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
editThe 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 |  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
editRally2
edit| Rally2 entries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editReferences
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.