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
#4
Ford Fiesta R5 
SR ***
SR ***
Rallytechnology
RC2
Final results
7. overall
7. class RC2
7. ERC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Lagoa Stage (2.14 km) | 1:38.8 | 28.
28. class RC2 27. ERC |
78.0 km/h 2.29 s/km |
1:38.8 | 28.
28. class RC2 27. ERC |
|
| "It was OK for us, only in the end sometimes like we had no torque." | ||||||
| SS2 Vila Franca São Brás 1 (17.08 km) | 13:14.5 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
77.4 km/h 1.33 s/km |
14:53.3 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
|
| SS3 Grupo Marques 1 (3.95 km) | 3:32.8 | 21.
21. class RC2 21. ERC |
66.8 km/h 1.82 s/km |
18:26.1 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
|
| "We had a problem with power, maybe pop-off, I don't know." | ||||||
| SS4 Pico da Pedra Golfe 1 (7.02 km) | 4:37.2 | 17.
17. class RC2 17. ERC |
91.2 km/h 1.48 s/km |
23:03.3 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC |
|
| "It's quite slippery, but this stage is not so bad, it has lot of straights. I enjoyed it." | ||||||
| SS5 Feteiras MEO 1 (7.46 km) | 5:50.8 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
76.6 km/h 2.43 s/km |
28:54.1 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
|
| SS6 Sete Cidades 1 (23.87 km) | 18:08.0 | 16.
16. class RC2 16. ERC |
79.0 km/h 2.57 s/km |
47:02.1 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
|
| I did one mistake in the fog, the visibility was zero and I simply didn't see where to turn. | ||||||
| SS7 Pico da Pedra Golfe 2 (7.02 km) | 4:29.8 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC |
93.7 km/h 1.01 s/km |
51:31.9 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
|
| SS8 Feteiras MEO 2 (7.46 km) | 5:56.0 | 19.
19. class RC2 19. ERC |
75.4 km/h 3.95 s/km |
57:27.9 | 16.
16. class RC2 16. ERC |
|
| Front right puncture | ||||||
| SS9 Sete Cidades 2 (23.87 km) | 17:27.3 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
82.1 km/h 2.16 s/km |
1:14:55.2 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
|
| " In the end of the stage the engine stopped, I lost maybe 10 seconds. Very difficult stage." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS10 Graminhais 1 (21.28 km) | 15:13.4 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC |
83.9 km/h 0.86 s/km |
1:30:08.6 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC |
|
| "It was not bad. Of course very difficult conditions. In the first part of the stage I had no brakes, then some small mistakes." | ||||||
| SS11 Tronqueira 1 (21.99 km) | 18:25.9 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
71.6 km/h 1.17 s/km |
1:48:34.5 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
|
| "We lost powersteering for last maybe 7 kilometers, I'm terribly exhausted." | ||||||
| SS12 Grupo Marques 2 (3.95 km) | 3:27.4 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
68.6 km/h 0.43 s/km |
1:52:01.9 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC |
|
| SS13 Vila Franca São Brás 2 (17.08 km) | 13:02.0 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC |
78.6 km/h 0.82 s/km |
2:05:03.9 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC |
|
| "Few little mistakes, but nothing big. We try to control our position. Thanks to my mechanics, the car now works perfectly." | ||||||
| SS14 Graminhais 2 (21.28 km) | 15:06.4 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
84.5 km/h 1.20 s/km |
2:20:10.3 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC |
|
| SS15 Tronqueira 2 (21.99 km) | 17:53.6 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC |
73.7 km/h 0.77 s/km |
2:38:03.9 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC |
|
| "This year was much toucgher for us. I'm really happy to be in the finish because we had quite a lot problems. The competition was hard, but we keep trying, this was difficult rally for us." | ||||||
