Ngemva kokuthola izinsolo zokuthi akukho emthethweni nge-clutch ne-turbocharger ye-Citroen DS3 yase-Hirvonen, inhlangano yanquma ukuhoxisa umshayeli wase-Finnish futhi yahoxisa ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala e-Portugal kanye nokuka-15 emsebenzini wakhe.
Ngokusho kwenhlangano, isinqumo samakhomishana ezemidlalo size ngemuva kombiko owethulwe ngabakhomishana bezobuchwepheshe, "abathole izimo ezingahambisani nemithetho e-Citroen", okungukuthi " i-clutch efakwe kunombolo yemoto 2 ayihambisani ne-Homologation Form A5733 ngakho-ke ayifaki inombolo yemoto 2 ekuhlukaniseni umcimbi“.
Ngaphezu kwe-clutch, " i-turbo (i-turbine) efakwe kunombolo yemoto engu-2 ayibonakali ithobelana ", njengoba kucashunwe inhlangano, engeze ukuthi amakhomishana "amisa isinqumo ngalolu daba futhi acele isithunywa sezobuchwepheshe se-FIA ukuthi senze ukuhlolwa okuningiliziwe, silinde lo mbiko ukuze kuthathwe isinqumo esizayo".
UCitroen uzosiphikisa isinqumo, kodwa okuqinisekile ukuthi sekushicilelwe isigaba esisha esimemezela umNorwegian, uMads Ostberg, odle umhlanganiso weRally de Portugal ka-2012. Kanye no-Hirvonen, i-Ostberg iqala ngokunqoba ePortugal, noma kunjalo indlela engadingeki kakhulu, umshayeli we-Nordic akazange ahluleke ukwenza i-rally enhle kakhulu.
Ukuhlukaniswa kwesikhashana kwe-Rally de Portugal:
1. Mads Ostberg (NOR/Ford Fiesta) 04:21:16,1s
2. U-Evgeny Novikov (RUS/Ford Fiesta) +01m33.2s
3. Petter Solberg (NOR / Ford Fiesta), +01m55.5s
4. I-Nasser All 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. U-Dani Sordo (ESP/Mini WRC) +12m23.7s
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15. U-Armindo Araújo (POR/Mini WRC) +21m03.9s