Andreas Mikkelsen wins first stage in Portugal
ByAutoSport
Updated 21/05/2015 at 21:55 GMT
Andreas Mikkelsen completed the opening stage of his first World Rally Championship round in the latest Volkswagen with the fastest time as he topped the Rally of Portugal superspecial.
Andreas Mikkelsen in 2014
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VW's third driver kept the 2014 Polo for the opening rounds while team-mates Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala had the first available examples of the latest car.
Mikkelsen got the upgraded machine for Portugal, and having topped Thursday morning's shakedown, he outpaced Ogier by half a second to win the Lousada superspecial too.
It was an all-VW top three, with Latvala three tenths slower than Ogier.
On his return to the WRC after missing Argentina, Robert Kubica took the new M-Sport Ford to fourth place.
That was a much better result than M-Sport's 'factory' drivers achieved, as Elfyn Evans and Ott Tanak were only 11th and 12th fastest.
Thierry Neuville completed the top five for Hyundai, ahead of Argentina winner Kris Meeke.
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