WRC 2019 - Vodafone Rally De Portugal

The dirt-filled action of the 2019 World Rally Championship continues at Fafe for the Vodafone Rally De Portugal where the best rally drivers spent the rest of the weekend trying to get through Fafe's most unforgiving rally stages to see who has the edge to keep the ball rolling all the way to the very end and this is one sure fire way to kickstart summer by all means.

Photo: Screengrab via WRC

Friday's stages sees a trio of Toyotas dominating the early stages as Ott Tanak built a 17.3 second advantage over Jari-Matti Latvala and Kris Meeke. However, on Saturday's stages, Tanak's lead was in the balance as he clung onto a 4.3 second lead over Meeke after a damage that sent him limping through the last speed test. On Sunday, fortunately, Tanak managed to keep it under control and claw his way to secure his second WRC win with his overall time of 3:20:22.8, 15.9 seconds ahead of Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville, while Citroen driver Sebastien Ogier placed 3rd with 57.1 seconds behind Tanak.

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MKbpIZs-rQ&list=PLODyu6T9_emwyWbDL71UrBZPRLtpONlBI

After all the action in Portugal, the gap between Ogier and Tanak are now narrowed to just two points, 142 vs. 140.

The next event will be the Rally Italia Sardegna on the 13th to the 16th of June.