Portuguese Rally News

[Andre Oliveira]

Magalhães will be codrived by Carlos Magalhães again according infos here at Portugal.

[Rally Power]

Hyundai Portugal Team presentation can be seen live tommorow from 12.30 GMT:
https://www.facebook.com/teamhyundaiportugal/
Besides Magalhães new co-driver revelation, hope we’ll also learn about a second car being entered for a young crew. Fingers crossed.

Btw, one of Rali Serras de Fafe attractions is already testing: Vallejo’s Racing 911 GT3 (using Tuthill gravel kit), driven by local driver ‘Mex’. It’ll be great to hear the flat6 on a forest again!
Video by Rosmanão: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwgf...&feature=share

[Rally Power]

Photo: autosport.pt

Mixed felings about today’s announcements; it’s great to see Hyundai Portugal and its partners raising their investement in the sport by supporting Magalhães on a full scale ERC program but it’s a bit disappointing not having a younger driver using their car in the national series. Guys like Diogo Gago, Pedro Paixão or Pedro Antunes have been struggling to advance their careers and any of them would deserve Hyundai’s CPR seat.

Anyway, with 5 former CPR champs (Magalhães, Araújo, Fontes, Meireles and Teodósio) and hopefully some more fighting for this year CPR with top cars and top teams, we can hardly complain about the national rally scene. Best luck to all of them and to all the others competing at this great rally series.

[Tom206wrc]

Any news on Citroën Portugal plans for 2020 we're 10 days before start of Rali Serra de Fafe after all

[Tom206wrc]

Besides Araújo in the Fabia, all last year main contenders are already confirmed for 2020 CPR: Teodósio (Fabia), Magalhães (i20), Fontes (C3) and Meireles (Polo). Others top crews can also be announced soon, at least for the major events. For Rali Serras de Fafe, besides Tanak and Sordo on the WRC’s we’re still hopefully expecting a Yaris from TGR and a couple of WRC2/3 entrants. It’d be a brilliant season start!

OK so Citroën continues with Fontes

[Rally Power]

OK so Citroën continues with Fontes

You can follow Citroen PT here: https://www.facebook.com/CitroenVodafoneTeam/

Btw, besides JP Fontes, gentleman driver Alfredo Barros will also run the CPR on a C3, switching from a Fiesta. Diogo Gago will run the first 2 rounds on a C3, although his target is Açores regional series. In Madeira series, reigning champ Alex Camacho has switched from a Fabia to a C3. Apart Barros, all the C3’s will be run by Sports&You (Fontes team).

[katxal]

Good news for Rali Serras de Fafen, Gryazin will be in the start

https://www.laregion.es/articulo/mas...412926241.html

[katxal]

Pedro Heller also in Rali Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras.

https://www.laregion.es/articulo/mas...010926415.html

[Rally Power]

Gryazin was already expected but Heller’s entry is a big and nice surprise. Already over 20 R5’s on this event list; with Sordo and Tanak also there on their WRC’s it’s not hard to predict a full house at Fafe!

[katxal]

One more!

Exclusiva: El hermano pequeño de Pedro Heller, Alberto, también estará en el Rali Serras de Fafe

https://www.laregion.es/articulo/mas...742926473.html