Sébastien Ogier ya washe "hakora" kuma ya dawo da shugabancin Rally de Portugal. Mikko Hirvonen yanzu yana 38.1 a bayan direban Volkswagen.
A fafatawar da ake yi tsakanin Mikko Hirvonen da Sébastian Ogier, direban na Ford yana asara a fili. Bayan kammala wasan jiya a kan gaba, Hirvonen ya yi rashin nasara a gasar Rally de Portugal da Ogier na ballistic! Ya kasance sananne, a cikin hanyar da direban Volkswagen ya kai hari ga kwararru a ƙasashen Algarve, cewa manufarsa ɗaya ce kawai: don barin gobe (ranar ƙarshe) a cikin fitaccen jagoranci na Rally.
A cikin rana guda, zakaran duniya a cikin taken ya sami "babban" 44.4s(!) ga babban abokin hamayyarsa. Ba tare da shakka ba, wani gagarumin nunin ƙarfi daga ƙungiyar Volkswagen.
Tattaunawar matsayi na 3 kuma an warware ta a zahiri. Mads Ostberg, yayi nasarar samun dakika 20. zuwa Hyundai na Dani Sordo, wanda ya biyo baya a matsayi na 4. Ranar da ta kasance mai wuyar gaske ga Ott Tanak (hoton da ke ƙasa), wanda ke yin babban taro (yana cikin matsayi na 2) har sai da ya fadi a kan mataki a Malhao.
Gobe ne ranar ƙarshe ta Rally de Portugal, tare da na musamman guda uku don tafiya - ɗaya don São Brás de Alportel (kilomita 16.21) da biyu don Loulé (kilomita 13.83).
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