Ogier wins Portugal superspecial

ByAutoSport

Updated 03/04/2014 at 18:35 GMT

Sebastien Ogier began the Rally of Portugal on top as he set the quickest time on Thursday evening's superspecial.

Sebastien Ogier (Imago)

Image credit: Imago

The reigning World Rally champion was 1.3 seconds quicker than Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala on the short opening Lisboa stage.

VW filled the top three places, with Andreas Mikkelsen one of the early pacesetters and slotting into third place.

Hyundai took best of the rest honours as Thierry Neuville put the i20 fourth, ahead of Citroen's Kris Meeke and M-Sport's leading driver Mikko Hirvonen

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