After completing just over half of the first Special Stage of the event, which has been on the road since yesterday and until tomorrow. The Madeiran driver with a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo was the best in the fourth Special Stage, Santana 1, and has a 3.7 seconds lead over the previous leader, Giandomenico Basso, in an identical vehicle.

Third and top of the national championship standings is José Pedro Fontes who, in a Citroën C3 Rally2, is 6.8 seconds behind the leader. Miguel Nunes crashed on the wet Santana road and fell many positions, now in seventh place. In the top five are Ricardo Teodósio, in a Hyundai i20N Rally2, and Simone Campedelli, in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, just under 20 seconds from the front of the competition.

Rali Vinho da Madeira continues with a stop through the Service Park, in Funchal, and will compete this afternoon the third Special Stage, as a new leg through the same itinerary will take place tomorrow.