Rally Portugal 2019

 Rally Portugal 2019

Racing data
7th of 14 races of the 2019 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Portugal
Date:	May 29–2. June 2019
Begin:	Matosinhos , Porto
Exams:	20 tests over 311.47 km
Distance:	1,117.96 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Ott Tanak Toyota Yaris WRC
Second:	Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
Third:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën C3 WRC

Rally Portugal 2019

The 53rd Rally of Portugal was the seventh round of the FIA - World Rally Championship 2019 . It lasted from May 29th to June 2nd, 2019. 20 special stages were planned, but a total of only 18 special stages had been driven by Sunday.

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For long stretches of the Rally Portugal was dominated by the three-way battle between Ott Tänak , Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala , all of them driving a Toyota Yaris WRC. The three pilots were in the lead until Saturday afternoon. Tänak, who was struggling with braking problems at times, came under pressure from Latvala until a defective shock absorber forced the Finn to give up. Shortly afterwards, a shock absorber on Tänak's car broke, whereupon his lead over Meeke shrank to 4.3 seconds before the final day. Meeke attacked on the final day and risked too much, he lost 17 seconds on the penultimate special stage because of a spin and with it the chance of overall victory. At the final Power Stage, Meeke hit his car, damaged the suspension and had to give up. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) inherited second and Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) third.

Registration list

No	driver	Co-pilot	automobile	class
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
3	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
6th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
19th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
47	Emil Bergkvist	Patrik Barth	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC2 RC2
49	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2
51	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2

A total of 60 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-pilot	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 20: 22.8		25 + 3
02	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3: 20: 38.7	00: 15.9	18 + 4
03	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	3: 21: 19.9	00: 57.1	15 + 5
04th	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 23: 04.3	02: 41.5	12 + 2
05	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 27: 31.1	07: 08.3	12
06th	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 19: 09.4	03: 15.6	10
06th	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Haltunen	Škoda Fabia Rally2	3: 30: 57.0	10: 34.2	8th
07th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 31: 51.0	11: 28.2	6th
08th	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia Rally2	3: 32: 04.7	11: 41.9	4th
09	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 33: 09.1	12: 46.3	2
10	Emil Bergkvist	Patrik Barth	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 34: 51.2	14: 28.4	1
WRC2
01 (9)	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 33: 09.1		25th
02 (10)	Emil Bergkvist	Patrik Barth	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 34: 51.2	01: 42.1	18th
03 (11)	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 35: 17.3	02: 08.2	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	winner	Co-pilot	automobile	time	leader
Day 1 May 30th	-	Talcahuano (Shakedown)	6.45 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3: 02.1	n / A
Day 2 May 31st	WP1	Lousã 1	12.35 km	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9: 06.9	Dani Sordo
	WP2	Góis 1	18.78 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	12: 19.7
	WP3	Arganil 1	14.62 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 00.0	Ott Tanak
	WP4	Lousã 2	12.35 km	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8: 59.2
	WP5	Góis 2	18.78 km	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	12: 18.9
	WP6	Arganil 2	14.62 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8: 58.5
	WP7	Lousada	3.36 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 35.5
	Service Exponor 8:10 p.m. (49 min)
Day 3 June 1st
	Service Exponor 6:45 a.m. (19 min)
	WP8	Vieira do Minho 1	20.53 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	12: 59.3
	WP9	Cabeceiras de Basto 1	22.22 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	13: 43.0
	WP10	Amarante 1	37.60 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	25: 10.4
	Service Exponor 12:50 p.m. (44 min)
	WP11	Vieira do Minho 2	20.53 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	12: 51.5
	WP12	Cabeceiras de Basto 2	22.22 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13: 35.9
	WP13	Amarante 2	37.60 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	25: 02.2
	WP14	Gaia Street Stage 1	2.25 km	called off
	WP15	Gaia Street Stage 2	2.25 km	called off
	Service Exponor 7:15 p.m. (49 min)
Day 4 June 2nd	Service Exponor 6:50 a.m. (19 min)
	WP16	Montim 1	8.64 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	5: 49.1
	WP17	Fafe 1	11.18 km	Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	6: 38.6
	WP18	Luílhas	11.89 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	8: 05.7
	WP19	Montim 2	8.64 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5: 46.3
	WP20	Fafe 2 power stage	11.18 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	6: 35.0
	Service Exponor 1:50 p.m. 14 min)

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
2, 3, 11, 17, 18	5	Ott Tanak	Toyota Yaris WRC
6, 7, 12, 13, 19	5	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
8, 16	2	Kris Meeke	Toyota Yaris WRC
1, 4	2	Dani Sordo	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
9, 10	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC
5	1	Teemu Suninen	Ford Fiesta WRC
20th	1	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C3 WRC

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	142
2	Ott Tanak	140
3	Thierry Neuville	132
4th	Elfyn Evans	65
5	Kris Meeke	56

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	Hyundai Motorsport	202
2	Toyota Racing WRT	182
3	Citroën WRT	158
4th	M-Sport WRT	122

Web links

Commons : Rallye Portugal 2019  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official World Rally Championship website http://www.wrc.com/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Rally Portugal: Third win of the season for Ott Tänak , accessed on August 8, 2020
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 14, 2020
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Result , accessed on August 8, 2020
4. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Special stages , accessed on August 9, 2020