"It was about time," said Thierry Neuville, who finished second tonight in Portugal.

The provisional overall standings of this Rally Portugal inevitably brings to mind great times, not so long ago, of the WRCBecause behind Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais, they are the 2024 World Rally Champions Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe, who finished second, 3,7 seconds behind the leaders. It was about time, because it had been a long time since we'd been fighting like that after a day without a hitch, like the one we just had.Thierry Neuville, more relieved than ever, perhaps even more so than in Croatia, was clearly delighted, as the Belgian driver had indeed shown some very impressive performances today. Among his notable achievements was setting the fastest time on the final stage of the day. Neuville was therefore the only driver this afternoon to have beaten the reigning World Rally Champion.

Thierry Neuville expects a very difficult day tomorrow

As we know, rain is expected tomorrow at the Rally of Portugal and could potentially reshuffle the cards. Tonight, I think nobody is feeling calm because we don't know anything. We don't know what the roads will be like tomorrow; it will almost certainly be an even more difficult day than today, with legendary and very selective stages where something always happens. So I hope we make the right choices in terms of setup.the pilot of the Hyundai The i20N Rally1, bearing the number 11. The question, of course, is whether, under these likely conditions, the feeling on board the car will be the same. In any case, I gained more confidence as the day went on, especially in the ruts. It paid off.Thierry Neuville clarified.

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