Paulo Meireles returns, after a long absence, to the Rali Vinho da Madeira with a Hyundai i20N Rally2. His goals in this edition are "not very ambitious. We have to take into account our limitations as I have been out of work for about three years and, in 2022, I practically only did gravel rallies. This rally is beautiful but it is also very demanding. I think I have already participated four times, but the last time I did it was in 2005. So, I'm going to try to get to the end and try to cover a lot of kilometres, gaining pace. Obviously, we will try the best result possible and it will be normal that, along the race, we will improve our performance.

Paulo Meireles is 50 years old and drove his first rally in 1991 with a VW Golf GTi 16V, a car he used throughout that season. Between 1992 and 1995, he drove a VW Golf G60 Rallye. After the first break in his career, he returned in 2004 and 2005 with a VW Polo S1600. In 2018 and 2019 he returned once again, this time behind the wheel of Hyundai i20 R5. This year he is driving one of the i20N Rally2 cars of the Hyundai/M&Costas team. He was junior champion in 1992.