WRC 2014: all change in a bid to stop Ogier
Is Robert Kubica the man to dethrone 2013's dominant WRC champion Sebastien Ogier? What can Thierry Neuville achieve with newcomers Hyundai? AUTOSPORT runs the rule over a season of massive change
The transition from one era to another was pretty immediate. There was no time to wonder who might pick up Sebastien Loeb's mantle as World Rallying's benchmark.
The storming run to the 2008 Junior title, leading an icy Rally GB on his World Rally Car debut that year, rattling Loeb when they were Citroen team-mates in 2010-11... all the evidence was there that Sebastien Ogier had the potential to step straight into Loeb's shoes.
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