October 2021

Rally Madeira Legend winners

The ceremony of awards, organized by Club Sports da Madeira, happened today, 31st October, at Pestana Casino Park Hotel, of the Rally Madeira Legend, on the road in the past few days. A moment to share several experiences of the event, the ceremony has awarded the best drivers in the special stage show, as well as the rally, won by the team Miguel Andrade/Bruno Gouveia driving a Renault 5 GT Turbo.

A crowded Rally Madeira Legend

Rally Madeira Legend’s first edition has impressively charmed a population passionate about racing cars and tourists that could not be indifferent to the emotions brought by the presence of drivers with cars that, due to its shape and sound, brought back the past motorsport. As for the sports event, organized by Club Sports Madeira, was quite cheered and after a few switches in the leadership, the victory belonged to Miguel Andrade/Bruno Gouveia in a Renault 5 GT Turbo, just a few 1,7 seconds over Rui Conceição/Roberto Fernandes behind the wheel of a Ford Escort RS Cosworth. The lowest podium position was for João Martins/Sílvio Malho who, driving a Ford Escort Mk I, became one of the rally’s stardom. Very popular was the Legend Show, where the former two-time World Champion Massimo Biasion in a Lancia Delta S4 decorated with the same colours that Fabrizio Tabaton won the 1986 Rali Vinho da Madeira. The enthusiastic fans also applauded the Audi Sport Quattro S1 of Stewart Bowes and Joachim Luttcken or historic vehicles such as Opel Ascona 400 ex-Henri Toivonen of Wolf Dieter-Ilhe or the Lancia Delta Integrale 16V driven in 1993 by Carlos Sainz and Achim Loth. Rally Madeira Legend ended with a special stage show in Avenida Sá Carneiro, one of the main streets of Funchal’s downtown that has become small to receive the high number of spectators who decided to witness an exhibition that has recalled many similar Rali Vinho da Madeira stages in the last decades of the previous century.   

Miguel Andrade is the Rally Madeira Legend winner

Miguel Andrade, behind the wheel of a Renault 5 GT Turbo, won the Rally Madeira Legend after a final head to head battle with Rui Conceição, in a Ford Escort RS Cosworth. The gap between the two first positions was just 1,7 seconds, the same difference that existed after the sixth special stage of the competition, as many competitors had to carefully drive the last stage due to an accident, without any serious consequences, of César Freitas with a Ford Escort Mk I. In the lowest position of the podium was João Martins, driving a Ford Escort Mk I, and one of the most cherished drivers of this rally from its beginning. In the following positions were Cláudio Nóbrega, one of the stars of the show, with a o Nissan Datsun 1200, and Eduardo Veiga, driver of the Ford Escort Mk II. No longer essential for the final outcome of the event, the rally ends with the special stage show at 19:17 hours at Avenida Sá Carneiro.      

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