Rally rewind: Turkey 2019

Twelve months ago the battle for the FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title took another huge twist amid the blistering heat and rocky roads of Rally Turkey. Ogier took most of the plaudits as he rekindled his title defence with an audacious tyre gamble on Saturday morning, before controlling the rally throughout the second half. Tänak’s title blow Turkey was the opportunity for Ott Tänak to lay a few fingers, if not one hand, on the drivers’ title. A 33-point pre-event lead meant another dominant result for the WRC’s man of the moment would leave rivals Thierry Neuville and Ogier with a mountain to climb. But that 33- point lead was slashed to 17 as the message from Ogier was ‘hands off my trophy’. The Belgian was left to reflect on a pivotal moment in the title fight. Friday in Turkey was about as tough as it gets in the WRC.

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