Vodafone Rali of Portugal [Archive]

JAM

18th January 2007, 11:06

There are still more than two months to the rally, but ACP revealed the first images of Algarve Stadium SuperStage.

This stage will open the rally on thursday afternoon and will end the rally at Sunday morning.

The track:
http://193.126.231.100/projectos/sportmotores/img/ftpg/diversos/PT07_pista.jpg

The overall view:
http://193.126.231.100/projectos/sportmotores/img/ftpg/diversos/PT07_estadio.jpg

The official site:
http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/

Brother John

18th January 2007, 12:34

:s nore:
Terrible
:o hplease:

JAM

18th January 2007, 13:58

:s nore:
Terrible
:o hplease:

I could assure one thing: They won't cancel this stage because the spectators. The others stages... :D

Exhausted

18th January 2007, 14:07

Cool! thanks for the links.

Woodeye

18th January 2007, 16:22

:s nore:
Terrible
:o hplease:

That's just the SSS. What did you expect? Ouninpohja part 2?

Madeira

22nd January 2007, 22:13

Isao Torii the japonese sport manager of Mistubishi motors has said in the end of Dakar, that he will be travelling now to Portugal to have a meeting between him and portuguese Mitsubishi, to find a deal which will allow Armindo Araújo the chance to compete on portuguese round with a Mistubishi WRC car.

Isthmus

22nd January 2007, 22:44

It would be really great!

Isso sim, seria excelente!

mdesign

23rd January 2007, 09:51

That would be great news for portuguese fans :)

FabiaFan

23rd January 2007, 10:10

...and 2 Fabias are also there...

Tom206wrc

23rd January 2007, 10:17

I hope Bruno Magalhaes will do Portugal rally in the official 207 S2000 :D

JAM

23rd January 2007, 11:33

I hope Bruno Magalhaes will do Portugal rally in the official 207 S2000 :D

Yes he will. The car will be seen for the first time in mid February in the first round of Portuguese Championship. The Peugeot Portugal Sports Director was some days ago in France to see the construction of the car.

JAM

23rd January 2007, 19:15

If you want to see the virtual stages, there is an interest work made by the portuguese Geografic Army institute:

http://www.igeoe.pt/igeoearcweb/rally/index.asp

Tom206wrc

23rd January 2007, 19:18

Yes he will. The car will be seen for the first time in mid February in the first round of Portuguese Championship. The Peugeot Portugal Sports Director was some days ago in France to see the construction of the car.

Will there be other S2000 cars on the entry ??? :confused:

FF-fan

23rd January 2007, 20:03

Thank you JAM for the link, it's a very interesting site. :)

Madeira

23rd January 2007, 21:41

Will there be other S2000 cars on the entry ??? :confused:
Yes of course. One Fiat Punto S2000 for José Pedro Fontes!

Ricardo

23rd January 2007, 22:31

it´s probabilly that Rui Madeira(the 95´s group n world rally champion) runs on this rallye with a mitsubishi group n.
I think that this rallywill be very good with a lot of spectators,although I prefer the old stages of the north.

Ricardo

23rd January 2007, 22:33

it´s probabilly that Rui Madeira(the 95´s group n world rally champion) runs on this rallye with a mitsubishi evo 9 group n.
I think that this rallywill be very good with a lot of spectators,although I prefer the old stages of the north.

Rally Hokkaido

24th January 2007, 00:32

If you want to see the virtual stages, there is an interest work made by the portuguese Geografic Army institute:

http://www.igeoe.pt/igeoearcweb/rally/index.asp

Very good simulation, thanks JAM.
SS10/13 seems like a nice stage, though first half looks very fast!

pino makinen

24th January 2007, 08:14

If you want to see the virtual stages, there is an interest work made by the portuguese Geografic Army institute:

http://www.igeoe.pt/igeoearcweb/rally/index.asp

I was about to post it. Great view. I'm planning to go this year and though this web is a nice help, can anybody tell which are some good places to spectate? Jumps, fasts tricky corners, hairpins,...?

Thanks and see ya!

jonas_mcrae

24th January 2007, 19:50

maybe ill go, or is it better Ireland?, well dont know, hope i can be in both

Donney

24th January 2007, 20:07

Thanks for the link JAM that's a very nice simulation which gives you a good idea about the of rally it might be.

A.F.F.

24th January 2007, 20:35

If you want to see the virtual stages, there is an interest work made by the portuguese Geografic Army institute:

http://www.igeoe.pt/igeoearcweb/rally/index.asp

Wow :eek:

That's is so cool. I wish they made a similar thing for NORF.

JAM

29th January 2007, 22:32

The rally was presented today in a press conference.

Here are the announced names:

Sebastien LOEB - Citroen C4 WRC
Daniel SORDO - Citroen C4 WRC
Petter SOLBERG - Subaru Impreza WRC
Chris ATKINSON - Subaru Impreza WRC
Marcus GRONHOLM - Ford Focus RS WRC
MIkko HIRVONEN - Ford Focus RS WRC

Jari Matti LATVALA - Ford Focus WRC (Stobbart)
Henning SOLBERG - Ford Focus WRC (Stobbart)
Matthew WILSON - Ford Focus WRC (Stobbart)
Luis Perez COMPANC - Ford Focus WRC (Munchi's)
Juan Pablo RAIES - Ford Focus WRC (Munchi's)
Daniel CARLSSON - Citroen Xsara WRC (OMV Kronos)
Manfred STOHL - Citroen Xsara WRC (OMV Kronos)

Toni GARDEMEISTER - Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05
Xavi PONS - Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05
Gigi Galli - Citroen Xsara WRC
Austin McHALE - Ford Focus WRC
François DUVAL - Skoda Fabia WRC
Jan KOPECKY - Skoda Fabia WRC
Phillipe ROUX - Peugeot 307 WRC
Anton ALEN - Subaru Impreza GRN
Patrick FLODIN - Subaru Impreza GRN

This rally will receive the JWRC and the Fiesta Trophy.

In doubt is Armindo Araujo, the Mitsubishi Portugal is trying to find the budget to pay a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 to Armindo.

More informations (only in portuguese by now):

http://www.rallydeportugal.pt

Madeira

14th February 2007, 15:17

It is confirmed! Armindo araújo will drive a Mitsubishi WRC, on the next rally of Portugal!

