Armindo Araujo (Skoda Fabia Evo) finished the second day of Portugal’s rally as Portugal’s top performer, despite two holes, and praised the public’s “excellent attitude” towards the track.
The Santo Tirso-based driver, who won the Portuguese Rally Championship classification on Friday with maximum points at the national stage, says he “couldn’t have asked for more.”
“It was a fantastic race for me. I won at Nacional, I got the most points in the power stage, and I am the best Portuguese player. I couldn’t even dream of a better one, ”said the six-time national champion in this sport.
Despite the lack of an audience next to the closed park at Exponor in Matosinhos, Armindo Araujo underlines the fact that the event was held “during a pandemic”.
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“We are here, the test was carried out on the road, it is very successful in terms of health and behavior of people. ACP is doing a great job and the audience is very well motivated. I am happy to be here and I think this is a great show, ”said the pilot from Santo Tirso.
Armindo Araujo, who is paired with Luis Ramalho, arrives on the last day of the race in 19th place overall, seventh in the WRC3 with a 3.30.6 minute lead over Bruno Magallais (Hyundai i20), the second-best Portuguese. in which he is ranked 21st general, eighth in WRC3.
Paulo Neto (Skoda Fábia) is 23rd, André Villas-Boas (Citroën C3) 31st and Elder Miranda (Renault Clio RS) 34th.
Of the 17 Portuguese who lined up for the match, only five came on the second day of the race, and they all finished the day.
