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1999 Rally De Portugal Official Site: http://www.tap-rallyedeportugal.pt Round 4 of the 1999 FIA World Rally Championship 20-24 March Colin McRae has won the the 1999 Rallye De Portugal “This is a great victory for the Focus on its first ...
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1999 Rally De Portugal Official Site: http://www.tap-rallyedeportugal.pt Round 4 of the 1999 FIA World Rally Championship 20-24 March
Colin McRae has won the the 1999 Rallye De Portugal
“This is a great victory for the Focus on its first real gravel rally,” said 30-year-old McRae, for whom this was his 18th world championship triumph. “We really won the rally during the first leg when we knew we had to make the most of the good conditions. We drove hard through those fast stages as we knew the technical stages later in the rally, where the road conditions were not so good, would be more difficult.
“It’s been much harder than many of my other victories but the Focus has performed faultlessly. For the car to be this quick on gravel means it can also be this good on asphalt so I think the rest of the season could be well worth waiting for. It’s incredible for a car to be so successful so early in its lifetime and with further development it can only improve,” added the 1995 world champion.
Today was a relatively short 60km sprint with 4 stages and very little changed on the leader board except for Solberg who dropped to 11th after problems on the final stage.
Makinen though set the pace today and was out to catch Richard Burns and valuable championship points. He started 25 seconds behind and won 3 of the 4 stages, but Burns was fast enough and kept ahead.
And in Formula 2, Hyundai finally won their first event in the Coupe! ALister McRae wsa first followed by team mate Eriksson in 2nd.
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Unofficial final results:
1 McRae Ford Focus 4:05:41,7
2 Sainz Toyota Corolla 4:05:54,0
3 Auriol Toyota Corolla 4:05:58,2
4 Burns Subaru Impreza 4:06:37,1
5 Makinen Mit Lancer Evo VI 4:06:46,1
6 Thiry Subaru Impreza 4:13:11,4
7 Isik Toyota Corolla 4:15:07,5
8 Kahle Toyota Corolla 4:15:15,9
9 Madeira Subaru Impreza 4:15:51,5
10 Climent Subaru Impreza 4:17:10,3
Group N:
1 Campos Mit Carisma 4:22:11,0
2 Trellles Mit Lancer Evo V 4:25:49,1
3 Kangas Subaru Impreza 4:30:14,9
Formula 2:
1 A.McRae Hyundai Coupe Evo II 4:22:49,7
2 Eriksson Hyundai Coupe Evo II 4:23:31,0
3 Lopes Peugot 306 Maxi 4:26:04,1
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CS 20, Vizo/Celorico de Basto 09:55 11.84 Km
Notes:
Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time:
1 Makinen Mit Lancer Evo VI 7:31,9
2 Sainz Toyota Corolla 7:32,8
3 Auriol Toyota Corolla 7:33,3
4 McRae Ford Focus 7:36,3
5 Burns Subaru Impreza 7:38,1
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CS 21, Fridão 10:48 14.20 Km
Notes:
Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time:
1 Makinen Mit Lancer Evo VI 10:12,0
2 McRae Ford Focus 10:16,6
3 Sainz Toyota Corolla 10:16,9
4 Auriol Toyota Corolla 10:19,9
5 Burns Subaru Impreza 10:20,2
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CS 22, Aboboreira 11:34 17.96 Km
Notes:
Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time:
1 Makinen Mit Lancer Evo VI 12:13,2
2 Auriol Toyota Corolla 12:14,1
3 Sainz Toyota Corolla 12:14,2
4 Burns Subaru Impreza 12:17,4
5 McRae Ford Focus 12:23,5
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CS 23, Lousada / Barrosas 12:55 15.85 Km
Notes:
Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time:
1 Auriol Toyota Corolla 11:53,4
2 Sainz Toyota Corolla 11:54,5
3 Makinen Mit Lancer Evo VI 11:57,9
4 Burns Subaru Impreza 12:01,1
5 McRae Ford Focus 12:02,7
"Cynan 'Dusty' Rhodes" <cynan@harvestroad.com.au>
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