Very good news!

padWRC

14th February 2007, 15:37

Any news about Miguel Campos entry with a 307 WRC from Grifone?

padWRC

14th February 2007, 15:42

Entries Close:
Friday February 16th 2007
17.00h

alleskids

14th February 2007, 15:49

Miguel Campos probarly with a Bozian 307 WRC, but no official announcement yet.

mdesign

15th February 2007, 01:13

Can´t wait to see how Araujo performs :) I Know that it is because i'm portuguese but I really belive is a world class driver

mdesign

15th February 2007, 01:13

Can´t wait to see how Araujo performs :) I Know that it is because i'm portuguese but I really belive is a world class driver

GigiGalliNo1

15th February 2007, 01:35

If you want to see the virtual stages, there is an interest work made by the portuguese Geografic Army institute:

http://www.igeoe.pt/igeoearcweb/rally/index.asp

Thats sweeeeeet

Wim_Impreza

15th February 2007, 09:04

It is confirmed! Armindo araújo will drive a Mitsubishi WRC, on the next rally of Portugal!

Very good news!

He deserves it. I am looking forward to his good performance.

Corny

15th February 2007, 10:14

It is confirmed! Armindo araújo will drive a Mitsubishi WRC, on the next rally of Portugal!

Very good news!

Superb!

miksu

15th February 2007, 11:13

Great to see Toni there on the list! i wonder if Mitsu will have the new evolution of the car by then, as they were hoping...

padWRC

16th February 2007, 13:24

Any new entries?

padWRC

16th February 2007, 13:39

No Portugal for Aris Vovos/El Em Aimont XsaraWRC!

JAM

16th February 2007, 15:03

No Portugal for Aris Vovos/El Em Aimont XsaraWRC!

This means a Xsara WRC to Gardemeister?

JAM

16th February 2007, 18:16

Gardemeister will be on the usual Lancer WRC05. The provisional entry list will be released today.

Tom206wrc

16th February 2007, 18:18

Madeira

16th February 2007, 18:36

If all the portuguese drivers running their national championship with an S2000 come to Rali de Portugal WRC, then there would be 4 cars present !!!! ;)

I really hope this rally is on their program also :bounce:

Of course, they will be there. Rally of Portugal it is the second round of national portuguese championship, you will find two Toyotas, The Punto and the Peugeot.

Tom206wrc

16th February 2007, 18:45

Great news :up:

wacked

16th February 2007, 19:14

entries closed y'day.. any updates on the entry list?

Sardalense

16th February 2007, 20:23

Here we can a "project" of the future entry list

http://193.126.231.100/projectos/sportmotores/img/ftpg/diversos/RPort_Equipas.pdf

wacked

17th February 2007, 20:12

thanks..
looks like a pretty decent entry list..

ShiftingGears

18th February 2007, 06:02

SSS = Waste of money! I really don't like stadium Super Specials...

[WRCRR]

19th February 2007, 09:11

Is the provisional entry list available somewhere yet?

JAM

20th February 2007, 16:20

]Is the provisional entry list available somewhere yet?

Not yet, only the press relase above with some names.

DaniV

21st February 2007, 00:03

SSS = Waste of money! I really don't like stadium Super Specials...

I understand your point of view! I also prefer to watch rallying on a "real" stage, but for the organisation of a rally it makes a lot of sense to make a Stadium Super Special!

For the example in the Vodafone Rali de Portugal, the SSS is completly payed by a sponsor! Otherwise, the sponsor wouldn´t give the money! So, it makes totally sense to make a SSS (in some cases)!

JAM

22nd February 2007, 23:29

Accepted entries:

http://193.126.231.100/projectos/sportmotores/img/ftpg/diversos/VodafoneRp_Aceites.PDF

harriswrc

23rd February 2007, 08:24

23 WRCars, 20 Juniors, 5 S2000. Not bad!

Tom206wrc

23rd February 2007, 08:24

No whale again, no Miguel Campos... ;(

Tomi

23rd February 2007, 08:38

No whale again, no Miguel Campos... ;(

Maybe you should change car to support, you are running out of cars :)

Tom206wrc

23rd February 2007, 09:27

Maybe you should change car to support, you are running out of cars :)

OK...the 207 S2000 and the Citroën C4/Xsaras then ??? :p :

MikeD

23rd February 2007, 09:45

It strange how all the Stobart entries still have the VK vodka name as part of the entry name - despite it no longer being part of it officially. Nothing like free advertising. I bet Steve Perez hasn't mailed a complaint :)

wacked

23rd February 2007, 12:12

really good entry list, like to see what the S2000's can do..

[WRCRR]

23rd February 2007, 12:20

Yeah, good entry. Really great to see Alén with S2000 Punto.

pucky54

23rd February 2007, 12:31

@ MikeD

VK is still sponsor on the Latvala and Wilson car.

MikeD

23rd February 2007, 14:58

@ MikeD

VK is still sponsor on the Latvala and Wilson car.

I know - but no longer in the official entry name. Last year the Stobart entry name was

"Stobart VK M-Sport Ford RT"

this year it's

"Stobart M-Sport Ford RT".

Look for yourself at http://www.wrc.com

So despite VK no longer being official part of the entry name, it still is on the entrylists on each of the rallies web-sites.

MikeD

23rd February 2007, 15:03

No whale again, no Miguel Campos... ;(

I miss more "whales" too.

Do you know why Roux and Kjær didn't put their entry under "priority 2"? In Monte Carlo in 2006 Roux put the Bozian run Peugeot 206 under "priority 2", but not this year in the 307.

Magnus

23rd February 2007, 17:56

VK sponsors Latvala and Wilson while Daniel Carlsson has his WRADD
Interesting indeed!

Madeira

5th March 2007, 19:37

Entry list:

http://82.102.15.21/~ralis/inscritosrp.pdf

Captain VXR

5th March 2007, 20:33

Lots of good cars there, I am glad Mads Ostberg entered :up:

pantealex

5th March 2007, 20:48

No guest drivers in J-WRC :(
Why?

Josti

6th March 2007, 08:44

]Yeah, good entry. Really great to see Alén with S2000 Punto.

