Tänak maintains control in Portugal

Ott Tänak finishes the first stage of the Rally Portugal ahead of his teammates Jari-Matti Latvala and Kris Meeke. Thierry Neuville and Sébastien Ogier are aiming for the provisional podium.

Published on 31/05/2019 à 21:20

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Tänak maintains control in Portugal

Ott Tänak (Toyota) n’a pas fauté sur le dernier parcours de la première étape du Rally from Portugal. The Estonian returned to service with a lead of more than 17 seconds over Jari-Matti Latvala, while Kris Meeke remains on the provisional podium. The Toyotas will thus be ideally placed in the starting order of the second stage contested this Saturday.

Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) évolue toujours proche du tiercé de tête avec un peu plus d’une seconde de retard sur la troisième Yaris WRC, having a similar lead over Sébastien Ogier (Citroen). It was the Belgian who achieved the scratch in the Lousada super special by completing the 3,36km in 2'35''5 just ahead of Sébastien Ogier and Ott Tänak.

Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) mène le deuxième groupe du peloton devant son coéquipier Gus Greensmith qui a résisté à l’attaque d’Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) revenu dans ses roues après l’attribution d’un temps forfaitaire. Le Finlandais avait été ralenti dans l’ES5 par the worries of Elfyn Evans. Sebastian Loeb and Dani Sordo remained in the race after their morning troubles, but the Hyundai drivers are at the bottom of the standings.

Ole Christian Veiby (Volkswagen R5) leads WRC 2 with 4 seconds ahead of Jan Kopecky (Skoda R5 Evo), leader of WRC 2 Pro in the fight with Kalle Rovanperä (Skoda R5 Evo). Mads Ostberg (Citroën R5) retired in the stage after suffering 3 punctures.

 

 

The second stage of the Rally Portugal contested this Saturday should start from 9:38 a.m. with six special stages on the program. The day will be followed live with our live text.

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