JWRC: Ogier out to strike back.

's Sebastien Ogier will start the Rallye Deutschland this week as one of the favourites to take the glory in the Junior World Rally Championship category. Ogier, who currently leads the race for the J-WRC crown, was powerless to stop Suzuki's Michal Kosciuszko from cutting his advantage to just 2 points in Finland two weeks ago. Indeed while the Equipe de France FFSA-backed driver took in the '1000 Lakes', he did so in a C2-R2 MAX and was not eligible to score J-WRC points, as it was not one of his six nominated events. Now though it is Kosciuszko's turn to skip an event - and Ogier will want to make the most of the absence of his key rival, although he knows the Trier-based event won't be easy. Ogier took in the Eifel Rally last month in his Citroen C2 Super 1600 in order to learn all about the German roads and he has said... [read full story]