Volkswagen Faransa na ci gaba da jagorantar Vodafone Rally de Portugal.
Tsawon tsayin daka da tsoro a Almodôvar, tare da tsawon kilomita 52.3, ya zama mai dacewa ga Sébastien Ogier, wanda da alama ya warware matsalolin kama na Volkswagen Polo R WRC wanda ya shafe shi a cikin safiya na wannan rana ta ƙarshe ta rallies. Ƙasar Portugal, wanda ya yi rajista a karo na biyu a gasar neman cancantar da Mads Ostberg ya lashe, wanda ya kifar da Ford dinsa a jiya.
Ford na Norwegian ya riga ya bar abin da ya faru jiya a baya kuma a yau ba tare da wani abu ba, ya kammala sashe a cikin 33m05.2 seconds, ya bar Ogier a 16.8s da Mikko Hirvonen a 28.2s, yana ƙarfafa matsayi na biyu duk da ɓata lokaci na Ogier. Wannan saboda Jari-Matti Latvala ya kammala Almodôvar na musamman tare da tuƙi na baya kawai, yana gama 3'03.4s bayan Ostberg. Da alama dabarun da muka gabatar wa Hirvonen a jiya ba kawai ta tabbata ba, amma yana karɓar riba.
Vodafone Rally de Portugal ya fara yanke hukunci a cikin ɗan lokaci kaɗan, da ƙarfe 12:31.
