Stage report
WRC
2014 Rally de Portugal - Day Two
Today’s route took in another two loops of three stages covering 146.28 kilometres of competition to the northwest of Faro.
Edited: Apr 5, 2014, 9:15 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Volkswagen Motorsport driver Sébastien Ogier has powered into the lead of Rally de Portugal, overhauling his rivals to pull out a 38.1 second advantage with 43.87 competitive kilometres to run on Sunday. Mikko Hirvonen has slipped to second and Mads Østberg has moved up to third following the retirement of Ott Tanak.
Today’s route took in another two loops of three stages covering 146.28 kilometres of competition to the northwest of Faro. Ogier was the dominant force this morning; the Frenchman won the opening stage and claimed the lead after another victory in the following stage. Despite Hirvonen pushing hard, Ogier gradually extended his advantage throughout the day, claiming a hat-trick of wins this afternoon, and heads into the final day with a comfortable lead. Behind second-placed Hirvonen, Mads Østberg has moved into third after Fiesta RS WRC driver Ott Tanak rolled in stage 10, a disappointing exit after an impressive showing on Friday.
Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC
Photo by: XPB Images
Dani Sordo continues to fly the flag for Hyundai Motorsport and the Spaniard is fourth, a highly-encouraging performance as the team continues development in its debut season in the WRC. Team-mate Thierry Neuville was fifth but in the penultimate stage picked up suspension damage and a puncture. Despite losing time he maintained position but dropped yet more time in the final stage to slip to ninth. As such, Henning Solberg moved into fifth and Andreas Mikkelsen up to sixth. Driving to regain his confidence after a difficult event in Mexico, Mikkelsen had run without problems today but lost the power steering in SS11. Martin Prokop, Juho Hänninen and Nasser Al-Attiyah - driving a regional rally car - round off the top of the leaderboard in seventh, eighth and 10th respectively. After retiring yesterday, Robert Kubica re-joined the field under Rally 2 regulations but went off the road in the second stage and damaged the clutch trying to get back on. Kris Meeke was the only driver unable to re-start today, the roll cage in his DS3 WRC too badly damaged to continue.
Rally de Portugal – Unofficial Results after Day 2
1. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia - Volkswagen Polo R WRC - 3hr 03min 39.8
2. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen - Ford Fiesta RS WRC - 3hr 04min 17.9
3. Mads Østberg/Jonas Andersson - Citroën DS3 WRC - 3hr 05min 06.5
4. Dani Sordo/Marc Marti - Hyundai i20 WRC - 3hr 05min 26.5
5. Henning Solberg/Ilka Minor - Ford Fiesta RS WRC - 3hr 08min 09.7
6. Andreas Mikkelsen/Mikko Markkula - Volkswagen Polo R WRC - 3hr 08min 24.6
7. Martin Prokop/Jan Tomanek - Ford Fiesta RS WRC - 3hr 11min 01.3
8. Juho Hänninen/Tomi Tuominen - Hyundai i20 WRC - 3hr 11min 10.4
9. Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul - Hyundai i20 WRC - 3hr 11min 11.2
10. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Giovanni Bernacchini - Ford Fiesta RRC - 3hr 13min 04.5
WRC
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Hirvonen leads at Rally de Portugal
Next article Mixed fortunes for Hyundai Shell World Rally Team on penultimate day in Portugal
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Kris Meeke
Kris Meeke secures maiden ERC win in Wales as Teemu Suninen claims title
ERC
ERC 2 mo
Kris Meeke secures maiden ERC win in Wales as Teemu Suninen claims title
Kris Meeke to make European Rally Championship return in Wales
ERC
ERC 2 mo
Kris Meeke to make European Rally Championship return in Wales
Meeke wins on rally return in Craig Breen’s honour
WRC
WRC Apr 29, 2023
Meeke wins on rally return in Craig Breen’s honour
More from
Citroën World Rally Team
Citroen reveals new-look 2025 WRC line-up
WRC
WRC
Rally Monte Carlo
Dec 17, 2024
Citroen reveals new-look 2025 WRC line-up
Ostberg gets full WRC2 season with Citroen
WRC
WRC Jan 10, 2020
Ostberg gets full WRC2 season with Citroen
Top Stories of 2019, #7: Citroen quits amid WRC shake-up
WRC
WRC Dec 25, 2019
Top Stories of 2019, #7: Citroen quits amid WRC shake-up
Latest news
2027 Formula E drivers and teams: The line-up so far
Formula E
FE Formula E 1 h
2027 Formula E drivers and teams: The line-up so far
Kimi Antonelli meets Italian president Sergio Mattarella
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 2 h
Kimi Antonelli meets Italian president Sergio Mattarella
How Qatar red flag helped Johann Zarco put Barcelona crash behind him
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Qatar GP
2 h
How Qatar red flag helped Johann Zarco put Barcelona crash behind him
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe