Simone Campedelli returns, now in a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2, for the third time in a row to Rali Vinho da Madeira. Something ‘we really like. We're very happy to be returning for the third year and that we already know the roads. The objectives are to have fun and honour our presence on the island.

We know that there are very strong drivers like Meeke, Camacho, Nunes, Araújo and Ruiloba and it will certainly never be easy. However, we're clearly going to push the pace because we want to improve on our ranking from previous years. We'll see if we can do it. There's no particular tactic, just accelerate from the first metre to the last’.

The Italian turned 38 last Friday 26 July and has been rallying since 2004, when he made his debut in a Citroën Saxo. He then used both a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX and a Citroën DS3 R3T for many years. Since 2015 he has been behind the wheel of the RC2s. He won the Italian dirt trophy in 2007, the Italian junior championship in 2011, the two-wheel drive championship in 2012, the asphalt promotion in 2017 and won the transalpine asphalt championship in both 2022 and 2023.