013 landing a job at leading Australian motorsport news outlet speedcafe.com, covering international motorsport events including F1, WRC and Supercars. Progressing to Editor in 2017, Tom was named Motorsport Australia Journalist of the Year for his work. He is also a two-time winner of Supercars Journalist of The Year (2017,2019) and a Supercars Championship Media Award winner in 2019.

Tom moved back to his native UK in 2020, firstly working in BTCC, before joining Autosport and motorsport.com in 2021.