WRC Junior and WRC2 news from Portugal stage 4 18.05.2018: WRC RALLYES 2018 VODAFONE PORTUGAL RALLY Friday, May 18th 2018 With the WRC 2 field completing SS4, we'll take a break on the Live Text. But we'll be back for SS5 which is scheduled to start at 15:25

WRC RALLYES 2018
VODAFONE PORTUGAL RALLY
Friday, May 18th 2018




With the WRC 2 field completing SS4, we'll take a break on the Live Text. But we'll be back for SS5 which is scheduled to start at 15:25



1.     ESP D. SORDO    
2.     GBR K. MEEKE     +4.6
3.     NZL H. PADDON     +4.8
4.     FRA S. OGIER     +7.3
5.     BEL T. NEUVILLE     +9.4
6.     NOR A. MIKKELSEN     +10.5
7.     IRL C. BREEN     +14.8
8.     GBR E. EVANS     +20.3
9.     FIN T. SUNINEN     +23.0
10.     NOR M. OSTBERG     +25.4
11.     FIN E. LAPPI     +26.0
12.     FRA S. LEFEBVRE     +2:39.6
13.     GBR G. GREENSMITH     +3:07.1
14.     POL L. PIENIAZEK     +3:13.9
15.     FIN J. HUTTUNEN     +3:32.9
16.     FIN J. NORDGREN     +3:47.5
17.     CHL P. HELLER     +3:51.1
18.     SWE P. TIDEMAND     +3:53.3
19.     MEX B. GUERRA     +3:56.5
20.     ESP N. SOLANS BALDO     +4:15.9
21.     PRT A. ARAÚJO     +4:17.6
22.     FRA P. LOUBET     +4:42.9
23.     PRT M. BARBOSA     +4:49.5
24.     NLD K. ABBRING     +4:50.2
25.     SAU Y. AL RAJHI     +4:51.9
26.     JPN T. KATSUTA     +4:52.4
27.     JPN H. ARAI     +5:04.3
28.     TUR M. BOSTANCI     +5:06.3
29.     FIN M. VATANEN     +5:10.7
30.     ROU S. TEMPESTINI     +7:02.2


Fri 12:20 - WRC 2 standings after SS4

1. Lefebvre 50m 42.0sec 2. Greensmith +27.5sec 3. Pieniazek +34.3sec 4. Huttunen +53.3sec 5. Nordgren +1m 07.9sec



Fri 12:18 - SS4: WRC 2

The last two WRC 2 cars finish the stage now, Benito Guerra is 43.4sec slower than Tidemand while Simone Tempestini is 3m 50.1sec down on the stage winner.



Fri 12:13 - SS4: Nordgren

Juuso Nordgren - Tidemand's team-mate this weekend - finishes the morning loop 11sec down on the Swede




Fri 12:08 - SS4: Andolfi

Meanwhile, Fabio Andolfi has completed the stage more than seven minutes off the pace.




Fri 12:07 - SS4: Lefebvre

The Frenchman, competing in Citroën's C3 R5 for the first time on gravel this weekend, goes second fastest on SS4, 15sec down on Tidemand




Fri 12:06 - SS3: J WRC update

An update from the Junior WRC from SS3 - Terry Folb and Jean-Baptiste Franceschi are both listed as mechanical retirements.



Fri 12:03 - SS4: Loubet

Pierre Louis-Loubet looks to have had an issue on Ponte de Lima, he's 1m 59.3sec slower than Tidemand and as things stand he's slipped quite a way down the order.




Fri 11:59 - SS4: WRC 2

No one can beat Tidemand's benchmark time so far, Lukasz Pieniazek completes the stage 25.9sec down on the Skoda driver and Jari Huttunen is 29.6sec off the pace.



Fri 11:53 - SS4: Heller

Pedro Heller is only just holding on to his position in WRC 2 after that stage, he finished 53.7sec down on Tidemand. That's allowed the Swede to move to within 2.2sec of the Chilean.




Fri 11:50 - WRC standings after SS4:

1. Sordo 48m 02.4sec 2. Meeke +4.6sec 3. Paddon +4.8sec 4. Ogier +7.3sec 5. Neuville +9.4sec




Fri 11:48 - SS4: Tidemand

WRC 2 points leader Pontus Tidemand looks to be back on the pace in this stage, he's 36.5sec up on Greensmith after this test.



Fri 11:47 - Latvala update


Kaj Lindström has also given an update on Jari-Matti: " We got a message that the right-front suspension is broken and he can’t continue. The damper is broken but we should be in a better position compared to Argentina because it sounds like it is just the damper. He said it was just a hole he went over and it broke the damper. We’ll have to check the on-board to make sure how it happened.”


Fri 11:43 - Tänak

WRC All Live caught up with Ott Tänak in the service park: “Obviously we have an engine issue, we had to stop on the stage and it wasn’t possible to continue. Basically we had a leak in the radiator after hitting a rock. It was interesting, a spectator point with lots of loose rocks. I don’t believe we will be back because the engine is broken.”

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