Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier set the pace on Thursday morning in the shakedown for Rally Australia, despite "a little stunt moment on two wheels". Ogier, who is on the verge of taking his third successive WRC Drivers' crown this weekend, made the mistake at the first corner on his very first pass (see pictures below). He was able to continue, however, and on his fourth and final-run through the 4.98 km Hydes Creek test went quickest, completing it in 2 minutes 49.4 seconds, leaving him 1.1s up on team-mate, Andreas Mikkelsen. “It was a little stunt moment on two wheels!” Ogier joked, when asked about the incident by the official WRC site. “It was a long hairpin right and I...
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