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WRC Rally Mexico
Ogier makes it three in a row on Rally Mexico
Two-time World Champion in a league of his own to score victory on a rally he believed he couldn’t win.
Edited: Mar 8, 2015, 11:18 PM
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Sebastien Ogier took his third 2015 World Rally Championship victory in a row on Rally Mexico, despite claiming before the event that it was a rally he could not win due to his disadvantage of running first on the road.
He had clarified that by saying he only couldn't win if all his rivals don’t hit trouble – and how they did that, in all manner of fashions.
Jari-Matti Latvala had a guilt-edged chance to get his title bid off the mark here, but threw it away when he swiped the left-rear corner off his Volkswagen Polo against a bank on Saturday.
Thierry Neuville, who has become Ogier's closest rival in recent events, rolled his Hyundai when poised to challenge for the lead.
Citroen’s Kris Meeke also had a great chance, given his hugely preferable road position, but he too crashed out. In fact, Ogier’s rivals seemed to be inventing new ways of not challenging him for honours: Ford’s Ott Tanak even somersaulting into a lake on Friday morning.
Mads Ostberg finished second for Citroen, 1m18.8s behind the dominant Ogier, while Andreas Mikkelsen finished third for VW, another 6.3s behind.
Elfyn Evans finished a creditable fourth in his M-Sport Ford, equaling his best-ever finish at this level, while Dani Sordo suffered a puncture when he was closing in on Evans, and he cruised home in fifth. Czech privateer Martin Prokop rounded out the top six in his Fiesta.
Ogier trumped his own success by taking the three points on offer in the powerstage. Only he could find a way to upstage his own prowess at the moment – nobody else is in the same league right now.
"I think we can be proud," he smiled after the finish. "The team have done an amazing job this weekend. It couldn't have been better. One of the best wins of my career."
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