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Ogier keeps his hand against Neuville

Sébastien Ogier maintains the lead of the Rally of Portugal ahead of Thierry Neuville whose gap has narrowed slightly.

Published on 20/05/2017 à 19:34

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Ogier keeps his hand against Neuville

Sébastien Ogier (Ford) retains the lead Rally du Portugal après avoir notamment signé le scratch dans Cabeceiras (ES14). De 19’’5 d’avance à la mi-journée, le pilote M-Sport a vu son avance se réduire à 16’’5 face à Thierry Neuville who worked to be the fastest in the other two courses.

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) complète toujours le podium provisoire, mais l’Espagnol n’a pas réussi à suivre le rythme des leaders et pointe désormais à plus d’une demi-minute de son coéquipier.

Ott Tänak (Ford) managed to regain 4th place for less than 3 seconds ahead of Craig Breen (Citroën) après être parti à la faute dans le premier passage. Elfyn Evans (Ford) suit au 6e rang après avoir profité des soucis mécaniques de Juho Hänninen (Toyota) redescendu en 7e position.

Mads Ostberg (Ford), Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) complete the top ten after also taking advantage of a blunder by Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) who damaged his Yaris WRC by hitting a wall in the last special of the stage.

If Andreas Mikkelsen dominates WRC 2, the fight for second place continues between Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) and Teemu Suninen (Ford) who both lost several minutes in SS17 due to a puncture. The Swede has the advantage of 19 seconds over the Finn.

The final stage will begin this Sunday, May 21 from 10:08 a.m. (Paris time) with the famous Fafe special.

 

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