Indeed, I'm very curious about his performance. Mostly learning, but I wouldn't be surprised if he battles for the win :up:

Micke_VOC

6th March 2007, 10:31

And fun to see that Eyvind Brynildsen entered, he was the only one to hold Flodins pace in Rally Norway.

Maybe gonna be three youngster in topp in Pwrc. FLodin,Alen and Brynildsen.

Tom206wrc

6th March 2007, 10:49

Bruno Magalhaes for the win in GrN !!! :bounce:

JAM

6th March 2007, 12:36

And I'm curious to see how Andreas Mikkelson will drive in Portugal with only 17yo... I contacted his manager but didn't receive a reply...

CABAIO E'LONA

13th March 2007, 04:42

The Seat Ibiza Cupra of Francisco Barros Leite/ Luis Ramalho entry in the N4 class... is really a 4WD car?

JAM

13th March 2007, 10:33

The Seat Ibiza Cupra of Francisco Barros Leite/ Luis Ramalho entry in the N4 class... is really a 4WD car?

No, is a Seat Ibiza 2WD with a TDI engine.

pantealex

13th March 2007, 11:11

Ibiza cupra is 1.8Turbo 2wd benzin (no diesel)

JAM

13th March 2007, 14:54

Francisco Baros Leite uses a Seat Ibiza TDI that they call it as "Cupra". If the car on this rally will be the usual car, it has a 1.9 TDI engine.

In Portugal we have a Cupra with a petrol engine of 1.8VT and 180hp. They also have a Diesel engine with 1.9 with 160hp.

The car is on N4 class because the correction of turbo factor that it above 2000cc.

sal

15th March 2007, 16:57

Couple of pics of Araujo testing the Lancer WRC:

http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/testeslancer07/images/DSC02902.jpg

http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/testeslancer07/images/DSC05758.jpg

J.Lindstroem

15th March 2007, 17:16

Great to se Araujo in a Wrc. It will be thrilling to find out what he can do against a very strong oposition!

Looking forward to a great rally. I'll be cheering for Toni and Daniel!

sal

15th March 2007, 17:21

Great to se Araujo in a Wrc. It will be thrilling to find out what he can do against a very strong oposition!

I think his pace in a Grp N car shows he has the speed to make an impression on home soil. A very spectacular driver. I'll be making sure he is well up on my pickems list!

DaniV

15th March 2007, 23:21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIG3gU1S83M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZmtqI8_sM

Here we go! Two small vids of the Mitsubishi tests in Portugal! First driver is Toni Gardemeiter, second is Armindo Araujo!

Araujo allready shows a great pace! Very spectacular, hope it will be fast on the clock, too!

Fischer

17th March 2007, 10:31

The video of 3 minutes is not loading.

euskalteam

19th March 2007, 11:51

Very fast ineed. And nice stages!!!

GigiGalliNo1

19th March 2007, 13:20

Araujo - Portuguese?! How ell do you think he will go in the Rally?

Oh and don't forget Galli is competing!

How was mexico? That blow over my head didn't even follow it. Woops!

teufel

20th March 2007, 09:21

Somehow I don't think, that Araujo can repeat his 2006 performance, but I expect him in front of JML fighting with Stohl and Gigi (my bet would be around 5th place)

JAM

21st March 2007, 23:02

Algarve Stadium - Wednesday 24th March (http://193.126.231.100/sportmotores2003/do?com=DS;659366116;1504;+ID(299)+BL(IMG)+CO(IMG)+ LOCAL(15269.JPG))

jparker

21st March 2007, 23:50

Algarve Stadium - Wednesday 24th March (http://193.126.231.100/sportmotores2003/do?com=DS;659366116;1504;+ID(299)+BL(IMG)+CO(IMG)+ LOCAL(15269.JPG))

I can see one mini-van testing the jump :)
Is that it JAM? Post more pics please.

Tom206wrc

23rd March 2007, 09:50

What a disappointment !!!! :(

After Vitor Sà and Antonio Rodriguès who changed their plans and won't drive the Corollas S2000(homologation problem), it's Anton Alen's turn to not drive the Grande Punto S2000 he intends to drive in Portugal !!! :eek:

From a promising five S2000 fight in Portugal rally, we are back to a two-cars duel only... ;(

turves

23rd March 2007, 11:55

I'm expecting more from Guy Wilks in Portugal... a lot more

23rd March 2007, 12:47

What a disappointment !!!! :(

After Vitor Sà and Antonio Rodriguès who changed their plans and won't drive the Corollas S2000(homologation problem), it's Anton Alen's turn to not drive the Grande Punto S2000 he intends to drive in Portugal !!! :eek:
(

Do you know why not? Hopefully he will still be in Turkey for the IRC round.

Tom206wrc

23rd March 2007, 13:12

No idea I read the article in polish http://www.autoklub.pl :mark:

JAM

23rd March 2007, 14:21

The original article:

Pons and Alen absence (http://193.126.231.100/sportmotores2003/usrproj_sportmotores.go_noticia?id=19569)

Alen will be out because he still haven't the car.

animrallye

23rd March 2007, 15:20

Article for italian readers about Pons and Alén : http://www.racingworld.it/rally/notizia2.php?idtitolo=3936

Madeira

24th March 2007, 09:52

Armindo Araújo's Lancer

http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/mitlancerwrcaa07/images/1.jpg

Source: http://www.ralis.online.pt/

A.F.F.

24th March 2007, 10:00

And Armindo Araujo was the one I should look carefully for, right ??

Wim_Impreza

24th March 2007, 10:02

And Armindo Araujo was the one I should look carefully for, right ??

Right, he is very fast.

JCarlosPP

24th March 2007, 10:10

http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/ambienterp07/images/13.jpg

+++++ (http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/ambienterp07/index.html#5)

Madeira

24th March 2007, 10:16

And Armindo Araujo was the one I should look carefully for, right ??

He is fast and safe and usually he doesn't make mistakes.

janez l.

24th March 2007, 13:15

Armindo Araújo's Lancer

http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/mitlancerwrcaa07/images/1.jpg

Source: http://www.ralis.online.pt/

Nice looking car, good livery.

Addicted

24th March 2007, 13:32

And Armindo Araujo was the one I should look carefully for, right ??

He did well both Arctic rally and Swedish rally on strange surfice. Seems to be smart driver and he has little advance by knowing what kind of roads they are competing. Interesting to see his result!

