WRC Rally of Portugal

15:50 Here's our final report from Rally of Portugal, as Ogier claimed a memorable fifth win in the country (the 40th of his career, as well).
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WRC Rally of Portugal: Ogier takes comfortable second win of season

Sebastien Ogier rebuilt his World Rally Championship lead in Portugal by sealing his first victory since his M-Sport Ford debut in Monte Carlo four months ago

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15:36 That really shakes things up - Mikkelsen had absolutely blitzed his rivals and had been three minutes clear, but it now looks as though the class victory will instead go to team-mate Pontus Tidemand.

Mikkelsen had also been on course for an overall point for 10th.

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15:32 Bit of late drama in WRC2; looks as though rally-long leader Mikkelsen has had an incident on the stage. He took the start at 1316, but has not come through the first split. Reports suggest he rolled.

15:29 SS19 results:

Leading stage times:
1 Tanak 6m38.3s
2 Neuville +0.4s
3 Evans +1.5s
4 Lappi +1.7s
5 Ogier +2.3s
6 Ostberg +3.2s

Overall classification:
1 Ogier 3h42m55.7s
2 Neuville +15.6s
3 Sordo +1m01.7s
4 Tanak +1m30.2s
5 Breen +1m57.4s
6 Evans +3m10.6s
7 Hanninen +3m48.9s
8 Ostberg +5m29.7s

15:26 "It's fantastic, " says M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson. "After losing by the smallest of margins [with Elfyn Evans in Argentina] and Sebastien had a difficult rally as well... I'm really pleased to see he's back where he should be. He did a fantastic rally; it's a dream result for us - the last time we won here I think it was 1999."

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15:18 That's also Ogier and M-Sport's second win of the season, the first since the season-opener in Monte Carlo.

15:17 "It's great," says Ogier. "After the struggling time we've had, it's great to be back on the top step. we had a good weekend with the car, the new car was perfect - we have to carry on in this way now."

15:17 A superb victory for four-time champion and current points leader Ogier, who looked pretty well in control from the moment he inherited the lead yesterday lunchtime.

That's the Frenchman's fifth victory in Portugal - his first in the North - a feat also achieved by Markku Alen. Nice company to join.

15:15 SEBASTIEN OGIER WINS THE RALLY OF PORTUGAL!

15:15 And in comes Ogier - he's fifth on the stage and misses out on extra points, but...

15:14 Ogier's first split is four tenths slower than Tanak's - so he too looks on course for a Powerstage point or two. Just a few miles left to go now.

15:12 "It was a good stage for me," says Neuville. "I had a good clean run but obviously [it was] not enough. We were struggling a bit with the rear of the car and the Fiestas were just quicker. For me it's a good move for the championship."

15:10 No - Neuville certain was pushing. He goes fastest on the run from the first split to the finish and slots into second on the Powerstage times, 0.4s slower than Tanak.

15:09 Ogier has started the stage.

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15:08 Neuville can't trouble the fastest times through the first split, so might he have forfeited the chance to bag extra points?

15:07 "i'm really happy," says Sordo of his rally. "I'm disappointed we weren't in the fight on Saturday and after that I was a bit far from the fight. I need to tell everyone in the stages thank you because it's nice to see all the spectators in the stages. Big thanks to all the supporters."

15:06 After Neuville, incidentally, it's a five-minute gap back to Ogier before he starts.

15:05 Sordo is in and can't challenge the Powerstage times with sixth, but still hangs on to what's going to be a comfortable third place.

15:03 Neuville starts the stage. Victory looks beyond him, but can he bag a full set of additional Powerstage points?

15:02 Neat and tidy run towards the end there from Tanak, who should secure fourth overall with that.

"In the beginning maybe, not perfect, but still a good clean run," says Tanak. "Some points would be nice."

15:00 Tanak goes fastest now by 1.5 seconds.

14:59 Tanak and Sordo are now on the stage, so just Neuville and Ogier yet to run of our WRC runners. It's those two that we're most interested in of course, though.

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14:57 "A couple of very small adjustments but I'm very happy again with fifth - it seems to be my happy place," says Breen. "It's good that we can be consistent. We can be happy this weekend."

14:56 While we wait for the lead runners, press play on that video below and keep it on repeat!

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14:55 Breen is a bit slower through the first split than Evans - 0.8s to be precise - and comes through the stage end fifth so far, to cement what should be a solid fifth place.

14:53 Replays show Evans was pretty ragged towards the stage end, but he's safely home.

"It wasn't really the plan, I thought I'd braked quite a lot," says Evans of his leap near the stage end. "It threw us off to the left quite a lot more [than this morning]."

14:51 Good time for Evans, who goes fastest of all by 0.2s. That gives him a solid chance of picking up at least one additional Powerstage point.

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14:49 Evans and Breen now underway, with Evans 1.6s faster than current pacesetter Lappi through the first split.

14:48 Tell you what, these cars really do look pretty spectacular. Hanninen's in now and fifth-fastest on stage, but should bank points for seventh.

14:44 Huge flying jump from Ostberg before the finish, who's all smiles in the cockpit. He goes second on the stage.

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14:42 "It was a lot of fun," says Latvala. "It's been a tough week and I'm pleased to finish it; it's done and we scored some points - that's important."

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