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Sébastien Ogier announced his return to FIA World Rally Championship action by winning Thursday morning’s Croatia Rally shakedown. Eight-time WRC
Eight-time WRC champion Sébastien Ogier returned to action at the Croatia Rally after a two-and-a-half-month break, quickly finding his pace in the Okić test. Ogier topped the leaderboard on his second attempt, with Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans following closely behind. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak shared identical times for third and fourth place. M-Sport Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux aims for his third consecutive WRC podium, starting strong in fifth place. Citroën’s Nikolay Gryazin and Yohan Rossel finished just three-tenths of a second apart, rounding out the top 10.