Brutal Friday Takes Its Toll At Rally Portugal
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2022
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Loeb and Ogier sidelined by gruelling conditions
Elfyn Evans mastered a brutal opening leg at Vodafone Rally de Portugal to lead Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Kalle Rovanperä on Friday night.
A furious fight in the morning became a matter of survival this afternoon as heat, dust and punishing rock-strewn roads took a heavy toll in this first gravel fixture of the FIA World Rally Championship season.
Evans won four of the eight special stages in his GR Yaris to head his Finnish colleague, who twice topped the timesheets, by 13.6sec after almost 125km of action.
The Welshman’s low start position meant he enjoyed the benefit of better grip on roads swept clean by the early starters. In contrast, championship leader Rovanperä endured the worst conditions from first in the running order.
Evans demoted Thierry Neuville, who led after Thursday night’s short speed test in Coimbra’s streets, with an opening stage victory. He won the next, too, but was powerless to halt a charging Sébastien Loeb who snatched a 0.5sec advantage.
When Loeb slammed his Ford Puma into retirement against a wall just metres into the next stage, Evans was back ahead and avoided multiple hazards on the deteriorating roads.
“They were quite extreme conditions,” he said. “Everybody was trying to pick a way through and to a point it was a lottery but, of course, you have to try to drive as quick as you can as well. You can always say you could have gone faster, but would you still be here or not?”
Second was beyond Rovanperä’s hopes. “We were scooping a lot of dust into the car. Sometimes I couldn’t really breathe or see anything” he smiled.
Season debutant Dani Sordo was third in a Hyundai i20, half a minute behind. The Spaniard had 5.2sec in hand over Takamoto Katsuta in another GR Yaris, the Japanese driver handing that time away with a spin.
Sébastien Ogier was on course to make it a great day for Toyota Gazoo Racing as he steered his GR Yaris into third. Two afternoon punctures stranded the Frenchman roadside with no more spare wheels onboard.
Twice Gus Greensmith had a tyre come off the rim on his Ford Puma. His progress was further stifled when dust filled the cockpit but the Briton persevered to hold fifth, a minute off the lead.
M-Sport Ford team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet was sixth, the Frenchman’s hopes of a top three ending when he overshot a penultimate stage junction.
If Friday was tough, Saturday is even more daunting. Almost half the rally’s competitive distance is packed into two loops of three speed tests in the Cabreira Mountains. Crews have the respite of mid-leg service and a coastal street stage in Porto ends the day after almost 165km of action.
Leading positions:
1. E Evans / S Martin GBR Toyota GR Yaris 1hr 25min 43.3sec
2. K Rovanperä / J Halttunen FIN Toyota GR Yaris +13.6sec
3. D Sordo / C Carrera ESP Hyundai i20 +44.4sec
4. T Katsuta / A Johnston GBR Toyota GR Yaris +49.6sec
5. G Greensmith / J Andersson GBR Ford Puma +1min 00.7sec
6. P-L Loubet / V Landais FRA Ford Puma +1min 15.6sec
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So you truly hate Dani Sordo and just Hyundai overall... 0k
@@DanArnets1492 There will be more about them in the much longer daily recap. Can only fit so much in a 4 minute video.
@@DanArnets1492 There is a 20+ minute highlight available in RedBull tv.
Kalle went out and drifted his way through particular bends..and to fire out the rocks for the chasing pack ha genius 😂😂Champ stuff!!
What a tricky day! Neuville suffered driveshaft problems, Loeb crashed, Ogier out too, lots of punctures, Breen spin, Loubet hit 2 trees ... incredible!
A rally like this is a case in point for clean, on the line driving. Using too much of the road and running wide into the marbles and rocks means punctures and damage.
All things considered, a brilliant and measured drive by both Rovanpera and Evans.
Motorsport heaven in this region this weekend. WRC Portugal. F1 Spain (Barcelona)
@@KepleroGT Wow. Didn't realise that. Talk about flip a coin. Perhaps they should have had MotoGP this weekend as well ?🤣
Kalle is a future champion in the making...!
Ogier really dislikes Pirelli tyres ha Great drive by Evans and especially Kalle as road sweeper.
I Feel for Neuville. Pissed about Ogier’s. LFG Evans👊
This summary is so much better than WRC own summary
I think Rovanperä will win Rally de Portugal!
It will be an interesting day tomorrow, that is a certainty!
arganil the legend of rally. the best village in the world
Another great show for Pirelli
Ya... didn't they unveil new "gravel spec" tires just for this rally too? It's never a good sign when Ogier says he was trying to drive careful and was surprised by the punctures.
Portugal is merciless! Love it.
Don't worry everyone!
The dust is set to worsen on Saturday, and rain is expected in Sunday just to make everything even worse! 😂
Nice one Mr Evans, #EE33 steady as she goes let the others push and pick up more punctures. Fantastic drive.. Let's repeat last year's win. Great to see him back on form.. Love Portugal 🇵🇹🇵🇹🏴🏴🇵🇹🇵🇹
no midday service was costly
Hoping for my boy Tanak! ✊✊
Waawooo... this dust is terribly interesting.
Come on tomorrow... ready to witness madness in us the fans, the cars and the Drivers.
The dust is really next level!
É muito da hora esse Rally
These cars are amazing!
Pirelli kinda dropped the ball with the new tires.
Brilliant coverage and clear commentary 👏 as always 👏 fab job Red Bull Rally Team!! 🍻 cheers to all you WRC fans out there!👍
Good to see Elfyn on top. I feel bad for the Sebs :(
car yunday top obrigado
I wish my skill level was this high...can you imagine? I'd probably be in jail 😆
These guys lost their drivers licenses years ago.
I don't think they'll let you race if you still have one.
:)
Go Evans go treat those roads like Barbados.
Rally buenós
Kalle vs evans 😋😋😋
🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️
it was a big mistake to ban mousse. I wanna see rally action and not people changing tyres or retiring!
Yep, sure seems lame as hell, nothing about these cars
is factory, except the body style. No point in banning mousse.
So many puncture in an event
man i was there at the end of the afternoon stages, probably 70% of the cars broke the rear bump.
@@adrenframes1001 that tells me how tricky this event is...i mean day one and a lot of driver have a puncture even two, and as you said, broken rear bump
@@niceguy_poneto its been veryyy dusty, dust hidding the "holes" and things in the roads, thats it.
Habas
3:47 I always lol, when the Brits claim that someone
'Capitalizes' on someone else's failure, what utter bs, as
if they do something differently. 😱🧐:
''OK, hell yeah, he's out, so now I can grab
plan x... wooo hooo!!''
claro arganil the best
Toyota will sweep 2022WC. Hyundai still breaking up and Ford is dropping
Wapi team Subaru siwaoni,,,,,,,wanatakiwa waone chuma zinavyopigwa gia huku,,,,,hao ni kelele tu za maexhaust mlini kusumbua watu,,,,,huku ndiko kuna madereva
Neuville , please leave Hyundai 🙏🙏
S.Loeb the best driver ever walked in this planet..😇
Collons
1 Loeb , 2 Ogier 3 Neuville 4 Rovanpera 5 Evans ,
Umm, Ogier is out as is Loeb. Neuville has 1+ minute due to puncture. Idk about that.