Ọ bụ oge mbụ Finn Mikko Hirvonen, na-anya Citroen DS3, na-emeri na Rally de Portugal.
Hirvonen jiri ohere ihu igwe na-adịghị mma na Algarve na mmejọ nke ndị mmegide ya na-edekọ aha ya na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị mmeri nke Rally de Portugal.
“Ọ bụ nnọkọ siri nnọọ ike, nke kacha ogologo oge m zọtụrụla. Ugbu a ọ dị mma, n'ezie, ezigbo mma. Anyị mere kpọmkwem ihe anyị kwesịrị ime. Ọ bụ aghụghọ na Fraịde, mana m lekwasịrị anya. Emere m ya maka onwe m na otu. Kwesịrị ya. Ọ siri ezigbo ike, mana enweghị otu nsogbu,” Mikko Hirvonen kwuru na njedebe nke asọmpi ahụ.
Mgbe ọpụpụ nke Sebastien Loeb (nakwa ya na Citroen), a manyere Hirvonen ịwakpo ndị na-agba Ford iji chebe agba nke akara French. N'ụtụtụ Fraịde bụ ihe siri ike, dịka ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ ala abụọ Ford nyere Hirvonen ezigbo onyinye ka ha na-apụ n'okporo ụzọ na nnọkọ abụọ mbụ ntozu nke ụbọchị ahụ. Ndị Finn, na-ahụ ọrụ ahụ mere ka ọ dịkwuo mfe, wepụrụ ụkwụ ya na ngwa ngwa ma kpachie onwe ya na ijikwa uru ya ruo na njedebe nke agbụrụ ahụ.
Hirvonen ji akara iri asaa na ise n'ihu asọmpi mba ụwa, ebe onye otu ya Sebestien Loeb nọ n'ọkwa nke abụọ na isi 66, 7 ka Petter Solberg nọ n'ọkwa nke atọ.
Anyị enweghị ike ịghara ikwusi ike na arụmọrụ Armindo Araújo, bụ onye n'agbanyeghị na ọ naghị agba ọsọ dị ka a tụrụ anya ya, mere ka ọtụtụ ndị Portuguese hapụ nkasi obi nke ụlọ ya iji soro mgbakọ ahụ dị nso. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, Armindo Araújo bụ onye Portuguese kacha mma na asọmpi ahụ, na-emecha na ebe 16 "na-akụda mmụọ".
“Ọ bụ nnọkọ ahụ siri nnọọ ike nye m, nweekwa ọtụtụ nsogbu. A tara m ntụpọ na ntozu nke penultimate. Agbanyeghị, Mini bụ nnukwu ụgbọ ala. Enwere m afọ ojuju n'ozuzu," onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala Portuguese kwuru.
Ọkwa ikpeazụ nke 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/Obere WRC) +22m55.7s