Rally Portugal 2012 led to many surprises. In the third SS3, world champion Sebastien Loeb had an accident after his car rolled over so that the car was badly damaged Citroen DS3 WRC.
Loeb did not experience severe injuries because the incident but he did not start in the second leg on Friday (30/3). Citroen team will now try to take maximum points from Mikko Hirvonen.
Entering the second leg of the Ford team's turn racer Jari-Matti Latvala, who led the first leg must be stopped. Fiesta RS WRC car driven by Latvala hit a reef in the SS-5.
Finally, turn his teammate Latvala, Peter Solberg is not able to continue the race. Solberg slipped and got stuck in a ditch just two kilometers from the finish line.
It is not yet officially announced whether the two racer team this Ford will start on the third leg on Saturday (1/4). While outnya Solberg Citroen rally driver Hirvonen leads to SS-7.
Results After the SS to -7 Rally Portugal:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen 1h20m01.7s
2. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford + 36.3s
3. Mads Ostberg Adapta Ford + 41.8s
4. Patrik Sandell Prodrive Mini + 3m07.2s
5. Martin Prokop Czech Ford + 3m25.8s
6. Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar Citroen + 3m46.9s
7. Peter van Merksteijn Jr van Merksteijn Citroen + 3m50.8s
8. Dennis Kuipers M-Sport Ford + 4m41.1s
9. Sebastien Ogier VW Skoda + 5m45.1s
10. Jari Ketomaa Autotek Ford + 5m52.3s
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