September 2021

Alexandre Lourenço brings an Audi to Rally Madeira Legend

The Rally Madeira Legend will have Alexandre Lourenço behind the wheel of an Audi Quattro A2. The driver, teamed up with the co-driver José Lourenço, had his debut in rallies in 1997 with a VW GTi but wasn’t racing until the beginning of the previous decade, in which he was, many times the driver of one of the safety vehicles of different competitions, mostly of which behind the wheels of a Mitsubishi Lancer. Nonetheless, he recently became the driver of his current vehicle. Audi Quattro A2 is a vehicle recently adapted to a competition. In the last few years it performed in many rallies in Latvia with Ivars Velme behind the wheel. Always the the same driver, it was also part of the two editions of Rallylegend in San Marino. After that, it shifted to the hands of Alexandre Lourenço who, this year, has already driven it in the RallySpirit Show.

Rui Conceição confirmed in Rally Madeira Legend

Rui Conceição, teamed up with Roberto Fernandes, is confirmed as one of the drivers that will start Rally Madeira Legend, a competition that will be on the road between the 29th and 30th October. Conceição, the 65 years old driver, is a name that needs no introduction in a Region where he was one of the key figures of the rallies between the seventies and the previous decade. A driver that shone in many of the vehicles he drove throughout the years, he was a Regional Production Champion in 1999 and Regional Champion in absolute standings in 1994 and 1995. The vehicle used by the team Ford Escort RS Cosworth of the Tourism Group has a history as enriching as the driver himself. Being the vehicle that conquered two absolute regional sceptres to the driver, it had previously allowed Fernando Peres to be this motorsports National Champion. This vehicle was outside Portugal and only returned to Madeira in 2013. It was then a constant presence in the Madeiran roads until 2015 and has only been used in selected events since then.  

The entries list for the Rally Madeira Legend is open

The entries list for the Rally Madeira Legend can be filled in the FPAK website, starting next 13th September until the 11th October, at 6 p.m. in order to benefit the reduced fee, the registration must be filled in unit the 4th October, at 6 p.m.  All vehicles that have the safety requirements according to the homologation of the season, as long as in perfect conditions, separated in different classes and divisions: -    Group B (authorized by FIA, included in the HISTORIC category; -    WRC vehicles until 2005, included in the SPIRIT category; -    Group B vehicles (excluded by FIA and WRC after 2005), included in the LEGEND SHOW category, without classification. The Rally Madeira Legend will be published on the 13th September.  

Apresentação Rally Madeira Legend 2021

O Club Sports da Madeira, entidade organizadora do Rally Madeira Legend vem pelo presente, convidar o vosso meio de comunicação para a conferência de imprensa de apresentação do Rally Madeira Legend, no próximo dia 14 de setembro, pelas 17horas, na Avenida Arriaga, em frente à sede do Club.  A prova vai para a estrada nos dias 29 e 30 de outubro, relembrando o figurino da "Volta à Ilha" A Comissão Organizadora