CABAIO E'LONA

24th March 2007, 16:48

http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2007/portugalsko/araujo2.jpg

nice car...

DaniV

24th March 2007, 20:16

Kopecky tested today in the Algarve, and I was very impressed about his pace! Really good! Looking forward to see his result!

Guy Wilks made also some runs, but just a few kms!

mdesign

24th March 2007, 22:37

Nice looking car, good livery.

I had the chance to be there and see the car! really good looking car! I'm positive its going to look even better with dust and speed on algarve roads ;)

Finni

25th March 2007, 10:46

And Armindo Araujo was the one I should look carefully for, right ??

He won last year rally Portugal and was hugely faster than for instance Tuohino, Carlsson and Märtin.

cali

25th March 2007, 19:21

He won last year rally Portugal and was hugely faster than for instance Tuohino, Carlsson and Märtin.
by having tire advantage. On second day was minutes slower than Tuohino.

DaniV

25th March 2007, 20:10

by having tire advantage. On second day was minutes slower than Tuohino.

That´s obvious...Araujo was about 3 minutes in front after the 1st day...on the 2nd day he just had to arrive without any major mistake or problem!

jparker

25th March 2007, 22:54

There is interesting fight going on between Austria and Argentina just before rally of Portugal. By scoring 3 points in Mexico Stohl manage to move Austria one place up in the all time points standings by country, replacing 10th placed Argentina.
Also, Peter and Henning are moving rapidly Norway up in the list.

The current standings (after Mexico) are:

1 - Finland - 5801
2 - France - 3408
3 - Sweden - 2649
4 - Italy - 1766
5 - Spain - 1405
6 - Great Britain - 1271
7 - Germany - 784
8 - Kenya - 671
9 - Belgium - 517
10 - Austria - 403
11 - Argentina - 401
12 - Norway - 377
13 - New Zealand - 330
14 - Estonia - 207
15 - Japan - 194
16 - Australia - 158
17 - Portugal - 138
18 - Uruguay - 67
19 - Greece - 48
20 - Czech Republic - 44
21 - Ivory Coast - 41
22 - United States - 39
23 - Qatar - 21
24 - Monaco - 19
25 - Chili - 16
26 - Brasil - 14
27 - Ireland - 13
28 - Indonesia - 12
29 - United Arab Emirates - 12
30 - Hong Kong - 7
31 - Switzerland - 5
32 - Uganda - 4
33 - Cameroon - 3
34 - South Africa - 3
35 - San Marino - 2
36 - Denmark - 1
37 - Malaysia - 1
38 - Netherlands - 1
39 - Saudi Arabia - 1
40 - Turkey - 1

cali

26th March 2007, 05:24

That´s obvious...Araujo was about 3 minutes in front after the 1st day...on the 2nd day he just had to arrive without any major mistake or problem!
It rained a lot at the first day, and how he got the 3min advantage? By having tires that nobody else had (at least other frontrunners). But i'm not saying that he is a bad driver. I saw him in Sweden and was impressed!

Corny

26th March 2007, 06:12

jparker

26th March 2007, 06:23

Who scored that Dutch point?

Well, I have Ivan Postel (NL), and I translated it as Netherlands.
Is that right?

FF-fan

26th March 2007, 09:53

The first teams arrived:

http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/ambienterp07/

PuddleJumper

26th March 2007, 10:50

Following a serious accident involving their brother Pablo, Luis and Jorge Perez Companc will miss this weekends WRC event.

Full story here (http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/26032007/29/munchi-s-ford-miss-rally-portugal.html).

Tom206wrc

26th March 2007, 12:11

Let's hope Pablo will quickly recover :(

Simmi

26th March 2007, 15:10

I assume the Munchis cars are there and ready to run so its a shame. I understand them pulling out seen as it is such a family centred team, but its a shame they couldn't throw some other drivers in the cars for a run. It probably isnt allowed anyway.

Corny

26th March 2007, 15:21

Well, I have Ivan Postel (NL), and I translated it as Netherlands.
Is that right?

Never heard of him :D
you know which rally that was?

kabouter

26th March 2007, 15:50

Yvan Postel's WRC results: http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=2674

He competed with a Dutch licence in that period. Maybe he had dual nationality French/Dutch, but he lived (lives?) in France and as far as I know didn't compete in The Netherlands.

White Sauron

26th March 2007, 16:19

wacked

26th March 2007, 16:26

Munchi's Team withdrew from Portugal, so thats 2 less WRC cars..

http://www.wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111~1002053,00.html

PuddleJumper

26th March 2007, 16:30

animrallye

26th March 2007, 16:48

Duval withdraw too !

Roy

26th March 2007, 17:05

Duval withdraw too !

Pons And Duval in Munchi's?
I like that!!!

Roy

26th March 2007, 20:28

http://www.fduval.com/

Translation by Google:

François absent in Portugal (Monday 26, 15 H 48)
François will not be parity in Portugal, indeed the conditions not being optimal, the first team decided not to take part in this rally.
"I am disappointed not to take part in this new rally for the more-share of the pilots, but good the conditions not being very favorable, I did not even make a meter with Jean Francois, yet maintaining that leaves us time for preparing well Sardinia, that will make 6 months that I would not have rolled any more. I also am very disappointed for all the supporters which will make the displacement and which unfortunately will not see me into special."

Doon

27th March 2007, 12:14

Duval has pulled out! Thats pants, i had him in my pickems. So how does it work if someone pulls out?can i change my picks?cheers

Doon

Fly

27th March 2007, 13:04

Duval has pulled out! Thats pants, i had him in my pickems. So how does it work if someone pulls out?can i change my picks?cheers

Doon

Just re-enter your pickems. Do not edit.

JAM

27th March 2007, 18:15

ZequeArgentina

27th March 2007, 22:29

Argentnians shouldn't have withdrawn the team... They could miss the rally as drivers, but it would have been very noble from their side to provide some talented drivers with the cars... For example, Wilks... I think it would be better for him to drive the 06 verion instead of 04...

