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Rally Portugal 2019 counts for:
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 Pro (for Teams and Drivers)
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 590th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 14 |
| Official name: | Vodafone Rally de Portugal |
| Edition: | 53rd |
| Date: | from Friday 31-May-2019 to Sunday 2-Jun-2019 |
| Rally HQ: | Matosinhos, Norte; Portugal |
| Clerk of the Course: | Horacio Rodrigues |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 61 | |
| Starters: | 59 | |
| Finishers: | 33 | (55.9% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 2.25 | km | (SS14 Gaia Street Stage 1) |
| Longest: | 37.60 | km | (SS13 Amarante 2) |
| Slowest: | 77.79 | km/h | (SS7 Lousada SSS) |
| Fastest: | 101.89 | km/h | (SS20 Fafe 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 311.23 | km | (21.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 306.73 | km | (21.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,149.94 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,456.67 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 9th win and 22nd podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 38th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Third place was 77th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 53rd win and 168th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second place was 50th podium for Hyundai. |
| | Third place was 253rd podium for Citroen. |
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Tanak's win was, even according to his own words, the hardest fought battle of his wins. Road position for opening day was bad but he still managed to take and keep the lead. Broken damper and spin on second day saw his lead shrunk to just four seconds, which he then extended and kept until the end.
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Also Thierry suffered from his road position on first day and suffered worse than others. On second day his pace improved but he gained places from Toyota's problems, up to third after Latvala retired on second day and second after Meeke retired on Power Stage.
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Steady stream of retirements and problems saw Suninen, who also had his own problems with lack of power on SS10, finish best of the rest at fourth overall. He had been fighting a losing battle with Lappi but gained that place back when Lappi rolled on final day.
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