After the end of day 3 of Vodafone Rally Portugal 2012 Mikko Hirvonen continue to lead. Petter Solberg moved to fifth position.
Results after SS 16:
1. M. Hirvonen 2:59:33.6
2. M. Ostberg +1:11.9
3. E. Novikov +1:41.2
4. N. Al Attiyah +6:10.1
5. P. Solberg +6:26.5
6. M. Prokop +6:47.5
P. Solberg lost one position after his Ford Fiesta RS WRC suffered powersteering failure on Saturday’s final stage. He may battle in the last day for 4th position again.
In SS 14 Latvala lost a lot of time due too fuel pressure while Sordo stopped and remove a part of the rear bumper and his co-driver’s side window.
Sordo currently is in 12th position while Latvala is far back at 18th position.
In the last day 6 stages remain to go.