# 2011 Rally de Portugal

The 2011 Rally de Portugal was the third round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first European event held on gravel roads. The rally took place over 24–27 March, beginning with a super special stage in the city of Lisbon. The rally was also the second round of the Production World Rally Championship and the inaugural event of the WRC Academy.
Sébastien Ogier won the event for the second consecutive year, to take his third WRC victory. Ogier had taken the lead midway through the second leg of the rally and held on to his lead to win by 31.8 seconds from teammate Sébastien Loeb, with Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala rounding out the podium in third place. Championship leader Mikko Hirvonen ended the rally in fourth place, which coupled with power stage points for Loeb, created a tie between the two at the head of the drivers' championship.
In the support classes, Hayden Paddon won the PWRC class by a comfortable margin of over seven minutes, while Egon Kaur won the inaugural WRC Academy event by a more marginal sixteen seconds.

## Results
### Event standings

| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| Overall |||||||
| 1. | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4:10:53.4 | 0.0 | 26 |
| 2. | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4:11:25.2 | 31.8 | 21 |
| 3. | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:14:15.5 | 3:22.1 | 17 |
| 4. | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:17:09.7 | 6:16.3 | 12 |
| 5. | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:18:41.9 | 7:48.5 | 10 |
| 6. | Petter Solberg | Chris Patterson | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4:21:10.8 | 10:17.4 | 8 |
| 7. | Kimi Räikkönen | Kaj Lindström | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4:21:47.5 | 10:54.1 | 6 |
| 8. | Federico Villagra | Jorge Pérez Companc | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:22:32.2 | 11:38.8 | 4 |
| 9. | Henning Solberg | Ilka Minor | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:25:09.8 | 14:16.4 | 2 |
| 10. | Dennis Kuipers | Frédéric Miclotte | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:28:48.0 | 17:54.6 | 1 |
| PWRC |||||||
| 1. (11.) | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:33:33.4 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (15.) | Jukka Ketomäki | Kai Risberg | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:41:13.3 | 7:39.9 | 18 |
| 3. (16.) | Martin Semerád | Michal Ernst | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4:42:46.0 | 9:12.6 | 15 |
| 4. (18.) | Benito Guerra | Borja Rozada | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:47:12.7 | 13:39.3 | 12 |
| 5. (19.) | Valeriy Gorban | Sergey Larens | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4:47:16.7 | 13:43.3 | 10 |
| 6. (20.) | Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. | Pavlo Cherepin | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4:48:10.9 | 14:37.5 | 8 |
| 7. (24.) | Michał Kościuszko | Maciek Szczepaniak | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:53:02.0 | 19:28.6 | 6 |
| 8. (26.) | Majed Al Shamsi | Khaled Al Kendi | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:54:17.3 | 20:43.9 | 4 |
| 9. (28.) | Bader Al Jabri | Stephen McAuley | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 5:01:58.7 | 28:25.3 | 2 |
| 10. (29.) | Patrik Flodin | Göran Bergsten | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 5:02:57.1 | 29:23.7 | 1 |
| WRC Academy |||||||
| 1. | Egon Kaur | Mait Laidvee | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:30:13.8 | 0.0 | 28 |
| 2. | Victor Henriksson | Joel Ardell | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:30:30.2 | 16.4 | 19 |
| 3. | Christian Riedemann | Michael Wenzel | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:33:45.0 | 3:31.2 | 15 |
| 4. | Brendan Reeves | Rhianon Smyth | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:34:57.2 | 4:43.4 | 12 |
| 5. | Alastair Fisher | Daniel Barritt | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:36:09.4 | 5:55.6 | 12 |
| 6. | Miguel Baldoni | Fernando Mussano | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:36:55.2 | 6:41.4 | 8 |
| 7. | Andrea Crugnola | Roberto Mometti | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:42:39.8 | 12:26.0 | 6 |
| 8. | Molly Taylor | Rebecca Smart | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:43:05.7 | 12:51.9 | 4 |
| 9. | Matteo Brunello | Michele Ferrara | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:51:43.2 | 21:29.4 | 2 |
| 10. | Timo van den Marel | Erwin Berkhof | Ford Fiesta R2 | 4:11:05.6 | 40:51.8 | 1 |
    †^ – The WRC Academy features only the first two legs of the rally.

### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS1 | 15:30 | SSS Lisboa | 3.27 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 2:49.6 | 69.41 km/h | Mikko Hirvonen |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS2 | 09:05 | Santa Clara 1 | 22.99 km | Petter Solberg | 14:03.5 | 98.12 km/h | Mikko Hirvonen |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS3 | 09:53 | Ourique 1 | 20.27 km | Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier | 12:53.9 | 94.29 km/h | Mikko Hirvonen |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS4 | 11:06 | Felizes 1 | 21.31 km | Sébastien Ogier | 13:25.4 | 95.25 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS5 | 14:25 | Santa Clara 2 | 22.99 km | Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala | 13:50.9 | 99.61 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS6 | 15:13 | Ourique 2 | 20.27 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12:45.2 | 95.36 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (24–25 Mar) | SS7 | 16:26 | Felizes 2 | 21.31 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 13:27.1 | 95.05 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| Leg 2 (26 Mar) | SS8 | 10:17 | Almodovar 1 | 26.23 km | Sébastien Loeb | 16:12.8 | 97.07 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| Leg 2 (26 Mar) | SS9 | 11:10 | Vascão 1 | 25.26 km | Petter Solberg | 16:25.9 | 92.24 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| Leg 2 (26 Mar) | SS10 | 12:00 | Loulé 1 | 22.56 km | Sébastien Ogier | 15:31.6 | 87.18 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (26 Mar) | SS11 | 15:02 | Almodovar 2 | 26.23 km | Sébastien Ogier | 15:59.6 | 98.40 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (26 Mar) | SS12 | 15:55 | Vascão 2 | 25.26 km | Petter Solberg | 16:11.2 | 93.63 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (26 Mar) | SS13 | 16:45 | Loulé 2 | 22.56 km | Petter Solberg | 15:13.6 | 88.90 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 3 (27 Mar) | SS14 | 07:34 | Silves 1 | 21.39 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 12:13.1 | 105.04 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 3 (27 Mar) | SS15 | 08:27 | Santana da Serra 1 | 31.04 km | Petter Solberg | 22:52.2 | 81.43 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 3 (27 Mar) | SS16 | 11:55 | Silves 2 | 21.39 km | Petter Solberg | 12:12.5 | 105.12 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 3 (27 Mar) | SS17 | 16:11 | Santana da Serra 2 (Power stage) | 31.04 km | Sébastien Loeb | 22:35.9 | 82.41 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |

### Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 31.04 km (19.29 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near São Marcos da Serra.
| Pos | Driver | Time | Diff. | Avg. speed | Points |
| 1 | Sébastien Loeb | 22:35.9 | 0.0 | 82.41 km/h | 3 |
| 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | 22:37.6 | +1.7 | 82.31 km/h | 2 |
| 3 | Sébastien Ogier | 22:40.0 | +4.1 | 82.16 km/h | 1 |