48. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014
3. 4. – 6. 4. 2014, Faro • Automóvel Club de Portugal • gravel 329.80 km • total distance including road sections - 1395.87 km • Other years
#5
Ford Fiesta RS WRC 
PX1***
PX1***
M-Sport World Rally Team
RC1
Final results
2. overall
2. class RC1
2. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 SSS Lisboa (3.27 km) | 2:57.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
66.5 km/h 1.31 s/km |
2:57.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| SS2 Silves 1 (21.50 km) | 12:28.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
103.4 km/h 0.14 s/km |
15:25.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| Grip level is changing all the time, line slippery, I tried to go off line and try to find some traction somewhere else | ||||||
| SS3 Ourique 1 (20.21 km) | 12:25.8 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
97.6 km/h 0.25 s/km |
27:51.3 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| It is going you know, I have a good feeling with the cars, but there are other guys behind, really fast | ||||||
| SS4 Almodôvar 1 (26.48 km) | 16:39.3 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
95.4 km/h 0.28 s/km |
44:30.6 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| Not so good pace on that one but it was difficult with such a bad grip again | ||||||
| SS5 Silves 2 (21.50 km) | 11:56.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
108.0 km/h 0.13 s/km |
56:27.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| A bit more dry than I expected | ||||||
| SS6 Ourique 2 (20.21 km) | 12:10.9 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
99.5 km/h 0.02 s/km |
1:08:38.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| It's been a good day so far & we had different kind of tyre choice with Sebastien. The last will be tough because more dry / Je to dobrý den, měli jsme odlišný typ pneumatik než Ogier. Poslední zkouška bude obtížná, protože je víc a víc sucho... | ||||||
| SS7 Almodôvar 2 (26.48 km) | 16:27.6 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
96.5 km/h |
1:25:05.6 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| I wanted to try to attack, and it worked! Fantastic. I'd be happy for the rally to end now / Chtěl jsem se pokusit o útok a povedlo se to! Paráda! Byl bych moc spokojený, kdyby teď rally skončila :-) | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS8 Santa Clara 1 (19.09 km) | 12:23.2 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
92.5 km/h 0.01 s/km |
1:37:28.8 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| It was OK...definitely one to wake up...it's just flat out now, you can't manage by just driving steady / Bylo to ok... konečně jsem se probudil... jedeme naplno, nemůžete dobrý výsledek moc ovlivnit při konstantní jízdě... | ||||||
| SS9 Santana da Serra 1 (31.90 km) | 23:18.9 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
82.1 km/h 0.27 s/km |
2:00:47.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| We try to push hard but Sebastien was really fast on that one. Let's see if I can fight back / Snažíme se tvrdě tlačit, ale Ogier byl teď opravdu rychlý. Uvidíme, jestli to dokážu vybojovat zpět... | ||||||
| SS10 Malhão 1 (22.15 km) | 14:00.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
94.9 km/h 0.09 s/km |
2:14:47.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| Tanak has stopped and blocked the road for a small time, Mikko had to stop for some time but is now past Tanak. | ||||||
| He was having a really great rally...[on himself] it's not over yet / Jel opravdu parádní soutěž (Tanak)...ještě není konec... | ||||||
| SS11 Santa Clara 2 (19.09 km) | 12:12.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
93.9 km/h 0.39 s/km |
2:26:59.8 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| Rear tyres not look good. - I could not do any better than that. | ||||||
| SS12 Santana da Serra 2 (31.90 km) | 23:11.6 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
82.5 km/h 0.34 s/km |
2:50:11.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| I did everything I could but tires are completely slicks and gone. But it's not finished, keep on going / Dělal jsem všechno co jsem mohl, ale pneumatiky jsem úplně oholil a nic z toho. Ale ještě není konec, jedeme dál! | ||||||
| SS13 Malhão 2 (22.15 km) | 14:06.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
94.2 km/h 0.78 s/km |
3:04:17.9 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| I was scared we would have a puncture...I will see if we can get some points in the Power Stage | ||||||
| ...but I'm happy of the weekend. Even if we can't now catch Sebastien, we had a good pace / ...ale jsem spokojený s celým víkendem. Ikdyž nedostihneme Ogiera, máme dobré tempo... | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS14 Loulé 1 (13.83 km) | 9:11.5 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
90.3 km/h 0.99 s/km |
3:13:29.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| I'll try to manage - we can do better than that...no problem / Pokouším se to ošéfovat - můžem to zajet lépe...žádný problém... | ||||||
| SS15 São Brás de Alportel (16.21 km) | 11:44.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
82.8 km/h 0.37 s/km |
3:25:14.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| SS16 Loulé 2[Power Stage] (13.83 km) | 8:49.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
94.0 km/h 0.56 s/km |
3:34:03.6 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| Really happy with that...that's what I was hoping for before the rally, a clean race and no problems / Jsem opravdu šťastný, jak se mi to tu povedlo, čistá rally, žádné problémy, jsem opravdu moc šťastný, neměl jsem úplně nejvhodnější pneumatiky (tvrdé) | ||||||
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Models
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014
Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014
#5 Hirvonen M. - Lehtinen J.
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