Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Motorsport prime

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Edition

USA

Ogier takes Rally Australia victory in a VW 1-2-3

Jari-Matti Latvala took a shot at his teammate but failed to catch him.

Winner Sébastien Ogier, second place Jari-Matti Latvala, third place Andreas Mikkelsen

Winner Sébastien Ogier, second place Jari-Matti Latvala, third place Andreas Mikkelsen

Volkswagen Motorsport

Winners Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport
Andrea Kaiser, Sébastien Ogier
Winners Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, second place Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, third place Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene
Winners Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, second place Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, third place Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene
Third place Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport
Robert Kubica and Maciek Szczepaniak, Ford Fiesta WRC
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, Hyundai i20 WRC, Hyundai Motorsport
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia claimed their sixth win of the season, beating team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila by 6.8 seconds after just over 300 kilometres of competition. Locking out the podium for the team and the Polo R WRC, Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene finished third. And, to round off the perfect weekend, Volkswagen Motorsport claimed the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.

The championship outlook 

In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, the Volkswagen drivers continue to battle for the crown, with Ogier, Latvala and Mikkelsen the only ones now mathematically able to clinch the title. While Volkswagen has secured the Manufacturers’ Championship with three rounds remaining, Citroën, M-Sport and Hyundai all continue to battle for second position.

Latvala fails to hold lead 

The final day of competition in Rally Australia took the crews over two identical loops of three stages covering 100.58 competitive kilometres, so it was no cruise to the finish. Ogier entered the final day in the lead but it was Latvala who set the pace in the first stage, pushing hard to overhaul his team-mate. The battling duo traded fastest times throughout the day but Latvala was simply unable to close the gap, but took some consolation in claiming the additional maximum points on the Power Stage.

Mikkelsen comes home P3

Mikkelsen had an uneventful drive to third today, such was the gap to Kris Meeke who incurred a penalty overnight for a large corner cut yesterday. He was docked one position in the overall classification, ruling out a battle with Mikkelsen today. He nevertheless finished fourth with a chasing Mikko Hirvonen just 9.6 seconds further adrift. Hayden Paddon finished first of the Hyundai i20 WRC drivers in sixth - his best result in a world rally car - with team-mate Thierry Neuville seventh. Elfyn Evans, Robert Kubica and Chris Atkinson rounded off the top 10 after Mads Østberg dropped 11 minutes with suspension damage.

Coming up next

The FIA World Rally Championship contenders now head back to Europe for Rallye de France Alsace (2-5 October). 
 
FIA WRC

Be part of Motorsport community

Join the conversation
Previous article Kris Meeke stays on the pace in Australia
Next article Colin McRae: It's been seven years already?

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Motorsport prime

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Edition

USA