Luis Perez Comoanc as Nº1 driver could not be changed.
Pablo Perez Companc accident was too bad, if you see footage from indy pro series (Homestead oval circuit) you will also remain frozen. Imagine he is your brother and you will undestand. (his car got air after touching a rival wheel, and hit the protection, not the wall, the car was destroyed, and the cokpit, part of it actually, was very luckily avoided by iother cars. He is very lucky to be alive, he lost 4 liters of blood, they are trying to save his right leg, and his life.)
I guess they are not in a position to sit with someone to negotiate a contract for one race, and they are probably not interestedat all.

Erki

27th March 2007, 23:01

4 litres of blood? :eek: Doesn't a grown man have something like 5 litres of blood in total? I very much hope he'll survive.

Addicted

28th March 2007, 01:14

Haven`t seen any footage of that accident but it must have been quite big.

Hopefully he will stay alive.

ZequeArgentina

28th March 2007, 01:56

jparker

28th March 2007, 02:13

Click on =0,,]this link (http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/index.php?MIT=3661&template_id=229&xpto=1&a[) and choose the option "Flash version - wait a moment, please..."

Then you can browse, see the leg maps, see the stage maps, see the stage scheme and inside each stage you can click on the spectators zone and downlod info (accesses, road book and even a aereal picture of the place to see what to expect).

Comments?

Great stuff JAM, that's something I haven't seen online yet. Excellent job by the webmasters. It takes quite a while to load (up to 3 min!!!), but it's worth waiting. I guess Rally de Portugal returns in style :up:

Erki

28th March 2007, 08:06

see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Knfb-BApg
his car broke in 3 parts, the cockpit was miracously not hit by other cars.

I post it here so that you understand Perez Comopanc reasons for withdrawing Portugal

Now that's a biggie... Kinda reminds me of Kenny Bräck's accident, hopefully he'll survive it like Kenny did. :)

janneppi

28th March 2007, 10:14

Ouch, sort of reminds what happened in F1 two weeks ago with Würz and DC, whas the guy in the yellow car ok?

Halvard

28th March 2007, 10:23

shakedown today??

JAM

28th March 2007, 11:31

shakedown today??

No. Tomorrow between 8-10am.

JAM

28th March 2007, 15:34

Some images of the past

http://www.swrt.com/img_gallery/825561713.jpg

http://www.swrt.com/img_gallery/794215699.jpg

http://www.swrt.com/img_gallery/104028365.jpg

http://www.swrt.com/img_gallery/717983758.jpg

pentti

28th March 2007, 15:54

I and my son were in those two first photos.The atmosfire was fantastic. We both are very happy that WRC is back in Portucal. In Uk you can see british eurosport live on thursday 6.00 pm and sunday 2.00 pm. This year ITV seem to show more rallying than BTCC! Right direction.

Addicted

28th March 2007, 16:24

Nice bunch of people in those pics!

Lets hope that there wont be any problems with spectators if there will be that kind of masses people on stages.

I`m expecting great rally for the weekend.

Corny

28th March 2007, 17:30

Nice bunch of people in those pics!

Lets hope that there wont be any problems with spectators if there will be that kind of masses people on stages.

I`m expecting great rally for the weekend.

I don't think there will be even a tenth of the people that were in Portugal in the past, this weekend

Corny

28th March 2007, 17:31

btw, JAM, your signature is the best ever! :D

JAM

28th March 2007, 18:05

I don't think there will be even a tenth of the people that were in Portugal in the past, this weekend

I think that Algarve will not have so many spectators as in the past when the rally was in the north of Portugal. The interest by WRC in Portugal simply desapeared in the last years, because the portuguese media ignored since 2001 that the sport as a World Rally Championship.

This year the things started to change a litle bit with the presence of Armindo Araujo on the PWRC. Mitsubishi Portugal has made a big effort near the portuguese media to promote the driver. Now the media are giving some (not so much as desired) attention to the rally of Portugal and people is starting to be interested.

The new format is different from the past, and the spectators will be able to see the rally on the spectator zones. I hope that this won't cause trouble, because i think these areas are small... but let's see. The organizers and police will be very strict to make spectators follow the orders.

J.Lindstroem

29th March 2007, 08:20

Wake up you lazy *******. The rally begins today!

Koppomsbo

29th March 2007, 08:51

Wake up you lazy *******. The rally begins today!

Chill Joel, we are here ;)

J.Lindstroem

29th March 2007, 08:56

Chill Joel, we are here ;)

Bah....! ;)

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 09:17

Yes.. the Shakedown is running... follow the times here: http://www.acp-on-line.com/online/sk.asp

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 09:35

Whoo Carlsson is in pace with Loeb.. :)

Madeira

29th March 2007, 09:46

Fastest time for Marcus now!

Edit: Wrong! best time until now for Hirvonen!

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 09:47

Yes.. the Shakedown is running... follow the times here: http://www.acp-on-line.com/online/sk.asp

Great ... Thanks :)
by the way , will this website cover all stages in the rally , or it is just going to cover Shakedown ?

Madeira

29th March 2007, 09:49

Great ... Thanks :)
by the way , will this website cover all stages in the rally , or it is just going to cover Shakedown ?

Sure all of stages!

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 09:50

All stage times can be found here.. http://www.acp-on-line.com/

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 09:52

Sure all of stages!
:roll:

Thanks

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 10:00

By the way,How many sections will the drivers have to do in the Shakedown ?

like this !
N؛ 18J. KOPECKف SKODA FABIA WRCPassada 1ھPassada 2ھPassada 3ھPassada 4ھ03:24.803:21.503:15.603:12.9
:confused:

Daniel

29th March 2007, 10:01

Luis Perez Comoanc as Nº1 driver could not be changed.
Pablo Perez Companc accident was too bad, if you see footage from indy pro series (Homestead oval circuit) you will also remain frozen. Imagine he is your brother and you will undestand. (his car got air after touching a rival wheel, and hit the protection, not the wall, the car was destroyed, and the cokpit, part of it actually, was very luckily avoided by iother cars. He is very lucky to be alive, he lost 4 liters of blood, they are trying to save his right leg, and his life.)
I guess they are not in a position to sit with someone to negotiate a contract for one race, and they are probably not interestedat all.
Hope he pulls through :)

Madeira

29th March 2007, 10:07

mdesign

29th March 2007, 10:11

seams that armindo had an accident on the shackdown... don't know any details. Some spectators were involved

Tom206wrc

29th March 2007, 10:16

Araujo 7s slower than Wilslow !! :s

Ok it's only shakedown, but... :mark:

Tom206wrc

29th March 2007, 10:16

seams that armindo had an accident on the shackdown... don't know any details. Some spectators were involved

I hope nothing serious neither for spectators nor for car(and crew) :(

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 10:17

mdesig: ok :( keep us updated....

