João Silva is first in the two-wheel drive

There has been a lot of excitement in the top classification of Rali Vinho da Madeira and the whole caravan organised by Club Sports da Madeira, which is happening this weekend. The emotion is also in the dispute of the success between the cars with two-wheel drive, category in which the five first positions are occupied by competitors of the Peugeot Rally Cup Iberica with their Peugeot 208 Rally4. João Silva was, so far the only driver who was faster in two different Special Stages, Cidade do Funchal and Cidade de Santana and the FX driver is also the leader with an advantage of 7,8 seconds over his opponent. The second is Pedro Antunes, the slowest in Palheiro Ferreiro, and the Spanish Sergi Perez, the third after having been the fastest in Campo de Golfe. The top 5 best so far include Vitor Sá and Hugo Lopes.

RVM 2023 - Notional times

Due to an accident of car number 10, driven by Kris Meeke, Special Stage 3, Palheiro Ferreiro, was interrupted and has affected the competitors number 37, 38 and 39. After analysis, the Clerk of the course allocated the following times:   Competitor number 37 – 13:47,8 Competitor number 38 – 13:28,4 Competitor number 39 – 13:20,7

Alexandre Camacho is in the lead of Rali Vinho da Madeira

After completing just over half of the first Special Stage of the event, which has been on the road since yesterday and until tomorrow. The Madeiran driver with a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo was the best in the fourth Special Stage, Santana 1, and has a 3.7 seconds lead over the previous leader, Giandomenico Basso, in an identical vehicle. Third and top of the national championship standings is José Pedro Fontes who, in a Citroën C3 Rally2, is 6.8 seconds behind the leader. Miguel Nunes crashed on the wet Santana road and fell many positions, now in seventh place. In the top five are Ricardo Teodósio, in a Hyundai i20N Rally2, and Simone Campedelli, in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, just under 20 seconds from the front of the competition. Rali Vinho da Madeira continues with a stop through the Service Park, in Funchal, and will compete this afternoon the third Special Stage, as a new leg through the same itinerary will take place tomorrow.

Giandomenico Basso is the leader of Rali Vinho da Madeira

Italian Giandomenico Basso is the new leader of Rali Vinho da Madeira, after completing the third Special Stage of the event, Palheiro Ferreiro 1. The Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo driver, the best in that Special Stage, also benefited from the withdrawal of the previous leader, Kris Meeke. In the remaining places of the rally's podium are the Madeirans Miguel Nunes and Alexandre Camacho, 2.0 and 2.4 seconds, respectively, from the driver in front. The Portuguese José Pedro Fontes and Ricardo Teodósio and the Italian Simone Campedelli follow in the standings.

Kris Meeke maintains leadership in Rali Vinho da Madeira

Britain's Kris Meeke has extended his lead at the front of Rali Vinho da Madeira. The Hyundai i20N Rally2 driver was fastest on the first pass through Campo de Golfe and now has a lead of 4.5 seconds over Alexandre Camacho from Madeira in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. The momentary podium of the Club Sports da Madeira organisation is the perfect mirror of the classification of the first Special Stage of the second day of competition. In the lowest place of the podium is the Italian Giandomenico Basso in another Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. In the next places are Ricardo Teodósio, in a Hyundai i20N Rallly2, Miguel Nunes, with Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, and José Pedro Fontes, in a Citroën C3 Rally2. The caravan now heads to Palheiro Ferreiro, the longest special stage of the event, with 19.05 km.

Kris Meeke leads Rali Vinho da Madeira

Kris Meeke is the first leader of the Rali Vinho da Madeira, an event counting for the FIA European Rally Trophy, national and regional championships of the sport that is on the road until next Saturday, 5th August. The Hyundai i20N Rally2 driver completed the 2.18 km of Cidade do Funchal, the only Special Stage of the first day of competition held in the downtown of the host city and framed, as usual, by many tens of thousands of spectators, in 1:34.8. His time was 0.2 seconds better than the second fastest, Simone Campedelli, in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. Third fastest, Armindo Araújo took 0.7 seconds longer than the leader in his Skoda Fabia RS Rally2. In the accounts relevant to the regional championship of the sport, the command belongs to Miguel Nunes, fourth absolute with 0.1 seconds less than Alexandre Camacho. The best among the users of two-wheel drive vehicles are also the first in the Peugeot Rally Cup Iberica, a trophy in which João Silva is in the lead, with an advantage of 1.6 and 3.3 seconds over Pedro Antunes and Hugo Lopes, respectively. Gil Freitas, in his debut with the Alpine A110, was the fastest among the competitors with RGT.

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