The both rally leaders come into problems in the third leg of Rally Portugal 2013. Ogier try to keep the problem with the car as he said: “I have a problem with the car. I do not want to tell you.”
At the same first stage for day 3 SS 12 Silves 1 with a distance of 21.52 km Latvala also has a problem with his VW Polo R WRC. Latvala said: “At the first corner something broke in the transmission. I don’t know what it is but it feels like a driveshaft. The car suddenly lost drive on a left-hand corner. I carried on in two-wheel drive. It looks like the front differential exploded. It’s never happened before.”
Ogier finished the stage at eight positions at 35.7 by the stage winner Mads Ostberg, while Latvala lost 1:16.2.
In the overall standing Latvala drop to third position at +37.4 seconds behind Mikko Hirvonen.
Many drivers report for a lot of dust in the stage.
In the longest rally stage SS 13 Almodovar 1(52.30 km) Mads Ostberg takes 16.8 seconds to Ogier and 28.2 to Hirvonen. Latvala lost more than 3-minutes in this stage but keeps the third position overall.
In the longest rally stage is reporting for problems with T. Neuville:  Very difficult stage, after 20 kms our brakes on the front were not working anymore, I had to slow down a bit.
Ogier:  It is okay, but I have been very careful with the clutch on this stage.
Latvala: It would be nice to see the times for the other class, our car is like 2WD. We can get to the service now and get the car fixed.
After the service park today the rally restart with a new victory for Mads Ostberg followed by Latvala. Ogier finished fourth at +5.1 seconds.
In the last stage for Rally Portugal Almodovar 2 (Power Stage) Ogier set the fastest time followed by Mads Ostberg at +3.3 and Latvala at +4.9 seconds.
In this last stage Neuville has a problem with suspension while Kosciuszko who was at 12th position stopped in the stage. Mikkelsen delays in the stage after a puncture.
Comments:
Ostberg: I started to push a little bit too early and at the end my tyres were completely done. I want to pass Lappi and Al-Qassimi, hopefully it is enough to get some points. It has been very good, we know the reasons for the crash and think that these things just happen. Unfortunately, but I think we done a good rally.
Novikov: I am happy with the place, 4th position is very good for us. I am happy.
Latvala:  I need to be happy, it is my first podium with Volkswagen, also the power stage I managed to push. I was only concentrating on my driving and to be honest I am satisfied with that.
Hirvonen: I tried, I really pushed hard but not fast enough. It was a tough stage, we had to fight so much with the tyres as well. We have to keep on working, I am not happy with the pace this weekend. My rhythm was not perfect, sometimes pushing too hard, but 2nd place, not too bad.
Ogier: Superb weekend. It has been really complicated for us, I came here on Monday and was not sure whether I could do the rally. The team has done a good job, we had a few problems and they managed to fix it.

Overall Results:
1. S. Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 4:07:38.7
2. M. Hirvonen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +58.2
3. J. Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +4:04.5
4. E. Novikov (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +5:27.7
5. N. Al-Attiyah (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +7:43.5
6. A. Mikkelsen (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +9:39.8
7. M. Prokop (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +15:04.2
8. M. Ostberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +15:43.6