2015 Rally de Portugal

The race began with the return of the mythical super special stage at Lousada rallycross track, with 15,000 spectators attending. As in the shakedown, Andreas Mikkelsen was the fastest, followed by Sébastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala. Robert Kubica took the all-new Ford Fiesta RS WRC – as premiered by M-Sport – to 4th place.

On the second day of the event, the rally moved to the Minho Province, with the section of Caminha proving to be quite hard, causing several dropouts and mechanical breakdowns. Ogier, as championship leader, was first into the stages and suffered a flat tyre on the second stage and finished the day in 2nd overall. At the end of the fifth stage, Latvala was the leader by 11.1 seconds ahead of Kris Meeke, with Mikkelsen 16 seconds down in third. Dani Sordo, winner of the first stage of the day, was only 5th.

On Saturday, Ogier regained some time, winning all three afternoon stages and finished the day in 2nd place, 9.5 seconds behind the leader, Latvala. Meeke won two of the stages and was 3rd, 20 seconds behind Latvala. Mikkelsen – the day's other stage winner – was fourth, trailing Meeke by 1.1 seconds. Elfyn Evans retired after the day's first stage with electrical problems in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC, while Tanak and Sordo – already at more than a minute behind the lead – were out of the fight for a podium finish. Neuville overturned and Ostberg suffered engine problems in his Citroën.

On Sunday, three stages remained; two runs of the Fafe stage – the second being the power stage – with one pass through the Vieira do Minho. On the first pass of Fafe, and the benefit of a better road position, Ogier gained 1.7 seconds on Latvala. Latvala recovered the time loss and increased the advantage to 10.4 seconds, while Mikkelsen moved ahead of Meeke into a podium position. In the decisive power-stage, Ogier recovered 2.2 seconds on Latvala, and as a result, Latvala won the event by 8.2 seconds.

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:30:35.3		28
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:30:43.5	+8.2	21
3	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:31:03.9	+28.6	16
4	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:31:24.0	+48.7	12
5	6	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:32:32.1	+1:56.8	10
6	8	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:33:03.2	+2:27.9	8
7	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:33:07.5	+2:32.2	6
8	20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:33:29.6	+2:54.3	4
9	14	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:35:14.4	+4:39.1	2
10	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:38:06.5	+7:31.2	1

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (21–22 May)	SS1	SSS Lousada	3.36 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2:41.1	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS2	Ponte de Lima 1	27.53 km	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 WRC	19:41.5	Dani Sordo
	SS3	Caminha 1	18.05 km	Mads Østberg	Citroën DS3 WRC	10:48.9	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS4	Viana do Castelo 1	18.73 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:38.3	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS5	Ponte de Lima 2	27.53 km	Stage cancelled
	SS6	Caminha 2	18.05 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:49.6
	SS7	Viana do Castelo 2	18.73 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:30.1
Leg 2 (23 May)	SS8	Baião 1	18.57 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:48.3
	SS9	Marão 1	26.30 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	17:11.1
	SS10	Fridão 1	37.67 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	25:40.5
	SS11	Baião 2	18.57 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:43.0
	SS12	Marão 2	26.30 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	16:58.7
	SS13	Fridão 2	37.67 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	25:17.9
Leg 3 (24 May)	SS14	Fafe 1	11.15 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:49.8
	SS15	Vieira do Minho	32.35 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	20:38.7
	SS16	Fafe 2 (Power Stage)	11.15 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:43.0

The "Power stage" was a 11.15 km (6.93 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:43.0	0.0	3
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:45.2	+2.2	2
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:47.0	+4.0	1