In Portugal a few weeks in the past you possibly can have simply argued that Tänak was the quickest man and was unfortunate to not have taken the win. However this one wasn’t about velocity, it was about expertise, craft, persistence and nouse, and Ogier had all of that in bucketloads.
Once more we noticed him strategically controlling issues from the entrance, constructing a cushion after which when the circumstances dictated, glad to ship a handful of seconds the place the chance was too excessive. It was a masterclass in technique and persistence that most of the younger weapons within the area might do with learning.
Ogier continues to be a formidable opponent. Up to now he intimidated and dominated the opposition together with his uncooked velocity – now he does the identical, however together with his consistency and acute strategic consciousness. If he does deide to contest the rest of this 12 months’s championship I’m not betting in opposition to him taking title quantity 9.