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 10:17

This is the number of runs that each driver made on the shakedown. :dozey:
Sorry to ask you a lot of question , but do the driver drive on the same stage in the shakedown for many times and they have to make these different times on it , or there are many sections and the shakedown consists of them ? :rolleyes:

jonkka

29th March 2007, 10:18

Really? That's a shame.

mdesign

29th March 2007, 10:18

where are you seeing th shackdown times? are there any news on the accidents (just heard it on the portuguese television)

jonkka

29th March 2007, 10:18

:dozey:
Sorry to ask you a lot of question , but do the driver drive on the same stage in the shakedown for many times and they have to make these different times on it , or there are many sections and the shakedown consists of them ? :rolleyes:

Same stage, unlimited number of runs.

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 10:18

Catio: The shakedown is a short stage that they run several times... they choose self how many times they want to do it.. ( in the timeslot they have )

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 10:19

Shakedown times: http://www.acp-on-line.com/online/sk.asp

Madeira

29th March 2007, 10:20

seams that armindo had an accident on the shackdown... don't know any details. Some spectators were involved

Yes, I've done a phone call to a friend who are seeing the shakedown. They have stopped the stage. I don't have more details but it seems Armindo has rolled...

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 10:20

seams that armindo had an accident on the shackdown... don't know any details. Some spectators were involved

Even Loeb's details weren't refreshed !

JAM

29th March 2007, 10:22

In fact Armindo had a small off :(

Four spectators where evacuated to the hospital, two of them where photographers. That's the information that i have right now. It seems no very serious.

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 10:23

Catio: The shakedown is a short stage that they run several times... they choose self how many times they want to do it.. ( in the timeslot they have )

that's what I want to ask you ! :s mokin:

Thanks a lot :)

mdesign

29th March 2007, 10:26

on the times of shakdown armindo has a time of 16 minutes... was it after he rolled?

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 10:27

In fact Armindo had a small off :(

Four spectators where evacuated to the hospital, two of them where photographers. That's the information that i have right now.

I'm sorry to hear that :(

Madeira

29th March 2007, 10:31

look at shakedown times, it seems that Armindo has completed the stage with 16:15,6 or 15:15.6 strange!

mdesign

29th March 2007, 10:37

it's very very sad... the rally shouln't star like that :(
any news?

Halvard

29th March 2007, 10:37

Not very good by Henning, but quit happy with Ostberg and Mikkelsen.

teufel

29th March 2007, 10:51

I'm excited to see how Mikkelsen and Ostberg will do in comparison to Wilks!

Viking

29th March 2007, 10:55

Not very good by Henning, but quit happy with Ostberg and Mikkelsen.

Østberg Halvard, ØSTBERG :s mash: :p :

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 11:33

Any more news from the SD ?

[Madeira-Rally]

29th March 2007, 11:45

According to some Portuguese news about what happened with Armindo Araújo... it looks like it wasn't nothing serious..

euskalteam

29th March 2007, 11:45

5 spectators involved in the incident. 2 of them the photographers, slighly injured... godd news.

Said by a portuguese forum member of another forum.

Donney

29th March 2007, 11:47

Hope everything goes well for the wounded and then for the Rally.

Madeira

29th March 2007, 11:48

No official reports yet, but two photographers were hit by Armindo, one of them probably has broken a leg and the other an arm.
source:http://www.publico.clix.pt/shownews.asp?id=1289703&idCanal=172

jonas_mcrae

29th March 2007, 12:16

No official reports yet, but two photographers were hit by Armindo, one of them probably has broken a leg and the other an arm.
source:http://www.publico.clix.pt/shownews.asp?id=1289703&idCanal=172

ups,not good for the rallies publicity and future nomination...
considering problems with spectators in the past

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 12:38

1 P Solberg 3:06.0
2 Atkinsson 3:06.6
3 Hirvonen 3:06.7
4 Loeb 3:07.2
= Mikkelsen 3:07.2
6 Carlsson 3:07.4
7 Grönholm 3:07.7
8 Sordo 3:08.2
9 Latvala 3:09.5
10 Galli 3:09.7
11 Kopecky 3:10.8
12 Wilks 3:11.3
13 Garde 3:11.9
14 Stohl 3:12.6
15 H Solberg 3:13.1
16 Östberg 3:13.9
17 Wilson 3:17.0
18 MacHale 3:18.4
19 Armindo 3:27.8

Viking

29th March 2007, 12:42

Seems like the Subarus also found the right setup.

A. MIKKELSEN 3:07.2 :up:

Tomi

29th March 2007, 12:59

Ford and Citroen boys seems to be happy with the car.

Fischer

29th March 2007, 13:01

That's pretty ironic, safety-man Armindo crashes and hits spectators.
Maybe his desire to impress was greater than his safety retoric this time?

turves

29th March 2007, 13:02

Not a bad time for Wilks too, but most impressive without a doubt is Mikkelsen

Shacki

29th March 2007, 13:39

http://www.ewrc.cz/2006/show.asp?clanek=5505

pejda

29th March 2007, 13:41

Conrad Rautenbachs car after his shakedown rollover.

Catiocha7

29th March 2007, 13:48

What is the kind of this car ??
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2007/portugalsko/rautenbach.jpg
I saw it on ewrc.cz

Is it Citroen ?

DonJippo

29th March 2007, 13:49

pejda

29th March 2007, 14:03

Conrad Rautenbach

Corny

29th March 2007, 14:18

is araujo going to start?

Erki

29th March 2007, 14:19

Can anyone enlighten me on the Araujo&safety thing?

malscar

29th March 2007, 14:29

What is the kind of this car ??

Broken

JAM

29th March 2007, 14:53

Can anyone enlighten me on the Araujo&safety thing?

The car was landing in jump at on a left corner, the car slided after jump and touched in 5 persons that were injured. Two of them (two portuguese photographers) had the biggest injuries (one had a broken arm and the other a broken leg) and the other three spectators had really small injuries and were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Armindo Araujo was really down with this accident... one of the photographers is a longtime friend of the driver that followed all his carrer. Let's hope he recover.

