Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera dominated Saturday’s stages to extend his WRC Rally Portugal lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo heading into the final day ⏱️ Full leg report here ⬇️
Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera dominated Saturday’s stages to extend his World Rally Championship Rally Portugal lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo heading into the final day.The reigning world rally champion won five of the day’s seven tests to transform an overnight 10.8s advantage into a 57.5s lead, as the Finn moved closer to a first WRC win since New Zealand last October.
Rovanpera completed the second pass of Vieira do Minho, which he blitzed in the morning, with a 2.8s margin over nearest rival Sordo and admitted that he was now managing his pace. “I was a little bit scared of [wearing out] the tyres but we decided we needed to try to push,” said Sordo. "It's frustrating for myself as well but it's a difficult weekend,” said Tanak. “It's hard when you can't be where you want to be. There's nothing we can do at the moment.”
Sordo could only set the fifth fastest time, which meant the gap to leader Rovanpera extended to 59.4s.
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