"I was never discouraged": The powerful words of Adrien Fourmaux, second tonight in Portugal

Two lessons can be drawn from this first day of the Rally from Portugal. The first is that Oliver Solberg may not have changed his approach yet, even though he admitted to using up his last trump card in the Canary Islands. The second, perhaps the more important of the two, is that the Hyundai are finally here. Where we were expecting the i20N Rally1, the Korean models are currently delivering with Thierry Neuville fourth, and above Adrien fourmaux, second and set the fastest time in the first special stage of the day. I like riding, of course, but what I like even more is the battle with the ToyotaI feel we can finally fight them, and it's exhilarating. I've never been defeated."He said at the end of the day, all smiles, in the Media Zone. We can understand the Northerner, since he finishes tonight only 3,4 seconds behind Oliver Solberg.

Adrien Fourmaux is confident about tomorrow's day

Last year, Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria started at a very fast pace but suffered a mechanical failure during the eighth special stage, forcing them to lower their ambitions. In this context, the former Rallye Jeunes winner could legitimately be concerned about Friday, May 08th. When that happened, the team quickly identified the cause of the breakage: a weakness in a part, which has since been reinforced. Since then, we haven't encountered this problem again, so I'm very confident we'll be back to normal before tomorrow.“,” he reassured. This is a good sign, because Fourmaux and Coria have unfortunately let a lot of points slip away this season, whether through their own fault or not, and desperately need to get back on track in this championship. With two French crews in the provisional Top 3 tonight, French rallying is doing well.

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