Lẹhin wiwa ilodi si arufin pẹlu idimu ati turbocharger ti Citroen DS3 lati Hirvonen, ajo naa pinnu lati yọ awakọ Finnish kuro ki o yọ iṣẹgun akọkọ rẹ ni Ilu Pọtugali ati 15th ninu iṣẹ rẹ.
Gẹgẹbi ajo naa, ipinnu ti awọn komisona ere idaraya wa lẹhin ijabọ ti a gbekalẹ nipasẹ awọn igbimọ imọ-ẹrọ, “ẹniti o rii awọn ipo ti ko ni ibamu ni Citroen”, eyun pe “ idimu ti a gbe sori nọmba ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ 2 ko ni ibamu pẹlu Fọọmu Homologation A5733 ati nitorinaa yọkuro nọmba ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ 2 lati isọdi iṣẹlẹ“.
Ni afikun si idimu, " turbo (tobaini) ti a gbe sori nọmba ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ 2 ko han ni ibamu ", gẹgẹbi a ti sọ nipasẹ ajo naa, eyiti o fi kun pe awọn igbimọ "daduro ipinnu lori ọrọ yii ki o beere fun aṣoju imọ-ẹrọ FIA lati ṣe idanwo alaye diẹ sii, nduro fun ijabọ yii fun ipinnu ojo iwaju".
Citroen yoo rawọ awọn ipinnu, ṣugbọn ohun ti o jẹ awọn ni wipe a titun classification ti tẹlẹ a ti atejade ni Norwegian, Mads Ostberg, awọn Winner ti awọn Rally de Portugal 2012. Bi daradara bi Hirvonen, Ostberg debuts pẹlu kan gun ni Portugal , botilẹjẹ ni Portugal. ọna ti aifẹ julọ, awakọ Nordic ko kuna lati ṣe apejọ ti o dara julọ.
Pipin igba diẹ ti 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 Gbogbo 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