The Finland man win the rally in an absent of the major competitors Sebastien Loeb and Jari-Matti Latvala who crash in the first and second day of the rally. Mikko lead all the time after the second day as drive in safety to the final stage. Petter Solberg and Dani Sordo won most of the stages but the both has problems during the rally that do not allow him to battle for the first place. Petter reach to fourth position as even has a chance for podium place due too Novikov problems with the car in SS 20 with a throttle cable.
Rally Portugal 2012 was very difficult rally for all teams due too very bad weather conditions, fog, rain, mud and slippery roads. The weather conditions push the organisers to cancel 3 stages.
In SS 21 Santana de Serra 2 (31.04 kilometres), a stage before the Power stage Mini is in big troubles. Patrik Sandell has retired as he gone off the road.
In the same stage Sordo and Araujo with a Mini also are in a trouble.
Sordo said: “I had a spin at a junction and hit a small bank. I got a puncture after this and had to stop and change the rear left wheel.”
Araujo said: “I had a puncture on the front and had to stop and change the wheel.”
Latvala win SS 21 in a crazy rally with 23.4 seconds faster than a second in the stage Petter Solberg.
Latvala says: “In some places, it was a bit slippery especially at the beginning. I tried to save the tyres for the Power Stage. There were some showers but short, mainly at the end of the stage.”
Solberg said: “It was very heavy rain and the stage is muddy and slippery. I drove the whole stage very cautiously.”
Thierry Neuville completed the stage with a front-right puncture as Nasser Al Attiyah also finished the stage with a puncture.
Evgeny Novikov recovers the throttle problem and keeps the last podium position.
Overall results:
1. M. Hirvonen 4:19:24.3
2. M. Ostberg +1:51.8
3. E. Novikov +3:25.0
4. P. Solberg +3:47.4
5. N. Al Attiyah +7:57.6
6. M. Prokop +8:01.0
7. D. Kuipers +8:39.1
8. S. Ogier +9:00.8

Daniel Sordo remains 12th as Latvala finished the rally at 14th position.

Power Stage Results:
1. D. Sordo 3:10.4
2. J. Latvala +0.3
3. O. Tanak +2.1