Sebastien Ogier feels proud of his performance at Rally Paraguay after what happened to him on Friday and Sunday.
Ogier secured his fourth win of the season in Paraguay which it did not come very easily. The Frenchman dropped from second to eight overall as he got a rear right puncture in Stage 2. The most impressive thing was that he had no spare wheels after that on Friday morning and kept pushing in order to take some positions back. He won nine from 19 stages in Paraguay and became the new rally leader after Kalle Rovanpera's puncture in Stage 14. Despite his dominant performance, Ogier managed to score only one point at SuperSunday and scored zero points in Powerstage as a rain came when he was on that stage. At the end of Rally Paraguay, Ogier remains third overall on the championship standings and is only nine points behind the championship leader Elfyn Evans.
"I think we can be proud of our performance this weekend", Ogier said.
"After the time we lost on Friday, we never gave up and we kept pushing and enjoyed it a lot.
"On the final day the rain was changing the conditions very quickly.
"We were doing a good loop, increasing the lead and trying to take the maximum points.
"Unfortunately I got the rain in the Power Stage and we lost a lot of time and quite a few points from that, but luckily we had enough in hand to win and that’s the most important thing.
"I’m very happy to finally win in South America – which has never been my luckiest ground – and be on the top step in front of such amazing fans".
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