The excitement has also been a constant of the always very appreciated RGT with its powerful lines and mechanics. After the first two stages of Rali Vinho da Madeita, Gil Freitas was in the lead of this group, in what is his debut at the controls of an Alpine A110 RGT. However, Filipe Freitas moved ahead and leads the class halfway through the first special stage of the Club Sports da Madeira organisation. The Porsche 997 GT3 driver is followed at 4.4 seconds by Paulo Mendes, at the wheel of a car identical to his own. Gil Freitas is now third. In this group there were no withdraws and in the immediate places are Ivo Sardinha and the Azorean Luis Pimentel.

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.

Italian Giandomenico Basso is the new leader of Rali Vinho da Madeira, after completing the third Special Stage of the event, Palheiro Ferreiro 1. The Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo driver, the best in that Special Stage, also benefited from the withdrawal of the previous leader, Kris Meeke. In the remaining places of the rally's podium are the Madeirans Miguel Nunes and Alexandre Camacho, 2.0 and 2.4 seconds, respectively, from the driver in front. The Portuguese José Pedro Fontes and Ricardo Teodósio and the Italian Simone Campedelli follow in the standings.