Kwakuphambi kwesakhelo somntu esikhumbulekayo ukuba i-Rally de Portugal yaqalisa namhlanje. I-SSS1 kumzila we-rallycross waseLousada yabeka ithoni yeRally de Portugal, ebuyela emantla elizwe kwiminyaka eli-14 kamva.
Ukufika eLousada kunye nokubona abantu abangamawaka angama-20 bengcangcazela ngoomatshini ababedlalisa ebaleni, kwakuza kuqalisa olu hlelo lwe-49 lweRally de Portugal ngonyawo lwasekunene. Kuni nonke eniye nikho kwaye anizange nigungqe kude kube sekupheleni nakwabo bangakwaziyo ukuya kodwa balandele yonke intshukumo ngePeriscope, enkosi yethu.
Iqonga liphawulwe ngokulawula kweVolkswagen, ebeka u-Andreas Mikkelsen, uSébastien Ogier (+0.5s) kunye noLatvala (+0.8s) kwiindawo ezintathu zokuqala. Olandelayo nguPoland Robert Kubica (+1.4s) ongaphumelelanga ukuqala kwi-3 ephezulu kwivili le-Ford Fiest RS WRC entsha.
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Ukugqiba iindawo ezintlanu eziphezulu kwaba nguThierry Neuville kwivili leHyundai i20 WRC. Umqhubi waseBelgium wayecotha nge-2.1s kunoMikkelsen. Kwindawo ye-6 yiBrit Kris Meeke (+2.2s) kwi-Citröen DS3 WRC.
Njengoko ubona kwimifanekiso, iingozi ezimbini ziye zaphawula oku kuqalwa kweRally de Portugal eLousada. Umlilo kwi-Fiesta ka-Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, ngenxa yokuvuza kwepetroli, wasonjululwa ngokukhawuleza ukuvumela umqhubi ukuba afike epakini. Kwaye ukubanjwa kwezahlulo zesamente kubangele ukuba umFrentshi u-Eric Camili aphulukane namavili amabini eFiesta yakhe ye-R5.
Kwi-WRC2 eyona nto iphambili iya kwintshatsheli ekhuselayo, uNasser Al-Attiyah, ongaphambili. Phakathi kwamaPhuthukezi, uMiguel Campos (Peugeot) wagqama, oyena ukhawulezayo kwi-rallycross track yaseLousada, elandelwa nguBernardo Sousa (Peugeot) kunye noJoão Barros (Ford).
Ngomso kukho imifanekiso emininzi yeRally de Portugal apha eRazão Automóvel. De kube ngoko silandele ku-Instagram ukuze ufumane umfanekiso ophilayo kwaye ungaphoswa yimifanekiso ebukhoma kwiPeriscope yethu.
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