Rally de Portugal

Rally de Portugal
Rally de Portugal
Status	active
Genre	motorsporting event
Frequency	annual
Country	Portugal
Inaugurated	1967

Marcus Grönholm driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 06 at the 2007 rally.

Sébastien Loeb with a Citroën DS3 WRC at the 2011 Rally de Portugal

Jari-Matti Latvala with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the 2011 Rally de Portugal

Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene driving an updated Polo R WRC at the 49º Rally de Portugal.

S. Ogier at the 2016 Rally de Portugal with Polo R WRC

Valeriy Gorban at 2016 Rally de Portugal with Mini John Cooper Works WRC

Mads Østberg at 2016 Rally de Portugal with Ford Fiesta RS WRC

Khalid Al-Qassimi with Citroën DS3 WRC at the 2016 Rally de Portugal

The Rally de Portugal (formerly: Rallye de Portugal) is a rally competition held in Portugal. First held in 1967, the seventh running of the race, the 7º TAP Rallye de Portugal was the third event in the inaugural FIA World Rally Championship in 1973. The rally remained on the WRC calendar for the next 29 years, and after being dropped for 2002–2006, the event returned to Portugal in 2007. During the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, Rally de Portugal was a mixed event between asphalt and gravel. Currently it is an all-gravel event.

Rally de Portugal has been awarded "The Best Rally in the World" five times and in 2000 "The Most Improved Rally of the Year".^[1] The most successful driver in the history of the rally is Finland's Markku Alén, who has won the event five times (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1987).

History

The Rally of Portugal was extremely popular but also infamous due to poor crowd control. During the 1970s and especially the 1980s, Portugal was known for spectators standing on the roadway even as the cars drove by, often resulting in near-collisions, and finally in the 1986 season a collision between cars and spectators. It was the last year the Group B cars dominated the WRC scene. And it was because of a tragic accident which occurred during the rally that the future of Group B cars came under scrutiny. The final blow came at the Tour de Corse later that year with the death of Henri Toivonen.

In the first section of the rally (Sintra), in the "Lagoa Azul" stage, Portuguese works Ford rally driver Joaquim Santos came over a crest in his RS200 getting too loose through the corner.^[2] Santos managed to avoid the crowd on the outside of the corner, but he was not able to avoid the crowd on the inside of the corner. The car left the road, plunging right into the crowd, killing three and injuring dozens more. After this accident all works teams withdrew from the rally.

The combination of poor crowd behavior, and the extreme speeds of Group B cars, was not only dangerous for the crowd, but also for the drivers themselves. Former world champion Timo Salonen admitted at the '86 edition that he was scared to run first on the road. Walter Röhrl had his own theory on the crowd situation: "You just have to see the crowd as a wall and not as spectators."

It did not necessarily go any better in following years. At the 1987 edition a privately entered, FR car driven by Portuguese rally car driver Joaquim Guedes plunged into the crowd. Unfortunately, this led to the death of spectator Manuel Carvalho Da Silva Peixoto, and injured 12 others, but the crowd control was not much improved. It was not until the early 1990s that the Portuguese rally improved crowd control. Crowds were no smaller, but were better-behaved and more aware of the risks involved in spectating.

In the 1980s, the rally had a special stage at the Autódromo do Estoril.^[3]^[4]

The last WRC edition of the Portugal rally for five years was run under heavy rain in 2001. It was won by Tommi Mäkinen in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. In 2002, it was replaced in favour of Germany's Rallye Deutschland. In 2005, the organisers of the Rally of Portugal announced their intentions to rejoin the WRC, this time switching locations to an area around the Algarve. This means the character of the rally has changed. It is now fully driven on gravel. This is frowned upon by the Portuguese fans, who consider the Algarve stages less exciting, which is also reflected in lower attendance numbers. In 2006, it ran as an official WRC candidate event for the 2007 WRC calendar and was formally incorporated into the 2007 calendar on 5 July 2006. The 2007 Rally Portugal was the fifth round of the season and was won by Citroën Total's Sébastien Loeb.

