Sebastien Ogier clinched victory in Croatia after emerging from a tense three-way fight with World Rally Championship title contenders Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans that ended in dramatic circumstances.
Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais triumphed following an incident-filled Sunday that saw the pair inherit the lead after Hyundai driver Neuville and Toyota’s Evans both crashed in stage 18 of 20. Ogier took the first win of his 2024 partial campaign from Evans by 9.7s, while Neuville had to settle for third after his costly error.
6s before the pair both made errors and ran into different grass banks on stage 18. Evans lost 19.6s following his impact that pitched the car into a spin, while Neuville shipped 23.3s after emerging from the bank with a damaged rear wing and no hybrid power on his i20 N. Neuville attributed the mistake to a late pacenote call.
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