Hyundai's Thierry Neuville leads Rally Portugal after Friday afternoon's loop, as problems for a number of World Rally Championship drivers shook up the lead order. Sebastien Ogier's M-Sport Ford Fiesta was the afternoon's early casualty - crashing out on the opening Viana do Castelo stage - but problems for all three of the morning's fastest drivers helped elevate Neuville up the order - as did a stage win on the loop's finale. Kris Meeke had jumped into the lead of the rally for a second time with the fastest time on SS5, but fell to fifth on the next stage when his Citroen C3 suffered a left-rear puncture on the 11.25-mile Caminha test. That allowed Neuville to move ahead of the Briton...
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