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Damage to Tänak’s Ford:
@OttTanak / @MartinJarveoja @MSportLtd fixing a broken damper after touching a bank in SS12 #WRC #RallyDePortugal pic.twitter.com/dtiMOiDM57
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) 20th May 2017
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Ott Tänak (Ford) lost more than a minute in Amarante, 12th special of the Rally of Portugal, by hitting an embankment and damaging his suspension.
Sébastien Ogier (Ford) signed the scratch by completing the 37,55km in 24'41''5. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) was the closest, 6 seconds behind his teammate Dani Sordo. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) followed at 9s ahead of Craig Breen (Citroën), Esapekka Lappi (Toyota), Mads Ostberg (Ford), Kris Meeke (Citroën), Juho Hänninen (Toyota), Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Elfyn Evans (Ford).
Sébastien Ogier takes the lead of the Rally of Portugal with a 19s lead over Thierry Neuville. The Belgian now has a 5”5 lead over Dani Sordo. Craig Breen climbs to 5th place with half a minute ahead of Ott Tänak. Juho Hänninen follows in 4th position ahead of Elfyn Evans, Esapekka Lappi and Mads Ostberg.
After SS12 Ogier Sordo +19.5 Neuville +25 Breen +46.2 Tanak +1.16.8https://t.co/zDgHafI0p1 #WRC #RallyPortugal pic.twitter.com/0NZ40rjfvi
— Michelin Motorsport (@Michelin_Sport) 20th May 2017
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Tänak fell to 5th place, finishing 1'23 behind Ogier's scratch. The Frenchman is now ahead of the Hyundais of Neuville and Sordo. “I hit an embankment and broke something at the back. »
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Tänak loses time by missing a turn. His delay will be significant.
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Sordo achieves the 3rd time, 1″7 behind his teammate Neuville who is now ahead of him by 5″5. “It's not too bad. I tried to attack but it's hard. »
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Ogier takes the scratch with a time of 24'41"5, 6"9 better than Neuville, and takes the lead of the rally. “It's not good news because he achieved very good times in the previous stages and it's a problem for the team. It was hard on the tires. »
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Tänak finds himself 28s behind Ogier in the 4th intermediate. The Frenchman takes the lead of the rally.
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Neuville takes the provisional scratch with a time of 24'48"4. The Hyundai driver is in 3rd place, a few seconds behind the leaders. “I tried to be cleaner, but I don't know if the time will be enough. »
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Breen is the closest to Latvala with 4″9 behind. The Citroën driver is fighting with Sordo for 4th place.
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Tänak has a problem in the special. The M-Sport driver finds himself 10″6 behind his teammate Ogier in the 3rd sector. His Ford was damaged at the rear.
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Evans only achieved the 6th time, 24″5 behind Latvala. The Dmack driver keeps 7th place.
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Hänninen sets the 4th time, 11″1 behind Latvala. The Toyota driver is still in 6th place. “It's my first time on this stage and it was a lot more slippery than I thought. »
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Lappi is the closest to Latvala with 6″2 behind. The Toyota driver remains 8th.
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Ostberg is the closest to Latvala with 6″6 behind. " It went well. I struggled a bit with the balance of the car, it was difficult to drive. »
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Latvala took the provisional scratch with a time of 24'56"1, ahead of Paddon by 18s. “I ate something and it feels a little better. » The Toyota driver is on the verge of the top ten.
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Prokop is the fastest with the old WRCs, ahead of Gorban by 36s.
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Tänak is more than 3s ahead of Ogier at the first intermediate.
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Lefebvre is unsurprisingly the closest to Paddon with 10″8 behind. The Citroën driver moved up to 16th place.
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Al Qassimi ranks 11″5 behind Gorban. The private driver of the DS 3 WRC is in 19th place. “It was really slippery. »
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Ogier is ahead of Neuville by 2″1 at the first intermediate. It is the fastest currently.
