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Sebastien Ogier will have a suspended two-minute time penalty hanging over him for the next 13 World Rally Championship rounds after a speeding infringement on the Rally Sweden recce.

The reigning WRC champion was caught speeding seven times during reconnaissance for this week's event and while the Frenchman has escaped a penalty for Sweden, it has been suspended for the rest of the season.

That means that if Ogier is caught speeding on a recce again this year, the penalty will be applied on that rally.

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It will only be triggered by an infringement on reconaissance rather than on road sections during rallies themselves.

Ogier was also hit with a €1232 fine - €25 for every collective kilometre he was over the limit.

The stewards' decision stated: "The report showed that the driver Sebastien Ogier had exceeded the reconnaissance speed limit of 70km/h a total of five times, over and above those already dealt with by the clerk of the course decisions #12 and 13, totalling an additional excess of 49.3km/h."

Ogier had already been fined €313 and €570 for the first two offences.

The communication continued: "The stewards after due deliberation decide to apply a two-minute penalty, suspended for the period of one year, pending Sebastien Ogier being reported to the stewards for a further reconnaissance speeding infringement during that period."