Rally Portugal 2019
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The second stage of the Rally Portugal contested this Saturday should start from 9:38 a.m. with six stages on the program after the cancellation of the Gaia Street Stage super specials.
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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) won the super special of the Rally of Portugal by completing the 3,36km of Lousada. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) was the closest, 9 tenths behind. Ott Tänak (Toyota) and Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) followed just over a second behind. Kris Meeke (Toyota) finished just over 2 seconds behind, ahead of Elfyn Evans (M-Sport), Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Gus Greensmith (M-Sport). Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) was furthest back with 6 seconds behind.
Ott Tänak concluded the first stage with a 17”3 lead over Jari-Matti Latvala. Kris Meeke remains on the provisional podium with 1''4 ahead of Thierry Neuville, still ahead of Sébastien Ogier with less than 2 seconds ahead. Teemu Suninen keeps 6th place with a little more than 6 seconds ahead of Gus Greensmith and Esapekka Lappi.
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Tänak finished with the 3rd fastest time, beating Latvala with a 2s lead. The Estonian finished the stage 17″3 ahead of the Finn.
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It's a 100% Toyota duel with Latvala facing Tänak.
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Neuville takes the provisional scratch with 9 tenths ahead of Ogier and thus retains his 4th place, coming back to 1″4 from Meeke.
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Ogier improves his teammate Lappi's time by half a second with a 5″ lead over Suninen. The Citroën driver could recover 4th place against Neuville, but the Belgian will be assured of a better position on the road this Saturday.
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It is now Ogier who faces Suninen. Another Citroën – M-Sport duel in perspective.
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Lappi improves the reference with 1″7 ahead of Evans and takes 2″3 from Greensmith. The M-Sport driver maintains 7th position for a lead of 1″6. “We lost time today with this puncture. »
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Lappi faces Greesnmith. The Citroën driver can try to catch the rookie on this course after recovering time when Evans slowed him down.
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Evans improves the reference with 2″9 ahead of Loeb. The M-Sport driver saw his weekend ruined by his mechanical problems in SS5. “It's never easy to continue after that, especially when you're not responsible. We will do our best tomorrow. »
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Bergkvist faces Evans. The Swede occupies 6th place in WRC 2. The Welshman is 16th just ahead of the Scandinavian.
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Gryazin beats Heller, finishing 1″4 behind Katsuta. The Fiesta R5 fails at more than 5s.
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Gryazin in his Skoda faces Heller in the Fiesta R5. The Russian is 2nd in WRC 2 while Heller is 8th.
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Katsuta sets the first time in WRC 2, just a tenth behind Loeb, ahead of Veiby by 1″6. The Japanese is in 5th place in the category after a puncture in the stage while the Norwegian remains leader with 4 seconds ahead of Kopecky.
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It is now Veiby on his VW Polo GTI R5 facing Katsuta on his Fiesta R5 who face off.
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Kopecky won the all-Skoda duel against Guerra Jr by almost 100 seconds but the Czech dropped 4 tenths to Rovanperä, his main opponent in WRC 6 Pro.
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Great time from Rovanperä who ranks one second behind Loeb, ahead of Pieniazek by almost 6s. The Finn is a little more than 5 seconds behind leader Kopecky. “Not bad for a discovery. I think I can be faster. »
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The drivers must ride on a mixed surface with asphalt and dirt potions in mounts tuned for the roads of the event.
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Sordo seemed to have been taken by surprise at first. His door was still open when the light turned green!
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Loeb won his duel against Sordo with a 3″1 lead, setting a benchmark time of 2’41″5.
