The Loulé Rally, scheduled for next weekend, March 9th and 10th, at Ameixial, will mark the start of the 2019 South Rally Championship. marked the test.
«The earth sections of Serra do Caldeirão will be faced by 21 competitors, with a great fight for victory expected among the vast platoon of users of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution», emphasizes the Clube Automóvel do Algarve.
The organization highlights “the five-time regional champion Márcio Marreiros, once again navigated by Rui Serra, the former national rally champion Fernando Peres (navigated by José Pedro Silva), the 2013 regional champion Carlos Martins, with his brother João, himself the winner of the championship in 2016, as a navigator and also the winners of last year's edition, Paulo and Luís Santos».
The organization of the race also does not neglect «the other names that line up these Japanese machines and with the lot of four-wheel drive also including the return of the duo Pedro Leone/Bruno Ramos in Ford Escort Cosworth».
As for the two drive wheels, «the fight should be centered on Paulo Anselmo, winner of last year's edition and this year navigated by Eduardo Gonçalves, Vítor Vilela/Leonel Fernandes, who bring a Peugeot 208 R2, Filipe Silva, in Citroen Saxo , and João Monteiro/Gonçalo Assunção, who debut a Toyota Corolla».
The competitors will compete in the sections of Ameixial (10:00 and 12:01) and Salir (10:29/1230), with areas recommended for the public in Corte de Ouro and Besteiros (Ameixial) and Cortelha and Barrigões (Salir).
Information on access to these zones can be found either on the website, or on the social networks of the Clube Automóvel do Algarve (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), where the step-by-step monitoring of the race will also take place, also using various live interventions on the Facebook page, which will also include a link to an online radio broadcast while the qualifiers are running.
You will also be able to follow the race times online through the Rally4Now application.
This is a competition organized by the Clube Automóvel do Algarve, under the aegis of the Portuguese Federation of Automobile and Karting, with the high sponsorship of the Municipality of Loulé and the Parish Councils of Ameixial and Salir and also the support of Solverde – Casinos e Hotéis and Algarpneus.
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