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Rally of Portugal – SS8 – Fourmaux suffers a puncture, Ogier takes the overall lead!
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We could see Adrien fourmaux virtually untouchable in this Rally from Portugal. If that was still true before the start of SS8, it proved to be the deciding factor for the Frenchman, but also for Oliver Solberg. The two drivers Hyundai et Toyota They both went off the road at the exact same spot, on the notorious Gois stage, which had been billed as the trickiest stage of the rally so far. While Oliver Solberg lost 25 seconds at the end of the stage, the consequences were even worse for Adrien Fourmaux.
Leading the Rally of Portugal, the driver from northern France suffered a double puncture on the left side of his car, having taken a gamble by opting for soft tires from the start of the event. Losing nearly 30 seconds on SS8, the Hyundai driver appears to have said goodbye to his victory hopes, although he seems to have managed to get his car back on track before the start of SS9.
In the Rally2 category, Nikolay Gryazin once again took the lead, just four-tenths of a second ahead of Jan Solans. Yohan Rossel set the sixth fastest time in the category, pending SS9.
WRC – Rally Portugal
Rankings after SS8
Mathieu Chambenoit
Responsible for the single-seater categories (F2, F3, FRECA, Eurocup-3, F4...), I enjoy discussing F1, Endurance, or MotoGP.
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