Armindo Araújo debuts a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 in Madeira. The national champion says that "Rali Vinho da Madeira is a race that we know well and that is very demanding, very technical. Above all, we want to have a good rally and finish in the top positions. The main candidates for victory are the drivers from Madeira and our goal is to be in the fight for victory for the CPR and collect good points for that championship. This edition will be even more challenging due to the debut of our car on these roads. We don't have a set-up base for this model yet and that will require us to work even harder to get an interesting configuration. We'll have to work hard but that's not what's getting us down..."

 Araújo is 45 years old and his first rally was in 2000 with a Citroën Saxo VTS, the year he won Promotion. The following year he won the Saxo Trophy with the same car. Since then he has represented Citroën, Mitsubishi and Mini and has won many titles. He was world Production champion in 2009 and 2010 and seven times absolute national champion. National titles were won in 2003 and 2004 with a Citroën Saxo Kit-Car, in 2005 and 2006 with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MR, 2018 at the wheel of a Hyundai i20 R5 and 2020 and 2022 in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. He is fourth in the Portuguese Rally Championship.