Portugal, SS6: punctures for Ogier, Breen and Tänak!

After one SS5 marked by the retirement of Sébastien Loeb, SS6 was also marked by incidents disrupting the general classification of the rally from Portugal ! It is first of all Ott Tänak (Hyundai), 5e au général, qui s’est retrouvé pris au piège d’un parcours particulièrement cassant en étant victime d’une crevaison. Enfin, les malheurs s’accumulaient pour M-Sport suite à l’accident du nonuple champion du monde. Craig Breen, on whom the hopes of the British team rested, also suffered a puncture at the end of the special. It is then Sébastien Ogier qui a été contraint de sortir de sa Yaris pour procéder à un changement de roues, perdant près de 2 minutes. Chez Toyota, Takamoto Katsuta est lui parti en tête-à-queue, perdant du temps précieux.

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In the general classification of the Rally of Portugal, Elyn Evans is the big winner of this SS6. Not only did several of his opponents bite the dust, but the Briton consolidated his lead at the head of the rally, taking the scratch. In the general classification, alone Thierry Neuville (at 5”8) holds on to Evans’ pace. Kalle Rovanperä (at 18”7) completes the podium. On his M-Sport Ford, Pierre-Louis Loubet continues the clean and successful special stages and slips into 4th position (at 25”8).

Stage classification

Rally Portugal standings