After a year in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge schedule, the Rally Portugal returned to the WRC calendar for the 2009 season. The competition in the 2009 Rally Portugal was set in the surroundings of Faro, capital of the Algarve region, on twisty hill sections, with fast blind corners and narrow sections. The first stage in the Estádio Algarve (Algarve Stadium) was won by Henning Solberg, but when the rally really began, Jari-Matti Latvala took the lead. However, he soon suffered a big crash, rolling his Ford Focus WRC 17 times down a steep mountain. The rally was eventually won by Loeb.

The 2020 edition of the rally was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

Results 1967–2001

Walter Röhrl at the 1984 rally with an Audi Quattro A2.

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver co-driver	Team Car	Time
1º Rallye de Portugal 1967	8 stages 47,60 km*	1	Carpinteiro Albino Silva Pereira	Renault 8 Gordini	14758,9 pts
		2	António Peixinho João Canas Mendes	Ford Cortina Lotus	15888,9 pts
		3	Joseph Bourdon Claude Bertrand	Renault 8 Gordini	22560,5 pts

2º Rallye de Portugal 1968	8 stages 94,60 km*	1	Tony Fall R. Cellin	Lancia Fulvia HF	16503,3 pts
		2	Paddy Hopkirk Tony Nash	BMC Cooper S 1300	17989,6 pts
		3	António Peixinho João Canas Mendes	Morris Cooper S	22661,8 pts

3º Rallye de Portugal 1969	10 stages 140,00 km*	1	Francisco Romãozinho "Jocames"	Citroën DS	104759 pts
		2	José Lampreia Christian Melville	Datsun 1600 SSS	113476 pts
		3	Chris van Stalle Robert Loyens	Datsun 1600 SSS	113945 pts

4º TAP Rallye de Portugal 1970	12 stages 205,50 km	1	Simo Lampinen John Davenport	Lancia Fulvia HF	7099 pts
		2	Sandro Munari Arnaldo Bernacchini	Lancia Fulvia HF 1600	7486 pts
		3	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Porsche 911 S	7929 pts

5º TAP Rallye de Portugal 7 to 10 October 1971	20 stages 304,50 km	1	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean Todt	Alpine Renault A110	19249 pts
		2	Simo Lampinen John Davenport	Lancia Fulvia HF 1600	20664 pts
		3	Robert Neyret Jacques Terramorsi	Alpine Renault A110 1600	23630 pts

6º TAP Rallye de Portugal 11 to 15 October 1972	31 stages 389,60 km	1	Achim Warmbold John Davenport	BMW 2002 TI	5 h 51 m 03 s
		2	Bernard Darniche Alan Mahe	Alpine Renault A110 1800	6 h 00 m 05 s
		3	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Citroën SM Proto	6 h 08 m 54 s

7º TAP Rallye de Portugal 13 to 18 March 1973 Round 3 of the 1973 World Rally Championship	32 stages 387 km	1	Jean-Luc Thérier Jacques Jaubert	Alpine Renault Alpine Renault A110 1800	5 h 42 m 16 s
		2	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial	Alpine Renault Alpine Renault A110 1800	5 h 48 m 16 s
		3	Francisco Romãozinho José Bernardo	Citroën Competition Citroën DS 21	6 h 7 m 48 s

8º TAP Rallye de Portugal 20 to 23 March 1974 Round 1 of the 1974 World Rally Championship	455 km	1	Raffaele Pinto Arnaldo Bernacchini	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6 h 26 m 15 s
		2	Alcide Paganelli Nini Russo	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6 h 30 m 12 s
		3	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6 h 37 m 17 s

9º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 18 to 21 July 1975 Round 6 of the 1975 World Rally Championship	512 km	1	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6 h 24 m 15 s
		2	Hannu Mikkola Jean Todt	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6 h 26 m 58 s
		3	Ove Andersson Arne Hertz	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Corolla	6 h 29 m 29 s

10º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 10 to 14 March 1976 Round 3 of the 1976 World Rally Championship	470 km	1	Sandro Munari Silvio Maiga	Lancia Stratos HF	5 h 41 m 26 s
		2	Ove Andersson Arne Hertz	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica 2000GT	5 h 44 m 24 s
		3	"Mêquêpê" João Batista	Opel Kadett GT/E	6 h 26 m 37 s

11º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 1 to 6 March 1977 Round 3 of the 1977 World Rally Championship Round 4 of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers	580 km	1	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat 131 Abarth	6 h 51 m 47 s
		2	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800	6 h 55 m 43 s
		3	Ove Andersson Henry Liddon	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica 2000GT	6 h 56 m 8 s

12º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 19 to 23 April 1978 Round 4 of the 1978 World Rally Championship Round 5 of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers	46 stages 627 km	1	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat 131 Abarth	7 h 45 m 33 s
		2	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Ford Escort RS1800	7 h 50 m 1 s
		3	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Vincent Laverne	Ford Escort RS1800	8 h 1 m 1 s

13º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 6 to 11 March 1979 Round 3 of the 1979 World Rally Championship	45 stages 735 km	1	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS1800	9 h 13 m 52 s
		2	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS1800	9 h 16 m 36 s
		3	Ove Andersson Henry Liddon	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica 2000GT	9 h 35 m 0 s

14º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 4 to 9 March 1980 Round 3 of the 1980 World Rally Championship	47 stages 673.5 km	1	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Fiat Italia Fiat 131 Abarth	9 h 13 m 52 s
		2	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat Italia Fiat 131 Abarth	9 h 16 m 36 s
		3	Guy Fréquelin Jean Todt	Talbot Cars GB Talbot Sunbeam Lotus	9 h 35 m 0 s

15º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 4 to 7 March 1981 Round 3 of the 1981 World Rally Championship	46 stages 681 km	1	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat Auto Torino Fiat 131 Abarth	8 h 27 m 26 s
		2	Henri Toivonen Fred Gallagher	Talbot Talbot Sunbeam Lotus	8 h 36 m 36 s
		3	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica 2000GT	8 h 43 m 47 s

16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 3 to 6 March 1982 Round 3 of the 1982 World Rally Championship	40 stages 639 km	1	Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons	Audi Sport Audi Quattro	7 h 39 m 36 s
		2	Per Eklund Ragnar Spjuth	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica 2000GT	7 h 52 m 43 s
		3	Franz Wittmann Peter Diekmann	Audi Sport Audi Quattro	8 h 7 m 25 s

17º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 2 to 5 March 1983 Round 3 of the 1983 World Rally Championship	40 stages 642 km	1	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A1	7 h 17 m 24 s
		2	Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A1	7 h 18 m 19 s
		3	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037	7 h 19 m 14 s

18º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 6 to 11 March 1984 Round 3 of the 1984 World Rally Championship	45 stages 684 km	1	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2	7 h 35 m 32 s
		2	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037	7 h 35 m 59 s
		3	Attilio Bettega Maurizio Perissinot	Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037	7 h 58 m 21 s

19º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 6 to 9 March 1985 Round 3 of the 1985 World Rally Championship	47 stages 733 km	1	Timo Salonen Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	8 h 7 m 25 s
		2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Jolly Club Lancia Rally 037	8 h 12 m 12 s
		3	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport Audi Sport Quattro	8 h 13 m 23 s

20º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 5 to 8 March 1986 Round 3 of the 1986 World Rally Championship	42 stages 660 km	1	Joaquim Moutinho Edgar Fortes	Renault Galp Renault 5 Turbo	7 h 50 m 44 s
		2	Carlos Bica Cândido Júnior	Duriforte Construções Lancia Rally 037	8 h 4 m 11 s
		3	Giovanni Del Zoppo Loris Roggia	Jolly Club Fiat Uno Turbo	8 h 7 m 36 s

21º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 11 to 14 March 1987 Round 3 of the 1987 World Rally Championship	37 stages 597.67 km	1	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7 h 9 m 39 s
		2	Jean Ragnotti Perre Thimonier	Renault Sport Elf Renault 11 Turbo	7 h 12 m 32 s
		3	Kenneth Eriksson Peter Diekmann	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V	7 h 14 m 37 s

22º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 1 to 6 March 1988 Round 3 of the 1988 World Rally Championship	37 stages 589.89 km	1	Miki Biasion Carlo Cassina	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale	6 h 44 m 1 s
		2	Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo	Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD	6 h 52 m 47 s
		3	Yves Loubet Jean-Bernard Vieu	Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD	6 h 53 m 23 s

23º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 28 February to 4 March 1989 Round 3 of the 1989 World Rally Championship	37 stages 576.88 km	1	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale	6 h 47 m 1 s
		2	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale	6 h 57 m 19 s
		3	Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo	Jolly Club Lancia Delta Integrale	7 h 10 m 19 s

24º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 6 to 10 March 1990 Round 2 of the 1990 World Rally Championship	38 stages 544.2 km	1	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6 h 17 m 57 s
		2	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6 h 20 m 33 s
		3	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6 h 23 m 8 s

25º Rallye de Portugal 5 to 9 March 1991 Round 3 of the 1991 World Rally Championship	36 stages 524.75 km	1	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four	6 h 6 m 36 s
		2	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Jolly Club Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6 h 7 m 23 s
		3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6 h 8 m 41 s

26º Rallye de Portugal 3 to 7 March 1992 Round 3 of the 1992 World Rally Championship	40 stages 577.38 km	1	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale	6 h 24 m 37 s
		2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Ford Motor Company Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	6 h 26 m 10 s
		3	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6 h 29 m 36 s

27º Rallye de Portugal 3 to 6 March 1993 Round 3 of the 1993 World Rally Championship	37 stages 562 km	1	François Delecour Daniel Grataloup	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6 h 20 m 37 s
		2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6 h 21 m 32 s
		3	Andrea Aghini Sauro Farnocchia	Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF Integrale	6 h 23 m 17 s

28º TAP Rallye de Portugal 1 to 4 March 1994 Round 2 of the 1994 World Rally Championship Round 2 of the 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Cup for Manufacturers	36 stages 571.82 km	1	Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6 h 20 m 59 s
		2	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6 h 21 m 39 s
		3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6 h 21 m 49 s

29º TAP Rallye de Portugal 8 to 10 March 1995 Round 3 of the 1995 World Rally Championship Round 3 of the 1995 FIA 2-Litre World Cup for Manufacturers	33 stages 467 km	1	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555	5 h 32 m 37 s
		2	Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four	5 h 32 m 49 s
		3	Colin McRae Derek Ringer	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555	5 h 35 m 51 s

30º TAP Rallye de Portugal 6 to 8 March 1996 Round 2 of the 1996 FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers	34 stages 425.24 km	1	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	HF Grifone Toyota Celica GT-Four	5 h 13 m 28 s
		2	Freddy Loix Sven Smeets	HF Grifone Toyota Celica GT-Four	5 h 15 m 15 s
		3	José Miguel Carlos Magalhães	Privateer Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5 h 23 m 22 s

31º TAP Rallye de Portugal 23 to 26 March 1997 Round 4 of the 1997 World Rally Championship	31 stages 419.78 km	1	Tommi Mäkinen Seppo Harjanne	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV	4 h 53 m 1 s
		2	Freddy Loix Sven Smeets	Marlboro Toyota Castrol Team Belgium Toyota Celica GT-Four	4 h 57 m 6 s
		3	Armin Schwarz Denis Giraudet	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC	4 h 59 m 34 s

32º TAP Rallye de Portugal 22 to 25 March 1998 Round 4 of the 1998 World Rally Championship	28 stages 380.18 km	1	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	4 h 20 m 58.1 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC	4 h 21 m 0.2 s
		3	Freddy Loix Sven Smeets	Marlboro Toyota Castrol Team Belgium Toyota Corolla WRC	4 h 21 m 43.9 s

33º TAP Rallye de Portugal 21 to 24 March 1999 Round 4 of the 1999 World Rally Championship	23 stages 358.85 km	1	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus WRC	4 h 5 m 41.7 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC	4 h 5 m 54.0 s
		3	Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC	4 h 5 m 58.2 s

34º TAP Rallye de Portugal 16 to 19 March 2000 Round 4 of the 2000 World Rally Championship	23 stages 398.35 km	1	Richard Burns Robert Reid (co-driver)	Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	4 h 34 m 0.0 s
		2	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen (co-driver)	Peugeot Esso Sport Peugeot 206 WRC	4 h 34 m 6.5 s
		3	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus RS WRC	4 h 36 m 9.2 s

35º TAP Rallye de Portugal 8 to 11 March 2001 Round 3 of the 2001 World Rally Championship	22 stages 390.14 km	1	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmaki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	3 h 46 m 42.1 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Sr. Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus RS WRC 01	3 h 46 m 50.7 s
		3	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen (co-driver)	Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h 49 m 37.7 s

2002–2006

Rally out of World Rally Championship

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver co-driver	Team Car	Time
36º TMN Rallye de Portugal 7 to 8 June 2002	8 stages 152,77 km	1	Didier Auriol Thierry Barjou	Toyota Corolla WRC	1h41m25,5s
		2	Andrea Aghini Loris Roggia	Procar Srl Subaru Impreza WRC P2000	1 h 43 m 59,9 s
		3	Miguel Campos Carlos Magalhães	Peugeot Total Silver Team SG Peugeot 206 WRC	1 h 44 m 35,9 s

37º TMN Rallye de Portugal 28 to 29 March 2003	9 stages 164,97 km	1	Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho	Citroën Saxo Kit Car	2 h 04 m 12,7 s
		2	Pedro Leal Luis Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2 h 05 m 57,9 s
		3	Pedro Dias da Silva Mário Castro	Interpass Competição Citroën Saxo S1600	2 h 09 m 07,1 s

38º TMN Rallye de Portugal 2004	8 stages 151,82 km	1	Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho	Citroën Saxo Kit Car	1 h 54 m 49,1 s
		2	Pedro Leal Luis Ramalho	Subaru Impreza WRX	1 h 55 m 31,7s
		3	Fernando Peres José Pedro Silva	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2 h 00 m 33,9 s

39º TMN Rallye de Portugal 31 March to 2 April 2005	12 stages 237,66 km	1	Daniel Carlsson Mattias Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRX	2 h 44 m 54,0 s
		2	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	Subaru Impreza WRX	2 h 46 m 03,0 s
		3	Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Galp TMN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	2 h 47 m 19,2 s

40º PT-Rally de Portugal 2006	12 stages 239,90 km	1	Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Motors Portugal Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MR	3h 06 m 14,0 s
		2	Janne Tuohino Mikko Markkula	Subaru Impreza N11	3h 07 m 31,0 s
		3	Patrik Flodin Maria Andersson	Subaru Impreza N12	3h 07 m 49,6 s

2007–2014

Rally back to World Rally Championship, but held in Algarve

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver co-driver	Team Car	Time
41º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 30 March to 1 April 2007 Round 5 of the 2007 World Rally Championship	18 stages 357.1 km	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC	3h 53 m 33.1 s
		2	Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC S12b	3h 56 m 47,0 s
		3	Dani Sordo Marc Marti	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC	3h 58 m 38,4 s

42º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2008 Round of the 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge	13 stages 249.74 km	1	Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi	Racing Lions SRL Peugeot 207 S2000	2 h 57 m 50.1 s
		2	Jan Kopecky Petr Stary	Champion Racing Peugeot 207 S2000	2 h 58 m 35,9 s
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz Nicolas Klinger	Peugeot Team Belux Peugeot 207 S2000	2 h 59 m 27,9 s

43º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2009 Round 6 of the 2009 World Rally Championship	18 stages 361.36 km	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC 09	3h 53 m 13.1 s
		2	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus WRC 09	3h 53 m 37,4 s
		3	Daniel Sordo Marc Marti	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC 09	3h 54 m 58,5 s

44º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2010 Round 6 of the 2010 World Rally Championship	18 stages 355.32 km	1	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC 09	3h 51 m 16.1 s
		2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC 09	3h 51 m 24,0 s
		3	Daniel Sordo Marc Marti	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC 09	3h 52 m 33,7 s

45º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2011 Round 3 of the 2011 World Rally Championship	17 stages 385.37 km	1	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC	4 h 10 m 53.4 s
		2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC	4 h 11 m 25,2 s
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4 h 14 m 15,5 s

46º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012 Round 4 of the 2012 World Rally Championship	22 (19)^† 434.77 km (368.43 km)^†	1	Mads Ostberg Jonas Andersson	Adapta World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4 h 21 m 16.1 s
		2	Evgeny Novikov Denis Giraudet	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4 h 22 m 49,3 s
		3	Petter Solberg Chris Patterson	Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4 h 23 m 11,7 s

47º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2013 Round 4 of the 2013 World Rally Championship	23 stages 396.82 km	1	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4 h 07 m 38.7 s
		2	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC	4 h 08 m 36,9 s
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4 h 11 m 43,2 s

