Parting Company

A year into their new partnership, Seb Ogier and Citroen part ways at the end of the 2019 WRC season

- Sirish Chandran

MOTORSPORT BUILDS CHARACTER. IN A simpler time, I had written motorsport makes you a man but in these politically correct times, that won’t fly. Motorsport, then, builds character. Makes you tough — physically, mentally, and emotionally. It takes you on the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. One moment you’re unbeatable; the next, and before it even registers, champagne is being popped in the pits adjacent to yours. I give you the example of Sebastien Ogier. Four years of crushing domination in the WRC, four world rally titles with the all-conquering Volkswagen team, and then