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Rally Portugal: A particularly dreaded first stage

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Rally Portugal: A particularly dreaded first stage Championship leader Elfyn Evans will have the very difficult task of opening the 10 special stages of the interminable Friday (Photo: Nikos Katikis/DPPI)
33 Elfyn EVANS, Scott MARTIN, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, action during the 2025 Rally de Portugal, 5th round of the 2025 WRC World Rally Car Championship, from May 15 to 18, 2025 at Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal - Photo Nikos Katikis / DPPI

At the end of the reconnaissance, all the crews focused on two issues in particular. First, there was the performance of the Hankook tires. The lack of experience with the South Korean tires was a common theme. The other major theme concerned the long Friday. There were many questions about the best way to approach it... and its consequences.

« Every year, Portugal Friday is a big deal, smiled Elfyn Evans when discussing the first stage of this 58e edition. This season, however, the organizers went…

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