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FIA Reprimands ACP and Fines It a Suspended €15,000 Over the Arganil 2 Tow-Truck Incident at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal — Two Organisation Vehicles Entered the Live Stage Within 35 Minutes

FIA Reprimands ACP and Fines It a Suspended €15,000 Over the Arganil 2 Tow-Truck Incident at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal — Two Organisation Vehicles Entered the Live Stage Within 35 Minutes

FIA Stewards reprimanded the Automóvel Club de Portugal and applied a suspended €15,000 fine after two organisation vehicles entered the live SS7 Arganil 2 stage on Friday. The fine is suspended through 31 December 2027 contingent on no repeat of the same Article 12.2.1.h violation.
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Porto historic centre and Sé Cathedral skyline — Norte hosts the 2026 Vodafone Rally de Portugal with the service park at Exponor in Matosinhos

Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2026 Heads Into Sunday With Ogier +21.9s on Neuville — Solberg's Paredes Rain Surge Cost the Frenchman 19 Seconds Before an Afternoon Recovery, FIA Fines ACP €15,000 for the Friday Stage-7 Safety Breach

Sébastien Ogier ends Saturday at the 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal +21.9 on Neuville and +25.8 on Pajari, after a Paredes rain crisis briefly handed the lead to Oliver Solberg. The FIA fines ACP €15,000 (suspended) for the Friday Arganil 2 incident.
The Portugal Brief
WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

The 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal opens at 14:00 today on Coimbra's Avenida de Conímbriga as 70 crews, 11 of them Rally1, head into 23 special stages totalling 345.14 competitive kilometres on gravel between the Aveiro lowlands, the Coimbra hills, the Douro and the Fafe finale on Sunday.
The Portugal Brief