Magalhães entered this rally with the need to get a good result for the Portuguese series (CPR); foreign crews don’t take him points and Moura made it clear that Fafe and Açores would be his sole events this year. Rego isn’t registered in the CPR and with Teodósio having car issues, Magalhães is mainly cruising to get national series P2...
I believe that’s a bit unfair. It’s true that last year, despite a few good results and a final P3, he was a bit off the pace, but in 2017 he actually impressed in most of the events, being clearly one of the top 3 drivers of the season. He’s still fast and talented; hopefully he’ll be able to return to the ERC and prove it!