Isimo sezwe esinzima sithembisa ukwenza impilo ibe nzima kubashayeli nemishini. Ogier more leader, kuyilapho u-Hirvonen ebheja «engalindelekile» ukuze athole indawo ngosuku lokugcina.
Akukho okuvimba u-Sébastien Ogier, ngisho nokutheleleka ngegciwane. Lo mlisa waseFrance oseqenjini lakwaVolkswagen usendleleni ebheke ekunqobeni kwakhe okwesithathu kulandelana ku-WRC kanye nokunqoba kwakhe okwesithathu ezweni lasePortugal. Ngokuwina izipesheli ezine kweziyisithupha zosuku, u-Sebastien Ogier welule ithuba elingcono kunozakwabo u-Jari-Matti Latvala ngama-34.8s, okwenza kwaba nzima ukuthi ama-Finn kuleli banga akwazi ukufaka ingcindezi ku-Ogier ngosuku lokugcina lomncintiswano. .
Kodwa-ke, umlando wama-rally uqukethe izithiyo futhi i-Rally de Portugal nayo ihlukile. Lokhu kushiwo ngabashayeli abehlukene abake baba nobunzima ekuphatheni amathayi abo – amasondo aphansi kanti umjaho wamaPutukezi ujezise abashayeli nemishini ngaphandle kokukhalaza noma ukuhlukumeza. Isiliphu esisodwa sanele ukubeka engcupheni inzuzo ephelele. Futhi kusasa kuzomakwa ngamakhilomitha angama-52.3 asabekayo esigabeni se-Almodôvar, okuzobe kusiteji i-Powerstage iklomelisa amaphuzu engeziwe. Konke ukunakekelwa kuzoba kuncane.
AbakwaVolkswagen bayahamba phambili, iCitroen ilinde iphutha
I-"non-Volkswagen" ehamba phambili kwaphinde kwaba nguMikko Hirvonen esondweni le-Citroen DS3 WRC. Njengoba ingekho inqubekelaphambili yokuhambisana ne-armada yaseJalimane, u-Hirvonen ugxile ekuqiniseni indawo yesithathu kanye nokulondoloza ubunjiniyela bakusasa. Wonke “ama-chips” abo abebekwe emathubeni okuthi izimbangi zabo zibe nezinkinga esigabeni samanqamu kusasa.
Ngaphandle kwesiteji kukhona omele i-M-Sport u-Evgeny Novikov, namanje ngaphandle kwezingxabano zokuxuba "nokhilimu" we-worldists. I-Russian ingama-3m15s ngemuva kwe-Hirvonen futhi i-1m55s ngaphambi kuka-Nasser Al-Attiyah, futhi ishayela i-Ford Fiesta RS. U-Andreas Mikkelsen ungowesithupha ekuqaleni kwakhe ngeVolkswagen yesithathu.
Gqamisa, kodwa ngendlela engemihle ku-Dani Sordo, obesongela ubuholi buka-Ogier kodwa wagcina ezinikele, ngesikhathi ephahlazeka esigabeni sokuqala sosuku, e-Santana da Serra.
U-Santana da Serra wayengumbulali we-"armada yesiPutukezi"
Iqembu lama-Portuguese liphinde lalimala kabili ngokushiywa u-Pedro Meireles kanye no-Ricardo Moura. Eyokuqala, ngengalo yokumiswa ye-Skoda Fabia S2000 yakhe ephukile. U-Meireles uphume isibili esigabeni, kodwa akakwazanga ukumelana nesibili esinzima e-Santana da Serra.
URicardo Moura naye akazange amelane nesigaba esinzima seSantana da Serra ngenxa yokuwohloka kwe-chassis yeMitsubishi Lancer. Inkinga egcine iqhamuke efomini lapho umshayeli wasePortugal ehlasele izolo, kwaphoqa ukuthi ijubane nomshini uvale isikhathi esilahlekile.
Ukuze ulandele imiphumela yabo bonke abashayeli nezigaba chofoza lapha. Isifinyezo sevidiyo yezinyathelo 5 no-6: