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Lefebvre received a 20s penalty for leaving the service park late. This will not change the race of the Citroën driver who lost several minutes in the morning after rolling over in SS3.
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The first stage of the Rally Portugal will resume from 17:09 p.m. and can be followed live on AUTOhebdo.fr.
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Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) still dominates WRC 2, occupying 13th place in the general classification. Éric Camilli (Ford) is at the foot of the provisional podium in the category completed by Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) and Teemu Suninen (Ford). His compatriots Yohan Rossel and Yoann Bonato, both on DS 3 R5, had less success. The first retired in SS2 following a water leak while the second went off the road.
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Yoann Bonato retired in SS2 due to a water leak on his DS 3 R5.
Ditched after SS2… Water leak. We hope to leave tomorrow # Rally2. #CHLSportAuto #Portugal pic.twitter.com/JnuITY7Ixc
— yoann bonato (@yoannbonato) 19th May 2017
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Kris Meeke (Citroën), Ott Tänak (Ford) and Craig Breen (Citroën) took the scratch in the 27,46km Ponte de Lima with a time of 19’14”0. Sébastien Ogier (Ford) was the closest with a second delay. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) followed at 2s ahead of Dani Sordo (Hyundai) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota). Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) followed more than 7s ahead of Mads Ostberg (Ford) and Elfyn Evans (Ford).
Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) finished 16s behind, complaining about the dust raised by Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën). The Frenchman was able to reach the finish of SS4 despite his C3 WRC being damaged and with three punctured wheels, but still lost more than 4 minutes.
Jari-Matti Latvala now only has a half-second lead over Kris Meeke at the top of the Rally Portugal. Ott Tänak completes the provisional podium one second just ahead of Craig Breen and Sébastien Ogier. Hayden Paddon, Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo are grouped within a few tenths, around ten seconds from the lead of the race. Mads Ostberg and Esapekka Lappi complete the top ten ahead of Juho Hänninen (Toyota).
SS4Tanak – Meeke – BreenOgierNeuvilleSordoLatvalaPaddonhttps://t.co/zDgHafZBgz #wrc #RallyPortugal pic.twitter.com/fq4PXnQT9Y
— Michelin Motorsport (@Michelin_Sport) 19th May 2017
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Lefebvre, who ended up with three wheels on the rim, came to apologize to Lappi. The Citroën driver still lost more than 4 minutes.
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Lappi ranks 16s from the scratch and remains on the outskirts of the top ten, less than 9s behind Evans. “I couldn’t see much, there was a lot of dust because of Lefebvre. »
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Osrtberg finished with the 9th provisional time, 13 seconds behind the benchmark. The Norwegian is in 9th place with less than 2 seconds ahead of Evans. “It’s not great. The car seems to want to go in all directions. I ride with different tires (Dmack). »
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Hänninen finished 20s behind the provisional scratch. The Toyota driver is more than half a minute behind the leaders. “I’m a little disappointed with my performance. »
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Meeke equals the time of his teammate Breen and Tänak. The Briton is Latvala's closest rival with half a second behind at midday.
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Paddon signs the 7th provisional time, more than 6s from the provisional scratch. The New Zealander is 5th with only a tenth lead over his teammate Neuville.
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Breen matches Tänak's performance and is 1″4 behind provisional leader Latvala in the standings. “You really feel that the car is fast and that gives you confidence. It does exactly what we want. »
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Evans lost more than 15 seconds due to a puncture. The Dmack driver finds himself more than 7s behind Sordo in the standings.
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Sordo signs the 4th provisional time, 3″7 behind Tänak’s provisional scratch. “The car is really sliding a lot. » The Hyundai driver came back to within 4 tenths of his teammate Neuville.
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Tänak improves the provisional scratch with a time of 19’14″0 where he is ahead of Ogier by 1″2. “I am more satisfied than in the previous stage. » The Estonian is just over a second behind provisional leader Latvala in the standings.
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Neuville ranks 8 tenths behind Ogier. “It’s hard to find the right pace because there are a lot of slow corners where you could attack. You have to know how to slide on this surface. » The Hyundai driver is just over 5s behind Ogier in the standings.
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Rossel went off the road in SS3:
#WRC pic.twitter.com/M2Eg6TJsav
— Sergio Lapido (@slapido) 19th May 2017
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Latvala drops 3″3 to Ogier. “We have to manage to maintain the lead in the event. »
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Yohan Rossel was arrested in SS3 on his DS 3 R5 with which he was 30th.
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Ogier achieved a first time of 19’15”2. “We have to keep fighting. » The Frenchman was only 8s behind leader Latvala at the end of SS3.
