M-Sport WRC driver Tanak leads Rally Portugal by three seconds from world champion Rovanpera after the Friday morning stages. Full report:
Road cleaning was always going to be a factor for the leading runners and so it proved on the opening gravel stage.
Rovanpera was 0.3s shy of Tanak but the Toyota driver was faster than Katsuta - hampered by an electrical issue - Lappi and Neuville, who all started further down the road order. Croatia winner Evans felt the brunt of the road cleaning duties and subsequently dropped 7.9s.Motorsport Images Sordo maintained second overall by clocking the second fastest time, with Katsuta third fastest despite a continuation of the electrical fault.
The world champion wasn't the only driver struggling for pace as team-mate Evans, along with the Hyundai duo of Lappi and Neuville completed the timesheet.
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