2023 Portuguese Rally Championship
Appearance
The 2023 Portuguese Rally Championship is yet another season on national rally championship in Portugal. Armindo Araujo is the reigning drivers champion.
Competitions
[edit]- Main championship - for all cars, with R5/Rally2 the highest class eligible
- Portugal 2RM - for all two-wheel drive cars
- Rally&You Portugal Cup - for local drivers using Peugeot 208 Rally4 or 208 R2 cars.
Calendar
[edit]The 2023 season is contested over eight rounds across entire Portugal.
Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
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1 | 10 March | 12 March | Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras | Fafe, Braga | Gravel | 17 | 180.29 km | [1] |
2 | March 31 | April 1 | Rallye Casinos do Algarve | Lagoa, Algarve | Gravel | 9 | 107,38 km | [2] |
3 | April 28 | April 29 | Rali Terras d'Aboboreira | Amarante, Tâmega e Sousa | Gravel | 9 | 99,18 km | [3] |
4 | May 11 | May 14 | Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto District | Gravel | 19 | 325,35 km | [4] |
5 | June 30 | July 1 | Rali de Castelo Branco | Castelo Branco, Central Portugal | Tarmac | 12 | 101,82 km | [5] |
6 | August 3 | August 5 | Rali Vinho da Madeira | Funchal, Madeira | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
7 | September 15 | September 16 | Rali da Agua | Chaves, District of Vila Real | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
8 | October 13 | October 14 | Rallye Vidreiro | Marinha Grande, Leiria | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
Sources:[6] |
Entry list
[edit]Rally2
[edit]Rally2 entries | |||||||
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Car used | Entrant | Number | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds | |
Citroën C3 Rally2 | Citroen Vodafone Team | 6 | Jose Pedro Fontes | Ines Ponte | P | 1-5 | |
Sports&You | 4 | Bernardo Sousa | Ines Veiga | P | 1-2 | ||
Jose Janela | 3-5 | ||||||
20 | Paulo Caldeira | Ana Goncalves | 1-3 | ||||
Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Racing 4 You | 12 | Lucas Simoes | Nuno Almeida | MR | 1-3 | |
P | 4 | ||||||
Ford Fiesta R5 | 5 | Ricardo Filipe | Filipe Carvalho | P | 1-3, 5 | ||
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Team Hyundai Portugal | 24 | Ricardo Teodosio | Jose Teixeira | P | 1-5 | |
42 | Craig Breen | James Fulton | 1-2 | ||||
77 | Kris Meeke | Ola Floene | 3 | ||||
James Fulton | 4-5 | ||||||
Hyundai N/M&Costas | 10 | Pedro Meireles | Pedro Alves | 1-5 | |||
45 | Paulo Meireles | Marco Goncalves | 2-3 | ||||
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Team Armindo Araujo / The Racing Factory | 1 | Armindo Araujo | Luis Ramalho | M | 5 | |
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 1, 3 | ||||||
P | 4 | ||||||
The Racing Factory | 15 | Pedro Almeida | Mario Castro | P | 1-4 | ||
ARC Sport | 9 | Paulo Neto | Nuno Mota | M | 1-3 | ||
15 | Miguel Correia | Jorge Eduardo Carvalho | M | 1-3, 5 | |||
P | 4 | ||||||
Škoda Fabia R5 | Diogo Salvi | 22 | Diogo Salvi | Hugo Magalhaes | P | 2-3 | |
Antonio Costa | 4 |
Rally2 changes
[edit]- Bruno Magalhaes left the championship and Team Hyundai Portugal. He was replaced by WRC Hyundai driver Craig Breen. After Breen's death in pre-event testing before Rally Croatia, the second seat at THP was taken by his close friend and former Citroen factory driver Kris Meeke. Hyundai also used a special livery in memory of Breen during Rali Terras d'Aboboreira.
- Lucas Simoes switched from running a Hyundai i20 R5 to a Ford Fiesta Rally2.
- Former SWRC driver Bernardo Sousa returned to the championship after taking part in the Portuguese edition of Big Brother.
Portugal 2RM
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Itinerary Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras 2023". Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "Itinerary Rallye Casinos do Algarve 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ "Itinerary Rali Terras d'Aboboreira 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ "Itinerary Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ "Itinerary Rali de Castelo Branco 2023". Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Portugal Calendar 2023". Retrieved 15 May 2023.