Andreas Mikkelsen - Mikko Markkula - Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014

48. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014

WRC #4 • WRC2 #4 • JWRC #1 • WRC3 #4 • Drive Dmack Cup #1 • Portugal #3

3. 4. – 6. 4. 2014, Faro • Automóvel Club de Portugal • gravel 329.80 km • total distance including road sections - 1395.87 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 SSS Lisboa (3.27 km)	2:54.9	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	67.3 km/h 0.67 s/km	2:54.9	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
SS2 Silves 1 (21.50 km)	12:48.3	15. 14. class RC1 15. WRC	100.7 km/h 1.06 s/km	15:43.2	13. 13. class RC1 13. WRC
Basically I want to get the confidence back after Mexico..very slow driving..need to use our heads
SS3 Ourique 1 (20.21 km)	12:50.0	12. 12. class RC1 12. WRC	94.5 km/h 1.44 s/km	28:33.2	13. 13. class RC1 13. WRC
V difficult, so easy to do a mistake. So we take it very easy and try to get confidence up
SS4 Almodôvar 1 (26.48 km)	17:17.3	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC	91.9 km/h 1.72 s/km	45:50.5	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC
It's OK, we just have no experience on these kind of roads...taking it carefully / Je to ok, nemáme ale žádnou zkušenost s tímto typem trati...jedeme opatrně...
SS5 Silves 2 (21.50 km)	12:11.3	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC	105.8 km/h 0.81 s/km	58:01.8	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC
SS6 Ourique 2 (20.21 km)	12:27.8	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC	97.3 km/h 0.86 s/km	1:10:29.6	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC
massive understeer, I can't get the car to turn in at all, really struggling. / Obrovská nedotáčivost. Pořádně mi nešlo zatočit, opravdový boj...
SS7 Almodôvar 2 (26.48 km)	16:52.2	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	94.2 km/h 0.93 s/km	1:27:21.8	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC
I think we have played a clever day. Getting better, better...OK
2. leg
SS8 Santa Clara 1 (19.09 km)	12:35.7	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	90.9 km/h 0.67 s/km	1:39:57.5	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC
SS9 Santana da Serra 1 (31.90 km)	23:27.1	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	81.6 km/h 0.53 s/km	2:03:24.6	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
It was an okay stage. Lost the rhythm in the middle section. Keep improving
SS10 Malhão 1 (22.15 km)	14:07.5	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	94.1 km/h 0.42 s/km	2:17:32.1	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
We're moving in the right direction, but took it a little cautious in here. It's OK. / Pokračujeme správným směrem, ale teď jsem jel trochu opatrněji. Je to ok.
SS11 Santa Clara 2 (19.09 km)	13:08.2	20. 12. class RC1 20. WRC	87.2 km/h 3.33 s/km	2:30:40.3	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
Powersteering
We have a power steering issue. Looking forward to the 30km stage now
SS12 Santana da Serra 2 (31.90 km)	23:36.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	81.1 km/h 1.14 s/km	2:54:17.2	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
I had no grip at all. We lost lot of time. We had problem with the car, we fixed problem with powersteering.
SS13 Malhão 2 (22.15 km)	14:07.4	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	94.1 km/h 0.82 s/km	3:08:24.6	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
I am happy with my position: it is going in the right direction
3. leg
SS14 Loulé 1 (13.83 km)	9:06.2	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	91.2 km/h 0.61 s/km	3:17:30.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
It's very tricky. No good rhythm. Not so happy with this stage / Je to hodně zákeřné. Neměl jsem dobré tempo. Nejsem spokojený s touhle zkouškou...
SS15 São Brás de Alportel (16.21 km)	11:48.4	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	82.4 km/h 0.60 s/km	3:29:19.2	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
It was all right, The rhythm was better. We try to fight with Henning
SS16 Loulé 2[Power Stage] (13.83 km)	8:51.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	93.6 km/h 0.72 s/km	3:38:10.9	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
We tried to push a little bit more in here. I'm happy with my confidence now and finishing 4th overall is a good result. / Snažili jsme se zabrat trošku víc. Jsem spokojený s výkonem a čtvrté místo je velmi dobrý výsledek ...

48. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014

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