Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019

1 Østberg M.
Citroën C3 R5
00:06:04.5
2 Rovanperä K.
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
00:06:10.4
00:00:05.9
00:00:05.9
3 Kopecký J.
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
00:06:11.9
00:00:07.4
00:00:01.5
4 Pieniążek Ł.
Ford Fiesta R5
00:06:13.4
00:00:08.9
00:00:01.5
1
Rovanperä K.
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 
03:02:07.3
2
Kopecký J.
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 
00:01:03.0
00:01:03.0
3
Østberg M.
Citroën C3 R5 
00:19:22.2
00:18:19.2
4
Pieniążek Ł.
Ford Fiesta R5 
00:30:42.5
00:11:20.3
INFORMATION ABOUT SS 16
retired (62 - Dias António / Rodrigues da Silva Nuno): retired after SS 16
flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Yeah, it's ok. As long as we are faster than Thierry it's good.
flash info (5 - Meeke Kris / Marshall Sebastian): It's important to put the gap in this morning. I spoke to Tommi [Makinen] this morning and he said to push on this first one.
flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): There was a lot of dust I pushed very hard. It's not easy but my pacenotes were very good so I was quite confident.
flash info (19 - Loeb Sébastien / Elena Daniel): Conditions were very bad. There's a lot of dust in the stage so it was very tricky.
flash info (1 - Ogier Sébastien / Ingrassia Julien): I was driving like road mode.
flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I started to spin on the hairpin and the inside bank just turned us over. I need to check the car.
(4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): continue
flash info (3 - Suninen Teemu / Salminen Marko): Really difficult to drive but we are finished and the car is ok.
(4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): rolled
flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): The dust is so bad in here. I was virtually stopped in a really fast place in the back there. Just impossible to see between the trees.
flash info (10 - Latvala Jari-Matti / Anttila Miikka): The dust is surprisingly bad. It was not easy and I wonder if it is getting worse and worse with the cars.
flash info (44 - Greensmith Gus / Edmondson Elliott): I decided that I've been last on the road, I've been middle of the road, and I needed to get the experience of being first on the road so here I am today! It was meant to happen. I'm driving a WRC car - how can that not be enjoyable?
(6 - Sordo Dani / Del Barrio Carlos): Dani and Seb have not started the stage on their expected times. It looks as if they may both slot in behind Ogier and ahead of Neuville, just like they did yesterday.
2-minutes between our WRC runners on the first stage this morning, 3-minute intervals for the rest of the day.
A little cooler than previous days, current temperatures are around 22°C with blue skies all around.