"Pepe" Lopez obtained last weekend difficult victory at the win at Rallye de Ferrol, the sixth Spanish Championship Event, after a very interesting duel with Ivan Ares. The driver with a Citroën C3 R5  lead all but one of the 10 stages of rally event in Coruña but finished only with 9.3 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

After an early career marked by some accidents, Jose Maria Lopez, now 23 years old, has had an exceptional 2019 season. The driver from Madrid will reach Madeira after four victories, achieved in rallying the Sierra Morena, an event integrated with the FIA European Rally Trophy, Islas Canarias, counting for the ERC, plus still Ourense and lastly Ferrol. Known as "Pepe" Lopez, the young promise from the neighbouring country leads the Spanish Rally Superchampionship.