Umhlaba onzima uthembisa ukwenza ubomi bube nzima kubaqhubi kunye noomatshini. Ogier ngakumbi inkokeli, ngelixa u-Hirvonen ebheja kwi-«engalindelekanga» ukufumana umhlaba ngomhla wokugqibela.
Akukho nto inqanda uSébastien Ogier, nkqu nosulelo lwentsholongwane. UmFrentshi osuka kwiqela leVolkswagen usendleleni eya ekuphumeleleni kwakhe okwesithathu ngokulandelelana kwi-WRC kunye noloyiso lwakhe lwesithathu kumhlaba wasePortugal. Ngokuphumelela ii-specials ezine kwezintandathu zosuku, uSebastien Ogier wandisa inzuzo ngaphezu kweqela lakhe u-Jari-Matti Latvala ngo-34.8s, okwenza kube nzima ukuba uFinn kulo mgama akwazi ukubeka uxinzelelo ku-Ogier ngosuku lokugqibela lokhuphiswano. .
Nangona kunjalo, imbali yeendibano yenziwa zizithintelo kwaye iRally de Portugal iyafana. Oko kuthethwa ngabaqhubi abahlukeneyo abanobunzima bokulawula amavili abo - iiseti zamatayara zilinganiselwe kwaye ugqatso lwesiPutukezi lujezise abaqhubi kunye noomatshini ngaphandle kwesibheno okanye ukuxhatshazwa. Isiliphu esinye sanele ukubeka esichengeni inzuzo epheleleyo. Kwaye ngomso liya kumakishwa ngoloyiko lweekhilomitha ezingama-52.3 zecandelo le-Almodôvar, eliya kwenza i-Powerstage inikezele ngamanqaku ongezelelweyo. Lonke ukhathalelo luya kuba luncinci.
IVolkswagen ilawula, iCitroen ilinde impazamo
Eyona "non-Volkswagen" yaphinda yaba nguMikko Hirvonen kwivili leCitroen DS3 WRC. Ngaphandle kwenkqubela phambili yokuhambisana ne-armada yaseJamani, u-Hirvonen wagxila ekomelezeni indawo yesithathu kunye nokugcina oomatshini bangomso. Zonke "iitshiphu" zabo zibekwe kumathuba okuba abo bakhuphisana nabo babe neengxaki kwinqanaba lokuthatha isigqibo ngomso.
Ngaphandle kwepodium ngummeli we-M-Sport u-Evgeny Novikov, kusekho iingxabano zokuxuba kunye ne "cream" ye-worldists. I-Russian i-3m15s emva kwe-Hirvonen kwaye i-1m55s phambi kwe-Nasser Al-Attiyah, iphinde iqhube i-Ford Fiesta RS. UAndreas Mikkelsen ukwindawo yesithandathu kumdlalo wakhe wokuqala kwiVolkswagen yesithathu.
Ukuqaqambisa, kodwa kwimeko embi kuDani Sordo, owayesoyikisa ubunkokeli buka-Ogier kodwa wagqiba ekubeni anikezele, xa wawa kwindawo yokuqala yosuku, eSantana da Serra.
USatana da Serra wayengumbulali we "armada yesiPhuthukezi"
Iqela lamaPhuthukezi lifumene iingxwelerha ezimbini ezingakumbi ngokulahlwa kukaPedro Meireles kunye noRicardo Moura. Eyokuqala, kunye nengalo yokumiswa kwe-Skoda Fabia S2000 yakhe yaphukile. UMeireles uphume kwindawo yesibini kudidi, kodwa khange akwazi ukuxhathisa ubunzima besibini kwiSantana da Serra.
URicardo Moura naye akazange axhathise inqanaba elifunayo leSantana da Serra ngenxa yokuqhekeka kwe-chassis yeMitsubishi Lancer. Ingxaki ekugqibeleni yavela kwifom kunye nomqhubi wasePutukezi uhlasele izolo, ukunyanzelisa isantya kunye nomatshini ukwenza ixesha elilahlekileyo.
Ukulandela iziphumo zabo bonke abaqhubi kunye neendidi cofa apha. Isishwankathelo sevidiyo yamanyathelo 5 kunye nesi-6: