October 2021

Massimo Biasion will drive a Lancia Delta S4 in the Rally Madeira Legend

The Italian Massimo Biaion will be in the Rally Madeira Legend, on the roads on the 29th and 30th October, with a Lancia Delta S4 of the group B. “Miki” Biasion, currently at the age of 63, won the Rali Vinho da Madeira in 1983, in an ascending part of his career, representing several manufacturers and achieving four important titles, the European and Italian in 1983, year when he drove a Lancia 037, and world in 1988 and 1989, both behind the wheel of a Lancia Delta Integrale. The driver, after leaving the rallies, also did a few all terrain and Dakar.   Lancia Delta S4 will have the colours of HF Grifone, which Fabrizio Tabaton won in the Island in 1986, and is the last model homologated in the group B for rallies and is, as such, also technically considered one of the most sophisticated vehicles of this group. The winner of several WRC competitions with Henri Toivonen and Markku Alen, this Lancia model had a four-cylinder engine in line with 1.759 cc, a roots volumetric compressor for lower rotations and a turbocharger for the power regime debited, according to non-official versions, and a power of 600 horses. With the minimum weight allowed of 960 kg, it was equipped with all- wheel drive.  

Presentation of the vehicle driven by Massimo Biasion

The Organizing Committee of Rally Madeira Legend would like to invite your communication media for the presentation of the vehicle that will be used by the driver Massimo Biasion in the edition of the competition that will hit the roads on the 29th and 30th October. The meeting with the media will take place this afternoon at 5 p.m. at the headquarters of the Club Spots da Madeira. Best regards.  

Forty drivers confirmed in the Rally Madeira Legend

Just a week for the entries’ deadline of the Rally Madeira Legend, a competition that will hit the roads on the 29th and 30th October, and there are already forty confirmed drivers in the Club Sports da Madeira Organization. Besides these drivers, about 20 have shown their interest in such event and should, in the next few days, complete their entry applications in the competition that will have Pedro Melvill Araújo as the Clerk of the Course. Amongst the enrolled participants, there are many motorsport references, both in a regional and national level, in a list that includes regional and national champions, as well as the world champion, Massimo Biasion. The not yet confirmed presence of a few drivers is due to the logistic problems that a few teams are facing to bring to Madeira their vehicles, which will also take part in some other similar international competitions. The list of vehicles already enrolled in the start of the competition is very eclectic and includes several generations of models that have been making, for many years, the delight of the growing number of enthusiasts of this type of competition. Different models of Ford, Audi and Lancia will fill an outstanding sample of vehicles from the group B, as well as several vehicles of the nostalgic group N and A will also be highlighted. One of the curious aspects of this competition will be the presence of Rui Ribeiro’s Ford Escort Mk I, which won, in 1975, the Rali Vinho da Madeira with “Janica” Clemente behind the wheel.  

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