Our preparations for Rally Portugal are going well after a good 2 days of recce. While 2/3 of the route is the same as last year, Friday’s new stages certainly serve up a challenge. They are more technical and quite rough in places with a lot of large rocks littering the road.

It will be the same for everyone and we have a plan for the rally that we will try and follow. We have a good set of pace notes though and I am really looking forward to getting started.

Tomorrow is a quieter day with just Shakedown, while the rally starts on Thursday with the super special stage in Lisbon before 3 night stages that evening.

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