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Ogier blasts "idiotic" decision to hold Rally Sweden

Three-time WRC champion Sebastien Ogier was left fuming after the first day of recce ahead of Rally Sweden, suggesting that there was "no point" in preparing for the event. This year's edition of the rally, which the Frenchman had previously won in 2013 and 2015, was under threat of cancellation as the organisers admitted the high temperatures made for insufficient snow and ice for the rally to be held, as planned, on studded tyres. The decision was eventually made to shorten the route from 21 stages to 13, but, having gotten his first taste of action in Wednesday's recce, Ogier reckons that has not solved the issues at hand. "I don't know what we're doing here," the...
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