Toyota team driver, Sebastien Ogier, is the world champion in the rally for the 2021 season. The Frenchman won the rally in Italy on Sunday at the end of his career as a regular driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC) Monza, crowning him for the eighth time in nine years WRC champion.
Za Ogier it was the 54th victory at the 169th World Rally Championship and also the 200th victory of the French driver in the World Championship. In second place was his teammate and the only remaining contender for the title, Elfyn Evans, who, like last year, had to settle for the title of runner-up.
He was in the finish line Ogier in the midst of all the celebration somewhat confused. “Did we win the rally or not ?! In all my excitement, I didn’t even hear what Kaj Lindström, the team leader, said on the radio. I don't know what to say - it's amazing. "
At the moment of celebration it was Ogier also reminded of his longtime co-driver Julien Ingrassia, who will finally end his career and next year when he will Ogier competing only in individual rallies, he will no longer sit next to the eight-time WRC champion. "This guy is a real legend," is Ogier in his own way paid tribute to his longtime partner in the race car.
Toyota is with a double win after 2018 for the second time in the current period WRC won the title of world champion in the manufacturers' championship. The third place in the overall standings went to the racer Hyundai, Denmark Sorda.
