Atapeza kuti ndi zoletsedwa ndi clutch ndi turbocharger ya Citroen DS3 kuchokera ku Hirvonen, bungwe linaganiza zoletsa dalaivala wa ku Finnish ndikuchotsa chigonjetso chake choyamba ku Portugal ndi 15 pa ntchito yake.
Malinga ndi bungweli, chigamulo cha oyang'anira masewerawa chidabwera pambuyo pa lipoti loperekedwa ndi akatswiri aukadaulo, "omwe adazindikira kuti zinthu sizikuyenda bwino ku Citroen", kutanthauza kuti " clutch yokwezedwa pagalimoto nambala 2 sichigwirizana ndi Homologation Form A5733 ndipo chifukwa chake imapatula nambala yagalimoto 2 pagulu lachiwonetsero.“.
Kuphatikiza pa clutch, " turbo (turbine) yoyikidwa pagalimoto nambala 2 sikuwoneka kuti ikutsatira ", monga momwe bungweli linanena, lomwe linawonjezera kuti ma commissioners "ayimitsa chigamulo pa nkhaniyi ndikupempha nthumwi ya FIA kuti ifufuze mwatsatanetsatane, kuyembekezera lipoti ili kuti lipange chisankho chamtsogolo".
Citroen adzadandaula chigamulochi, koma chotsimikizika ndi chakuti gulu latsopano lasindikizidwa kale kulengeza Norwegian, Mads Ostberg, wopambana pa Rally de Portugal 2012. Komanso Hirvonen, Ostberg akuyamba ndi chigonjetso ku Portugal , ngakhale mu njira zosafunikira, woyendetsa Nordic sanalephere kupanga msonkhano wabwino kwambiri.
Kugawika kwakanthawi kwa Rally de Portugal:
1. Mads Ostberg (NOR/Ford Fiesta) 04:21:16,1s
2. Evgeny Novikov (RUS/Ford Fiesta) +01m33.2s
3. Petter Solberg (NOR / Ford Fiesta), +01m55.5s
4. Nasser All Attiyah (QAT / Citroen DS3) +06m05.8s
5. Martin Prokop (CZE/Ford Fiesta) +06m09.2s
6. Dennis Kuipers (NLD/Ford Fiesta) +06m47.3s
7. Sébastien Ogier (FRA /Skoda Fabia S2000) +07m09,0s
8. Thierry Neuville (BEL/Citroen DS3), +08m37.9s
9. Jari Ketomaa (FIN/Ford Fiesta RS), +09m52.8s
10. Peter Van Merksteijn (NLD/Citroën DS3) +10m11.0s
11. Dani Sordo (ESP/Mini WRC) + 12m23.7s
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15. Armindo Araújo (POR/Mini WRC) +21m03.9s