[WRC] Rally Portugal 2023

[seb_sh]

Lappi again doesn't know why the time is bad. Did they get the car setup wrong again?

[CeskyOndra]

Afternoon will be amazing. Last year was difference between first and fifth place just 5,7s after morning loop, but in the Afternoon it was more than a minute.. So let's see!

[Rallyest]

I expected Neuville and Lappi to rule today and am surprised they are that slow

Same, really surprised, Neuville was so confident before the rally talking about winning it to redeem the Croatia crash, but cant see that happening right now, still a long way to go though

[meh]

SS3:
* Rovanperä found improvement from setup and won the stage from 2nd on the road
* Quite good run from Evans as well
* Surprised than Neuville and especially Lappi are so lost - and they feel they did well and got surprised at the stage end how much they lost
* Sordo doing his job well - but he is not fully using his road position or Rovanperä and Tänak just doing superb job
* Sad that Taka retired (for today), show'd some good times
* Loubet seems to have something on fire

[EstWRC]

One Ford down, one remaining

[CeskyOndra]

I dont think that this is rally end for him

[Rallyest]

What is on behind the right rear wheel? i dont understand what were they cooling or estinguisining, no visible smoke or fire

[CeskyOndra]

I think that there is exhaust somewhere, or maybe cooling breaks. I dont know, I hope its going to be okay

[meh]

Loubet still at the stage end. Would be quite bad to loose 2 of 8 WRC cars with first 3 stages for technical reasons.

edit: Loubet moving away!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great morning in performance terms for M-Sport, leading WRC & WRC2 !

Poor Friday for Neuville with a deficit to make up. Nothing changes.

Problem for Katsuta but no-one is jumping on Toyota for being unreliable...