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.
José Pedro Fontes was the fastest at the Shakedown at Água de Pena this morning.
The 2017 edition of Rali Vinho da Madeira did not go so well for Miguel Nunes. When he was leading the race, the disc brake of his Hyundai i20R5 broke and he was forced to quit. He hopes not to face the same tragedy this year-round.
The president of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, went to the Meet and Greet last night at Casino da Madeira.
Paulo Cafofo, the president of the Town Hall of Funchal, just signed the protocol reaffirming their commitment to the Rali Vinho da Madeira. Every year, the Town Hall provides logistical support to the organization, but this year was reinforced with the contribution of 25,000 €.
The winner of Campeonato da Madeira de Ralis Coral of this year's edition, João Silva, confessed he was feeling confident for Rali Vinho da Madeira - he will fight for the victory.
