Ogier is larger than Loeb – DirtFish

While Loeb gained all of his championships with the identical producer (Citroën), Ogier has been champion with three groups (Volkswagens, M-Sport Ford and Toyota) and has additionally now achieved so with two totally different co-drivers (Julien Ingrassia and Vincent Landais).

Kankkunen is the one different driver to win the WRC with three totally different producers (Peugeot, Lancia and Toyota).

He advised DirtFish: “It’s a great honor that we have him [Ogier] in the team and we have him next year as well as a strong pillar.

“I think now he has to be considered the greatest driver in the history of the World Rally Championship. Because there is nothing… [Sébastien] Loeb won all of his championships with the same manufacturer but Séb, like me, has won with three different manufacturers. So I give him as the greatest driver ever.”

Loeb and Ogier’s compatriot, Adrien Fourmaux, additionally weighed in on the talk.

“It’s hard to say because they fight in different times,” Fourmaux advised DirtFish. “The only thing that I would say, if I take for example in Formula 1, everybody says [Juan Manuel] Fangio because he won the championship in different cars. And Sébastien Ogier did it in different cars.

“So if you take that, it’s going to be Sébastien Ogier.”

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