August 2020

Rui J. Fernandes further behind in the classes competition

  Done with the third quarter of Day 1, Vítor Sá increased his advantage amongst drivers of front wheel drive cars, since he was the fastest by almost 5 seconds over his main opponent, Rui Jorge Fernandes, in a Renault Clio R3T. Pedro Almeida, in a Peugeot 208 Rally 4 is still ahead in the group RC4, a group in which the fastest on vehicles with an atmospheric engine is still André Silva. These group's positions have also been kept unchanged after this round, since Miguel Caires, João Ferreira and Adruzilo Lopes are still positioned in the immediately following places. Bruno Coelho is still untouched in the single-brand competition, raced on a Toyota Yaris.

Nunes maintains his leadership, but there is excitement ahead

Done with the first two Special Stages of the second section, Miguel Nunes keeps his leadership in this Rally Vinho da Madeira, but there is some excitement expected for the run to the final podium. Even though there has been no alterations in the standings, Bruno Magalhães won the Special Stage 5, the second passage by the Golf Court, and Pedro Paixão was the best at the Special Stage 6, Palheiro Ferreiro 2. At a time in which competitors are refueling in Funchal, Nunes is holding on to the first position with an advantage of 8.7 seconds ahead of Pedro Paixão, and 11.5 seconds ahead of Alexandre Camacho. Bruno Magalhães, after accounting for these two Special Stages, ended up losing time in the adding up to the podium, and is trailed, from quite close, by the Spaniard "Pepe" Lopez. João Silva is still getting close to the top five, more and more in line with his Skoda Fabia R5 Evo. The other immediate five positions have also been kept unchanged, since they are still occupied by José Pedro Freitas, Armindo Araújo, Ricardo Teodósio, Pedro Meireles and Filipe Freitas.

Service Park B

Bruno Magalhães: "The Rally is going well. The first Special Stages were hard, since the pavement was slippery and we faced some difficulties in certain parts that were wet"

Vítor Sá ahead in the classes competition

Former winner of the Rally Vinho da Madeira, Vítor Sá, with a Citroën DS3 R3T, went down to the 16. th position in absolute terms, but still keeps the lead amongst the drivers racing in front wheel driving cars. He is followed in second place by Rui Jorge Fernandes, in a Renault Clio R3T, now 7.6 seconds behind the leader. A little further away, Pedro Almeida comes third in this "category", but is still, nonetheless, the best in the RC4 group in a Peugeot Rally4. André Silva regained a lot of ground and is, with his Peugeot 208 R2, the fastest amongst those driving RC4 atmospheric vehicles. Right behind is Miguel Caires in a Ford Fiesta R2T of the group RC4A. João Ferreira continues to do a good race with his Citroën C2 R2, but is quite closely followed by Adruzilo Lopes, in a more recent Peugeot 208 R2. Pedro Coelho is the best amongst the  Classics, with a Ford Escort MK II and Bruno Coelho holds a lead of almost a full minute over his competitors in the Yaris NP Cup.

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