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
#14
Škoda Fabia R5 
11V***
11V***
Palmeirinha Rally
RC2
Final results
10. overall
10. class RC2
10. ERC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Coroa da Mata (11.40 km) | 9:28.6 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
72.2 km/h 2.51 s/km |
9:28.6 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
|
| SS2 Mediana Remédios (8.33 km) | 6:05.6 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
82.0 km/h 2.76 s/km |
15:34.2 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
|
| SS3 SSS Marques 1 (4.65 km) | 4:09.8 | 14.
14. class RC2 13. ERC |
67.0 km/h 1.78 s/km |
19:44.0 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC |
|
| SS4 Pico da Pedra 1 (11.00 km) | 8:11.4 | 19.
18. class RC2 19. ERC |
80.6 km/h 3.65 s/km |
27:55.4 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
|
| "When you think some stage is really narrow, you than find road which is even more narrow!" | ||||||
| SS5 Sete Cidades 1 (24.17 km) | 18:19.8 | 20.
17. class RC2 20. ERC |
79.1 km/h 3.73 s/km |
46:15.2 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
|
| "This special stage is the hardest in the Azores rally. Last year we did it in deep fog and this year we can see how deep the volcano is." | ||||||
| SS6 Vista do Rei Feteiras 1 (8.28 km) | 7:04.7 | 17.
17. class RC2 16. ERC |
70.2 km/h 3.22 s/km |
53:19.9 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
|
| "So far so good. Everytime we arrive to the finish we arre happy. This stage was really really twisty and narrow." | ||||||
| SS7 Pico da Pedra 2 (11.00 km) | 7:54.1 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
83.5 km/h 2.92 s/km |
1:01:14.0 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
|
| Everytime second loops are no surprise anymore, it's much much better. We have a lot of fun. Still it's very narrow and slippery, but the car behaves so good. | ||||||
| SS8 Sete Cidades 2 (24.17 km) | 17:56.8 | 16.
15. class RC2 16. ERC |
80.8 km/h 3.69 s/km |
1:19:10.8 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
|
| "It was really narrow, some corners were really tricky." | ||||||
| SS9 Vista do Rei Feteiras 2 (8.28 km) | 6:58.2 | 16.
16. class RC2 15. ERC |
71.3 km/h 3.50 s/km |
1:26:09.0 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
|
| "In the middle of the stage we went through of lot of rocks. So maybe we got the puncture there." | ||||||
| SS10 SSS Marques 2 (4.65 km) | 4:12.6 | 15.
15. class RC2 15. ERC |
66.3 km/h 1.91 s/km |
1:30:21.6 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
|
| The grip was great, driving this car is always pleasure. I have to improve my driving a lot, I'm trying. | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS11 Graminhais 1 (24.03 km) | 18:34.8 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
77.6 km/h 3.25 s/km |
1:48:56.4 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC |
|
| Like yesterday - twisty, narrow and slippery. And today it's even rainy like hell. | ||||||
| SS12 Tronqueira 1 (21.99 km) | 20:28.6 | 14.
14. class RC2 14. ERC |
64.4 km/h 4.78 s/km |
2:09:25.0 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
|
| We spun two times. It's incredibly slippery, in some parts it's foggy. We spun and had to reverse, we lost a lot of time. | ||||||
| SS13 Vila Franca São Brás (15.96 km) | 13:58.9 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC |
68.5 km/h 5.77 s/km |
2:23:23.9 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
|
| Really really difficult, it's raining a lot. The wipers are not able to clean the window. Very difficult and dangerous. | ||||||
| SS14 Graminhais 2 (24.03 km) | 18:48.5 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
76.7 km/h 3.55 s/km |
2:42:12.4 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
|
| SS15 Tronqueira 2 (21.99 km) | 20:23.9 | 11.
11. class RC2 10. ERC |
64.7 km/h 4.31 s/km |
3:02:36.3 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
|
| "I keep my average - two spins every stage. Very difficult rally. But everything is good." | ||||||
