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[Rally Power]

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Third Rali Vinho Madeira win in a row for Camacho/Calado! The local Fabia crew dominated the event despite a hard fight with Lopez (one of the foreign crews present) during first leg. Basso was also there but never close to the lead, fighting with Magalhães (finally showing a good pace on the i20) for P3 untill a touch on a barrier forced him to retire. CPR main contenders were a bit away, with Araújo being P7 and Teodósio P12, after lots of issues; nevertheless he’s still leading the series ahead of Araújo and Magalhães, which is now also a title candidate.

Rali Vinho Madeira – Top 10:
1. Alexandre Camacho/Pedro Calado - Skoda Fabia R5; 2:12:39.1
2. Jose M. Lopez/Borja Rozada - Citroën C3 R5; + 40.3
3. Bruno Magalhães/Hugo Magalhães - Hyundai i20 R5; + 1:08.3
4. Miguel Nunes/João Paulo - Hyundai i20 R5; + 1:26.2
5. José P. Fontes/Inês Ponte - Citroën C3 R5; + 1:42.6
6. João Silva/Ricardo Ventura - Citroën DS3 R5; + 2:36.0
7. Armindo Araújo/Luís Ramalho - Hyundai i20 R5; + 3:05.6
8. Miguel Barbosa/Jorge Carvalho - Skoda Fabia R5; + 3:28.9
9. Pedro Meireles/Mário Castro - Volkswagen Polo R5; + 4:01.2
10. Rui Pinto/Ricardo Faria – Ford Focus WRC; + 4:29.7

Video by Mondego Sport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhnT1kI6YMs

PS: absent in Madeira, Daniel Nunes, the spectacular CPR 2wd leader, is in the hospital recovering from a severe road traffic accident. Get well soon Campeão!