Bruno Magalhães is once again in the leadership of the Rali Vinho da Madeira, after a second day full of emotion. Two changes of leadership and four winners of special stages were some of the exciting aspects of the conclusion of the first leg of the Club Sports da Madeira organization. After the super special of Avenida do Mar yesterday, Magalhães and his Hyundai i20N Rally2 lost the lead after the first round through Campo de Golfe and Palheiro Ferreiro.
The first place was then in the possession of Alexandre Camacho, author of a strong attack on Friday morning. The Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo driver remained in the lead until the previous to the last special stage. The turnaround came at the fulfilment of the City of Santana 2, with rain and fog, in full contrast with the previous weather conditions and at a stage when the main competitors were fitting hard tyres. Magalhães was the driver less affected by the weather change and beat his direct opponents by a big difference. He got back to the front with a good lead over the rest of the caravan.
Alexandre Camacho concluded the day in second place, ahead of José Pedro Fontes, driving a Citroën C3 Rally2, another driver not very affected by the weather conditions and who, before that, had already overtaken Armindo Araújo, fifth in the middle of the rally. Bernardo Sousa, who set several good times, is sixth, followed by Ricardo Teodósio and Miguel Correia.
The Italian Simone Campedelli, who had lost a lot of time with acceleration problems, returned in the last special stage of the day to the top ten classified. The Rali Vinho da Madeira has tomorrow its third and last day of competition for the dispute of the second leg, a double passage through the Special Stages of Câmara de Lobos, Ponta do Sol, Ponta do Pargo and Rosário.