Ogier in the media zone on the Hankook tyres...

“I experienced something I never experienced in my career. Or actually, maybe I did in 2014 when I started with slicks on snow. It felt the same, maybe,” Ogier said.

“I was supposed to have studded tyres, so that’s unbelievable. I repeat this because, for me, it’s not acceptable to get a product like this in a world championship. After one year of feedback where we’ve said we need to work on this and nothing is done – just a one-centimetre cut in the middle of the tyres. That’s a joke,”