Portugal – SS7: Takamoto Katsuta ahead of the big guns

• Fourth different winner of the day at rally from Portugal! During the seventh special, which took place around Góis, it was Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) who imposed himself in front of Thierry Neuville, who seems to have picked up the pace, and the French Sébastien OgierThanks to this scratch, the Japanese has gained a place in the general classification. He is now third, 4 seconds behind the Estonian. The eight-time world champion is now fourth, 9 seconds behind.
• Adrien fourmaux maintains his second place, 0 seconds behind his teammate. The Frenchman from Hyundai could not do better than fourth during this SS7, admitting not having as good a feeling as in the morning. Neuville, himself, remains sixth, more than 26″ behind. On the side of M-Sport, you have to go down to 9th place to find the Irishman Josh McErlean, more than a minute behind Thank you.
• In Rally2, Oliver Solberg resumed his lead in Portugal. The Swede won SS7 ahead of Croatian Zaldivar and Yohan Rossel. Overall, he now holds a 2-second advantage over the Frenchman.

WRC – Rally Portugal
ES7 – Special stage classification

ES7 – General classification

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