Kris Meeke and Mads Ostberg began the final day of Rally de Portugal with high hopes of picking up many points. Although he fought to stay in the top three, Kris Meeke had to settle for fourth position in the end, securing important points for the championships. He therefore followed up his win in Argentina by racking up another bumper collection of points, enabling him to move into fourth place in the Drivers' standings, after an intense scrap with Jari-Matti Latvala, Sebastien Ogier and Andreas Mikkelsen that lasted two days.
Eighth at the start of the final day, Mads Ostberg produced some fine performances in the closing stages of the rally. He moved ahead of Hayden Paddon after the first pass on Fafe, before taking a hefty 11.2 seconds out of Dani Sordo's lead on the 32km Vieira do Minho. A final push saw the Norwegian beat the Spaniard again on the Power Stage, but he ended up missing out on sixth place by less than five seconds.
In the FIA Junior WRC, French ace Quentin Gilbert secured a second successive win. After claiming victory in the opening rally of the season in Monaco, he notched up another win, this time finishing ahead of fellow Frenchman Pierre-Louis Loubet and the Finn Henri Haapamaki.
The World Championship now heads for Alghero where the next round, Rally Italia Sardegna, will be held on 11th to 14th of June.
