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Rally Portugal 2018 counts for:
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
2018 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 576th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 13 |
| Official name: | Vodafone Rally de Portugal |
| Edition: | 52nd |
| Date: | from Thursday 17-May-2018 to Sunday 20-May-2018 |
| Rally HQ: | Matosinhos, Norte; Portugal |
| Clerk of the Course: | Pedro de Almeida |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 88 | |
| Starters: | 85 | |
| Finishers: | 45 | (52.9% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 1.95 | km | (SS8 Porto Street Stage 1) |
| Longest: | 37.60 | km | (SS15 Amarante 2) |
| Slowest: | 64.58 | km/h | (SS8 Porto Street Stage 1) |
| Fastest: | 103.55 | km/h | (SS2 Viana do Castelo 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 358.19 | km | (22.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 358.19 | km | (22.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,224.89 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,583.08 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 31st podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Second place was 6th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Teemu Suninen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 9th win and 39th podium for Hyundai. |
| | Second and third places were 358th to 359th podiums for Ford. |
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Neuville was fourth before SS7 where carnage saw three drivers retire and others lose time and he came through with stage win and lead. Ironically team-mate Sordo, who was not nominated to score manufacturers' points, was able to keep up with him.
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Ogier went off on SS5 and retired, leaving Evans (pictured) and part-time recruit Suninen to fly teams' colors. Both performed extremely well, surviving carnage of the first day and ending on podium.
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Toyota started with great expectations but on second stage Tanak hit rock, damaged engine and retired. On next stage Latvala broke suspension and also retired. That left Lappi alone and he was both careful and fast, ultimately dropping to fifth after receiving penalty for clipping a hay bale.
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Citroen's difficult spell continues. Meeke led briefly but then punctured and on second day crashed heavily, which ultimately led team to dismiss him. Breen didn't fare much better though he reached the finish, so it was Ostberg (pictured) who was the best placed Citroen.
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