July 2020

Finishing with a win

Vítor Sá will take part in this edition of the competition, he won back in 2004 with the ambition of "finishing the rally and winning in our category. We hope not to come across the bad luck we did in Calheta and, so, we intend to be competitive. Having that in mind, we made small alterations to the tuning and material of our vehicle and hope that these will translate in a significant betterment". Vítor Sá, 55 years old, premiered in motor-racing back in 1988 on a Renault 5 GT Turbo. Between 1989 and 1991 he was part of the Toyota Madeira team and, in the following year, he obtained his first regional title at the gear of a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth. He would come to become local champion another ten times, driving at the gear of cars such as a Subaru Impreza 555, a Subaru Impreza WRC, a Peugeot 306 Maxi, a Peugeot 206 S1600, a Renault Clio S1600, a Fiat Punto S2000 and a Peugeot 207 S2000. After a long pause, Sá returned to racing last year with a Citroën DS3R3T.

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RVM legends: Porsche 911S

Many were the drivers who participated in the Rally Vinho Madeira at the driving gear of a Porsche 911S, which rose to the podium by the hands of Giovanni Salvi in 1971. Nonetheless, it was with Américo Nunes that this model registered in the memory of Madeirans. The driver won four editions, being, in one of them, the only competitor to reach the finish line, all due to the power of a vehicle nicknamed "the Green Bomb". Porsche 911 was presented in 1966, coming up, in its first versions, with a six horizontal opposit cylinders of 1.991 cc, which, when competing, would go a little over 200 horses. Later, the model would come to receive a 2.687 cc engine, close to a 300 horse power, an important value for its time. The back traction as well as the positioning of the engine, also in the back of the vehicle, made driving it a demanding task.