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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) took the scratch in Caminha, the 6th special of the Rally of Portugal, completing the 18,1km in 10'25''0 with 4 tenths ahead of Elfyn Evans (Ford). Ott Tänak (Ford), Dani Sordo (Hyundai), Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Sébastien Ogier (Ford) followed at just over 2s. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) finished more than 3 seconds ahead of Craig Breen (Citroën) and Juho Hänninen (Toyota). Mads Ostberg (Ford) and Kris Meeke (Citroën) finished less than ten seconds behind, the Briton wanting to save his tires for the next special.
Ott Tänak takes the lead of the Rally Portugal with a tenth ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala and becomes the 6th leader in as many special stages. Hayden Paddon climbs to 3rd place ahead of Craig Breen and Kris Meeke who loses two places but is only 6”2 behind the new leader. Sébastien Ogier follows in 6th place tied with Dani Sordo. Thierry Neuville remains 8th but is back to within a second of his teammate. Elfyn Evans and Juho Hänninen complete the new top ten.
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Lappi reached the finish with mechanical problems with the cooling system. The Toyota driver finished 18″8 behind Neuville and found himself 7″2 behind his teammate Hänninen who took 10th place.
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Lefebvre ranks 27s from the scratch with another puncture. “I don’t know what happened. I didn't touch anything. I tried to stay clean without attacking. »
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Ostberg signs the 10th provisional time, 8″9 from the provisional scratch. “I lost power on the car. The conditions are terrible and I'm not enjoying driving. » The Norwegian fell in the standings after suffering a puncture.
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Lappi is said to be idling with a damaged Toyota in front.
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Hänninen set the 9th provisional time, 7s behind Neuville. The Toyota driver is almost half a minute behind Evans in 9th place.
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It is now Tänak who leads ahead of Latvala, Paddon, Breen and Meeke. The top five are grouped into 6″2.
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Meeke slips to 5th after being the slowest among those at the finish, 9s behind. “I had a slow puncture on the last stage. I remained careful to keep the tires. »
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Paddon signs the 5th provisional time, tied with Ogier, 2″4 behind Neuville. The Hyundai driver took 4th place, one second ahead of Breen.
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Breen is the slowest among those at the finish with 6″2 behind Neuville. The Citroën driver is less than 5 seconds behind Latvala in the standings.
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Evans ranks 4 tenths behind Neuville but remains less than 7 seconds behind the Belgian in the ranking, occupying 9th place.
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Meeke drops more than 4s to Tänak after the first intermediate.
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Sordo sets the 4th provisional time, 2 tenths behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver is tied with Ogier in the standings in 6th place.
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Tänak ranks 2s behind Neuville and takes 2nd place against Latvala in the ranking for a tenth. “The stage was very rough. »
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Neuville improved the benchmark with a time of 10'25″0, 2″4 less than Ogier. “The rear moved quite a bit at times. Oversteer was still a little less penalizing in this special. We have to wait for the next special to find out if the tire choice is the right one. » Neuville came back to 7 tenths behind the M-Sport driver in the standings.
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Latvala ranked 8 tenths behind Ogier. The Toyota driver still maintains a lead of more than 8 seconds over his former teammate.
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Ogier set the first time of SS6 in 10'27″4, 2 seconds more than Latvala's scratch achieved this morning. “My position as opener is even more complicated than this morning. »
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The first crews set off on Caminha, the 6km long SS18,1. Latvala took the scratch in the first run in 10'25″2.
