August 2022

An upturn in the City of Santana

The dispute of SS 9 - Cidade de Santana 2 brought an upturn in the classification of the Rali Vinho da Madeira. The classification disputed around the typical city of the north of the Island was marked by rain and fog when most of the competitors had hard tyres to face the high temperatures felt until then. Bruno Magalhães was better than his competition, he won the Special Stage and managed to beat his direct opponents by a wide margin. The Hyundai i20N Rally2 driver returned, as such, to the command of the classification of the race organized by the Club Sports da Madeira and has eight seconds ahead of Alexandre Camacho, second, after being sixth in those standings. Third is now José Pedro Fontes, followed by Armindo Araújo, two drivers who also did well in the last special stage of the day. Miguel Nunes, previously third, fell to fifth.  

Top 3 of the Rali Vinho da Madeira unchanged

The first round through the northern Special Stages brought no changes to the momentary podium of the Rali Vinho da Madeira. With the best time in Boaventura 1 and another good time in Cidade de Santana 1, Alexandre Camacho, driving a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, increased again his advantage in the competition organized by the Club Spots da Madeira and has now a 14,6 seconds lead over Bruno Magalhães with a Hyundai i20N Rally2. The victory in Santana, still a less good time in Boaventura, led Miguel Nunes to lose time to the race leader. Regarding the Portuguese Championship, Bruno Magalhães keeps the lead but José Pedro Fontes did so far, a good performance in this section and overtook Armindo Araújo. The remaining positions in the top ten remain unchanged.

João Silva isolated in two-wheel drive

João Silva extended his lead at the front of the classification reserved for users of two-wheel drive vehicles. The driver who uses a Peugeot 208 Rally4 used in the Rali Vinho da Madeira now has a lead of 37.1 seconds over his direct rivals. Second in the category is now Vítor Sá in a Citroën DS3 R3T who attacked strongly in the second passage through Palheiro Ferreiro and overtook Rui Jorge Fernandes who, in a Renault Clio R3T, is, in the middle of the second day of competition, third at 3.1 seconds of his rival in the Regional Championship of the category. In the next places are Miguel Caires in a Renault Clio Rally4, Roberto Canha in a Peugeot 208 Rally4 and Dinarte Baptista with Renault Clio R3. Ivo Sardinha fell many positions with an incident at Campo de Golfe 2. A note of emphasis for the fact that the drivers with this type of vehicle managed to get in between much better equipped opponents.

Alexandre Camacho keeps his leadership of the Rali Vinho da Madeira

Alexandre Camacho, driving a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, kept the leadership of the Rali Vinho da Madeira after the third section of the event. In second position but with a bigger gap to the leader, Bruno Magalhães, who had problems with his car at Campo de Golfe and had to manage the tyres at Palheiro Ferreiro. Third, Miguel Nunes set the best time in SS 4 but lost some time in the next Special Stage as he stopped at the exit of the driver who was preceding him on the road, the Spaniard Alejandro Cachon. Fourth and fifth classified, Armindo Araújo, in Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, and José Pedro Fontes, with Citroën C3 Rally2, lost time to Bruno Magalhães in what concerns the Portuguese championship classification. Within the top ten are Bernardo Sousa, Ricardo Teodósio, Pedro Meireles, Miguel Correia and Pedro Almeida. The caravan heads back to the service park for an important intervention as there will be no service between the two rounds through Boaventura and Cidade de Santana that make up the fourth section.

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