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| 66th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 3 of 12 |
| Official name: | Vinho do Porto Rallye de Portugal |
| Edition: | 13th |
| Date: | from Tuesday 6-Mar-1979 to Sunday 11-Mar-1979 |
| Surface: | Tarmac/gravel |
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| Entries: | 108 | |
| Starters: | 88 | |
| Finishers: | 16 | (18.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 45 | |
| Shortest: | 5.00 | km | (SS1 Lagoa Azul) |
| Longest: | 45.50 | km | (SS10 Fajao - Arganil 2) |
| Slowest: | 68.02 | km/h | (SS17 Sao Lourenco 2) |
| Fastest: | 118.68 | km/h | (SS5 Figueira da Foz) |
| Planned stage distance: | 737.50 | km | (27.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 737.50 | km | (27.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,929.40 | km |
| Total distance: | 2,666.90 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 5th win and 11th podium for Hannu Mikkola. |
| Second place was 17th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. |
| Third place was 7th podium for Ove Andersson. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and 1-2 win were 34th to 35th podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 9th podium for Toyota. |
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