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The objective is to win the Group N title

The Portuguese Rally Championship will have to count on Bernardo Sousa

With no qualms about taking this on, Bernardo Sousa confesses that he hopes to win the national Group N rally title so he has prepared himself as well as he could by joining BRR to guarantee the team a great quality Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9. The first test is this next week-end...

Bernardo Sousa and his team mate Carlos Magalhães are considered candidates, in 2008, for winning the Group N Portuguese Rally Championship, which completes an intensive programme here in Portugal that began in Sweden where they competed for the first time in the competitive PWRC.

An auspicious debut for Bernardo Sousa in the PWRC – Swedish Rally…

The first point won after a great performance

Bernardo Sousa and Carlos Magalhães finished in eighth place overall with their Red Bull Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 in the competitive PWRC. The Portuguese pair also earned their first point in the Championship, which is really remarkable as it was their first time ever in the World Rally Championship abroad.

This confirms the real merit of Bernardo Sousa who decided to go for an international career in Production Car World Rally Championships, in spite of opposition from many people, with the determination of a 20-year-old and a great desire to win.

The Red Bull Rally Team News

The Red Bull Rally Team again on the road for the 2008 Rally World Championship that will take place the 8th 9th and 10th of February at Uddeholm in Karlstadt, Sweden.

This year, the young Portuguese talent Bernardo Sousa and his co-driver Carlos Magalhaes will also be part of the Red Bull Rally team accompanying Andreas Aigner and Klaus Wicha. After a first threat of cancellation because of a persistent lack of snow around Karlstadt, winter is back in Sweden and both pairs have confirmed the presence of snow and ice for this first race.

The show seems to be guaranteed now. During this same competition last year, Aigner and Wicha finished 10th in the Group N after they lost over two minutes when they went off the road. Both Red Bull drivers are clearly focused with the challenge of this year’s races.