Relentless Rovanperä - WRC Rally Portugal 2023 Saturday Highlights

Kalle Rovanperä is dominating WRC Rally Portugal 2023. But plenty else has happened on Saturday in Porto.

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[terzo]

This thing with Thierry has to stop. We as spectators don’t want it. 2 rallies now the team gives team orders so he could get more points, that he doesn’t deserve. Let’s say in the end of the year he wins the drivers title, but he would take 20-30 points from his teammates, points he doesn’t deserve. Is it the right thing? For sure not. We don’t want these bad strategies brought from F1, we just want pure rallying and let the quickest man win!!

[buddhaboy-]

Big ups! Collin and David 👊you make me smile every round❤

[alexmsf]

If someone is fast enough to become champion, should demonstrate in the rally stages. Bad days happen to everyone. F*ck team orders. Let them race! I like Thierry, but he must deserve and show everybody he's the champion and the fastest in Hyundai.

Hope at least one more team gets into WRC to spread the drivers, and let them show their real capabilities.

I like the interviews 'in the field' as this one to P.L Lobet.

[parcidiooliveira]

Great pilot Toyota - Rovanperä winner in Portugal. He finished with espectacular driver in my town - FAFE!
OBRIGADO!

[gringostarr]

Colin you have absolutely amazing finnish pronauntiation. Did I write it correct? Anyways. My finnish sister has lived in england since 2009 and her husband that she has been with (since I suppose) can't pronaunce names (surenames) like you do.
Dirtfish have become the site for rally fans. Finally a good solid platform that isn't (hopefully) going away! 😊

[MiguelSantos-mmfy]

Rovanpera pushed in Arganil, Góis and Amarante, everyone else was too afraid to push..he drove like a real champ. Lappi and Sordo deserve the podium..

[juliocesar]

Congratulations Kale ! and good luck for the next rally

[adamholub]

OTT TANAK IS BEST OF THE BEST - 4 ME GUY OF THE SEASON!

CONGRTATULATION FOR CHAMP! KALLE IS GREAT

[monman]

You're both buzzin there.
Horrible job you guys have got.
😄
👊

[robinbaass]

South Australia to Portugal for Colin - he gets around!

[TheVentour]

I like Lappi but he's somewhat confused. Turkey 2019 e never had pace for Ogier and he had a puncture. But even so, (Ogier picked him for Citroën has team mate) Turkey was the penultimate round, where Ogier had the triple of Lappi points and was on the fight for the title. Here he should be more concerned, because we are at 4th round of the year and he's already giving points. I can understand when it is in favor of a multi champ (after Turkey 2019 Ogier won Wales and finished 2nd final round in Catalunya), but Neuville is not even near for asking the same task. He's on Hyundai since 2014 and it starts looking that he is more the team owner than a driver.

[gringostarr]

Thierry haven't won it and won't do it this season either. Let EP fight for the victory and wdc!

[mutebimatia]

I support Hyundai but Yaris is a special car

[dannycasson]

Hyundai are killing this sport.neuville isnt fast enough to be second so shouldn't be in that position.all this proves is that hes not the driver you all make him out to be.BAN TEAM ORDERS

[tormave]

If Hyundai does what Thierry wants, the only racing on Sunday will take place on the power stage. If the Hyundais will indeed change the order and drive slowly to save tires for PS, everyone else in WRC can do the same. Neuville was just in the news commenting about WRC needing to be more exciting. I would say nobody racing on the final day is perhaps not the best way to achieve this goal… #hypocrite

[alexwhitworth]

If you take this Rovanpera logic, then his great days in '22 weren't that great, either, because they came when Ogier & Loeb weren't there or had problems, when Neuville & Tanak weren't feeling good with the Hyundia, and when the Puma was having problems either created by its pilots or by itself. So, if you say that Rovanpera's Saturday in Portugal '23 wasn't so great because Tanak had problems, because Sordo isn't as good as Ogier, and because Neuville had a bad day, then none of Rovanpera's best days in 2022 were that good, either

[gringostarr]

Have to say this. It isn't just Kalle. It's also Jonne beside him - there are not many finnish so called co-drivers that have won at top level. Miikka Anttila has done the most of all time rallies, but no championship. There are only 6 finnish "note or pace readers" than have won the wdc.
Kalle, Jonne -> Jari-Matti and our finnish crew -> Tommi Mäkinen -> Akio Toyoda and the most important peace is ofcourse Harri Rovanperä and his mum/mom Tiina. They all are part of this combo.
Though after all the rambling it is pointless without a driver that can deliver and Kalle is our guy!! Finally a Finn that can fly again (till the end). No offence to Mikko nor J-M.

[swatnet]

Can we get somebody speaks English please

[siviunative]

take off the hybrid crap and the gr yaris ia is untouchable