The tenth symphony of Maestro Ogier on Monte-Carlo!

There are unfinished symphonies and others masterfully concluded. After 2009, 2014, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023, there are now 2025 for Sébastien Ogier on the Monte-Carlo rally.

It was necessary to wait three good hours between the special penultimate and the decisive power internship using the Turini pass, with a rare suspense given both weather conditions and tire choices. This ES18 has turned into a real justice of the peace, to know who had made the best choice between the tires studded in anticipation of the snow announced at the top and the more classic rides for those who have bet on a sufficient redoux at midday .

In the first category we found the leader Sébastien Ogier, his runner -up and teammate Elfyn Evans, as well as Ott Tänak, all three having dropped time in the ES17 hoping to take it back later. Reverse phenomenon for Adrien Fourmaux and Kalle Rovanperä, replaced in the match but having to count on more practicable conditions to finish the rally.

The big question was therefore to know the state of the road for this last act with the multiple issue, taking into account the points to be taken also within the framework of the Power Stage and the Super Sunday. At the top, a few kilometers before and a few kilometers later, the snow and the ice did not merge enough to allow you to try something without a single studded tire, and that is what Adrien Fourmaux therefore had to resolve even S 'He waited as much as possible to make his final choice.

For the French as for Kalle Rovanperä, the cross tires with two studded has borne fruit in the first part of the special, where the two men made the difference, in particular compared to Ott Tänak, ensuring Adrien Fourmaux and his co -pilot Alexandre Coria of a first podium on the Monte-Carlo.

Elfyn Evans, then Sébastien Ogier, then showed a lot of solidity and mastery before confirming in the snowy part, offering Toyota a very important double to open this 2025 season. The Welshman was still a nice Heat with a touch without consequences! For the tricolor pilot and Vincent Landais, it is a historic victory at home, which erases the few bad memories of the end of last season.

Monte -Carlo rally – Final classification

Rallye Monte-Carlo – Super Sunday

Monte -Carlo Rally – Power Stage