Dani Sordo - Carlos del Barrio - Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018

52. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018

WRC #6 • WRC2 #6 • JWRC #3 • WRC3 #6 • Portugal #4 • Portugal 2WD #4 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #1

17. 5. – 20. 5. 2018, Matosinhos • Automóvel Club de Portugal • gravel 358.19 km • total distance including road sections - 1583.47 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 SSS Lousada (3.36 km)	2:35.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	77.6 km/h 0.48 s/km	2:35.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
SS2 Viana do Castelo 1 (26.73 km)	15:34.2	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	103.0 km/h 0.18 s/km	18:10.1	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"The road is getting better and better, I am a little bit surprised because I had a good feeling with the car. I'm happy to do a time like this!"
SS3 Caminha 1 (18.11 km)	10:36.8	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	102.4 km/h 0.09 s/km	28:46.9	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"I think at the moment I'm happy. I didn't really push hard at the beginning, I was a little bit too cautious."
SS4 Ponte de Lima 1 (27.54 km)	19:15.5	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	85.8 km/h	48:02.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I was pushing like hell, I didn't make any mistakes and with this road I couldn't do much better. I'm happy, okay time is a bit close to the others but that's alright."
SS5 Viana do Castelo 2 (26.73 km)	15:37.9	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC	102.6 km/h 0.24 s/km	1:03:40.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"The tyres are destroyed!"
SS6 Caminha 2 (18.11 km)	10:44.3	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	101.2 km/h 0.49 s/km	1:14:24.6	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I drive very slow now, three tyres are okay but I think the rim on one of them is broken. I need to go slow, I made a mistake taking the soft tyres. After the first stage it was really, really bad. We need to finish the loop, and for that we need to go slow."
SS7 Ponte de Lima 2 (27.54 km)	19:54.4	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	83.0 km/h 1.08 s/km	1:34:19.0	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"I lost the tyres, I don't know. It was really bad on the soft tyres today."
SS8 Porto Street Stage 1 (1.95 km)	1:49.1	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	64.3 km/h 0.21 s/km	1:36:18.1 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
		Penalty 0:10 - Stewards decision
SS9 Porto Street Stage 2 (1.95 km)	1:46.9	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	65.7 km/h 0.05 s/km	1:38:05.0 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"I think it is important for tomorrow now I'm third. Like I say before it was difficult with the tyres but we are here now."
2. leg
SS10 Vieira do Minho 1 (17.50 km)	10:57.7	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	95.8 km/h 0.31 s/km	1:49:02.7 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"We don't have the same feeling in the car as we did yesterday, it was quite slippery out there."
SS11 Cabeceiras de Basto 1 (22.22 km)	13:37.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	97.8 km/h 0.13 s/km	2:02:40.5 0:10	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"I think the suspension was really soft after the first loop so we made a few minor changes and it is getting better now."
SS12 Amarante 1 (37.60 km)	25:07.4	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	89.8 km/h 0.28 s/km	2:27:47.9 0:10	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"I do my best and I push in a good way. For me the stage was clean, I had a feeling like I would do well but Lappi is quite fast."
SS13 Vieira do Minho 2 (17.50 km)	10:57.7	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	95.8 km/h 0.52 s/km	2:38:45.6 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"The car started to move on the rear a lot and I don't know if it is with hard tyres they are better at the end. I am surprised at the time, I thought it would be better."
SS14 Cabeceiras de Basto 2 (22.22 km)	13:47.5	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	96.7 km/h 0.28 s/km	2:52:33.1 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"I tried to push like hell. In the middle of the stage the hard tyres worked really well. At the end I pushed like hell because it was moving at the rear - some standing water in places."
SS15 Amarante 2 (37.60 km)	25:04.1	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	90.0 km/h 0.44 s/km	3:17:37.2 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
halfspin
3. leg
SS16 Montim 1 (8.64 km)	5:53.6	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	88.0 km/h 0.72 s/km	3:23:30.8 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"I tried to do as well as possible but it is very slippery."
SS17 Fafe 1 (11.18 km)	6:42.9	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	99.9 km/h 0.20 s/km	3:30:13.7 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"The stage before the car was sliding a lot on the rear, okay we have one tyre used at the beginning of the loop so we don't have many soft tyres. We lost quite a bit of time to Suninen on the first stage."
SS18 Luílhas (11.89 km)	8:14.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	86.5 km/h 0.46 s/km	3:38:28.4 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
SS19 Montim 2 (8.64 km)	5:43.8	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	90.5 km/h 0.29 s/km	3:44:12.2 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"I smashed the windscreen on this stage, we took a stone with the splitter and it came up and hit. I think there was a cut in the road and that's when it hit the splitter. But we had more grip on that stage."
SS20 Fafe 2[Power Stage] (11.18 km)	6:35.3	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	101.8 km/h 0.19 s/km	3:50:47.5 0:10	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"I had a problem with the screen because it is completely broken, on some corners it was difficult to see. It was disappointing not being able to finish on the podium but I did it for the people."

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