WRC Drivers Question "Crazy Long" Portugal Itinerary After 14-Hour Friday

The Estonian rider Tänak (Hyundai) took the lead in the Rallye du Portugal, just ahead of Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota), on Friday after the second day.

WRC drivers question "crazy long" Portugal itinerary after 14-hour Friday

World Rally Championship drivers voiced their concerns over Rally Portugal’s demanding itinerary headlined by 14 hours behind the wheel on Friday.The fifth round of the WRC season has undergone a schedule tweak this year that has included the addition of two extra stages on Friday. It meant crews tackled 10 stages beginning with a first test at 7:35am before eventually returning back to the ...Keep reading

After the ten finals on Friday, Ott Tänak (Hyundai) is ahead of Toyota drivers Sebastien Ogier and Katsuta Takamoto at the Portugal Rally with gravel terrain.

Estonian driver Ott Tänak (Hyundai i20) finished in the lead on the first full day of the 58th Rally of Portugal, the fifth stage of the World Championship (WRC), and with a record 400 special stages won. On Saturday, the special stages pass through Vieira do Minho and Cabeceiras de Basto. The former world champion (2019) jumped into the lead in the first of the 10 special stages scheduled for today, in the central part of the country, finishin…

The leader of the Rally Portugal after the first day is Estonian Ott Tänak (Hyundai i20 N Rally1). In the fifth round of the World Rally Championship, he is seven seconds behind Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1), who won here last year.

Estonian Ott Tänak (Hyundai) leads after the first stage of the Rally Portugal, the fifth stop of the world championship season. Frenchman Sebastien Ogier (Toyota) is second. Welshman Elfyn Evans (Toyota), the leader of the world championship season, is only seventh.