Portugal is and always has been a haven for world rallying and with some of the best gravel stages on the planet it's easy to see why it’s a driver’s favourite.
This year’s edition is set to raise the bar again, with a spectacular street stage right in the centre of capital city Lisbon to add to the three days of all-gravel action in the hills inland from Faro. Add in the points possibilities of the Power Stage on Sunday afternoon and there’s plenty to get excited about.
Want to find out how the WRC stars get on? Then follow all the action LIVE here on wrc.com. We'll be updating wrc.com throughout the event from our base in the heart of the Service Park. Via live stage and split times, news stories, video clips and our live rally radio, we’ll stream as much of Vodafone Rally de Portugal to your computer - or to your Smartphone - as we possibly can. And all FREE of charge.
Here’s what we have for you this week:
EXCLUSIVE video clips from Portugal
Head to the Video section for a taste of what's coming up this week. Throughout the rally we’ll be adding lots of fresh clips from the rally, so whether you want on-board footage, daily summaries, driver interviews or the best stage action, you’ll find it here.
Our searchable video archive is packed with more than 1,500 WRC videos so you can flick back to clips from previous rallies. This link will take you our selection of 26 videos from the 2010 edition of Vodafone Rally de Portugal, including a handy summary of the whole rally .
Rally information and itinerary
For general information on Vodafone Rally de Portugal the Calendar and rallies section is where you should head. The Portugal page includes links to the official website and the rally itinerary. Once the rally is 'live' (on Thursday afternoon) you'll be able to access stage times, entry lists and other live data from here.
You’ll find extra rally information and links in our WRC class preview, Production Car World Rally Championship preview and FIA WRC Academy preview.
Stage times and maps
Follow the progress of every competitor in Portugal using our LIVE stage and split times. The entry list, start list, itinerary and maps will be uploaded when the event’s timing system goes ‘live’ on Thursday. From then on, these pages are fed with data beamed direct from the stage ends and split points. You’ll know stage times within seconds of the drivers themselves.
Drivers and co-drivers
Don’t know your Loeb from your Latvala? Don’t panic. Get all the essential information in our WRC biographies. Click these links for drivers and co-drivers. There’s a similar breakdown for the Production class drivers in the PWRC section and for this year’s WRC Academy drivers in the Academy section
World Rally Radio
The World Rally Radio team will be broadcasting from Lisbon and Faro for the duration of the rally, bringing live reports and interviews from the stage ends and Service Park.
'On air' times - all local to Portugal (GMT +1hr) - are as follows:
Thursday 24 March: 1600hrs
Friday 25 March: 0830hrs
Saturday 26 March: 0930hrs
Sunday 27 March: 0700hrs
Find out more about the forthcoming shows in presenter Becs Williams' preview. To contact the World Rally Radio Team send an e-mail to radio@wrc.com. And don’t forget, if you miss any of the coverage you can listen again via the World Rally Radio podcasts.
News bulletins
During the rally we’ll post stories from the stages and Service Park direct to the home page and News section. Missed something? Then follow these links to search through almost 3,000 articles in our News archive and Features archive.
Television coverage in Portugal and around the world
In Portugal RTP will broadcast LIVE from four stages over the weekend starting with the Lisbon Super Special Stage on Thursday 24 March and finishing with the Power Stage on Sunday. Here are the schedule details:
Thursday 24 March: RTP 2 17h00 - 18h00 SS 1 Lisbon
Saturday 26 March: RTP 1 10h20 - 11h30 SS 8 Almodovar 1. RTP 2 15h10 - 16h10 SS 11 Almodovar 2
Sunday 27 March: RTP N 08h30 - 11h00 SS15 Santana da Serra 1. RTP 1 14h00 - 15h00 SS17 Santana da Serra 2.
Sport TV will also broadcast the highlights at the end of each day of the rally.
Worldwide Coverage: Television networks across six continents will be covering the event. Follow this link to see the global list of WRC television broadcasters.
Wrc apps
Fans of the FIA World Rally Championship can keep up to date with live results and up-to-the-minute news about the sport from just about anywhere in the world thanks to our FREE apps for iPhone, Android and a selection of Blackberry devices.
As well as stage times, the apps provide a massive amount of live data including split times, entry lists, timetables, start lists and of course live audio commentary from the World Rally Radio team. Find out more here.
WRC Facebook community
With more than 390,000 members, the group is the place to head if you want to chat to other fans, debate the big issues of the day, share photos and watch more exclusive videos. Find the group and get involved by following this link.
If you’re a Twitterer, then sign up to http://twitter.com/OfficialWRC to receive regular tweets of WRC news.
YouTube
Full-length highlights from every rally from the 2001 to 2008 seasons are available to view free of charge on our YouTube Show. The World Rally Championship Show, contains all of the three, 25-minute end-of-day highlight programmes made for each rally during the period. That's 75-minutes of coverage per event.
If that's not enough, follow this link to browse the Official WRC Channel for hundreds more clips - many of which are exclusive to YouTube.
Credit: World Rally Championship (www.wrc.com)
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