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Rally Portugal 2012 counts for:
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2012 FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers
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| 496th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 4 of 13 |
| Official name: | Portugal |
| Edition: | 46th |
| Date: | from Thursday 29-Mar-2012 to Sunday 1-Apr-2012 |
| Rally HQ: | Almancil, Algarve; Portugal |
| Clerk of the Course: | Pedro de Almeida |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 57 | |
| Starters: | 49 | |
| Finishers: | 30 | (61.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 3.27 | km | (SS1 SSS Lisboa) |
| Longest: | 31.04 | km | (SS21 Santana da Serra 2) |
| Slowest: | 66.47 | km/h | (SS1 SSS Lisboa) |
| Fastest: | 106.92 | km/h | (SS17 Silves 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 434.77 | km | (29.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 368.43 | km | (24.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,129.49 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,497.92 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 1st win and 4th podium for Mads Ostberg. |
| Second place was 1st podium for Evgeny Novikov. |
| Third place was 50th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 81st win and triple win were 302nd to 304th podiums for Ford. |
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Mikko Hirvonen reached the end at first place and celebrated his first win with Citroen until he was excluded for illegal clutch. Mads Ostberg (2nd from left) inherited the win, his first.
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In an amazing comeback drive, Petter Solberg recovered from his off in Friday and climbed from 13th to 3rd.
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It is not Wales in November. Conditions in Friday were like in 2001 edition with lots of rain, slippery roads and fog next day. Just about every car had offs, spins or other problems.
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Related links
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