56. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2023
WRC #5 • WRC2 #5 • WRC2 Challenger #5 • WRC3 #5 • WRC Masters Cup #5 • Portugal #4 • Portugal 2RM #4 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #2
11. 5. – 14. 5. 2023, Matosinhos • Automóvel Club de Portugal • gravel 325.35 km • total distance including road sections - 1644.92 km • Other years
#21
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 
AW ***
AW ***
RC2
Final results
7. overall
2. class RC2
7. WRC
2. WRC2
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Lousã 1 (12.03 km) | 9:22.0 | 13.
5. class RC2 13. WRC 5. WRC2 |
77.1 km/h 1.60 s/km |
9:22.0 | 13.
5. class RC2 13. WRC 5. WRC2 |
|
| "Starting the rally with the 4th fastest time! It was a good run, and got to be happy with the time given the sweeping and being first WRC2 car on the road, it is how it is today - will be the same on every stage so we’ve just got to deal with it as best we can!" | ||||||
| SS2 Góis 1 (19.33 km) | 13:36.4 | 11.
3. class RC2 11. WRC 3. WRC2 |
85.2 km/h 1.92 s/km |
22:58.4 | 10.
2. class RC2 10. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| "Very very dusty in the car, ***** hell! Crazy amount of dust. Much rougher for the tyres than I thought. Very bad for soft tyres. I think we lost a lot of time. Happy with the driving, but it's so loose." | ||||||
| "SS2 was super loose and lots of sweeping - big challenge managing the tyres. We’re also getting a lot of dust actually in the car too which is quite distracting." | ||||||
| SS3 Arganil 1 (18.72 km) | 12:39.8 | 10.
3. class RC2 10. WRC 3. WRC2 |
88.7 km/h 2.70 s/km |
35:38.2 | 10.
3. class RC2 10. WRC 3. WRC2 |
|
| SS4 Lousã 2 (12.03 km) | 9:15.5 | 7.
1. class RC2 7. WRC 1. WRC2 |
78.0 km/h 1.60 s/km |
44:53.7 | 9.
2. class RC2 9. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| "Again, very happy with our driving and our run - we’ve raised the car height a bit to be safe with the ruts and tyres, so the feeling is a bit loose, but it’s all good." | ||||||
| SS5 Góis 2 (19.33 km) | 13:36.7 | 8.
1. class RC2 8. WRC 1. WRC2 |
85.2 km/h 1.70 s/km |
58:30.4 | 8.
1. class RC2 8. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| SS6 Arganil 2 (18.72 km) | 12:40.8 | 10.
3. class RC2 10. WRC 3. WRC2 |
88.6 km/h 2.51 s/km |
1:11:11.2 | 8.
1. class RC2 8. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| "Crazy. I have no tyres, I still have 20km to go so I took it very easy in here just to get through. We'll see if we're next." | ||||||
| "Had to drive nice and calm through SS6, no other choice on such rough roads and with basically no tyres left… we have another 20km still to go today as well so we stay focused and keep to our strategy!" | ||||||
| SS7 Mortágua (18.15 km) | 12:26.1 | 8.
2. class RC2 8. WRC 2. WRC2 |
87.6 km/h 1.62 s/km |
1:23:37.3 | 7.
1. class RC2 7. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| "I'm through, clean! Just been a consistent, fast day. My tyres are .... basically. Very, very happy!" | ||||||
| SS8 SSS Figueira da Foz (2.94 km) | 2:38.6 | 16.
10. class RC2 16. WRC 10. WRC2 |
66.7 km/h 2.99 s/km |
1:26:15.9 | 7.
1. class RC2 7. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| "It's been a very good day but also very difficult. So rough with so many rocks and things going on. We've had a clean day - fast as well - but at least no problems." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS9 Vieira do Minho 1 (26.61 km) | 17:46.3 | 14.
7. class RC2 14. WRC 5. WRC2 |
89.8 km/h 2.09 s/km |
1:44:02.2 | 7.
1. class RC2 7. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| Spin | ||||||
| SS10 Amarante 1 (37.24 km) | 25:43.3 | 13.
7. class RC2 13. WRC 6. WRC2 |
86.9 km/h 1.88 s/km |
2:09:45.5 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| SS11 Felgueiras 1 (8.81 km) | 6:17.3 | 12.
7. class RC2 12. WRC 6. WRC2 |
84.1 km/h 2.27 s/km |
2:16:02.8 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| SS12 Vieira do Minho 2 (26.61 km) | 17:33.4 | 10.
4. class RC2 10. WRC 4. WRC2 |
90.9 km/h 1.48 s/km |
2:33:36.2 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| "Had to be full revs everywhere to keep momentum! Didn't lose much time through that one but let's see what we can do to fix it before the long stage next" | ||||||
| SS13 Amarante 2 (37.24 km) | 25:34.7 | 12.
6. class RC2 12. WRC 5. WRC2 |
87.4 km/h 1.71 s/km |
2:59:10.9 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| "I had to put the soft tyre on. Not very good. I think I drove too clean, too smart. My pressures went straight up. Starting safe pressures is not good on a stage like this." | ||||||
| SS14 Felgueiras 2 (8.81 km) | 6:06.3 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
86.6 km/h 1.02 s/km |
3:05:17.2 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
|
| SS15 SSS Lousada (3.36 km) | 2:39.7 | 8.
2. class RC2 8. WRC 2. WRC2 |
75.7 km/h 1.55 s/km |
3:08:56.9 1:00 |
7.
2. class RC2 7. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| Penalty 1:00 - Stewards decision | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS16 Paredes (11.05 km) | 8:14.7 | 6.
1. class RC2 6. WRC 1. WRC2 |
80.4 km/h 1.07 s/km |
3:17:11.6 1:00 |
7.
2. class RC2 7. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| "We had very old tyres on and it was very loose so we had a small spin, lost a handful of seconds." | ||||||
| SS17 Fafe 1 (11.18 km) | 6:52.9 | 8.
2. class RC2 8. WRC 1. WRC2 |
97.5 km/h 0.97 s/km |
3:24:04.5 1:00 |
7.
2. class RC2 7. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| SS18 Cabeceiras de Basto (22.01 km) | 14:07.4 | 4.
1. class RC2 4. WRC 1. WRC2 |
93.5 km/h 0.86 s/km |
3:38:11.9 1:00 |
7.
2. class RC2 7. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| SS19 Fafe 2[Power Stage] (11.18 km) | 6:44.4 | 7.
1. class RC2 7. WRC 1. WRC2 |
99.5 km/h 1.60 s/km |
3:44:56.3 1:00 |
7.
2. class RC2 7. WRC 2. WRC2 |
|
| "It's been a great weekend really - very consistent and with good speed again. I hope I can win because second place is not really worth it right now." | ||||||
