New Sebastien Ogier WRC documentary The Final Season

Few can be more deserving of a modern-day motorsport biopic than eight-time World Rally Championship winner Sebastien Ogier.

Starting from humble beginnings, the Frenchman has developed into one of motorsport’s finest drivers, dominating the pinnacle of rallying for more than a decade before bowing out of the sport on a full-time basis in style, wrapping up an eighth world title last year.

Formula 1 and MotoGP have recently received the documentary treatment through Netflix’s acclaimed Drive to Survive and Amazon Prime’s MotoGP Unlimited series, and now the WRC can join the party with the release today (Thursday 19 May) of Sebastien Ogier – The Final Season, through Red Bull TV.

Produced by Red Bull Media House and directed by Vanessa Dumont and Nicolas Davenel, this 80-minute candid insight into Ogier follows the Frenchman through his 2021 campaign – the last full WRC season of his career.

This behind-the-scenes journey is peppered by an in-depth retracing of his entire career beginning with footage of an eight year-old Ogier receiving a go-kart and harbouring early dreams to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Ayrton Senna. Ogier explains how financial realities led to a career in rallying, where he climbed the junior ranks to the WRC.

“I was very critical about many details to keep it as accurate as possible, but it is always a challenge to fit 15 years of a career into an hour and 20 minutes,” Ogier tells Motorsport.com of the documentary. “But I’m very happy with it.

“If you look at Formula 1 and Netflix it was very important [for raising the profile of the sport]. I hope it can in one way help rallying a bit.”

The film also offers fresh insight into the rivalry with former Citroen teammate Sebastien Loeb during a controversial 2011 season that created headlines, when Ogier defied team orders to hold second position at…