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WRC Latvala and Ogier Same status at VW

The Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala and Sebastien Ogier are convinced that they have the same status in the team.

Ogier takes care of only a number and that number 1

Jari-Matti Latvala in 2013 with the number seven on his VW Polo to be launched, team-mate Sebastien Ogier has the number eight. The decision was made via coin toss during the test in Mexico, so did VW ensure absolute fairness.

"We asked the team about how we should make the decision best Someone came to this lottery idea -. And decide to let the coin was really the best solution," said Latvala. According to the Finns, there are no team orders at VW. "We are both treated the same and that is exactly what I always wanted," he said.

Ogier plays for the number on the car not matter anyway. "Im not superstitious, so I know the number is. The only number that interests me is the one," the Frenchman made ​​it clear. He could not resist a dig towards Latvala. "I told him: You won the toss, but I will get the number 1," Ogier told.