Portugal WRC: Neuville caps off Friday with two Super Special wins

Neuville was just a tenth quicker than Ogier in the first of two runs, with Andreas Mikkelsen bringing a second VW into the top three.

Dani Sordo, in fourth, was also just half a second slower, while Kris Meeke was off the pace by a futher second.

Neuville won the second loop more comfortably, beating Mikkelsen and Ogier by more than a second, the duo switching places in second and third.

Sordo was once again fourth, followed by the Ford of Martin Prokop.

Still struggling with steering issues, Latvala lost a further 16 seconds to the lead.

The stages saw no changes to the overall oder of the top 10, Meeke continuing to lead the way from Ogier, Sordo, Mikkelsen and Neuville

Top fifteen end of Stage 9

Pos	Car No	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Eligibility	Group Class	Time	Diff Prev	Diff 1st
1.	7	K. MEEKE	P. NAGLE	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team		RC1	1:28:53.3
2.	1	S. OGIER	J. INGRASSIA	Volkswagen Motorsport	M	RC1	1:29:25.2	+31.9	+31.9
3.	4	D. SORDO	M. MARTI	Hyundai Motorsport	M	RC1	1:29:30.6	+5.4	+37.3
4.	9	A. MIKKELSEN	A. JAEGER SYNNEVAG	Volkswagen Motorsport II	T	RC1	1:29:45.6	+15.0	+52.3
5.	20	T. NEUVILLE	N. GILSOUL	Hyundai Motorsport N	T	RC1	1:30:05.5	+19.9	+1:12.2
6.	8	S. LEFEBVRE	G. MOREAU	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team		RC1	1:30:26.8	+21.3	+1:33.5
7.	5	M. OSTBERG	O. FLOENE	M-Sport World Rally Team	M	RC1	1:30:39.3	+12.5	+1:46.0
8.	6	E. CAMILLI	B. VEILLAS	M-Sport World Rally Team	M	RC1	1:30:43.0	+3.7	+1:49.7
9.	2	J. LATVALA	M. ANTTILA	Volkswagen Motorsport	M	RC1	1:32:44.2	+2:01.2	+3:50.9
10.	34	P. TIDEMAND	J. ANDERSSON	Skoda Motorsport	WRC2	RC2	1:32:45.3	+1.1	+3:52.0
11.	21	M. PROKOP	J. TOMANEK	Jipocar Czech National Team	T	RC1	1:32:59.7	+14.4	+4:06.4
12.	42	N. FUCHS	F. MUSSANO	Nicolas Fuchs Sierlecki	WRC2	RC2	1:33:20.8	+21.1	+4:27.5
13.	31	E. EVANS	C. PARRY	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC2	RC2	1:33:38.3	+17.5	+4:45.0
14.	40	Q. GILBERT	R. JAMOUL	Gilbert Quentin	WRC2	RC2	1:33:59.3	+21.0	+5:06.0
15.	32	H. PTASZEK	M. SZCZEPANIAK	The Ptock	WRC2	RC2	1:34:17.0	+17.7	+5:23.7

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