August 2023

Na frente do Rali Vinho da Madeira continua Alexandre Camacho

Quando falta disputar uma classificativa da primeira etapa da prova, Alexandre Camacho mantém o comando do Rali Vinho da Madeira. Num dia em que continuam a cair recordes dos troços cronometrados, o piloto do Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo dispõe de um avanço de 4,5 segundos para Giandomenico Basso, ao volante de uma viatura idêntica. Ambos venceram uma prova especial desde a passagem pelo parque de assistência que teve lugar a meio do dia. Nesta fase há a destacar o abandono de Miguel Nunes depois de ter dado um toque em Campo de Golfe 2 e a sua viatura ter ficado impossibilitada de prosseguir. José Pedro Fontes continua no terceiro lugar absoluto mas é agora seguido por Simone Campedelli que entretanto ultrapassou ricardo Teodósio. Sexto, Armindo Araújo antecede o espanhol Diego Ruiloba que, com maior conhecimento, tem melhorado os seus tempos em classificativa.

Filipe Freitas leads RGT

The excitement has also been a constant of the always very appreciated RGT with its powerful lines and mechanics. After the first two stages of Rali Vinho da Madeita, Gil Freitas was in the lead of this group, in what is his debut at the controls of an Alpine A110 RGT. However, Filipe Freitas moved ahead and leads the class halfway through the first special stage of the Club Sports da Madeira organisation. The Porsche 997 GT3 driver is followed at 4.4 seconds by Paulo Mendes, at the wheel of a car identical to his own. Gil Freitas is now third. In this group there were no withdraws and in the immediate places are Ivo Sardinha and the Azorean Luis Pimentel.

João Silva is first in the two-wheel drive

There has been a lot of excitement in the top classification of Rali Vinho da Madeira and the whole caravan organised by Club Sports da Madeira, which is happening this weekend. The emotion is also in the dispute of the success between the cars with two-wheel drive, category in which the five first positions are occupied by competitors of the Peugeot Rally Cup Iberica with their Peugeot 208 Rally4. João Silva was, so far the only driver who was faster in two different Special Stages, Cidade do Funchal and Cidade de Santana and the FX driver is also the leader with an advantage of 7,8 seconds over his opponent. The second is Pedro Antunes, the slowest in Palheiro Ferreiro, and the Spanish Sergi Perez, the third after having been the fastest in Campo de Golfe. The top 5 best so far include Vitor Sá and Hugo Lopes.

RVM 2023 - Notional times

Due to an accident of car number 10, driven by Kris Meeke, Special Stage 3, Palheiro Ferreiro, was interrupted and has affected the competitors number 37, 38 and 39. After analysis, the Clerk of the course allocated the following times:   Competitor number 37 – 13:47,8 Competitor number 38 – 13:28,4 Competitor number 39 – 13:20,7

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