Mikko Hirvonen (foto) var bedst rundt i gaderne i den gamle del af Lissabon, hvor WRC-feltet kom ud på en sjælden omgang asfalt i grusrallyet.
Ford-køreren rundede de 3,27 kilometer 1,3 sekund hurtigere end Citroën-trioen anført af Loeb med Solberg og Ogier derefter.
Teamkammerat Jari-Matti Latvala var femmer foran Federico Villagra og Kimi Räikkönen. Lokale Armindo Araujo var tier i den nye MINI, der dog kører i privat regi og i Super 2000-trim i Portugal.
Mads Østberg, der stod for en sensation i Swedish Rally, var uheldig og klippede en cementblok. Det rev det ene hjulophæng af nordmandens Ford Fiesta, så han nu slæber efter sidst i feltet.
Stillingen efter SS1/superspecial:
| 1. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | 2:49.6 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 1 | S. LOEB | 2:50.9 | +1.3 |
| 3. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | 2:51.7 | +2.1 |
| 4. | 2 | S. OGIER | 2:52.5 | +2.9 |
| 5. | 4 | J. LATVALA | 2:53.3 | +3.7 |
| 6. | 7 | F. VILLAGRA | 2:53.5 | +3.9 |
| 7. | 8 | K. RAIKKONEN | 2:54.7 | +5.1 |
| 8. | 15 | M. WILSON | 2:55.8 | +6.2 |
| 9. | 5 | H. SOLBERG | 2:56.1 | +6.5 |
| 10. | 17 | A. ARAUJO | 2:57.6 | +8.0 |
| 11. | 16 | B. SOUSA | 2:58.6 | +9.0 |
| 12. | 9 | D. KUIPERS | 2:59.4 | +9.8 |
| 13. | 10 | K. AL QASSIMI | 3:00.1 | +10.5 |
| 14. | 20 | B. TEN BRINKE | 3:01.1 | +11.5 |
| 15. | 14 | P. VAN MERKSTEIJN | 3:01.7 | +12.1 |
| 16. | 24 | A. GRONDAL | 3:02.8 | +13.2 |
| 17. | 18 | B. MAGALHAES | 3:03.0 | +13.4 |
| 18. | 35 | N. FUCHS | 3:03.6 | +14.0 |
| 19. | 19 | E. VAN LOON | 3:04.9 | +15.3 |
| 20. | 39 | B. GUERRA | 3:05.6 | +16.0 |
| 21. | 21 | P. FLODIN | 3:05.7 | +16.1 |
| 22. | 22 | M. KOSCIUSZKO | 3:06.5 | +16.9 |
| 23. | 38 | H. PADDON | 3:06.5 | +16.9 |
| 24. | 49 | R. MOURA | 3:07.0 | +17.4 |
| 25. | 26 | M. SEMERAD | 3:08.2 | +18.6 |
| 26. | 66 | J. SILVA | 3:08.9 | +19.3 |
| 27. | 52 | K. KRUUDA | 3:09.2 | +19.6 |
| 28. | 60 | E. VEIGA | 3:09.7 | +20.1 |
| 29. | 25 | J. KETOMAKI | 3:10.2 | +20.6 |
| 30. | 58 | N. KONDRAKHIN | 3:10.2 | +20.6 |
| 31. | 56 | A. VILLANUEVA | 3:10.6 | +21.0 |
| 32. | 33 | D. TAGIROV | 3:10.7 | +21.1 |
| 33. | 34 | Y. PROTASOV | 3:11.1 | +21.5 |
| 34. | 12 | D. OLIVEIRA | 3:11.4 | +21.8 |
| 35. | 54 | Y. AL RAJHI | 3:11.9 | +22.3 |
| 36. | 59 | J. MARTINEZ BARREIRO | 3:12.9 | +23.3 |
| 37. | 23 | G. LINARI | 3:13.0 | +23.4 |
| 38. | 110 | Y. LEMES | 3:13.4 | +23.8 |
| 39. | 27 | H. HUNT | 3:13.7 | +24.1 |
| 40. | 109 | C. BREEN | 3:14.0 | +24.4 |
| 41. | 106 | B. REEVES | 3:14.1 | +24.5 |
| 42. | 55 | P. MEIRELES | 3:14.3 | +24.7 |
| 43. | 116 | C. RIEDEMANN | 3:14.4 | +24.8 |
| 44. | 100 | C. WARD | 3:14.7 | +25.1 |
| 45. | 53 | S. PAVLIDES | 3:15.7 | +26.1 |
| 46. | 103 | A. CRUGNOLA | 3:16.1 | +26.5 |
| 47. | 32 | V. GORBAN | 3:16.3 | +26.7 |
| 48. | 62 | R. LOUSADO | 3:16.4 | +26.8 |
| 49. | 101 | A. FISHER | 3:16.9 | +27.3 |
| 50. | 119 | M. BRUNELLO | 3:17.4 | +27.8 |
| 51. | 118 | T. VAN DR MAREL | 3:17.5 | +27.9 |
| 52. | 105 | M. NIINEMAE | 3:17.7 | +28.1 |
| 53. | 104 | J. CERNY | 3:18.1 | +28.5 |
| 54. | 113 | M. BALDONI | 3:19.2 | +29.6 |
| 55. | 57 | F. DE SANCTIS | 3:19.8 | +30.2 |
| 56. | 28 | M. AL SHAMSI | 3:20.2 | +30.6 |
| 57. | 111 | V. HENRIKSSON | 3:20.3 | +30.7 |
| 58. | 115 | M. TAYLOR | 3:21.0 | +31.4 |
| 59. | 114 | F. AHLIN | 3:21.1 | +31.5 |
| 60. | 108 | E. KAUR | 3:22.8 | +33.2 |
| 61. | 65 | P. NETO | 3:24.6 | +35.0 |
| 62. | 102 | J. SUAREZ | 3:24.6 | +35.0 |
| 63. | 112 | S. KARYAKIN | 3:25.4 | +35.8 |
| 64. | 61 | J. RAMOS | 3:26.1 | +36.5 |
| 65. | 63 | P. FREIRE | 3:28.4 | +38.8 |
| 66. | 31 | A. KIKIRESHKO | 3:30.6 | +41.0 |
| 67. | 64 | I. NOGUEIRA | 3:32.6 | +43.0 |
| 68. | 29 | B. AL JABRI | 4:08.2 | +1:18.6 |
| 69. | 30 | O. SALIUK | 4:09.0 | +1:19.4 |
| 70. | 6 | M. OSTBERG | 4:41.7 | +1:52.1 |
Foto: Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