A lot of times the portuguese spectators were criticized by his behaviour, but the three spectators with small injuries were foreigners (2 spanish and one german i supose). Let's hope the rally start going well next 3 days, because WRC deserves a rally like Portugal and Portugal deserves a rally in WRC.

By the way, the shakedown had thousands of spectators and was not canceled, as the spectators were in safe places. This accident was really a unhappy thing...

Tom206wrc

29th March 2007, 14:56

I'm sorry to hear that :(

I've read the spectators were in a "forbidden" area(known by organizers as dangerous, then)...I'm not so sorry for the spectators, knowing that :rolleyes:

It seems they shouldn't have been in that zone :mad:

WRC1

29th March 2007, 15:05

The car was landing in jump at on a left corner, the car slided after jump and touched in 5 persons that were injured. Two of them (two portuguese photographers) had the biggest injuries (one had a broken arm and the other a broken leg) and the other three spectators had really small injuries and were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

as the spectators were in safe places. This accident was really a unhappy thing...

sorry, but standing on the outside of a corner after a small jump is not exactly "safe"...even if 2 of them where photografers and the others where foreigners..
i dont think the safety problem is a problem of the portugise people, it is a marshall and safety crew problem it is not safe to stand in the outside of corners.
ok the photografers are alowed to stay there on theire own risk, but what about the other people??
i agree with you that portugal MUST stay in the WRC and i really hope everything will went well during the weekend

regards

wrc1

JAM

29th March 2007, 15:24

sorry, but standing on the outside of a corner after a small jump is not exactly "safe"...even if 2 of them where photografers and the others where foreigners..
i dont think the safety problem is a problem of the portugise people, it is a marshall and safety crew problem it is not safe to stand in the outside of corners.
ok the photografers are alowed to stay there on theire own risk, but what about the other people??
i agree with you that portugal MUST stay in the WRC and i really hope everything will went well during the weekend

regards

wrc1

When i said "in safe places" was refering to the overall spectators, not these 5 in particular.

Addicted

29th March 2007, 16:07

Great shakedown for Mikkelsen in WRC and Pinomäki in JRC.

[Madeira-Rally]

29th March 2007, 16:25

You can see a video from the accident here

http://videos.sapo.pt/GmkhZLzm8MzCmK0jIqmu

I looks like the accident of Joaquim Santos in 1986 :(

Armindo simply lost the control of the car...

pentti

29th March 2007, 16:38

Tonight 6.00pm uk time live in Eurosport

Audimadgeoff

29th March 2007, 17:22

What is the kind of this car ??
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2007/portugalsko/rautenbach.jpg
I saw it on ewrc.cz

Is it Citroen ?

It's Conrad Rautenbach's C2 S1600.
Spoke to him just after the crash and he was feeling a bit glum, but the team are working like crazy and expect to have it as good as new this evening!

Conrad won the Kenyan Safari 2 weeks ago so this was a bit of a reality check for him!

White Sauron

29th March 2007, 17:29

Does the SSS start now or in an hour?

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 17:32

30mins to go... is Eurosport2 on some stream ? or something like that ?

White Sauron

29th March 2007, 17:37

30mins to go... is Eurosport2 on some stream ? or something like that ?

thanks!

[Madeira-Rally]

29th March 2007, 17:53

Does the SSS start now or in an hour?

The SS have started at 17:35

SubaruNorway

29th March 2007, 18:01

but the wrc cars havent driven yet well no picture anyway now

SubaruNorway

29th March 2007, 18:05

and it's back :)

mdesign

29th March 2007, 18:11

go armindo GO!!!!

jparker

29th March 2007, 18:11

Is the SSS live on wrc.com? What's the link?

mdesign

29th March 2007, 18:16

a very nice jump from mchale! Araujo says he is trying to get his confidence back!

CABAIO E'LONA

29th March 2007, 18:16

in live at Portugal TV: (i not good quality)...

http://www.freeetv.com/jp/Video_Stream-page-watch-id-949-d-1.html

and pics of the park:

http://wrcrallynews.blogspot.com/

Micke_VOC

29th March 2007, 18:29

its live on Eurosport 2 too now.

Bruno Portela

29th March 2007, 18:42

URL for the Windows Media Player???

MHjerpe

29th March 2007, 18:44

Seems to be a news show on that portugal stream...

White Sauron

29th March 2007, 18:58

Gronholm's fantastic...

Finni

29th March 2007, 19:01

Phenomenal time by Marcus. Hopefully this form continues tomorrow.

jparker

29th March 2007, 19:17

Gronholm's fantastic...

I think Loeb wasn't pushing :)

Brother John

29th March 2007, 19:24

How did Mikkelsen in SSS today? He was fast in the shakedown!

COD

29th March 2007, 19:27

Marcus was amazing :up: 2,3 faster than anyone else and 3,3 to Loeb. Wow.

Latvala was a bit overenthusiastic on the first corner, went off and lost nearly 10 sec's.

Tom206wrc

29th March 2007, 20:00

Bruno Magalhaes 2nd of GrN, 1st of Portuguese championship(equal with Bernardo Sousa) :p :

jparker

29th March 2007, 20:03

How did Mikkelsen in SSS today? He was fast in the shakedown!

Hid did race side by side with Ostberg. Timewise, they both did almost the same, but Ostberg was more consistent and smooth. I guess Mikkelsen doesn't like tarmak.

pentti

29th March 2007, 20:05

Marcus and Sordo were clearly the two biggest non train drivers. Hello Vauhdin Maailma.

Madeira

29th March 2007, 20:11

Bruno Magalhaes 2nd of GrN, 1st of Portuguese championship(equal with Bernardo Sousa) :p :

But let me say, Bernardo was amazing. I know it was only a SSS but the young driver from Madeira Island has showed talent.
Take a look in this short video from Madeira championship where you can see Bernardo showing his nice pace...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hc14P8G3E

JCarlosPP

29th March 2007, 20:22

But let me say, Bernardo was amazing. I know it was only a SSS but the young driver from Madeira Island has showed talent.
Take a look in this short video from Madeira championship where you can see Bernardo showing his nice pace...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hc14P8G3E

This one is nice too :p :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZEPJ870fys&mode=related&search=

A.F.F.

