TSF 100 FM will follow the development of this edition of the Rally Vinho Madeira with a 30 hours broadcast. TSF's radio operation starts this Thursday, with three broadcasts: 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.: preview 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.: starting podium and regrouping before the first special stage 7.15 p.m. onwards: Special stage at Avenida do Mar. On Friday and Saturday you can keep up with all the information about the motor racing competition at 100 FM, with comments, interviews, results in real time, tops, suggestions and all that moves the competition.

Qualifying, a novelty of the 60.th edition of Rally Vinho Madeira, is a session in which the best timed drivers will have primacy in choosing their starting order for the competition. The session will start at 9:57 a.m. tomorrow, August the 1.st. The order and departure time of the priority riders for this session is as follows:  

On the 1.st of August (Thursday) RTP Madeira Live from the Starting Podium at Praça do Povo - 5 p.m./ 6.55 p.m. Live from Avenida do Mar - First Special Stage - 7.20 p.m./ 8.57 p.m. Antena 3 Rally Special - permanent broadcast 

There are three drivers who have managed to win Rally Vinho Madeira four times. Américo Nunes was the first competitor to manage such a feat with his triumphs in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1977. In more recent times, there were two competitors to achieve the same goal. Giandomenico Basso came up first in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2013, while Bruno Magalhães came victorious in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. These last two drivers will be at the get go of the 60.th edition of the competition and, in case of victory, they may become the new “King” of the Rally Vinho Madeira.

The always quite contested administrative check and scrutineering, as well as the turbo sealing for Rally Vinho Madeira will take place this afternoon, starting from 6 p.m.  These processes will be done, this year, at Praça do Mar and at the North Pontoon of the Harbor of Funchal and not at the CIFEC, as in previous years. As in for the autograph session, many Madeirans, who never lose a chance of being close and interact with their idols, will be present.

This year’s itinerary for Rally Vinho Madeira is introducing some differences to that which was adopted in previous editions. Even though the number of special stages is maintained, some alterations to the route were made, as well as the reintroduction of other stages. In the morning of Friday, the 2.nd of August, the two passages by Campo de Golfe come up longer than they have been in the past. This special stage starts, once more, in the surroundings of Campo de Golfe, but, after descending to Forte de Santo António, it will go up from Lombo das Faias to Portela, and, from there, down in the direction of Referta, close to Porto da Cruz. Friday’s afternoon also comes with alterations. Now, the caravan will dispute Serra d’Água, the reverse of Rosário, and following, from there, to Boaventura, a zone that was reintroduced in the program with a beautiful stage that will take the competitors from there to São Jorge, before disputing Santana. On Saturday the 3.rd of August, and right at the start of the competition’s day, Câmara de Lobos will be driven in reverse to how it was done in previous editions. If Ponta do Sol and Rosário are the same as in the past, Ponta do Pargo is now shorter. This special stage, run at the extreme west of the island, starts once again at the parish that lends it its name, but the competitive route will now end before Achadas da Cruz and not at the surrounding of Santa do Porto Moniz.