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Rally Portugal – SS18: Sébastien Ogier takes the overall lead
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On the outskirts of Saturday's final Super Special stage at Rally from Portugal WRC, Sébastien Ogier symbolically passed the 20-second mark ahead of Thierry NeuvilleThe Frenchman, who had an 11,2-second lead after SS17, repeated his performance with a 3,7-second advantage over Elfyn Evans, who finished second in the stage. Thierry Neuville, runner-up in the overall standings, took third place just ahead of Sami Pajari by a few tenths of a second.
Sixth, Adrien fourmaux He did better than the opening driver, Martins Sesks, but was notably overtaken by Takamoto Katsuta, who finished fifth. Oliver Solberg, meanwhile, fell an additional 21 seconds behind Sébastien Ogier. The Swede once again rushed his driving, alternating between brilliant and disastrous performances during this Rally of Portugal, and now finds himself 53 seconds behind the overall leader.
In WRC2, Nikolay Gryazin set the fastest time ahead of Jan Solans and Teemu Suninen.
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