U-Sébastien Ogier ubambe "amazinyo" akhe futhi wathola ubuholi be-Rally de Portugal. UMikko Hirvonen manje usemuva ngama-38.1s ngemuva komshayeli wakwaVolkswagen.
Embangweni wengalo phakathi kukaMikko Hirvonen no-Sébastian Ogier, umshayeli weFord ulahlekelwa indawo ngokusobala. Ngemuva kokuqeda izolo ehamba phambili, u-Hirvonen wehlulwe yi-Rally de Portugal eshaywa i-ballistic Ogier! Kwakudume kabi, ngendlela umshayeli weVolkswagen ahlasela ngayo izipesheli emazweni ase-Algarve, ukuthi inhloso yakhe yayinye kuphela: ukuhamba kusasa (usuku lokugcina) ebuholini obuvelele be-Rally.
Ngosuku olulodwa, umpetha womhlaba esihlokweni uwine imbangi yakhe enkulu «okukhulu» 44.4s(!) Ngaphandle kokungabaza, umbukiso ozwakalayo wamandla eqenjini lakwaVolkswagen.
Ingxoxo yendawo yesi-3 nayo ixazululiwe. UMads Ostberg, ukwazile ukuzuza amasekhondi angama-20. kuHyundai kaDani Sordo, elandela endaweni yesi-4. Usuku olwalunzima kakhulu ku-Ott Tanak (osesithombeni ngezansi), owayenza irali enhle kakhulu (ubesesendaweni yesi-2) waze waphahlazeka esiteji eMalhão.
Kusasa kuzobe kuwusuku lokugcina lwe-Rally de Portugal, kuzohanjwa izipesheli ezintathu - esisodwa se-São Brás de Alportel (16.21 km) nezimbili ze-Loulé (13.83 km).
Izithombe: Car Ledger / Thommy Van Esveld