What’s your favourite stage?
“I really like the stages held in Norway on Friday’s leg. They are more technical than the ones on the Swedish side of the border and generally speaking, there is more ice and snow."
What about your favourite memory?
“I would say that Sunday’s leg last year was pretty special. We won two of the three stages, including the Power Stage, and we made up two places to finish fourth overall. It was a good fight, especially as the Likenas stage, which like this year we contested twice, calls for full commitment because of the speeds reached. “
And your worst memory?
“In 2016, I managed to get stuck briefly in a snow bank on the only stage of the rally where there was a decent covering of snow. That year, no fewer than eight stages were cancelled due to the particularly mild conditions."
Which “spectator spot” would you recommend?
“I’d go and stand in a safe place at a series of really fast corners, where the cars are pretty much on the rev limiter, in order to see who is feeling confident in the car and who is less so."
CITROËN SECRETS
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia enjoyed their first experience on the Scandinavian snow some ten years ago when competing for the Citroën Junior Team. Flashback…
At the time only held in Norway, the Nordic round of the 2009 season saw Sébastien and Julien finish in tenth place, not without setting a few promising times on what was only their third rally in the C4 WRC.
Their maiden outing in Sweden a year later, still competing on behalf of the Junior Team, was even more impressive. They finished fifth overall after a consistent performance, at a rally where experience is nevertheless absolutely critical.
After joining the Citroën Total World Rally Team, they arrived at the 2011 rally for their debut outing in the DS3 WRC with an enhanced reputation and more experienced with two WRC wins to their name (Portugal and Japan in 2010).
They wasted little time confirming their new-found status with three stage wins on this surface and fourth place. The tone was set for a season in which they would end up with five outright wins (in Portugal, Jordan, Greece (Acropolis), Germany and France-Alsace).
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