Ogier who recently switched teams from Citroen to VW made the ROC literally his after he demonstrated the awaited VW POLO WRC on Saturday in Dusseldorf’s Esprit Arena, and then went on to win the race on Sunday. Ogier showed everybody what he was made of and clearly sent Citroen bosses a big message regarding their decision to favor rally legend Loeb.
Ogier made a 2-0 victory over Tom Kristensen in the final at Dusseldorf’s Esprit Arena.
After beating DTM champion Martin Tomczyk in Audi R8 LMS GT3s to make it into the final, he triumphed over Le Mans legend Kristensen in both RoC buggies and then the Audis again to take the outright prize.
He becomes the third Frenchman to win the RoC, joining Didier Auriol and Sebastien Loeb.
On the other hand and earlier on Saturday Germany won the event after an amazing display from F1 legend Michael Schumacher alongside new boy and double F1 Champ Sebastian Vettel.
The German squad of Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher overcame Team Nordic’s Tom Kristensen and Juho Hanninen 2-0 in the final to continue the country’s unprecedented run of success.
Schumacher began the final by inflicting a first defeat of the night on Le Mans legend Kristensen, the Dane losing touch with the seven-time world champion thanks to a big slide in his KTM X-bow on his final lap.
It was a similar story in the second heat as Hanninen overdid a handbrake turn while racing Vettel in RoC Buggies, and lost over three seconds. From that point, Vettel was able to calmly complete the victory.
Nordic’s progress from the semi-finals was straightforward; a 2-0 victory over France coming as Kristensen beat Romain Grosjean in Audi R8s and then Hanninen triumphed over Sebastien Ogier in Volkswagen Scirocco Cup cars.
Germany had things a little tougher against Team Great Britain. Jenson Button gave GB a 1-0 lead after overturning a 0.5s deficit to
Schumacher at the halfway point of their clash in NASCAR-style FJV8 Race Cars, but Vettel pulled his nation level with a victory over Andy Priaulx in X-bows.
A deciding heat between Vettel and Button in X-bows was resolved when the Briton spun on his second lap, handing his opponent victory and a spot in the final.