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) | 1:31.7 | 26.
26. class RC2 26. ERC |
56.1 km/h 2.66 s/km |
1:31.7 | 26.
26. class RC2 26. ERC |
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"It was very difficult! Very slippery in here, so we didn't take any risks. Tomorrow will be tough for sure, but we are enjoying our time in this Škoda! Going from a Rally4 car to this is like a dream for us and we are really happy to be here." | ||||||
SS2 Boticas / Vale do Tâmega 1 (9.64 km) | 7:38.4 | 17.
17. class RC2 17. ERC |
75.7 km/h 1.31 s/km |
9:10.1 | 18.
18. class RC2 18. ERC |
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"Difficult to avoid wheel spins, difficult start to second day of my life in this car" | ||||||
SS3 Boticas / Senhor do Monte (15.05 km) | 11:51.4 | 18.
18. class RC2 18. ERC |
76.2 km/h 2.33 s/km |
21:01.5 | 18.
18. class RC2 18. ERC |
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"I think it was okay for us." | ||||||
SS4 Cabeceiras de Basto 1 (10.84 km) | 7:48.7 | 20.
20. class RC2 20. ERC |
83.3 km/h 4.00 s/km |
28:50.2 | 17.
17. class RC2 17. ERC |
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"This one was very very tough, we had a big moment at the end, not easy to manage in these conditions, but good for now." | ||||||
SS5 Vieira do Minho 1 (11.76 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS6 Boticas / Vale do Tâmega 2 (9.64 km) | 7:27.6 | 18.
18. class RC2 18. ERC |
77.5 km/h 2.11 s/km |
36:17.8 | 17.
17. class RC2 17. ERC |
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"At the beginning it's quite humid and with the summer rainy, but now we have the sun, it's an okay stage for us and we are learning a lot to try and improve." | ||||||
SS7 Boticas / Senhor do Monte 2 (15.05 km) |
11:43.9 [N] |
7.
7. class RC2 7. ERC |
77.0 km/h 1.46 s/km |
48:01.7 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
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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) | 5:42.8 | 21.
21. class RC2 21. ERC |
85.0 km/h 1.57 s/km |
53:44.5 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
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"It's quite okay for now, because behind me will be very fast. There are a lot of big names around, at the beginning I was thinking about a puncture, but it's okay. MRF Tyres work really well!" | ||||||
SS11 Seixoso 1 (9.97 km) | 6:58.4 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
85.8 km/h 1.09 s/km |
1:00:42.9 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC |
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"It was okay, a lot of fog in the last part of the stage, not easy to follow pace notes and see where you are. No problem though, no mistakes and for not it's okay." | ||||||
SS12 Santa Quitéria 1 (9.18 km) | 6:25.5 | 17.
17. class RC2 17. ERC |
85.7 km/h 1.51 s/km |
1:07:08.4 | 11.
11. class RC2 11. ERC |
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SS13 Lameirinha 1 (14.90 km) | 9:46.0 | 8.
8. class RC2 8. ERC |
91.5 km/h 0.62 s/km |
1:16:54.4 | 10.
10. class RC2 10. ERC |
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"In this stage was light, we had a lot of oversteer, we'll try to fix it during service, changing something on the car. We enjoy it. It's better touching the ground with this one compared to the Rally4!" | ||||||
SS14 Luílhas 2 (8.09 km) | 6:03.0 | 32.
31. class RC2 30. ERC |
80.2 km/h 4.54 s/km |
1:22:57.4 | 13.
13. class RC2 13. ERC |
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Puncture | ||||||
"Third corner, really bad. Stone inside the rut, nothing I can do! I really don't like this stage." | ||||||
SS15 Seixoso 2 (9.97 km) | Mechanical |