Rally Portugal 2021
Meet at 11:24 p.m. for the start of SS11
5th scracth of the weekend for Ott Tänak who is still ahead of Elfyn Evans and Dani Sordo. Overall, the Estonian increases his lead to 18″3 over Evans while Sordo is now more than 22 seconds behind
SS10 classification General classification at the end of SS10
“We can still improve.” The Estonian asks for more
Tänak continues! 13'33″7 for the Estonian who relegates Evans to 4″8 in this SS10
Evans beat Sordo's time by only a tenth. 13'38″5 for the Welshman against 13'38″6 for the Spaniard
Evans temporarily faster after the 4th sector of the special. 0″4 ahead of Sordo for the Welshman
The times fall passage after passage. Sordo is provisionally first in the special with a time of 13'38″6, 6″4 ahead of Katsuta's previously recorded time.
Katsuta regains his 4th place overall for the benefit of Ogier. The Japanese was 10″3 faster than the Frenchman during SS10 thanks to a time of 13'45 which allowed him to temporarily take the lead in the special
Ogier still finished with the best provisional time in 13'55″3, 7 tenths ahead of Rovanperä
Nearly 2 seconds late for Ogier after passing the 4th sector of the special
“The choice of tires is certainly not the best. The drivers behind me are faster,” regrets the Finn
The times continue to improve. It is now Rovanperä who is provisionally in the lead with a time of 13'56, 0″7 faster than Greensmith's mark.
Greensmith in turn improves Fourmaux's mark. The Englishman completed his special in 13'56″7, 5″3 faster than that of the Frenchman.
14'02 for Fourmaux which improves by 23″7 the time established earlier by Neuville in this SS10. The Frenchman seems to have solved his accelerator problem
Neuville finishes with SS10. 14'25″7 for the Belgian who is now the man to beat in this special
Ogier starts his time. The Frenchman moved up to 4th after his stint on SS9 earlier in the day
Rovanperä is the first representative of the Toyota fleet in this SS10. The Finn is looking to move up to the general rankings. He is currently 6th at 47″3 from the lead
The two M-Sport drivers are on the road as Greensmith has just started his time
Fourmaux is also on the road to the 10th special of this Rally of Portugal
The opener Neuville starts his time!