Miguel Barbosa has had a “season of highs and lows. We gave up at the Azores and at the Portuguese Rally Championship which is a shame since these are competitions done on dirt, my favorite terrain. Other races have gone much better. Rally Vinho Madeira is a competition that emanates a unique ambience, with fantastic legs, and we wish to obtain a good general position. Having said this, our greatest goal is the Portuguese Rally Championship and our racing will be pointing towards that objective. We want, overall, to end at the National Championship’s podium”.

Miguel Barbosa is 41 years old and his enrollment in the sport started with all-terrain racing, a discipline in which he won 10 national titles. He also competed in speed competitions and was the Portuguese GT champion in 2011. He has usually taken part in the Portuguese Rally Championship since 2016 with a Skoda Fabia R5, and came third, in this competition, twice. Currently he is fourth at the national Championship.