Pedro Mendes Gomes returns to Rali Vinho da Madeira with a VW Polo Rally2 and wants to "have as much fun as possible. I can't imagine where we'll get to because it will be very difficult to get ahead of the competition. We've been off for three years and the pace of the top drivers is very strong at the moment. We'll take advantage of the experience. We did a test in Spain, where we even tried two types of tyres, and the car felt very good. We were surprised. Now we will have to adapt it to the local roads. It would be great to repeat a top ten finish."

The driver turns 45 next week and made his rallying debut in 1998 in a Fiat Cinquecento. He also drove a Toyota Starlet and a Citroën Saxo. He won mono-brand competitions with these three models. He then had two variants of the VW Golf, III and IV, Kit-Car with which he regularly took podiums in local rallies. In 2005 he competed in the national championship with a Skoda Fabia TDi RS and the following year he returned to the Madeira championship with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII. He was practically at a standstill until 2018 when he competed for a trophy with a Citroën DS3 R1. His last participations date back to 2019 with a Peugeot 208 T16 R5.