The world rally champion, Sébastien Ogier, and the navigator, Julien Ingrassia, had an apprehensive accident last Saturday during the 10th race of the World Rally Championship, the Finland Rally. Later, the pilot realized he was fine, as was the navigator.
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03/08/2026
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O world rally champion, Sébastien Ogier, and the navigator, Julien Ingrassia, did not lose to the fright after, last Saturday, at a time when the duo led the Finland Rally, they suffered an apprehensive accident in classification number 17.
At the wheel of a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, the duo suffered an apparatus road exit, having hit trees and overturned.
The Finnish Rally was the tenth race of the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar.
“ During the SS17 Västilä from the WRC Finland Rally, car number 1, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, was involved in an accident,” said a statement from the International Automobile Federation (IFA), which added that both the pilot and the navigator were assisted on site.
The French pilot even ended up being “carried by helicopter to a local hospital” while the navigator “was transported by ambulance to do additional tests”.
See the video of the moment below:
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Sébastien Ogier dried heavily on Saturday’s SS15 (Västilä) while leading the rally by more than 20 seconds.
The impact forced him and his stand-in co-driver, Julien Ingrassia, to withdraw from the event.
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Later on Saturday, Sebástien Ogier resorted to social media to inform that he and the browser were well.
“ Unfortunately, we went off the road on SS17. Julien and I went to the hospital to run some tests and we'll be here overnight just in case after the impact. But we both feel good, which is the most important”, he wrote.
And he added: “This is not what we wanted for the weekend, especially after everything was going so well.”.
Ogier also said that what is important is “to be whole”, having thanked the team and the browser.
Sébastien Ogier, eight times world rally champion, is in the fifth position of the WRC's overall ranking.