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TER drivers in front from the start in Rali Vinho da Madeira

05.08.2016

The 2016 Rali Vinho da Madeira saw a great start for the Tour European Rally drivers, with several different stage winners and overall leaders, and a monopoly of the overall top ten.

Ricardo Moura (Ford Fiesta R5) was fastest on the opening Avenida do Mar stage, run on thursday evening in the Funchal waterfront area in front of many spectators. Miguel Campos (Skoda Fabia R5) took the honours on the first friday stage, Campo da Golfe 1, and took a brief leadership which Bruno Magalhães (Ford Fiesta R5) snatched from him after setting the best time on stage 3, Palheiro Ferreiro 1, which was later interrupted after the crash of Filipe Freitas' Porsche. Miguel Campos went quickest through the second pass of the two stages to make up time; at the service after SS 5 Bruno Magalhães holds a narrow lead (+0.4”) on José Pedro Fontes (Citroen DS3 R5), with Miguel Campos in third (+1.3”). Romain Dumas, winner in 2016 of the Le Mans 24 Hours and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, is the leader in the R-Gt Class with his Porsche 997 GT3, currently in 10th overall.