53. Azores Airlines Rallye 2018
ERC #1 • ERC2 #1 • ERC3 #1 • ERC Junior U27 #1 • ERC Junior U28 #1 • ERC Ladies #1 • Portugal #2 • Portugal 2WD #2 • Açores #1
22. 3. – 24. 3. 2018, Ponta Delgada • Grupo Desportivo Comercial • gravel 207.44 km • total distance including road sections - 674.43 km • Other years
#7
Škoda Fabia R5 
S 3***
S 3***
RC2
Final results
2. overall
2. class RC2
2. ERC
1. Portugal
1. Açores
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Lagoa Stage (2.14 km) | 1:35.3 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 3. Portugal 2. Açores |
80.8 km/h 0.65 s/km |
1:35.3 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 3. Portugal 2. Açores |
|
| "Difficult tarmac stage, we need the tyres for the next big stage." | ||||||
| SS2 Vila Franca São Brás 1 (17.08 km) | 12:53.1 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
79.5 km/h 0.08 s/km |
14:28.4 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| SS3 Grupo Marques 1 (3.95 km) | 3:26.6 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
68.8 km/h 0.25 s/km |
17:55.0 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "It is fantastic, so emotional to see so many people around. I have to improve my driving, but I had clean run no mistakes, let's keep on this." | ||||||
| SS4 Pico da Pedra Golfe 1 (7.02 km) | 4:26.8 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
94.7 km/h |
22:21.8 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "I want to go steady and not crazy, but it is a challenge." | ||||||
| SS5 Feteiras MEO 1 (7.46 km) | 5:45.9 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 4. Portugal 1. Açores |
77.6 km/h 1.77 s/km |
28:07.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| Puncture | ||||||
| I don't know, how it happened, I did nothing special. We did half of stage with it. | ||||||
| SS6 Sete Cidades 1 (23.87 km) | 17:12.6 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
83.2 km/h 0.25 s/km |
45:20.3 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| This stage was very foggy, but there is still a long yourney so we keep pushing. | ||||||
| SS7 Pico da Pedra Golfe 2 (7.02 km) | 4:22.9 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 2. Portugal 1. Açores |
96.1 km/h 0.03 s/km |
49:43.2 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "It was OK, we made some changes, but I don't know, we'll see." | ||||||
| SS8 Feteiras MEO 2 (7.46 km) | 5:27.6 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 3. Portugal 1. Açores |
82.0 km/h 0.15 s/km |
55:10.8 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| SS9 Sete Cidades 2 (23.87 km) | 16:45.0 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC 2. Portugal 1. Açores |
85.5 km/h 0.39 s/km |
1:11:55.8 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "It's difficult, now we have to manage also the tyres because we had puncture, in the afternoon we had poor traction so it's hard." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS10 Graminhais 1 (21.28 km) | 14:57.8 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
85.3 km/h 0.13 s/km |
1:26:53.6 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "It's attack today, we want to push. There was a lot of fog." | ||||||
| SS11 Tronqueira 1 (21.99 km) | 18:07.4 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 2. Portugal 1. Açores |
72.8 km/h 0.33 s/km |
1:45:01.0 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| SS12 Grupo Marques 2 (3.95 km) | 3:36.7 | 24.
24. class RC2 23. ERC 7. Portugal 2. Açores |
65.6 km/h 2.78 s/km |
1:48:37.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| SS13 Vila Franca São Brás 2 (17.08 km) | 12:56.9 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 2. Portugal 1. Açores |
79.1 km/h 0.52 s/km |
2:01:34.6 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "This stage was incredibly difficulf, we tried to be smart without any risk." | ||||||
| SS14 Graminhais 2 (21.28 km) | 14:52.1 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC 2. Portugal 1. Açores |
85.9 km/h 0.53 s/km |
2:16:26.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "We struggled with the grip, let's hope for the last one." | ||||||
| SS15 Tronqueira 2 (21.99 km) | 17:41.4 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 2. Portugal 1. Açores |
74.6 km/h 0.22 s/km |
2:34:08.1 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 1. Portugal 1. Açores |
|
| "I think Alexey did great rally, he deserves it. We had some issues but we managed driving this car, for us it's quite nice, congratulations to Alex." | ||||||
