The newly crowned eight-time WRC champion will scale back his rally commitments to four or five rallies for Toyota this year, meaning he won’t defend his title as rallying’s top tier enters a new hybrid Rally1 era this season.
Ogier revealed last year that he wishes to dovetail a partial rally programme in Toyota’s third GR Yaris alongside possible outings in the World Endurance Championship, with the ultimate goal to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The Frenchman drove Toyota’s GR010 Hybrid Hypercar in last November’s post-season WEC rookie test in Bahrain, but it appears an LMP2 programme appears his most likely option, with Toyota unlikely to run third WEC entry at Le Mans.
Currently, Ogier is only confirmed to contest this weekend’s WRC season opener in Monte Carlo with his plans beyond that yet to be clarified.
Speaking in the first press conference of the 2022 season, the 38-year-old confirmed that discussions regarding his plans this year are continuing with an…
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