Tiago Cró leaves RVM in SS 16 - Câmara de Lobos 2, with an engine problem in his Renualt Clio.
Décio Aguiar also retires, due to mechanical problems in his Citroen C2, during the connection between SS 16 and SS 17 - Ponta do Sol 2.
In SS 17, mechanical problems in the Peugeot 208 R2 forced José Rocha to retire.
The victory of José Pedro Fontes in SS 17 - Ponta do Sol 2, allows him to protect his third place overall, while he approaches the second place, Miguel Nunes, who is now only 3.7 seconds away.
Bruno Magalhães finished this stage in third place, but his leadership is untouched.
Robert Consani was fourth and overtook João Barros.
All the Porsches and R5 cars were weighted at the entrance of Service Park. The Service Park was used by the leading teams to change the tyres and improve some settings in the cars having in mind the last stages.
The drivers Diogo Camacho and Ivo Sardinha are no longer competing.
The first retirements of the afternoon are caused by mechanical problems in the Toyota Yaris and Citroen Saxo Cup.
Augusto Magalhães, Bruno Magalhães' father, supports his son at Service Park
A victory in 2015 edition of Rali Vinho Madeira (RVM) would have a special taste for Bruno Magalhães.
On this date 16 years ago was the first appearance of the portuguese driver in madeiran event.
Bruno Magalhães. “Nothing is decided. We started well today, even with some risks. As we have some advantage now, we don't have to risk as much.”
Miguel Nunes: “We will try to get the first place. It is not easy, as Bruno Magalhães is very strong, but we are not throwing away the towell. We must drive at top speed, there is no time to be cautious, as José Pedro Fontes is very close.”
After 4 stages this morning, Bruno Magalhães leads and increases his advantage to Miguel Nunes.
Magalhães started the day in third place, but did not lose time and swept the madeiran away from the leadership, leaving him in second place, with José Pedro Fontes right behind less than 4 seconds away.
Alexandre Camacho keeps winning time, finishing the morning in fourth. The madeiran has taken back part of his yesterday's delay, caused by a puncture. Anyway he is 52 seconds behind the third, José Pedro Fontes, being the fight for the podium more difficult.
The madeiran driver Alexandre Camacho keeps his very fast pace, winning SS 14 Ponta do Pargo 1, with 7:55.0, a time that allows him to overtake João Barros for the fourth place.
Bruno Magalhães (7:50.9), Miguel Nunes (7:52.7) e José Pedro Fontes (7:54.2) take the next spots and keep their overall places.
Robert Consani gets the fifth time (7:56.0) and overtakes Ricardo Moura, being current sixth.
The team Carlos Vieira / Luís Ramalho retired, with mechanical problems in his Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 2010, during SS 13 - Ponta do Sol 1.
Rui Conceição / Roberto Fernandes retired before CH 13, also due to mechanical problems in their Ford Escort RS Coswort.
Carlos Martins finished yesterday the second day of RVM in the tenth place, but this morning bad luck knocked at his door and the driver is out of the race.
"The transmission broke inside the stage", explained Carlos Martins to RVM site, in Service Park.
