36. Rally Serras de Fafe, Felgueiras, Boticas, Vieira do Minho e Cabeceiras de Basto 2023
10. 3. – 12. 3. 2023, Fafe • Demoporto - Clube de Desportos Motorizados do Porto • gravel 180.29 km - (cancelled 34.36 km) • total distance including road sections - 789.77 km • Other years
Portugal 2RM only counts until SS9.
Stage results
1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
SS1 SSS Fafe (1.43 km) | 1:30.8 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
56.7 km/h 2.03 s/km |
1:30.8 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
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"Not too great. I didn't feel like I was very comfortable, but we were clean and not sliding too much." | ||||||
SS2 Boticas / Vale do Tâmega 1 (9.64 km) | 7:33.4 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
76.5 km/h 0.79 s/km |
9:04.2 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
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"Yeah it's super slippery, we had two massive moments and after that I slowed down, because it's very unpredictable grip. Some of the stage will be just as tricky but we'll see." | ||||||
SS3 Boticas / Senhor do Monte (15.05 km) | 11:22.9 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
79.3 km/h 0.43 s/km |
20:27.1 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC |
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"It's not too bad honestly, conditions are a lot better, but it's not 100% yet." | ||||||
SS4 Cabeceiras de Basto 1 (10.84 km) | 7:09.9 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
90.8 km/h 0.42 s/km |
27:37.0 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"In one or two places at the end we suffered because of the windscreen, but for most of the stage it was okay." | ||||||
SS5 Vieira do Minho 1 (11.76 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS6 Boticas / Vale do Tâmega 2 (9.64 km) | 7:16.1 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
79.6 km/h 0.91 s/km |
34:53.1 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"The guys in the front are super fast, but we'll do what we can. I won't be too mad at myself." | ||||||
SS7 Boticas / Senhor do Monte 2 (15.05 km) | 11:32.6 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC |
78.2 km/h 0.71 s/km |
46:25.7 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"Unfortunately we had to reverse on a hairpin, the ruts are so bad." | ||||||
SS8 Cabeceiras de Basto 2 (10.84 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS9 Vieira do Minho 2 (11.76 km) | cancelled | |||||
2. leg | ||||||
SS10 Luílhas 1 (8.09 km) | 5:35.5 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
86.8 km/h 0.67 s/km |
52:01.2 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"It didn't feel too bad, we're still learning the car, so it's just safe." | ||||||
SS11 Seixoso 1 (9.97 km) | 6:53.8 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC |
86.7 km/h 0.63 s/km |
58:55.0 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"I couldn't see anything at the end there." | ||||||
SS12 Santa Quitéria 1 (9.18 km) | 6:19.8 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC |
87.0 km/h 0.89 s/km |
1:05:14.8 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"Quite tricky right now, we seem to be struggling for traction, sure we'll try to keep in behind. I'm a bit afraid to change the car in service because I haven't tested the car on gravel much, so what can I do?" | ||||||
SS13 Lameirinha 1 (14.90 km) | 9:46.4 | 9.
9. class RC2 9. ERC |
91.5 km/h 0.64 s/km |
1:15:01.2 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"I don't know about a podium push. It doesn't feel like we're doing too badly, but we're missing a bit of traction, that's all." | ||||||
SS14 Luílhas 2 (8.09 km) | 5:27.4 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC |
89.0 km/h 0.14 s/km |
1:20:28.6 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"Yeah I think the changes we made make a lot of sense on this kind of road." | ||||||
SS15 Seixoso 2 (9.97 km) | 6:41.7 | 5.
5. class RC2 5. ERC |
89.4 km/h 0.54 s/km |
1:27:10.3 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"It's not too bad, I think we did some changes in the service, so the car seems to be more suited to the surface now." | ||||||
SS16 Santa Quitéria 2 (9.18 km) | 6:12.5 | 6.
6. class RC2 6. ERC |
88.7 km/h 0.44 s/km |
1:33:22.8 | 4.
4. class RC2 4. ERC |
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"Yeah I think the changes we made make a lot of sense on this kind of road." | ||||||
SS17 Lameirinha 2[Power Stage] (14.90 km) | 9:26.0 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC |
94.8 km/h 0.19 s/km |
1:42:48.8 | 3.
3. class RC2 3. ERC |
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"I think considering we have a new car and we didnt get much testing it's okay, I wish we could've been closer to the frontrunners but I just couldn't match them all week." |