The Clerk of the Course decided to give the timings to the first round of the SS 3- Palheiro Ferreiro, with only one or two corrections. Some contestants did not complete the SS 5 within the normal conditions due to the car crash of João Silva.
After the accident of the pair João Silva / Vítor Calado at the SS5, the other vehicles will regroup and wait for the alternative route.
The other participants that are in the SS5 are taking the liaison for the regrouping. Afterwards, a new timing will be given to the contestants.
The Portuguese pair that was in the crash is on their way to the hospital for further medical assistance.
The Tour European Rally 2018 promoters announced that the Power Stage this last round (Rali Vinho Madeira) that will happen today at PEC 6 – Cidade Santana 1 (10.81km, scheduled at 4:12 pm.
The pair Giandomenico Basso/Lorenzo Granai just arrived at the Park of Service at Avenida Sá Carneiro and the bitterness was visible in their faces.
The pair Alexandre Camacho/Pedro Calado won the first two SS of the day, while Basso has had a serious problem with his vehicle.
Alexandre Camacho was the fastest at SS2 - Campo de Golfe 1 with the best time 00:07:00,1. While the second and the third spots were taken by two Madeiran drivers: João Silva (00:07:04,3) and Miguel Nunes (00:07:04,8).
Stay tuned to our live streams of the 59th Edition of Rali Vinho da Madeira on our Facebook official page, of the several stages of classifications (provided by Be Connected).
It is a different and alternative way of following what is happening on our Madeiran roads in the next days.
Willing to have a good result in Madeira, the driver Ricardo Teodósio, the second in the Campeonato de Portugal de Ralis ranking at present, confessed being fond of Rali Vinho da Madeira. “We want to do the best we can and it would be great to repeat our last performance,” he said. Remember that the Algarvian won the Rali de Castelo Branco – the last rally of Campeonato de Portugal – driving his Skoda Fabia R5.
Rali Vinho da Madeira is about to start and two teams decided to quit the race. The pairs #28 Artur Quintal / Wilson Aguiar and #61 Filipe Freitas / Daniel Figueiroa did not show up to the "Parc Fermé", due to mechanical issues. Consequently, they are officially out of the Rali Vinho da Madeira 2018.
José Pedro Fontes is back to the Rali Vinho da Madeira, after being forced to be absent last year due to an accident. This year he came to Madeira determined to win.
“We hope to fight to win, we will premiere here our new C3. Although we have raced before with it, we don’t have the experience that we had with the DS3, but we believe that the C3 can be better”, he said.
