José Paulo Fontes, presidente da Comissão Organizadora do Rali Vinho Madeira, mostrou-se entusiasmado com a realização de mais uma edição da prova, apesar de todas as contingências que impossibilitam atingir outros patamares.
Denis Giraudet, Romain Dumas' codriver, is a leading face in Rali Vinho Madeira. After the first time in the distant year of 1977, the frenchman has already a career of almost 40 years, teaming with 68 drivers and built a rich motorsports curriculum.
Among the drivers he joined are Philippe Bugalski, Alain Oreille, Pierre-César Baroni, Nicolas Vouilloz, Stéphane Sarrazin, Armin Schwarz, Thomas Radstrom or François Duval.
Rali Vinho Madeira is, this year, a member of Tour European Rally (TER). The madeiran race is the second leg of this competition, after it started in May, with Arad Rally, in Romania. Then two more legs will follow: Skoda Rallye Liezen - Austria (September) and Rallye International du Valais – France (October).
Madeira Tecnopolo, as has happened in previous years, is again the HQ of Rali Vinho Madeira, gathering several services needed for the work of the event in level -1 of that building located in Penteada.
The Draft of the Entry List for 2016 edition has been published in the official site of the event..
http://ralivm.com/2016/pt/event/lista-inscritos
In this list are the drivers, codrivers and cars: Other details such as the numbers are not yet known.
The final entry list, with all the data according to the rules, will be published on Wednesday, 27th July, from 18h30.
The deadline for media accreditation requests to follow 2016 edition of Rali Vinho Madeira finishes on Friday, 22th July, at 19 hours.
The accredittions delivery will start on the 3rd August, between 10 and 20 hours, at Madeira Tecnopolo.
In the first official presentation of the 57th edition of Rali Vinho Madeira (RVM), the Organizing Committee annouced a provisional entry list of 55, so far with the confirmation of four foreign drivers.
Já teve início o desembarque das viaturas no Porto do Caniçal, transportadas pelo Funchalense 5 e Monte Brasil. São 20 equipas participantes na edição de 2016 do Rali Vinho Madeira, que vêm de fora (continentais e estrangeiras) e que recorreram ao transporte marítimo.
Esta operação de descarga continua nas próximas horas, seguindo os respetivos procedimentos alfandegários.
A estreia nos ralis do jovem piloto madeirense Francisco Abreu vai acontecer aos comandos do carro “zero” no Rali Vinho Madeira. Em comunicado de imprensa, o estreante revela o seu entusiasmo perante mais este desafio na sua carreira:
On Wednesday, the 27th, will be presented the final entry list, for 2016 edition.
