Simone Campedelli returns to Rali da Madeira in a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 from The Racing Factory. The Italian said, "First of all, we're very happy that they wanted us back because this is one of our favourite events of the entire year. The goal is, above all, to have fun, and, of course, we want to try to get a good result. It will never be easy because there are many drivers who are very fast, very strong, or who know the rally very well, like Dani Sordo, Alexandre Camacho, and many others. But we'll do everything in our power and try to achieve a result that has eluded us."

Campedelli turned 39 just two days ago and made his rally debut in 2004 with a Citroën C2. Until 2009, despite sporadic use of much more competitive cars, he mostly drove various versions of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. During that period, in 2007, he won the Italian gravel rally trophy. In 2022, he was the Italian junior champion with a Citroën DS3 R3T and the same vehicle, and the following year he was the Italian two-wheel drive champion. In 2017, he won the Promotion with a Ford Fiesta R5, and in 2022 and 2023, he was the Italian asphalt champion using a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo.