Thierry Neuville during the Shakedown of the WRC Poland. Photo / Getty Images
Sebastien Ogier has dominated the World Rally Championship since 2013 but Kiwi driver Hayden Paddon thinks he will have a real scrap to make it five-straight world championships this season.
Paddon's Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville lies second in the standings - trailing the Frenchman by 18 points with six of
the 13 rounds remaining.
Neuville was on-track to win the first two events of the year in Monte Carlo and Sweden before he ran into problems late and dropped valuable points to Ogier. But he's slowly worked his way back into the title frame and won in Corsica and Argentina.
The Kiwi thinks his Belgian teammate will give the championship a real shake this year.
"I think he certainly has got a good chance," Paddon told herald.co.nz.
"If you took Monte Carlo and Sweden out of the equation then he'd be leading the championship at the moment.
