54. Azores Rallye 2019
ERC #1 • ERC2 #1 • ERC3 #1 • ERC Ladies #1 • ERC1 Junior #1 • ERC3 Junior #1 • Portugal #2 • Portugal 2WD #2 • Açores #1
21. 3. – 23. 3. 2019, Ponta Delgada • Grupo Desportivo Comercial • gravel 223.93 km • total distance including road sections - 696.09 km • Other years
Azores championship only counts leg 1
#2
Hyundai i20 R5 
ALZ***
ALZ***
Team Hyundai Portugal
RC2
Final results
4. overall
4. class RC2
4. ERC
2. Portugal
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Coroa da Mata (11.40 km) | 9:11.9 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 2. Portugal |
74.4 km/h 1.04 s/km |
9:11.9 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "It was OK." | ||||||
| SS2 Mediana Remédios (8.33 km) | 5:49.2 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 3. Portugal |
85.9 km/h 0.79 s/km |
15:01.1 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "Ok, the car is not so good but it was not so bad. The car is moving a lot. We are giving everything." | ||||||
| SS3 SSS Marques 1 (4.65 km) | 4:05.5 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 3. Portugal |
68.2 km/h 0.86 s/km |
19:06.6 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "Step by step and I have some ideas about what to change for tomorrow. I will try to change the setup of the car to improve tomorrow." | ||||||
| SS4 Pico da Pedra 1 (11.00 km) | 7:44.8 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 2. Portugal |
85.2 km/h 1.23 s/km |
26:51.4 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "Difficult, I made some changes to the car. I have a strategy for the tyres, I have older tyres on the rear because we will need new ones later." | ||||||
| SS5 Sete Cidades 1 (24.17 km) | 17:35.6 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC 3. Portugal |
82.4 km/h 1.90 s/km |
44:27.0 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "I think there is some stone in the wheel. The beginning of the stage was a disaster, with old tyres on the rear the car was moving a lot. Normally I am fast on this stage." | ||||||
| SS6 Vista do Rei Feteiras 1 (8.28 km) | 6:53.0 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC 2. Portugal |
72.2 km/h 1.81 s/km |
51:20.0 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "Very difficult, this is special stage that I love, but unfortunately in the beginning the stage was rough and the car was jumping. But we are here and we also have more tyre opritons for the rest of the rally than the others." | ||||||
| SS7 Pico da Pedra 2 (11.00 km) | 7:33.2 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 2. Portugal |
87.4 km/h 1.02 s/km |
58:53.2 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| It's better, we changed the setup of the car, it's higher now. Now we have new tyres and it's better. We will see if it the strategy works. | ||||||
| SS8 Sete Cidades 2 (24.17 km) | 16:57.0 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
85.6 km/h 1.22 s/km |
1:15:50.2 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| It was much better, we changed the car's height and the time is little bit better. | ||||||
| SS9 Vista do Rei Feteiras 2 (8.28 km) | 6:39.4 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 2. Portugal |
74.6 km/h 1.23 s/km |
1:22:29.6 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "It was OK, no big mistakes. The feeling is getting better with the car, the time as well so we want to continue like this." | ||||||
| SS10 SSS Marques 2 (4.65 km) | 4:09.9 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC 3. Portugal |
67.0 km/h 1.33 s/km |
1:26:39.5 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "The first loop today was very difficult. We have some options for tomorrow, but the differences are to big now." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS11 Graminhais 1 (24.03 km) | 17:43.5 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 2. Portugal |
81.3 km/h 1.12 s/km |
1:44:23.0 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| I had clean run, but it's difficult to see through the window. The communiation in the car stopped for a while, I don't know why. We have to be clever, it's our first time with Hyundai in such conditions. Little bit difficult but we are here. | ||||||
| SS12 Tronqueira 1 (21.99 km) | 19:01.3 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 2. Portugal |
69.4 km/h 0.81 s/km |
2:03:24.3 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "No traction, I tried to drive clean, if I pushed I would crash. Really slippery stage." | ||||||
| SS13 Vila Franca São Brás (15.96 km) | 12:35.1 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 2. Portugal |
76.1 km/h 0.52 s/km |
2:15:59.4 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "Heavy rain, lot of fog. Tricky conditions, easy to make a mistake. We have lack of traction." | ||||||
| SS14 Graminhais 2 (24.03 km) | 17:34.7 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 2. Portugal |
82.0 km/h 0.47 s/km |
2:33:34.1 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "Very difficult, the first part had a lot of water like in river, lot of aquaplaning. I tried to push, we are in battle with Teodosio for the Portuguese championship." | ||||||
| SS15 Tronqueira 2 (21.99 km) | 18:50.3 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC 2. Portugal |
70.0 km/h 0.05 s/km |
2:52:24.4 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| Very difficult stage, lot of water and poor traction. We tried to defend Ricardo, but I don't know the time. It was quite positive weekend, we now know much more about the car. | ||||||
