WRC2 podium for Pontus in Rally Portugal

Rally de Portugal is one of the most techically challenging events in the WRC. That didn’t stop 23 year old Pontus Tidemand from scoring a podium finish in his debut rally with an M-Sport run Ford Fiesta R5 (WRC2). After both sensible driving and demonstration of his capacity under pressure, Pontus landed a third place…

April 07, 2014

Rally de Portugal is one of the most techically challenging events in the WRC. That didn’t stop 23 year old Pontus Tidemand from scoring a podium finish in his debut rally with an M-Sport run Ford Fiesta R5 (WRC2). After both sensible driving and demonstration of his capacity under pressure, Pontus landed a third place when the event ended on Sunday.

“I’m very happy with the result” says Pontus after the final stage. “We came here with the goal to gather experience from the event itself and to get safely through the debut with the R5, but of course you always aim for the top regardless. We began to drive wisely to avoid risks and since everything worked well we could do a little push towards the end to secure third place.”