The eight-time world champion scored his first WRC win since Rally Monza final November after beating Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville by 16.4s on the Spanish asphalt roads.
The victory helped Toyota safe a sixth WRC producers’ title.
Nonetheless, WRC stewards have issued the 38-year-old with a reprimand and a 1500 euro high-quality for breach of the laws for “exhibition driving” previous to the ultimate podium in Salou.
The stewards report states that Ogier thought he was driving in an exhibition space the place donuts may very well be carried out.
It learn: “The Stewards heard from the Workforce Supervisor Mr. Kaj Lindstrom at 18:00 on 23 October 2022.
“He apologised that the motive force was not in a position to attend the assembly, however he had a cellphone name with the motive force to get his rationalization.
“The Workforce Supervisor acknowledged that the motive force noticed how one previous automotive began with the launch into the rostrum space and he thought this was an exhibition space ready to carry out doughnuts. The Workforce Supervisor apologised for this incident.
“The Stewards nonetheless notice that, pursuant to Article 34.1.three of the 2022 FIA WRC Sporting Laws, “exhibition driving could solely be carried out when permitted by the supplementary laws of the rally”.
“This was not the case right here, neither within the Supplementary Laws nor in a Bulletin. The driving behaviour, which the Stewards take into account to be “exhibition driving”, did on this case signify an unsafe act.”
Stewards additionally issued a five-second penalty to Hyundai’s Dani Sordo after it was discovered his Hyundai i20 N carried out an unlawful hybrid increase through the rally ending powerstage.
Sordo’s automotive was discovered to have produced a zero.08kJ hybrid increase with out a legitimate regeneration.
Rally1 vehicles are required to regenerate 30kJ of vitality earlier than a hybrid increase can administered by way of the throttle pedal.
“The consultant of the Competitor defined that after the beginning launch of SS19 the automotive boosted zero.08kJ with out a legitimate regen, which is because of latency within the communication system and exceptionally laborious braking,” learn the stewards report.
“As this drawback had by no means occurred earlier than (additionally not whereas testing), the crew didn’t have any concept that this might occur. The Workforce Supervisor [Pablo Marcos] acknowledged that this error is feasible to keep away from sooner or later.
“The Stewards thought of that, though the efficiency benefit was negligible, the minimal regen 30kJ worth was not met as a way to have an additional increase. They subsequently determined to impose the above penalty, additionally contemplating that it’s the competitor’s accountability to make sure compliance of the automotive always.”
The penalty resulted in Sordo shedding the bonus championship level gained for ending fifth on the powerstage, however the Spaniard retained his fifth total end.
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