Fighting for the victory
Bruno Magalhães will drive a Hyundai i20N Rally2 in Rali Vinho da Madeira, a race for which, "as it is known, I’m especially fond of. The car I have is fast and I hope to be at a level above the one I showed in Faial so that I may fight for victory. This would be my fourth consecutive victory in Madeira for the CPR. We still have one more test and we will have a lot of information to use to set the car. I foresee a very difficult rally but we all hope it will be the traditional party again. I advise the public to keep the traditional good safety behaviour so that the competition can aspire to move up in the rankings".
Magalhães is 42 years old and made his rally debut in 1999 with a VW Golf GTi 16V. In 2002 he started competing with a Peugeot 206 GTi and in 2004 he won the mono-brand trophy with the model in 2004. Between 2005 and 2011 he represented Peugeot and was national champion three times between 2007 and 2009. Between 2014 and 2018 he had a private international programme and was European Vice-Champion in 2017 with a Skoda Fabia R5. In 2019 he returned to the national championship with Hyundai, the brand he still defends. Currently fourth in the CPR, he has won the Rali Vinho da Madeira on four occasions.