Besides the RTP Madeira mega operation coverage of the rally, with special daily programming throughout the entire week, lives of the four Special Stages per day, live coverage of the Assistance park, Start and Prize Giving of the winners on the podium, RVM will have daily news, through the updated chronical on the News of  Porto Canal and Spanish Channels of Galiza and Valência, with a highlight to the television station, broadcast on cable net in Spain, Gol.  Gol TV is a channel specialized in sports.  

Alexandre Camacho, driving a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, will be the first driver on the roads in the first stage of this year’s Rali Vinho da Madeira Edition. Right next to him will be Pedro Paixão, also in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, and Bernardo Sousa, with a Skoda Fabia R5. The fourth driver to be seen by the Madeiran enthusiastic public will be the Spanish Jan Solans, behind the wheel of a Citroën C3 Rally2 and Armindo Araújo, in one of the many Skoda Fabia Rally2. In the following positions of the starting order will be Miguel Correia (Skoda Fabia Ralky2 Evo), Bruno Magalhães (Hyundai i20 R5), Miguel Nunes (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo), José Pedro Fontes (Citroën C3 Rally2 Evo) and Luis Miguel Rego (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo). The starting order of the first stage of Rali Vinho da Madeira will be announced today, at 5 p.m., 5th August.  

The Madeiran driver Pedro Paixão, with a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, was the fastest in Qualifying, a special stage performed a few minutes ago at Estrada dos Cardais and Regional Road 224, and he will also be the first to choose his starting place in the ceremony at 1 p.m. at Praça CR7, in Funchal. The second fastest driver was also from Madeira, Bernardo Sousa, with a Skoda Fabia R5, and the Spanish Jan Solans, behind the wheel of a Citroën C3 Rally2.   The standings can be checked here (aqui.)

The Administrative Checks and Scrutineering of Rali Vinho da Madeira are happening since 6 p.m. and until 9:30 p.m. These procedures allow to ensure the authenticity of the information given by the competitors, as well as check the information of the vehicles with their technical passport and safety equipment demanded to the drivers, co-drivers and racing cars.  Many Madeirans took the advantage of this first opportunity to watch, next to their vehicles and many of their idols informally, along with the possibility to hear the sound of the engines that, starting tomorrow, will dream on the roads of the 10 municipalities within by the competition organized since 1959 by Club Sports da Madeira.    

The first official contact of the competitors with their vehicles will start tomorrow morning in Qualifying. This first session, for drivers with priority only, will take place at Estrada dos Cardais and Regional Road 224. It will start at 8:15 a.m. and finishes at 10:50 a.m., being divided between the two uphill roads for reconnaissance and final uphill, this one being the one that determines the best timing. The drivers taking part of this stage will take part, after 1 p.m. at Praça CR7 in a ceremony where the starting order will be determined for Leg 1.  To the fastest driver of Qualifying, will be given the opportunity to choose the starting order, to the second, and so on. There are 14 teams able to take part of Qualifying: Alexandre Camacho/Pedro Calado (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo); Armindo Araújo/Luis Ramalho (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo); Miguel Nunes/João Paulo (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo; Ricardo Teodósio/José Teixeira (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) ; Bruno Magalhães/Carlos Magalhães (Hyundai i20 R5); José Pedro Fontes/Inês Ponte (Citroën C3 Rally2); Bernardo Sousa/Victor Calado (Skoda Fabia R5); Pedro Meireles/Mário Castro (VW Golf GTi R5); Jan Solans/Rodrigo Sanjuan (Citroën C3 Rally2); Luis Miguel Rego/Hugo Magalhães (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo); Miguel Correia/António Costa (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo); Pedro Paixão/Jorge Henriques (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo); Paulo Neto/Vítor Hugo (Skoda Fabia R5) and Paulo Carvalheiro/Dércio Carvalheiro (Porsche 991 GT3). This list will not be changed in case one of the teams can’t attend the session.    

FIA European Rally Trophy of the Iberian area was one of the least affected until now due to the pandemics, as there was no change in the calendar initially predicted, except the cancelation of the Casinos do Algarve Rally, which was the last competition of the season. Until now, two Spanish Rallies Sierra Morena and Villa de Adeje were organized. In the first one, set between 8th and 10th April near  Córdoba, won with a great standing of José António Suarez, in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, followed by Jan Solans, driver who will be in this Rali Vinho da Madeira Edition. In the second event, which has already taken place between the 13th and 15th May in Tenerife, the victory belongs to Yeray Lemes with a Citroën C3 R5 reduced to Surhayen Pernia with a Hyundai i20 R5 but with a great distance for Luis Vilarño em Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. This last one, however, is one of the few to get points from both competitions and is the standings leader, followed by the two events’ winners. After Rali Vinho da Madeira, they will take part of the rallies Princesa de Asturias and La Nucia – Mediterranean, both in Spain.  Standings: 1st Luis Vilariño, 45; 2nd José António Suarez, 40; 3rd Yeray Lemes, 39; 4th Surhayen Pernia, 33; 5th Jan Solans, 31; 6th Sérgio Passos, 26; 7th Javier Pardo, 25; 8th Francisco Pacheco and Joan Vinyes, 23; 10th Fabrizio Zaldivar, 15; 11th Francisco António Lopez, 13; 12th Eduard Pons, 11; 13th Oscar Palacio, 9.  

Due to a postponed start imposed by the pandemics, only two competitions of the Madeira motorsports Championship have been accomplished. The balance between the main drivers has been clear and the competitions have been exciting until their finale, as the leader was only revealed in the last stage of the events.  At the time, behind the wheel of a Citroën C3 Rally2 Evo, Alexandre Camacho was the leader in Ribeira Brava, on the 25th and 26th July, ahead with 1,4 seconds on Miguel Nunes, as he was the leader of Rali do Marítimo, on the 16th and 17th July, by 0,5 seconds. This balance is also in the championship standings, led by Camacho with 2 points as head start from Nunes.  Getting to know Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, Pedro Paixão was racing in defence in his debut competition and lost a lot of time with a tyre puncture just when he started fighting back in Machico. Rui Pinto and Filipe Freitas have been getting similar positions, however, they both withdrew once. That takes José Camacho, stronger with his Peugeot 208 T16, to be next in the fourth position of the competition, followed by Rui Jorge Fernandes, until now unstoppable in his category. With two victories, Américo Gouveia also stands out of RC4 group. After Rali Vinho da Madeira, the rallies missing are Câmara de Lobos/Funchal, Faial – Santana e Calheta. Standings: 1st Alexandre Camacho, 51; 2nd Miguel Nunes, 49; 3rd Pedro Paixão, 32; 4th José Camacho, 22; 5th Rui Jorge Fernandes, 20; 6th Rui Pinto, 17; 7th Filipe Freitas, 14; 8th Dinarte Baptista, 14; 9th Paulo Mendes, 10; 10th Américo Gouveia, 8; 11th João Ferreira, 8; 12th Carlos Silva, 3; 13th Pedro Macedo, 2; 14th Cláudio Nóbrega, 2; 15th Paulo Nunes, Miguel Caires, Ricardo Gonçalves, Miguel Gouveia, Rodrigo Jasmins and Tiago Neves, 1.