Bruno Magalhães goes on into this edition of the Rally Vinho da Madeira willing "to try and fight for the podium. I assume that, if I so manage, I will be the first driver to do it in nine different occasions. My goal in Madeira was, usually, to try for victory, but, this time, we really have to think about the Portuguese Rally Championship. In this context, our main goal is to be the best team amongst those enrolled in the competition. Besides that, Madeiran drivers are really fast". 

Bruno Magalhães is 40 years old currently and started in motor-racing in 1999 with a VW Golf GTi. Up to 2001 he drove some versions of the Mitsubishi Lancer, and in 2002 started a long lasting cooperation with Peugeot which would only come to an end in 2015 after trying various models. He went through at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta R5, for two seasons at the wheel of a Skoda Fabia R5, and, since the beginning of 2019, he has been driving a Hyundai i20 R5. He won the Rally Vinho da Madeira four times, in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, was national champion three times, and European vice-champion in 2017.