Portuguese Rally News

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Photo: autosport.pt

Not a match to Mexico Rally rollercoaster, still lot’s of suspense on Rali de Castelo Branco. After sharing SS’s wins and rally leadership with team mate and reigning champ J.P.Fontes, Carlos Vieira entered the last SS just 1s behind, but Fontes pushed hard, avoiding Vieira’s first CNR win. João Barros (Fiesta) was a serious competitor for the DS duo yesterday, but he steadily loose time during today stages. Ricardo Teodósio (EvoX) was again the best Gr.N and despite a hard battle between Pedro Antunes (208R2) and Paulo Neto (DS3R3), the Spanish Clio R3T crews were unbeatable on 2wd category. The young Diogo Soares did a remarkable job in DS3R1 Challenge, beating the experienced Miguel Barbosa and João Ruivo, both returning to rally through this trophy. Tarmac Cup was won by Fernando Teotónio on a Evo VII. Hugo Mesquita (Fabia S2000), Miguel Carvalho (C2R2) and Daniel Nunes (208R2) pace impressed again, but they didn’t manage to finish the event.
Top 10:
1. José Pedro Fontes/Inês Ponte – DS3 R5 1h05m24.2s
2. Carlos Vieira/Jorge Carvalho – DS3 R5 +2.6s
3. João Barros/Jorge Henriques - Fiesta R5 +33.4s
4. Miguel Barbosa/Miguel Ramalho - Fabia R5 +2m49.4s
5. Ricardo Teodósio/José Teixeira - Lancer Evo X +4m34.4s
6. Francisco Cima/Juan Garcia – Clio R3T +5m09.4s
7. Carlos Martins/Daniel Amaral - Lancer Evo X +5m16.2s
8. Javier Bouza/Ivan Bouza – Clio R3T +5m53.9s
9. Pedro Antunes/Paulo Leones - 208 R2 +5m58.3s
10. Paulo Neto/Vitor Hugo - DS3 R3T +6m03.9s

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Castelo Branco highlitghs:
Movielight https://pt-pt.facebook.com/movieligh...4925956602301/
MondegoSport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI3YLEX5pzY
WRCatedralFafe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4IfLzL0DYo

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Photo: fpak.pt

After Açores Rally (round 3), Barros (P3 in Açores CNR classification) is now leading the series, ahead of Fontes and Meireles (P2 in Açores). Despite their amazing show, is not known when Açores winner Magalhães and his main competitor Moura will return to CNR. Pedro Antunes (208 R2), did a remarkable 1st leg (overall always the fastest after Opel Euro drivers), but punctures and one off took him any chance to win 2wd national class. Gil Antunes (Clio) eventually won it, ahead of local guy Botelho (DS3). Gr.N was won by Pedro Sá (Evo IX), after Teodósio unlucky last stage retirement. Pedro Antunes and Teodósio are still leading their class championships.

Top 10 CNR Açores:
1. Bruno Magalhães/Hugo Magalhães – Fabia R5 2h37m04.3s
2. Pedro Meireles/Mário Castro – Fabia R5 +7m29.7s
3. João Barros/Jorge Henriques - Fiesta R5 +9m06.6s
4. Carlos Vieira/Jorge Carvalho – DS3 R5 +9m18.7s
5. Miguel Barbosa/Miguel Ramalho - Fabia R5 +11m36.4s
6. Manuel Castro/Luís Castro – i20 R5 +16m02.3s
7. Joaquim Alvesa/Luís Ramalho – Fiesta R5 +18m17.7s
8. Gil Antunes/Diogo Correia – Clio R3T +23m48.8s
9. Rafael Botelho/Rui Raimundo - DS3 R3T +27m47.7s
10. Pedro Sá/Jorge Antunes - Lancer Evo IX +34m57.3s

Next event will be Rali Casino de Espinho (tarmac), on April 21 and 22.

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Rally season on Portuguese Madeira islands started with a fantastic fight between Alex Camacho (208) and João Silva (DS3). Silva entered last stage just 0.1s. in front, but Peugeot’s driver managed to win by 4.8s. Congrats to both crews!

Top 5 Rali Município de S. Vicente
1. Alexandre Camacho/Pedro Calado – 208T16 00:44:59,1
2. João Silva/Rui Rodrigues – DS3 R5 +04,8
3. Rui Pinto/Jorge Henriques – Focus WRC +1:32,7
4. Filipe Pires /Vasco Mendonça – Evo X R4 +2:04,5
5. Gil Freitas/Duarte Miranda – DS3 R5 +2:08,3

RTP Madeira hightlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioByPBM2VY8

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Rali Casino de Espinho, 4th round of ’17 CNR, on the road tomorrow night (SSS) and Saturday.
Entry list CNR https://rallyecasinoespinho.com/wp-c...0Valvoline.pdf
Entry list Tarmac Cup https://rallyecasinoespinho.com/wp-c...%20Asfalto.pdf
Live timing http://cnr.cronobandeira.com/

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Photo: autosport.pt (from previous rally)

Just like in WRC: 4 different winners on first 4 CNR rally’s! Carlos Vieira (former racing champ) took his first rally victory by finishing just 4s ahead of Fontes, his team mate and current champ. Vieira and codriver Carvalho lead from SS2 and despite a strong second loop from Fontes/Ponte they’ve managed to resist, getting a totally deserved win. Huge congrats to them!
Barros was unable to fight the DS duo but he’s still on the title discussion. Title chances become smaller for Meireles, retired on SS7 after a discreet rally. Gil Antunes won 2wd category after a close fight with Paulo Neto (DS3 R3), penalized 2m near the end. Also penalized (late at SS1) Ricardo Teodósio started the rally 1m behind and almost managed to recover it, but Carlos Martins didn’t wasted this opportunity to take Gr.N win. Pascoal (911 3.6) won GT class and Antunes (Quattro) the Historic category. Ricardo Costa (Evo IX) dominated Tarmac Cup.

Rali Casino de Espinho - Top 10:
1. Carlos Vieira/Jorge Carvalho – DS3 R5 1h01m41,0s
2. José Pedro Fontes/Inês Ponte - DS3 R5 +4,0s
3. João Barros/Jorge Henriques - Fiesta R5 + 55,9s
4. Miguel Barbosa/Miguel Ramalho – Fabia R5 +2m17,2s
5. Joaquim Alves/Luís Ramalho - Fiesta R5 +2m28,9s
6. Elias Barros/Paulo Babo - Fiesta R5 +3m56,8s
7. Carlos Martins/Daniel Amaral - Evo X R4 +5m03,6s
8. Ricardo Teodósio/José Teixeira - Evo X R4 +5m17,2s
9. Gil Antunes/Diogo Correia - Clio R3T +6m09,0s
10. Daniel Nunes/Rui Raimundo - 208 R2 +6m36,9s

Video by WRCatedralFafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXnZyBp9YIA

[Rally Power]

Best wishes for José Pedro Fontes and Inês Pontes, after their hard crash at Rally de Portugal. Get well soon!

[Mirek]

Can You please share information about their injuries if it's possible? I haven't seen any more info except the photos of the car.

[Rally Power]

Broken pelvis for Inês and broken femur for Zé Pedro. No idea about recovering time.

[Mirek]

Thank You