Day 2 is in the books for Rally Portugal and like yesterday, there have been a number of incidents that have really shaped the rally. Marcus Gronholm has taken himself out of the competition after an accident which is really a shame for the former champion’s one off event. Sebastian Loeb and Danni Sordo really put the Citroens in a very strong position for victory heading into the final day. Loeb has taken the lead from Hirvonen and is leading the rally by 26.8 seconds. The final day promises to be just as exciting as this Rally Portugal has been thus far.
The results after day 2 are as follows:
| 1. | 1 |
Sébastien LOEB |
M | 2:56:15.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 3 |
Mikko HIRVONEN |
M | 2:56:42.4 | +26.8 | +26.8 |
| 3. | 2 |
Dani SORDO |
M | 2:57:12.0 | +29.6 | +56.4 |
| 4. | 11 |
Petter SOLBERG |
2:58:03.5 | +51.5 | +1:47.9 | |
| 5. | 5 |
Matthew WILSON |
M | 2:59:38.5 | +1:35.0 | +3:22.9 |
| 6. | 6 |
Henning SOLBERG |
M | 2:59:39.4 | +0.9 | +3:23.8 |
| 7. | 7 |
Evgeny NOVIKOV |
M | 3:01:15.0 | +1:35.6 | +4:59.4 |
| 8. | 16 |
Mads OSTBERG |
3:01:15.8 | +0.8 | +5:00.2 | |
| 9. | 8 |
Conrad RAUTENBACH |
M | 3:03:06.2 | +1:50.4 | +6:50.6 |
| 10. | 9 |
Federico VILLAGRA |
M | 3:05:50.7 | +2:44.5 | +9:35.1 |
| 11. | 14 |
Khalid AL QASSIMI |
3:11:53.1 | +6:02.4 | +15:37.5 | |
| 12. | 147 |
Armindo ARAÚJO |
P | 3:12:42.6 | +49.5 | +16:27.0 |
| 13. | 149 |
Eyvind BRYNILDSEN |
P | 3:14:57.1 | +2:14.5 | +18:41.5 |
| 14. | 131 |
Martin PROKOP |
P | 3:15:58.0 | +1:00.9 | +19:42.4 |
| 15. | 75 |
Hermann GASSNER JUNIOR |
3:17:59.5 | +2:01.5 | +21:43.9 | |
| 16. | 32 |
Michal KOSCIUSZKO |
J | 3:18:28.7 | +29.2 | +22:13.1 |
| 17. | 74 |
Ricardo TEODÓSIO |
3:20:40.7 | +2:12.0 | +24:25.1 | |
| 18. | 70 |
Vitor PASCOAL |
3:20:50.3 | +9.6 | +24:34.7 | |
| 19. | 145 |
Patrik FLODIN |
P | 3:22:35.7 | +1:45.4 | +26:20.1 |
| 20. | 160 |
Ricardo MOURA |
P | 3:22:45.0 | +9.3 | +26:29.4 |
Where’s Marcus? I thought he was going to be back for Rally Portugal.
he was until he crashed the car….oopppsss!!