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
#12
Škoda Fabia R5 
68-***
68-***
RC2
Final results
5. overall
5. class RC2
5. ERC
3. Portugal
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Coroa da Mata (11.40 km) | 9:16.8 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 3. Portugal |
73.7 km/h 1.47 s/km |
9:16.8 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "We hit a curb on the left. The rear arm is bent." | ||||||
| SS2 Mediana Remédios (8.33 km) | 5:49.0 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
85.9 km/h 0.77 s/km |
15:05.8 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "We are trying our best after the problems in SS1." | ||||||
| SS3 SSS Marques 1 (4.65 km) | 4:03.3 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC 1. Portugal |
68.8 km/h 0.39 s/km |
19:09.1 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "We had a problem in the SS1 so it was impossible to do better. Tomorrow will be difficult because we will be the first car in the road." | ||||||
| SS4 Pico da Pedra 1 (11.00 km) | 7:50.8 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC 4. Portugal |
84.1 km/h 1.77 s/km |
26:59.9 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "Very slippery, very hard. Our position today is not good, I hope to not loose very much." | ||||||
| SS5 Sete Cidades 1 (24.17 km) | 17:19.3 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 2. Portugal |
83.7 km/h 1.23 s/km |
44:19.2 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "Very slippery. We changed the setup and it was bit better, but not enough." | ||||||
| SS6 Vista do Rei Feteiras 1 (8.28 km) | 6:54.0 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC 3. Portugal |
72.0 km/h 1.93 s/km |
51:13.2 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 2. Portugal |
|
| "In this stage I was braking too late in one place and had to do 360 turn." | ||||||
| SS7 Pico da Pedra 2 (11.00 km) | 7:44.6 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC 3. Portugal |
85.2 km/h 2.05 s/km |
58:57.8 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| Not good, I pushed really hard, but it's very slippery. | ||||||
| SS8 Sete Cidades 2 (24.17 km) | 17:06.6 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC 3. Portugal |
84.8 km/h 1.62 s/km |
1:16:04.4 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "I hit something and the car is strange when I turn to the right. The stage was fine but I need to get more confidence in the car." | ||||||
| SS9 Vista do Rei Feteiras 2 (8.28 km) | 6:42.4 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 3. Portugal |
74.1 km/h 1.59 s/km |
1:22:46.8 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| SS10 SSS Marques 2 (4.65 km) | 4:10.5 | 12.
12. class RC2 12. ERC 4. Portugal |
66.8 km/h 1.46 s/km |
1:26:57.3 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| Very slippery, I don't know why. We changed tyres, adjusted setup, but... It's usually very funny stage. Maybe next time. | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS11 Graminhais 1 (24.03 km) | 17:57.0 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 3. Portugal |
80.3 km/h 1.68 s/km |
1:44:54.3 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| We spun. We changed the setup from yesterday and it's better. But we spun and I have to fint back the confidence. It was quite slippery. | ||||||
| SS12 Tronqueira 1 (21.99 km) | 18:43.4 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC 1. Portugal |
70.5 km/h |
2:03:37.7 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| SS13 Vila Franca São Brás (15.96 km) | 12:26.8 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC 1. Portugal |
76.9 km/h |
2:16:04.5 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| It's slippery like hell, we lost a rear bumper few hundred meters from here. But the confidence is better. | ||||||
| SS14 Graminhais 2 (24.03 km) | 17:47.9 | 7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC 3. Portugal |
81.0 km/h 1.02 s/km |
2:33:52.4 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| "The grip is quite good, but we had quite a lot of fog and heavy rain in there." | ||||||
| SS15 Tronqueira 2 (21.99 km) | 18:49.1 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC 1. Portugal |
70.1 km/h |
2:52:41.5 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC 3. Portugal |
|
| Really hard, now it was very slippery, we got scared many times. But we are here. I don't know if we get in front of Bruno Magalhaes, but we are happy. | ||||||
