As for the Rali Coral da Madeira Championship, Alexandre Camacho, is the absolute winner of the event, as he was also the best in the local championship. As for the regional competition, Camacho was followed by Pedro Paixão who, with this result, becomes the second in a championship where Miguel Nunes reaches the lowest position of the temporary podium. Third in the Madeiran competition, with a Porsche 997 GT3 Filipe Freitas regained some disadvantage of the initial board. The fourth amonst the Madeiran drivers, Rui Jorge Fernandes has once again a good outcome and has the same position in the competition homologated by FPAK. The fifth local driver, João Silva, had his first points and José Camacho, sixth, became the fifth in the championship. As for the seventh Madeiran driver in the debut of his Ford Fiesta R5 MkII, Rui Pinto is now lower in the standings, ahead of Dinarte Baptsita, eighth in both the championship and the season, with a Renault Clio R3. Pedro Macedo, in a Peugeot 208 R2, and Miguel Andrade, with a Renault 5 GT Turbo, closed the top ten regional board.  Standings: 1st Alexandre Camacho, 80; 2nd Pedro Paixão, 52; 3rd Miguel Nunes, 50; 4th Rui Jorge Fernandes, 34; 5th José Camacho, 32; 6th Filipe Freitas, 31; 7th Rui Pinto, 25; 8th Dinarte Baptista, 20; 9th João Silva, 12; 10th Paulo Mendes, 10. * * official standings informative only  

Alexandre Camacho became a record winner of Rali Vinho da Madeira, by becoming, for the fourth time, the leader of a competition that even had a bad start. With a few wrong choices of tyres and setups, the driver of Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo was 18 seconds from leadership by the end of the first four stages of the competition. Still, he never backed down and got a revival that allowed him to reduce the disadvantage. Also helped by some mistakes of his main opponent, Camacho was able to start the last stage 6,7 seconds of the leader, a difference that he reduced until 1,7 seconds in the final stage. That’s where he raced with tyres for dry roads in wet tarmac and turned his opponent’s misfortune into a benefit, in order to celebrate a victory that brightens not only his persistence but also his tactic sense in many occasions. If Alexandre Camacho was the image of joy while returning to Funchal, Miguel Nunes was the mirror of misfortune. Also in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, Nunes was leading the competition organized by Club Sports da Madeira, from the first to the prior to the last special stage and was forced to withdraw, although he finished the last stage. In a very difficult road, he was not able to avoid a spin and ended up with the damaged suspension. Who also took advantage of Nunes’ misfortune was Bruno Magalhães and José Pedro Fontes, as they conquered the places on the podium. Magalhães, author of an excellent performance, with a Hyundai i20 R5, finished with a second position, equivalent, in terms of championship, to the Portuguese Rally Championship winner. Right behind him, is José Pedro Fontes, in a Citroën C3 Rally2, has the third place on the podium.  Pedro Paixão would have been on the podium, however, due to the time lost with a punctured tyre, went down to the tenth position, still, with a great revival, ended up in the fourth place. The Spanish driver, Jan Solans had his debut in Madeira with a Citroën C3 Rally2 and was the fifth, after a performance where he made a few mistakes, had drawbacks due to his lack of experience in the competition, although he was also the author of a few excellent timings.      

The covid tests prepared for the Rali Vinho da Madeira were successfull. The Organizing Committee, competitors and their teams, social media and all other members of this event, have taken part of the testing, for three days, as all tests for Covid-19 turned out negative.

João Silva, who had already finished the first section behind Rui Jorge Fernandes in the contest for the victory of the two-wheel drive cars, is not, two special stages away from the four stages of the first leg, 2.4 seconds of the Renault Clio R3T driver. Behind the duet is Dinarte Baptista (Renault Clio R3), 38,7 seconds, Roberto Canha (Peugeot 208 Rally4), 1:14,1, and João Ferreira (Citroën DS3 R3T), 1:46.2 tenths of a second. Filipe Freitas is now completely alone on the command of the RGT group, as Paulo Carvalheiro, the second, is more than 6 minutes, and Paulo Mendes, third, is more than 11.  

Estas condições climatéricas vieram baralhar-nos a todos nós

Winner of the four special stages already competed, Miguel Nunes is alone in the leadership of Rali Vinho da Madeira, from the first special stages of Campo de Golfe, Palheiro Ferreiro, Boaventura and Santana. The Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo driver has a head start of 18,3 seconds gap of the second standing, Alexandre Camacho, who wasn’t lucky with the special stages of wet and dry routes, as well as the fog.  In the third position is Ricardo Teodósio, also the third in the Portuguese Rally Championship, who didn’t have a good start in the morning, but ended up regaining the position he is now. The driver from Algarve is followed by Bruno Magalhães, 2,1 seconds very effective with his Hyundai i20 R5. The Spanish Jan Solans, fifth, had a few drawbacks with the Special Stage in Campo de Golfe, however, he has been improving and is now the second fastest driver in Boaventura. Armindo Araújo has a reversed performance, as he started off quite well, but had a few drawbacks during the end of the morning.  Standing out is Bernardo Sousa who, with a Skoda Fabia R5, was in eleventh position in the starting stage, nevertheless, the improvement of his performance allowed him to become the eighth in the second passage through the assistance park, right behind José Pedro Fontes, with a Citroën C3 Rally2. The two last drivers of top 10 are Miguel Correia and Pedro Paixão, who lost a lot of time in the first stage in Santana due to a puncture in one of his Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo tyres.  

Rui Jorge Fernandes, behind the wheel of a Renault Clio R3T, is the leader of the standings for the drivers of the two-wheel drive, category that the best drivers achieved by taking advantage of the difficult weather conditions, having a performance better than other more powerful vehicles. João Silva, in a national debut of his Renault Clio Rally4, is 2,2 seconds right behind him, and Ernesto Cunha, behind the wheel of a Peugeot 208 Rally4 is 12 of his leader. Dinarte Baptista, with a Renault Clio R3, and Américo Gouveia, driving a Peugeot 208 Rally4, are next in the standings.