Ka mor'a ho fumana ho thoe ha ho molaong ka clutch le turbocharger ea Citroen DS3 ho tloha Hirvonen, mokhatlo o ile oa etsa qeto ea ho thibela mokhanni oa Finnish le ho tlosa tlhōlo ea hae ea pele Portugal le 15th mosebetsing oa hae.
Ho ea ka mokhatlo, qeto ea likhomishenara tsa lipapali e ile ea tla ka mor'a tlaleho e hlahisitsoeng ke likomishenara tsa tekheniki, "ba fumaneng maemo a sa lumellaneng le Citroen", e leng hore " clutch e kentsoeng nomorong ea koloi ea 2 ha e tsamaellane le Homologation Form A5733 mme ka hona e qhelela nomoro ea koloi ea 2 ho sehlopha sa ketsahalo.“.
Ho phaella ho clutch, " turbo (turbine) e kentsoeng nomorong ea koloi ea 2 ha e bonahale e lumellana ", joalo ka ha ho qotsitsoe ke mokhatlo, o ekelitseng hore likomishinara "ba emisa qeto mabapi le taba ena mme ba kope moemeli oa tekheniki oa FIA ho etsa tlhahlobo e felletseng, a emetse tlaleho ena bakeng sa qeto e tlang".
Citroen e tla ipiletsa ho qeto eo, empa se tiileng ke hore sehlopha se secha se se se hatisitsoe se phatlalatsang Norwegian, Mads Ostberg, mohlodi oa Rally de Portugal ea 2012. Hammoho le Hirvonen, Ostberg e qala ka tlhōlo Portugal, leha ho le joalo. tsela e sa batleheng ka ho fetisisa, mokhanni oa Nordic ha aa ka a hlōleha ho etsa rally e babatsehang.
Sehlopha sa nakoana sa 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