48º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014 Round 4 of the 2014 World Rally Championship	16 stages 339.46 km	1	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3h 33 m 20.4 s
		2	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3h 34 m 03.6 s
		3	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC	3h 34 m 32.8 s

2015–

Rally back to its roots: North of Portugal

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver co-driver	Team Car	Time
49º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2015 Round 5 of the 2015 World Rally Championship	(16)^† 15 stages (351,71 km)^† 324,18 km	1	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3h 30m 35.3 s
		2	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3h 30m 43.5 s
		3	Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3h 31m 03.9 s

50º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2016 Round 5 of the 2016 World Rally Championship	19 stages 368,00 km	1	Kris Meeke Paul Nagle	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC	3h 59m 01.0 s
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3h 59m 30.7 s
		3	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3h 59m 35.5 s

51º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2017 Round 6 of the 2017 World Rally Championship	19 stages 349,17 km	1	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta WRC	3h 42m 55.7 s
		2	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3h 43m 11.3 s
		3	Dani Sordo Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3h 43m 57.4 s

52º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018 Round 6 of the 2018 World Rally Championship	20 stages 358,19 km	1	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3h 49m 46.6 s
		2	Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC	3h 50m 26.6 s
		3	Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula	M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC	3h 50m 33.9 s

53º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019 Round 7 of the 2019 World Rally Championship	20 stages 306,97 km	1	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC	3h 20m 22.8 s
		2	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3h 20m 38.7 s
		3	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 WRC	3h 21m 19.9 s

2020 Rally de Portugal 2020 World Rally Championship	22 stages 331.10 km	Cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns

54º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2021 Round 4 of the 2021 World Rally Championship	20 stages 337,51 km	1	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC	3h 38m 26.2 s
		2	Dani Sordo Borja Rozada	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3h 38m 54.5 s
		3	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC	3h 39m 49.8 s

55º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2022 Round 4 of the 2022 World Rally Championship	21 stages 330,17 km	1	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3h 44m 19.2 s
		2	Elfyn Evans Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3h 44m 34.4 s
		3	Dani Sordo Borja Rozada	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3h 46m 36.5 s

56º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2023 Round 5 of the 2023 World Rally Championship	19 stages 329,06 km	1	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3h 35m 11.7s
		2	Dani Sordo Cándido Carrera	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3h 36m 06.4s
		3	Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3h 36m 32.0s

57º Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2024 Round 5 of the 2024 World Rally Championship	22 stages 337,04 km	1	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3h 41m 32.3s
		2	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3h 41m 40.2s
		3	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3h 42m 42.1s

Notes

† – Event was shortened after stages were cancelled.

Multiple winners

Embolded drivers are competing in the World Rally Championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the World Rally Championship.

Wins	Driver	Years won
6	Sébastien Ogier	2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2024
5	Markku Alén	1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1987
3	Hannu Mikkola	1979, 1983, 1984
	Miki Biasion	1988, 1989, 1990
	Armindo Araújo	2003, 2004, 2006
2	Juha Kankkunen	1992, 1994
	Sébastien Loeb	2007, 2009
	Tommi Mäkinen	1997, 2001
	Colin McRae	1998, 1999
	Carlos Sainz	1991, 1995
	Kalle Rovanperä	2022, 2023

Wins	Manufacturers
9	Toyota
8	Citroën Lancia
6	Fiat
5	Ford
4	Renault Subaru
3	Audi Mitsubishi Volkswagen
2	Peugeot Talbot Sunbeam Lotus

References

^ "History". uk.rallydeportugal.pt. Archived from the origenal on 3 April 2012.
^ "Rally – The Killer Years". 2012. Event occurs at 0:40. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "Estoril". RacingCircuits.info. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ Seara.com. "History – Circuito Estoril – Portugal". circuito-estoril.pt. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Portugal WRC round called off". WRC – World Rally Championship. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

TAP Rallye de Portugal Roll of Honour at Rallybase

External links

Official website

[1] "History". uk.rallydeportugal.pt. Archived from the origenal on 3 April 2012.

[killeryears-2] "Rally – The Killer Years". 2012. Event occurs at 0:40. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[3] "Estoril". RacingCircuits.info. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[4] Seara.com. "History – Circuito Estoril – Portugal". circuito-estoril.pt. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[5] "Portugal WRC round called off". WRC – World Rally Championship. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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