Rovanpera extends WRC lead with victory in Portugal
It shouldn’t be possible to win in Portugal from first on the road, and certainly not when it’s your first time in that position on a gravel rally.was only 10th quickest in Friday’s first stage but wound up as the winner, having now won three rallies on the bounce on three totally different surfaces. Not only that, but he also claimed a maximum five points on the final Power Stage.
After four of 13 rounds, Rovanperä now holds a championship lead of 46 points over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville – which is on the trajectory towards being unassailable. Toyota’s advantage at the head of the constructors’ standings is 59 points.As the first gravel event of the season, Portugal provided the toughest test yet for the new generation of hybrid Rally1 cars.
The Toyota GR Yaris was the class of the field, winning 15 of the 19 stages on gravel and coming incredibly close to a podium lockout – denied only by a power stage push from Hyundai veteran Dani Sordo to edge out Takamoto Katsuta.first event in the latest-generation hybrid car , the Spaniard was disappointed at the end of Rally Portugal. “It’s not a real third place,” he said. “We weren’t so quick all weekend.
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