Rally de Portugal

Rally de Portugal
Statusactive
Genremotorsporting event
Frequencyannual
CountryPortugal
Inaugurated1967
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).

  1. ^ "History". uk.rallydeportugal.pt. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.