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Lukyanuk and Moura lost time on SS6 due to dust from the car on the other lane. They had to slow down considerably in one particular section of the track. (They both started on the same side on...

Went out on a junction and lost time :/ but a very interesting pace so far.

SS5 Sete Cidades (Volcano stage) live on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2N-j4FYVxw

Headline on local newspaper, looks like Azores Rally is looking for a new main sponsor, after Azores Airlines put an end to what could have been a 20 year long partnership this year.

According to...

Sesks just started SS9 after couple minutes of waiting...

SS9 also stopped...T.Kasperczyk crashed, stage not cancelled yet, but seems suspended for now...

edit:Cars have now passed him, and are going slowly. Should be canceled for the rest.

Lukyanuk got cows on middle of the stage, helicopter was following him live.

It appears that Lukyanuk lost a wheel, SS6 neutralized. (on rally rado, but not confirmed)

EDIT: Lukasz saw Luky on the side of the road, thinks Luky hit a rock, lost a wheel and stopped a couple...

Looks like Bruno and Hugo Magalhães secured the budget for another rally.

This is the co-driver facebook post:...

https://www.facebook.com/FiaEuropeanRallyChampionship/photos/a.236514779808452.56751.236514103141853/1264331220360131/?type=3&theater

Kajto, Bonstanci and Magalhães all crashed on the same spot

SS5
Gryazin out

SS6
Kajto, Magalhães and Bonstanci out

Nasser just needs to finish now basically...

Strong start for Gryazin and Nasser. KAjto 3rd 10.1sec behind.

Puncture for Bonstanci on SS1, Magalhães does 6th time and got in Murat's dust for the last 10km.

SS2 stopped and canceled, SS3...

1 - Nasser
2 - Kajt
3 - Magalhães
4 - Gryazin
5 - Tsoulofas
6 - Denktas
7 - Tlustlak
8 - Remmenik

Gryazin's car caught fire on road section, Gryazin retires while leading the rally!

Another puncture for Kajto, 2km before finish at SS5. Magalhães getting faster on this afternoon, says he changed the setup and the car is better right now.

Tomorrow we may have some interesting...

1. Nasser Al-Attiyah
2. Kajetan Kajetanowicz
3. Bruno Magalhães
4. Nikolay Gryazin
5. Grzegorz Grzyb
6. Yorgo Philippedes
7. Sergey Remennik
8. Antonin Tlust'ák

TV coverage for those who missed:

http://burningwhee1s.blogspot.pt/2017/04/erc-2017-round-1-portugal.html#more

You're welcome, I grew up on the island, it's just hard for me to be away from this rally.

Btw, Pluto, the goal of your pickems challenge is to guess which drivers don't finish, right?

Jari Huttunen resting after the river...

Photo sent to me by a friend, Paulo Costa

Same, although I would add Crab Suarez, and the top Juniors U28(before problems), I wasn't expecting such high level right at the start of the season. And Remennik which didn't finish as well, but...

It seems he went too fast onto the river, hit the water very hard and stopped. This is just...

EDIT:...

Huttunen stopped on the river! At the end of the last stage!

Crashed on the same spot as Kevin Abbring!

End of the stage is a couple of meters ahead

Ingram 1,5s ahead of Hutunnen on first split...

EDIT: 2nd split, Huttunen now ahead by 2,6s

April fools! :p

Magalhães finishes!

Portuguese radio says he's arriving at the end of the stage, should be GPS problems

EDIT: Just arrived! Quickest so far