USébastien Ogier ushiya usuku lokugcina lokuhlasela kwe-Rally de Portugal. Uthole imizuzwana engu-4.9 kumholi noJari-Matti Latvala futhi akazange alahle ithawula phansi.
Kusasa ngeke kulunge kwabagula ngenhliziyo. Umpetha womhlaba obusayo, u-Sébastien Ogier, uthole ukunqoba kwakhe okwesithathu emiqhudelwaneni ekhethekile yeVodafone Rally de Portugal futhi uvala igebe kumholi walo mjaho. Umshayeli weVolkswagen uthole ama-4.9s kumlingani wakhe weqembu u-Jari-Matti Latvala oqhubeka ebona ukuhola kwakhe engozini.
Laba bobabili bahlukaniswe ngama-9.5s kuphela lapho kunezigaba ezintathu ezisazohanjwa ngaphambi kokuphothulwa kohambo lwe-WRC yamaPutukezi. Umphakathi obuhamba ngobuningi ukuzobuka i-Rally de Portugal kule mpi yasekhaya yeVolkswagen Vs Volkswagen esinye isizathu sentshisekelo.
Ngalo mphumela, u-Ogier unqobe uKris Meeke owehle esuka endaweni yesibili waya kweyesithathu. I-Briton yase-Citroën yenza okwesine ngemuva kuka-Andreas Mikkelsen (isithombe esifakiwe). UNorwegian wakwaVolkswagen naye wasondela emsamo. Ingama-1.1s ukusuka endaweni ka-Meeke.
U-Hayden Paddon ubuyele emuva wadlula uzakwabo u-Dani Sordo esipesheli sangaphambilini. Kowokugcina ushayeke etsheni walimaza u-gearbox weHyundai i20 WRC. Amafutha alahlekile kanye nendawo etafuleni. Waphinda wasishiya lesi sikhundla kulowo waseSpain.
U-Ott Tanak wakwaFord ube ngowesihlanu esigabeni futhi ugcina isikhundla esifanayo jikelele. Ngendlela, i-Estonian inesikhundla esihlanganisiwe. Uqhele ngemizuzwana engu-50 kuMikkelsen futhi unokuhola ngama-45s phezu kweSordo.
Ku-WRC2, uNasser Al-Attiyah uyaqhubeka nokubusa ngeFiesta RRC yakhe. Kulokhu, uwine isipesheli futhi wawina imizuzwana engu-24 ku-Esapekka Lappi, oqede usuku endaweni yesibili ekilasini, imizuzwana engama-49 ngemuva kwelokuqala. IPontus Tidemand, endaweni yesibili esemthethweni iSkoda, isendaweni yokugcina emsamo futhi ino-Stéphane Lefebvre, e-Citroën, osendaweni yesine, ngemizuzwana engu-16.
Izithombe: André Vieira/Thom Van Esveld – Ledger Automobile
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