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2023 Portuguese Rally Championship

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The 2023 Portuguese Rally Championship is yet another season on national rally championship in Portugal. Armindo Araujo is the reigning drivers champion.

Competitions

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  • 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

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The 2023 season is contested over eight rounds across entire Portugal.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 10 March 12 March Portugal Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras Fafe, Braga Gravel 17 180.29 km [1]
2 March 31 April 1 Portugal Rallye Casinos do Algarve Lagoa, Algarve Gravel 9 107,38 km [2]
3 April 28 April 29 Portugal Rali Terras d'Aboboreira Amarante, Tâmega e Sousa Gravel 9 99,18 km [3]
4 May 11 May 14 Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto District Gravel 19 325,35 km [4]
5 June 30 July 1 Portugal Rali de Castelo Branco Castelo Branco, Central Portugal Tarmac 12 101,82 km [5]
6 August 3 August 5 Portugal Rali Vinho da Madeira Funchal, Madeira Tarmac TBA TBA
7 September 15 September 16 Portugal Rali da Agua Chaves, District of Vila Real Tarmac TBA TBA
8 October 13 October 14 Portugal Rallye Vidreiro Marinha Grande, Leiria Tarmac TBA TBA
Sources:[6]

Entry list

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Rally2

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Rally2 entries
Car used Entrant Number Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds
Citroën C3 Rally2 Portugal Citroen Vodafone Team 6 Portugal Jose Pedro Fontes Portugal Ines Ponte P 1-5
Portugal Sports&You 4 Portugal Bernardo Sousa Portugal Ines Veiga P 1-2
Portugal Jose Janela 3-5
20 Portugal Paulo Caldeira Portugal Ana Goncalves 1-3
Ford Fiesta Rally2 Portugal Racing 4 You 12 Portugal Lucas Simoes Portugal Nuno Almeida MR 1-3
P 4
Ford Fiesta R5 5 Portugal Ricardo Filipe Portugal Filipe Carvalho P 1-3, 5
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Portugal Team Hyundai Portugal 24 Portugal Ricardo Teodosio Portugal Jose Teixeira P 1-5
42 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen Republic of Ireland James Fulton 1-2
77 United Kingdom Kris Meeke Norway Ola Floene 3
Republic of Ireland James Fulton 4-5
Portugal Hyundai N/M&Costas 10 Portugal Pedro Meireles Portugal Pedro Alves 1-5
45 Portugal Paulo Meireles Portugal Marco Goncalves 2-3
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Portugal Team Armindo Araujo / The Racing Factory 1 Portugal Armindo Araujo Portugal Luis Ramalho M 5
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 1, 3
P 4
Portugal The Racing Factory 15 Portugal Pedro Almeida Portugal Mario Castro P 1-4
Portugal ARC Sport 9 Portugal Paulo Neto Portugal Nuno Mota M 1-3
15 Portugal Miguel Correia Portugal Jorge Eduardo Carvalho M 1-3, 5
P 4
Škoda Fabia R5 Portugal Diogo Salvi 22 Portugal Diogo Salvi Portugal Hugo Magalhaes P 2-3
Portugal Antonio Costa 4

Rally2 changes

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Itinerary Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras 2023". Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. ^ "Itinerary Rallye Casinos do Algarve 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. ^ "Itinerary Rali Terras d'Aboboreira 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. ^ "Itinerary Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  5. ^ "Itinerary Rali de Castelo Branco 2023". Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  6. ^ "Portugal Calendar 2023". Retrieved 15 May 2023.