Sébastien Ogier won the World Championship first race.
The six-time VB winner is France, who won last year with Ford, this time competing with Citroën and 2.2 seconds ahead of Belgian Thierry Neuville. In the third place, Estonian was over there.
Ogier seventh proved to be the best in this race.
Sébastien Loeb, a nine-time World Champion recently returned to Dakar, became fourth with a Hyundai i20. The French pilot and the South Korean manufacturer signed a two-year contract in December, meaning that Loeb will start six races this year.
The end result
1. Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (French, Citroën C3) 3: 21: 15.9 hours
2. Thierry Neuville, Nicolas Gilsoul (Belgium, Hyundai i20) 2.2 sec disadvantage
3. There Today, Martin Järveoja (Estonian, Toyota Yaris) 2: 15.2 p h.
(Source: hvg.hu / photo: pixabay.com)