Quote Originally Posted by Tom206wrc View Post
No Pepe Lopez on SS1 Serras de Fafe...looks like he was forfait
Lopez managed to destroy the radiator on a jump at SS1.

1st leg impressions (before night city stages):
The sun didn’t prevail and a shitty wheatear made today’s leg tricky to drive and hard to spectate. On stages Moura looked faster than anyone else but Meireles managed to keep the Azorian champ pace. They were fighting for the lead till on SS4 Meireles suffered engine problems, loosing a bit of time. Fontes seemed and was slower than the leaders, still faster than the rest of the R5 pack. Castro’s i20 looks and sounds great but the driver is not one of the fastest around. In Gr.N Teodosio is always entertaining to see and he’s on a close fight for the lead with Martins. In 2wd category the 208 guys, Antunes and Nunes drove amazingly but apparently Nunes abandoned. It was also nice to see Mesquita on the S2000 Fabia and the guys using the old C2’s Max. We’re hoping to see Meireles closing the gap to Moura on tomorrow stages, but in normal circumstances it won’t be easy for him. Lopez and some of today’s retirements are trying to fix the cars and enter through Rally2.