Rallying - World Rally Championship - Safari Rally Kenya - March 20, 2025 - Swedish driver Oliver Solberg and GBR co-driver Elliott Edmondson of Toyota GR Yaris in action during the side-by-side super special racing stage at Kasarani in Nairobi. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Rallying-Solberg leads after opening leg of Rally Portugal

07 May 2026, 19:38 · CNA · Join

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May 7 : Toyota's Oliver Solberg led Rally Portugal after ending the short opening leg with a 3.4 second advantage over Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux on Thursday.

On a day with only three stages, before seven on Friday and nine on Saturday, the Swede won the second and stayed ahead in the sixth round of the season after Fourmaux had been fastest on the first.

Toyota's reigning champion Sebastien Ogier, a seven-times winner in Portugal, was in third place, with Hyundai's Thierry Neuville fourth and 7.4 seconds off the lead after a half-spin.

Toyota's championship leader Elfyn Evans was fifth and teammate Sami Pajari sixth.

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“I just tried to be clean and take it easy," said Solberg. "It has been an OK start. It’s a long way to go and every day is going to be different.”

Ogier and Evans shared the third stage with the exact same time.

Toyota's early season championship leader Takamoto Katsuta was in eighth place.

The rally, headquartered near Porto, runs until Sunday.

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