Belgian Joachim Wagemans returns to Rali da Madeira with an Alpine A110 RGT. The driver believes that "this year should be better. I have better competitive pace because I raced in Italy. It was with a Rally4, but it's always about driving. The biggest difference will also be that I now have more experience with a car I wasn't familiar with in 2024, and I hadn't been in action for five years. We also have pace notes, which gave us a lot of work last year. The Rally2s are faster and our cars are the same, so I think it will be very difficult to achieve a result like we did in 2024. Let's hope we don't have any problems and can use our experience to go faster."

Wagemans is 30 years old and made his rally debut in 2012 with a Ford Fiesta R2. He used this vehicle until 2014 and the following year switched to a Peugeot 208 R2, the model he drove in his debut at Rali da Madeira in 2017. In the following edition, he returned with a Peugeot 208 T16 R5. It was also in 2018 that he won the TER two-wheel drive cup. He returned to Madeira in 2024 with an Alpine A110 RGT and finished seventh. In 2025, he competed in three rallies in Italy with a Peugeot 208 Rally4 and a Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF.