Preview of the WRC Rally Portugal

Round four of the FIA World Rally Championship - Vodafone Rally de Portugal - is hosted in the Algarve and is the second of six consecutive gravel events on the calendar. It is however viewed as the first ‘traditional’ loose surface event and, as such, where the teams will be looking to benchmark themselves against the competition. This year the event starts in Vilamoura but once again returns to the capital city of Lisbon on Friday for an impressive street stage around the Praça do Império.

As well as hosting the WRC crews, Rally de Portugal has attracted a number of contenders in the WRC 3 and WRC 2 categories in an impressive entry list of 72 competitors. This event is also the opening round of the FIA Junior WRC Championship, the category for young drivers competing in identically-prepared Ford Fiesta R2s.

Points of interest nearby Vodafone Rally Portugal 2013 – HQ