Kris Meeke in action during the Rali Serras de Fafe A patched-up Kris Meeke overcame changeable weather and evolving stages to begin the defence of this Portuguese Rally Championship title in convincing fashion with Stuart Loudon Four weeks after undergoing surgery to fix a damaged Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) sustained in a flat track moto accident Meeke was back behind the wheel winning again Boticas e Cabeceiras de Basto was made possible with a leg brace specially constructed for him from carbon and titanium On his competitive debut in Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Yaris Rally2 as part of the Sports & You team the 45-year-old romped to a 32.2-second victory from the Hyundai i20 N Rally2 of Dani Sordo – the man who stepped in to fill the seat he vacated at Team Hyundai Portugal Meeke’s main threat early on came from Martins Sesks with the Latvian briefly moving to the top of the event’s timesheets only to see his victory hopes slip away when his M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2 car had to be parked up with power steering failure “The weather was unbelievable and the last two stages I do not think I have ever driven in such muddy and slippery conditions “It was not helped by the fact that the tyre we use it does not have such an open tread pattern in terms of some of the other tyres the guys are using “I am so happy with the car – Toyota Gazoo Racing have really designed a special chassis I am happy to be able to take the wheel of it and the work of Stuart Loudon.” Kris Meeke is pleased with a strong start to his Portuguese Rally Championship title defence Kris Meeke gets to grips on his competitive debut with Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Yaris Rally2 Aaron McLaughlin produced an equally convincing performance to end his long wait for a first win in the Northern Ireland Rally Championship on Saturday took the spoils at Bishopscourt aboard his ageing Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 by nearly 16 seconds from former champions and Ford Fiesta Rally2 exponents Stuart Biggerstaff in second and Derek McGarrity in third crashed on his Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 debut and is a doubt for the West Cork Rally – the First Round of the Irish Tarmac Championship “We have been the bridesmaid for four years at this event so we are delighted to take our first win in the Northern Ireland Rally Championship,” said McLaughlin “The result leaves us in a good position for the next few rounds of the Championship This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page All the facts and figures you need as the WRC returns to familiar roads for the first time in 2021 Photography by Jaanus Ree / Red Bull Content Pool Words by The start of the 2021 World Rally Championship season has primarily consisted of brand new roads for the drivers with just three of the 44 stages driven having featured on the calendar in the previous two years That all changes with round four of the season as the service park returns to familiar territory with 16 of Rally Portugal’s 20 stages carried over from its last WRC appearance in 2019 Reigning World Rally Champion and five-time Portugal winner Sébastien Ogier tops the standings for Toyota by eight points over Thierry Neuville the only ever driver to put Hyundai on the top step of the podium in the Iberian nation who has also been on the podium at each of the first three rallies this season Those who do that become champion more often than not There are 10 World Rally Cars hitting the stages this weekend with Adrien Fourmaux staying in the second M-Sport Ford seat and Dani Sordo returning to the third factory Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC as he attempts to improve on the four third places he has achieved on this rally The WRC2 contingent has been struck by the removal of Toksport WRT’s Andreas Mikkelsen as the result of a positive COVID-19 test but there are still 11 entries going for world championship points and six aiming to be the top Rally2 driver that are neither in the WRC2 or the 24-strong WRC3 classification Here are all the numbers and figures you need to know before the cars hit the stages David Evans looks at what makes the rally so special Sign up today and be the first to know about special offers There has been a critical error on this website Learn more about troubleshooting WordPress. Crew Notes: Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja (#8 Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid) Ott Tänak may be out of the Rally de Portugal after a suspensions failure in the penultimate stage on Saturday Tänak had been leading the rally in the Hyundai i20 through Saturday Welshman Elfyn Evans (Toyota) inherited the lead following the incident with Tänak's teammate Dani Sordo promoted to second and reigning and seven-time world champion (and five-time Portugal rally winner) Sebastien Ogier in third Finn Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) also had to drop out Saturday due to mechanical issues with the winners of already-concluded stages in brackets Follow ERR News on Facebook and Twitter and never miss an update! 0)" class="article-poll-disclaimer" ng-bind="totalVotes + ' hääletajat'"> {{option.votes}} {{selectedLanguage.poll.votes}}/ Iga kasutaja võib hääletada {{poll.optionLimit}} vastusevariandi poolt Os leitores são a força e a vida dos jornais. Contamos com o seu apoio, assine Os leitores são a força e a vida do PÚBLICO Os 20 postos em funcionamento têm capacidade para atender 4 mil imigrantes por dia A maioria dos centros funciona em colaboração com as câmaras municipais Os artigos da equipa do PÚBLICO Brasil são escritos na variante da língua portuguesa usada no Brasil.Acesso gratuito: descarregue a aplicação PÚBLICO Brasil em Android ou iOS A Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA) tem neste momento capacidade de atender 4 mil imigrantes por dia na sua força-tarefa (Estrutura de Missão) para tentar resolver casos pendentes temos 20 localizações no país (para atendimento de imigrantes) sendo os centros de Lisboa e do Porto os de maior expressão em articulação com as câmaras municipais postos que hoje já têm capacidade de atender 4 mil pessoas por dia” afirmou o ministro do Conselho da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros Ele ressaltou que houve um esforço muito grande do governo para ampliar o atendimento aos imigrantes. “Nós quadruplicamos, em quatro ou cinco meses, a capacidade de resposta do Estado”, frisou. O primeiro centro de atendimento da força-tarefa da AIMA foi aberto em 9 de setembro Atribuindo a responsabilidade da situação à “mais uma herança pesada” do governo do Partido Socialista Amaro admitiu que os atrasos desrespeitam os imigrantes “Essas pessoas têm a vida suspensa estão numa situação indigna porque o Estado não lhes responde” Há imigrantes esperando para obter a autorização de residência em Portugal por mais de dois anos Os postos de atendimento da força tarefa abertos mais recentemente são os de Celorico da Beira além do centro de atendimento do Porto o maior da região Norte de Portugal Esses se juntam às agências de Almeida além de ser necessária a instalação de equipamento com protocolos de segurança pois são colhidos dados biométricos dos imigrantes é preciso formar o pessoal para o trabalho O atendimento nos centros e nos postos é feito apenas para pessoas com marcação Mas são frequentes casos de imigrantes que se dirigem aos locais da força-tarefa sem ter hora marcada e nenhum consegue ter seu caso resolvido Outro problema que tem ocorrido é o de pessoas que faltam ao atendimento marcado A AIMA já emitiu um comunicado solicitando às pessoas com agendamento que compareçam na hora prevista evita-se que fique capacidade ociosa enquanto muitos imigrantes esperam ser chamados Não existe um levantamento de quantas pessoas entre as que fazem parte dos 400 mil imigrantes que estão com processo parado que teriam abandonado o país e desistido do processo de regularização Com uma assinatura PÚBLICO tem acesso ilimitado a todos os conteúdos e cancela quando quiser Escolha um dos seguintes tópicos para criar um grupo no Fórum Público tornar-se-à administrador e será responsável pela moderação desse grupo Os jornalistas do PÚBLICO poderão sempre intervir Saiba mais sobre o Fórum Público receberá um email sempre que forem feitas novas publicações neste grupo de discussão Estes são os autores e tópicos que escolheu seguir Pode activar ou desactivar as notificações Receba notificações quando publicamos um texto deste autor ou sobre os temas deste artigo