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9 live stages
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Miguel Nunes
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Alfredo Barros
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Joćo Barros
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Alexandre Camacho
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Robert Consani
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Luķs Serrado (Alexandro Camacho usually car)
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The champ :) Pedro Meireles
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Outstanding field of entries in Portugal this year. Far better than the neighbors' champ in Spain.
Test Pedro Meireles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DYq1IPZt3Y
The best driver of 911 is Alexandre Camacho, but in this rally he rent Delta DS3 R5. Freitas is from Madeira, have knowledge and his car is ex Fontes. Vieira is first year at rally competition but is very fast (next year will buy a Fabia R5). Those 2 can do something good. Unffortunetely, the 2 other Porsches are gentleman drivers, and others 2 will not start (Pires and Mendes).
Since last year we're seeing a renovated interest in Portuguese championship, somehow connected with the recovery of the car market. Citroėn has officially entered this year with Fontes and Meireles has also some support from the Skoda importer. Both cars are run by the strong Sports&You team. The other title contenders (Moura and Barros) are privateers, but got proper technical structures (ARC Sport and P&B Racing). Martins and Alves are outsiders with their S2000 Fabias and ex champ Lopes always performs well in his Impreza R4. Like Andre said, Vieira (911) is new to rally (former racing GT champion) but has already proved to be fast in tarmac rounds. Some other R5 cars are entered by gentleman drivers like Salvi or Elias Barros (Joćo Barros uncle). https://youtu.be/HRf97C_-b0k
In Madeira (a small island with limited sport infrastructures) Rally is a huge sport, profiting from the beautiful tarmac roads and the locals passion for fast cars. That's why regional TV and press strongly follows Madeira's championship, nowadays dominated by the Porsche "fever", led by Camacho and Freitas, and a bunch of well driven R4 Evos. https://youtu.be/YvcjOpjn_zg
This year Rally Vinho Madeira (the top event with a huge history in former ERC and IRC) wasn't able to attract top foreign drivers like in the past (only Consani is there), but the strong national and regional crews will certainly provide a great battle for victory. Don't miss it! http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtpmadeira (local time is GMT)