29th March 2007, 20:22

Hello Vauhdin Maailma. Does that mean what I think it means :D

White Sauron

29th March 2007, 20:27

Does that mean what I think it means :D

The world of speed?

A.F.F.

29th March 2007, 20:33

Just when I was adviced to follow Araujo, this thing happens :(

Let's hope this'll be the only incident in Portugal this weekend :up:

pentti

29th March 2007, 21:55

Does that mean what I think it means :D Yes

jparker

29th March 2007, 23:37

Yes

But if I don't know what A.F.F. thinks that means, it means
I don't know what you mean by saying "Yes".
Some more hints please :)

A.F.F.

30th March 2007, 04:38

Sorry, too long story that goes some time back. Plus, you should have read Vauhdin Maailma. :)

Koppomsbo

30th March 2007, 05:33

Good Morning all! Lets hope for a great day/weekend of rallying :D

calibr

30th March 2007, 06:53

I must say then I was more dissapointet by Visitor Sa and Rui Madeira. Hope it`s going better today. They get all the weekend to overtake the scandinavians. Swedish Patrick Flodin and the Norwegian Eyvind Brynildsen.

Koppomsbo

30th March 2007, 07:20

By the way, why is the start so late? Is there far to travel from the start to the first stage??

Rajle

30th March 2007, 07:22

Wake up, friends : http://www.ewrc-media.com/images/fotky.php?co=217&a=pl

Helstar

30th March 2007, 07:25

Is the start in 1 or 2 hours ?

ttiirika

30th March 2007, 07:28

Actually in 3 hours, 10.27 local time.

Woodeye

30th March 2007, 07:30

Good morning all.

Anyone knows what happened to J-M yesterday? He's currently 44th...

MHjerpe

30th March 2007, 07:34

By the way, why is the start so late? Is there far to travel from the start to the first stage??

I wounder about that to... strange...

MHjerpe

30th March 2007, 07:36

Woodeye: I did't see it my self but heard the interview after the stage.. and he said it was the most annoying thing he had done is his career.. dunno exactly what he did though...

Tomi

30th March 2007, 07:39

Good morning all.

Anyone knows what happened to J-M yesterday? He's currently 44th...

He did learn that on a superspecial you cant win a rally, but its easy to loose one. I dont think thiskind of screw up will happen again.

Woodeye

30th March 2007, 07:40

Maybe stalled the car or hit something on the way..? Anyone?

Tomi

30th March 2007, 07:40

Maybe stalled the car or hit something on the way..? Anyone?

He went wide big time

COD

30th March 2007, 07:49

Maybe stalled the car or hit something on the way..? Anyone?

Went off on first corner of the rally! He was stuck for maybe 8-10 sec's.

On the live broadcast it looked like there was a bit to much attack from hin the whole stage, even after the off.

Viking

30th March 2007, 07:50

From Rally-Live
"Meanwhile, Jari-Matti Latvala was a little over-eager in his Stobart Focus and ran wide at the start “It was really slippery and I can now say I have done the embarrassing moment of the rally – been off on the first stage…”

Donney

30th March 2007, 08:21

Good morning people, let's be ready to enjoy a nice with a few intersting battles and no more problems like yesterday.

After seeing the TV footage it was not the "old" Portugal problem, but a question of idiocy and bad luck.

Zamppa

30th March 2007, 08:37

Jari-Matti was well and truly attacking the stage after that first corner error. Luckily he didn't make any more mistakes, it was all very spectacular stuff.

MHjerpe

30th March 2007, 08:44

The Radio ppl got wild when Galli did his run... what was Gigi doing ?

Helstar

30th March 2007, 08:58

The Radio ppl got wild when Galli did his run... what was Gigi doing ?
I haven't seen the SSS live ... I'm curious to know too. Meanwhile the run or at the end ?
Maybe he repeated the trick performed in Motorshow 2006 ? Or a donut like in RAC 05 ? Or a "normal" people cheering (Greece 05) ... ^^

janneppi

30th March 2007, 09:05

The Radio ppl got wild when Galli did his run... what was Gigi doing ?
I think i saw him climing on the roof of his car while it was moving. :)
( I might be wrong though, didn't really pay attention)

Zamppa

30th March 2007, 09:08

Galli wore a shirt with portugese flag in it(something to do with football I guess, no idea what though...) and stood on the roof of his Xsara while his co'driver drove it slowly around the circuit.

Madeira

30th March 2007, 09:12

Here is
http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/raliportugal107/images/IMG_3580.jpg

MHjerpe

30th March 2007, 09:21

Ahh cool... is it on youtube yet ? :)

DonJippo

30th March 2007, 09:31

Galli wore a shirt with portugese flag in it(something to do with football I guess, no idea what though...) and stood on the roof of his Xsara while his co'driver drove it slowly around the circuit.

Seems some have to use circus tricks to get the publicity... :dozey:

jonas_mcrae

30th March 2007, 09:50

Seems some have to use circus tricks to get the publicity... :dozey:

is the ONLY way to do it nowdays LOL

Helstar

30th March 2007, 10:00

Seems some have to use circus tricks to get the publicity... :dozey:
He doesn't need publicity. He's already well known everywhere. He does these things because ... he's like that. His own personality ... funny and enthusiast (maybe too much sometimes xD !).

He did this trick also in Motorshow 2006 over the yellow Pug 307 ... and I think he's been doing since years (we should ask Pino or some storic supporter for a confirm).

Tom206wrc

30th March 2007, 10:06

Wake up, friends : http://www.ewrc-media.com/images/fotky.php?co=217&a=pl

No high-res pic of the 207 ;(

JAM

30th March 2007, 10:11

He doesn't need publicity. He's already well known everywhere. He does these things because ... he's like that. His own personality ... funny and enthusiast (maybe too much sometimes xD !).

He did this trick also in Motorshow 2006 over the yellow Pug 307 ... and I think he's been doing since years (we should ask Pino or some storic supporter for a confirm).

Galli and Petter Solberg received an entusiastic feedback from the public on the stadium, but Galli was really amazing. The portuguese spectators loved that and as a friend of mine said "Galli earned about 10.000.000 portuguese fans today because everybody will talk about the driver with the portuguese football tshirt!!"