Wannan shine karo na farko da Finn Mikko Hirvonen, yana tukin Citroen DS3, yayi nasara a Rally de Portugal.
Hirvonen ya yi amfani da mummunan yanayin yanayi a cikin Algarve da kuma kuskuren abokan adawarsa don rubuta sunansa a cikin tarihin wadanda suka lashe Rally de Portugal.
“Taron ne mai wahala, mafi dadewa da na taba shiga. Yanzu yana jin dadi, gaske, da kyau sosai. Mun yi daidai abin da ya kamata mu yi. Yau juma'a yaudara ce, amma na maida hankali. Na yi wa kaina da kuma tawagar. Ya cancanta. Yana da matukar wahala, amma ba tare da matsala ko daya ba,” in ji Mikko Hirvonen a karshen tseren.
Bayan tafiyar Sebastien Loeb (shi ma daga Citroen), Hirvonen ya tilasta wa abokan hamayyar Ford hari don kare launuka na alamar Faransa. Da safiyar Juma'a ta kasance mai mahimmanci, yayin da direbobin Ford biyu suka ba wa Hirvonen kyauta ta gaske yayin da suka tashi daga hanya a lokutan cancanta biyu na farko na ranar. Finn, ganin aikin ya sauƙaƙa, ya ɗaga ƙafarsa daga na'ura mai sauri kuma ya iyakance kansa don sarrafa fa'idarsa har zuwa ƙarshen tseren.
Hirvonen yanzu yana gaban gasar cin kofin duniya da maki 75, yayin da abokin wasansa Sebestien Loeb ke matsayi na biyu da maki 66, fiye da Petter Solberg na uku da maki 7.
Ba za mu iya kasawa don jaddada aikin Armindo Araújo ba, wanda duk da cewa bai yi gudu kamar yadda ake tsammani ba, ya jagoranci 'yan Portugal da yawa don barin jin dadin gidansa don bin taron kusa. Duk da haka, Armindo Araújo ya kasance mafi kyawun Portuguese a gasar, ya ƙare a cikin "rashin takaici" wuri na 16.
“Taron ne mai wahala a gare ni kuma yana da matsaloli masu yawa. Na sami huda a cikin cancantar cancantar. Koyaya, Mini babbar mota ce. Gabaɗaya na gamsu,” in ji direban ɗan ƙasar Portugal.
Matsayin ƙarshe na Rally de Portugal:
1. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN/Citroen DS3), 04:19:24.3s
2. Mads Ostberg (NOR/Ford Fiesta) +01m51.8s
3. Evgeny Novikov (RUS/Ford Fiesta) +03m25.0s
4. Petter Solberg (NOR / Ford Fiesta), +03m47.4s
5. Nasser All Attiyah (QAT /Citroen DS3) +07m57.6s
6. Martin Prokop (CZE/Ford Fiesta) +08m01.0s
7. Dennis Kuipers (NLD/Ford Fiesta) +08m39.1s
8. Sébastien Ogier (FRA /Skoda Fabia S2000) +09m00.8s
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16. Armindo Araújo (POR/Mini WRC) +22m55.7s