For Armindo Araújo, 2019 “is going pretty well. We are fighting for victory in the championship and our most direct adversary is already one result ahead of us. Rally Vinho Madeira is a big challenge, but also a race in which I enjoy, a lot, taking part. We want this participation to be a good operation when it comes to the gathering of qualification points for the Portuguese Rally Championship, notwithstanding reaching a good general result. We will, of course, race fast, but always aiming for our goal of collecting as many points as possible”.

Armindo Araújo is turning 42 in September and debuted in motor-racing around twenty years ago. He was part of many brands’ teams and was twice, in 2009 and 2010, the World Champion in Production. He was the National Champion six times, in the Production group in 2000, in absolute title from 2003 to 2006 and again in 2018, year in which he returned to the sport after a long career interregnum that lasted for six years. National Champion in title, he stands in second place currently at the Portuguese Rally Championship.