Volkswagen French ikupitiliza kutsogolera Vodafone Rally de Portugal.
Ulendo wautali komanso wamantha ku Almodôvar, wokhala ndi kutalika kwa 52.3 km, udakhala wabwino kwa Sébastien Ogier, yemwe akuwoneka kuti wathetsa mavuto a Volkswagen Polo R WRC omwe adamukhudza m'mawa wonse watsiku lomaliza la misonkhanoyi. Malo aku Portugal, atalembetsanso kachiwiri mumpikisano womwe Mads Ostberg adapambana nawo, yemwe adagubuduza Ford yake dzulo.
Ford ya ku Norway yasiya kale zomwe zinachitika dzulo kumbuyo kwake ndipo lero popanda chilichonse chotaya, adamaliza gawoli mu 33m05.2sec, kusiya Ogier pa 16.8s ndi Mikko Hirvonen pa 28.2s, kulimbikitsa malo ake achiwiri ngakhale kuti Ogier anataya nthawi. Izi zili choncho chifukwa Jari-Matti Latvala adamaliza wapadera wa Almodôvar wokhala ndi magudumu akumbuyo okha, kumaliza 3'03.4s kumbuyo kwa Ostberg. Zikuwoneka kuti njira yomwe tidayikira Hirvonen dzulo sikungotsimikiziridwa, koma ikutenga zopindula zake.
Vodafone Rally de Portugal imayamba magawo ake omaliza kwakanthawi pang'ono, nthawi ya 12:31.
