57. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2024
WRC #5 • WRC2 #5 • WRC2 Challenger #5 • WRC3 #5 • WRC Masters Cup #5 • Portugal #4 • Portugal 2RM #4
9. 5. – 12. 5. 2024, Matosinhos • Automóvel Club de Portugal • gravel 337.04 km • total distance including road sections - 1690.12 km • Other years
#13
Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid 
YN7***
YN7***
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
Off road Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 SSS Figueira da Foz (2.94 km) | 2:32.3 | 18.
9. class RC1 18. WRC |
69.5 km/h 2.76 s/km |
2:32.3 | 18.
9. class RC1 18. WRC |
|
| "For us it's just about grabbing experience, didn't have a lot of mileage previous years." | ||||||
| SS2 Mortágua 1 (18.15 km) | 11:59.0 | 11.
9. class RC1 11. WRC |
90.9 km/h 1.58 s/km |
14:31.3 | 11.
9. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "First pass with pacenotes is always tricky. Some corners the note is too slow and then it's too optimistic." | ||||||
| SS3 Lousã 1 (12.28 km) | 9:15.4 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
79.6 km/h 1.30 s/km |
23:46.7 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It's the stage where we have about 3km knowledge. We are getting a bit closer to the front. We need to learn." | ||||||
| SS4 Góis 1 (14.30 km) | 9:25.1 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
91.1 km/h 1.25 s/km |
33:11.8 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It is a really fun one with a very fast section on top of the mountain and the downhill which is very twisty. It is difficult to hold so much speed in one corner, because then you set yourself up badly for the next one. Let's see for the second pass." | ||||||
| SS5 Arganil 1 (18.72 km) | 12:08.4 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
92.5 km/h 1.49 s/km |
45:20.2 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "This one was very difficult, I was hesitating a lot. Less good than the previous one. The guys in front will go faster but let's just try and improve and see the times." | ||||||
| SS6 Lousã 2 (12.28 km) | 9:08.4 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
80.6 km/h 1.23 s/km |
54:28.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It's a bit better, in the beginning I had an impact on the second corner. We had to switch on the engine mapping, but we're improving." | ||||||
| SS7 Góis 2 (14.30 km) | 9:17.8 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
92.3 km/h 1.03 s/km |
1:03:46.4 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "Depending on what Sordo is doing behind, we are getting closer to him. We have quite a lot of grip so we can push a lot. We did more, but with the cleaning we can do more." | ||||||
| SS8 Arganil 2 (18.72 km) | 11:55.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
94.2 km/h 1.05 s/km |
1:15:42.0 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It was quite rough and rutted, we were a bit too low in ride height on this one so sometimes we were hitting and thrown out of the line. At least we know for next year." | ||||||
| SS9 Mortágua 2 (18.15 km) | 11:45.7 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
92.6 km/h 1.18 s/km |
1:27:27.7 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "We learned plenty of stuff, first with the pace notes and improving my setup. Tomorrow we will be opening the road but also part of the learning curve." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS10 Felgueiras 1 (8.81 km) | 6:07.4 | 14.
9. class RC1 14. WRC |
86.3 km/h 2.62 s/km |
1:33:35.1 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "Not my favourite stage, lots of downhill." | ||||||
| SS11 Montim 1 (8.69 km) | 5:50.8 | 9.
7. class RC1 9. WRC |
89.2 km/h 2.08 s/km |
1:39:25.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "Sweeping, sweeping, sweeping! Never experienced that before.." | ||||||
| SS12 Amarante 1 (37.24 km) | 30:41.4 | 41.
7. class RC1 41. WRC |
72.8 km/h 10.61 s/km |
2:10:07.3 | 16.
7. class RC1 16. WRC |
|
| Stopped for a couple of minutes. Continued. Looked under the bonnet of the car. | ||||||
| Stopped again 33.3 km into the stage, restarted | ||||||
| "We have an engine issue, I thought it was the alternator. I have no clue what it is." | ||||||
| SS13 Paredes 1 (16.09 km) | 12:11.4 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
79.2 km/h 1.77 s/km |
2:22:18.7 | 16.
7. class RC1 16. WRC |
|
| "Car fixed itself on road section." | ||||||
| SS14 Felgueiras 2 (8.81 km) | 6:03.7 | 11.
7. class RC1 11. WRC |
87.2 km/h 2.02 s/km |
2:28:22.4 | 15.
7. class RC1 15. WRC |
|
| "It's still a bit of cleaning, not always the ideal line but better than the morning. It is quite rutted, so if you have the confidence and can hold the line you can have good pace but as we are first on the road, we cannot go faster." | ||||||
| SS15 Montim 2 (8.69 km) | 5:42.3 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
91.4 km/h 1.57 s/km |
2:34:04.7 | 15.
7. class RC1 15. WRC |
|
| "It's still so loose, good improvement from us but the road condition is getting difficult for the car. At least we improved the time and the feeling is good. The problem earlier was fuel related but it is sorted now." | ||||||
| SS16 Amarante 2 (37.24 km) | 25:30.5 | 13.
7. class RC1 13. WRC |
87.6 km/h 2.17 s/km |
2:59:35.2 | 15.
7. class RC1 15. WRC |
|
| "We were longer in the car and the heat builds up. Again, there was a problem like this morning so at least we got to see Portugal. When you are slow it seems so rough." | ||||||
| SS17 Paredes 2 (16.09 km) | 12:00.1 | 9.
7. class RC1 9. WRC |
80.4 km/h 1.50 s/km |
3:11:35.3 | 14.
7. class RC1 14. WRC |
|
| "I have dust in the car because we have a problem. It is not fun to drive. We're driving road mode." | ||||||
| SS18 SSS Lousada (3.36 km) | 2:34.8 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
78.1 km/h 1.19 s/km |
3:14:10.1 | 14.
7. class RC1 14. WRC |
|
| "We had an issue in the previous stage, at least we end the day and tomorrow can be better. Amazing to see the atmosphere here, I never did Lousada so it's great." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS19 Cabeceiras de Basto 1 (19.91 km) | 13:47.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
86.6 km/h 1.46 s/km |
3:27:57.6 | 12.
7. class RC1 12. WRC |
|
| "It's so narrow, you don't have a much different line to the others. You're just trying not to get too close to the edge but I saw sometimes they were going near the mountains and the barriers. It's what you need to do when you are fighting for tenths of seconds." | ||||||
| SS20 Fafe 1 (11.18 km) | 6:51.7 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
97.8 km/h 1.47 s/km |
3:34:49.3 | 12.
7. class RC1 12. WRC |
|
| "Very tricky, very thick fog. The stage before was very new for everyone so it levels the performance." | ||||||
| SS21 Cabeceiras de Basto 2 (19.91 km) | Off road | |||||
| Off road | ||||||
