35. Rally Serras de Fafe - Felgueiras - Cabreira e Boticas 2022
ERC #1 • ERC Open #1 • ERC3 #1 • ERC4 #1 • Portugal #1 • Portugal 2RM #1 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #1
11. 3. – 13. 3. 2022, Fafe • Demoporto - Clube de Desportos Motorizados do Porto • gravel 196.21 km - (cancelled 31.98 km) • total distance including road sections - 783.07 km • Other years
Portugal and Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica just count until SS9
#17
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 
SP ***
SP ***
ALM Motorsport
RC2
Final results
3. overall
3. class RC2
3. ERC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 SSS Fafe (1.43 km) | 1:28.3 | 8.
8. class RC2 7. ERC |
58.3 km/h 1.26 s/km |
1:28.3 | 8.
8. class RC2 7. ERC |
|
| "Not ideal. It was a lot slippier than we expected, so it might have looked spectacular but we lost time. It's not ideal, but okay, we had fun." | ||||||
| SS2 Boticas 1 (15.05 km) | 11:52.6 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
76.0 km/h 1.45 s/km |
13:20.9 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
|
| "I think it was the right choice [road position]. I made some stupid mistakes and put the wrong map on for the stage, so the car had no power for a minute. We are here." | ||||||
| SS3 Cabeceiras de Basto 1 (10.84 km) | 7:17.8 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC |
89.1 km/h |
20:38.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "This was one of the greatest stages I have ever done in my life. It was completely mad. It's fast but slippery so it's a crazy combination, but we made it through so it's okay." | ||||||
| SS4 Vieira do Minho 1 (16.93 km) | cancelled | |||||
| SS5 Luílhas 1 (11.86 km) | 9:34.0 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC |
74.4 km/h 0.53 s/km |
30:12.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "It's a very crazy rally. To my knowledge, we are quite far from Solans, so he can pretty much cruise right now. We are here to practice and the conditions are completely crazy, so it's good work." | ||||||
| SS6 Boticas 2 (15.05 km) | cancelled | |||||
| SS7 Cabeceiras de Basto 2 (10.84 km) | 7:40.4 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC |
84.8 km/h |
37:53.1 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| SS8 Vieira do Minho 2 (16.93 km) | 12:31.5 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
81.1 km/h 2.40 s/km |
50:24.6 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "I was not trusting the grip at all and we went completely the wrong way with the set-up, so it was terrible to drive." | ||||||
| SS9 Luílhas 2 (11.86 km) | 11:08.3 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC |
63.9 km/h 4.23 s/km |
1:01:32.9 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "It would have been fine, but we can't see anything. The windscreen was completely fogged up, so I put it in road mode." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS10 Montim 1 (8.73 km) | 6:09.4 | 1.
1. class RC2 1. ERC |
85.1 km/h |
1:07:42.3 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "It's okay. I could be a little bit more committed towards the end of the stage but it wasn't too bad." | ||||||
| SS11 Seixoso 1 (9.97 km) | 6:59.0 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
85.7 km/h 0.29 s/km |
1:14:41.3 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| SS12 Santa Quitéria 1 (9.18 km) | 6:28.4 | 5.
5. class RC2 4. ERC |
85.1 km/h 0.64 s/km |
1:21:09.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| SS13 Lameirinha 1 (14.83 km) | 10:04.3 | 7.
7. class RC2 6. ERC |
88.3 km/h 0.66 s/km |
1:31:14.0 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| Puncture | ||||||
| "It happened about 2km from the finish, so luckily not too bad. It was obviously tricky and we had to slow down a bit for the jump." | ||||||
| SS14 Montim 2 (8.73 km) | 6:02.9 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC |
86.6 km/h 0.32 s/km |
1:37:16.9 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "'Armindo is obviously pushing quite a lot, so hopefully we can have some answers for this afternoon and we can keep him behind." | ||||||
| SS15 Seixoso 2 (9.97 km) | 6:52.8 | 4.
4. class RC2 3. ERC |
86.9 km/h 0.57 s/km |
1:44:09.7 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| SS16 Santa Quitéria 2 (9.18 km) | 6:31.5 | 6.
6. class RC2 5. ERC |
84.4 km/h 0.53 s/km |
1:50:41.2 | 2.
2. class RC2 2. ERC |
|
| "This one we definitely had more moments. It was definitely very slippery." | ||||||
| SS17 Lameirinha 2[Power Stage] (14.83 km) | 11:32.2 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC |
77.1 km/h 1.85 s/km |
2:02:13.4 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC |
|
| "I have something wrong with the car, it's undriveable. It's uncontrollable." | ||||||
