Dani Sordo headed a Hyundai Motorsport clean sweep of the podium places at Vodafone Rally de Portugal after a dominant Friday morning for the Korean manufacturer. They pulled into the mid-leg tyre change zone with a 6.7sec lead over the similar i20 World Rally Car of Ott Tänak after winning the Góis and the classic Arganil speed tests. While some opted to use the harder rubber later in the loop, Sordo stayed on the soft tyres throughout. “We had a different way to manage the tyres,” he explained. “The car is working well and while the tyres were OK we pushed. “I can’t say that it’s working well at the moment,” he said. The hard tyre has no grip and the softs are moving a lot.

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