March 8, 2015 – Sebastien Ogier secured a hat-trick of victories at Rally Mexico on Sunday when he eased through the final leg to win by 1 minute 18.8 seconds.
The winner in 2013 and 2014 took the lead on Thursday night’s second stage in his Volkswagen Polo R and was never again headed en route to his third success of the FIA World Rally Championship season.
Mads Østberg outgunned Andreas Mikkelsen in an all-Norwegian battle for second. His DS 3 finished 6.3sec ahead of Mikkelsen’s Volkswagen Polo R after almost 400km of action in the mountains near León.
A blistering drive through the final live TV Power Stage earned Ogier the maximum three bonus points. Mikkelsen claimed two with Thierry Neuville taking the final point in a Hyundai i20 in third.
Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah clinched WRC2 glory and seventh overall after long-time class leader Yuriy Protasov suffered an engine problem on Saturday.
