Shakedown Times (3,72 km)

1º, Kris Rosenberger/Siegfried Schwarz (Subaru Impreza Turbo GT), 2.21.0

2º, Darryn Snooks/Stewart Snooks (Ford Escort RS 1800), a 4.8s

3º, Nemo Mazza/Mauro Marchiori (Ford Escort RS), a 8.8

4º, Lukas Schindelegger/Helmut Schindelegger (Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII), a 13.4

5º, Nikolaos Pavlidis/Dimitrios Amaxopoulos (Fiat 131 Abarth), a 17.9

6º, Oldrich Kovarik Jnr/Marek Kapic (Skoda Favorit 136L), a 21.6

7º, Jukka-Pekka Jokela/Jukka Jamsen (Ford Escort 1600), a 22.9

8º, Piotr Gadomski/BArtlomiej Meka (Volvo 142 GL), a 23.4

9º, Manel Arroyo Perez/Miquel Amblas Madriguera (Porsche 911), a 27.2

10º, Jesus Ferreira Perez/Javier Anido Vasquez (Ford Escort RS 1800), a 28.7

11º, Daniel Alonso Villaron/Alejandro Lopez Fernandez (Ford Escort RS 2000), a 33.5

12º, Jordi Pons/Jan Rosa (Porsche 911), a 34.4

13º, Radek Tous/LukasHronek (Skoda 120s Rallye), a 38.0

14º, Oldrich Kovarik Snr/Petr Dufek (Skoda Octavia Super S), a 47.8

15º, Jesus Diez Villaroel/Guifre Pujol Solsona (Ford Escort Twin Cam), a 53.9

16º, Thomas Kuebler/Marco Macedo (Mercedes Benz 500SL), a 29.25.1

MAURO SIPSZ/FABRIZIA PONS: FORCED ABSENCE

O Gemini disse The only no-show among the 20 entries was the Italian duo Mauro Sipsz/Fabrizia Pons, who were scheduled to compete in a Subaru Impreza WRC. Sipsz—former founder and boss of Nordauto (now N Technology) and Autodelta, the team that fielded official Alfa Romeos in the European Touring Car Championship and DTM—did not travel to Portugal due to an ophthalmological health issue. As a result, the renowned co-driver Fabrizia Pons has yet to return to our country to relive the Fafe stages. Alongside Michele Mouton, she won the 1982 Rally de Portugal-Vinho do Porto in an Audi Quattro.

The duo Sipsz/Pons was the only one to miss the start among the 20 entries in the EHRC event.

The Historic Rally Fafe will also be a round of the Portuguese Classics Cup and the Northern Rally Championship. The latter competition only runs Saturday's six special stages, and the entries include several drivers from the Portuguese Rally Championship, such as Rúben Rodrigues (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2), Paulo Meireles (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2), Guilherme Meireles (Skoda Fabia evo Rally2), Diogo Martins (Skoda Fabia evo Rally2), and Anton Korzun (Peugeot 208 Rally4), among others.