In the coming weekend, October 28-30, in Portalegre will be the final stage of the FIA world Cup 2011 rally-raids.
Baja Portalehare 500 will take place in the format of a short two-day Baja general distance of 472 km and will include a short stage "Super hastle" and two special sections 173 and 254 km respectively. There is no shortage of participants in Portugal, and the current issue of the race has already broken all records. There are not many 500 participants in the most different odd groups and categories in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Bach. The World Cup is focused on two pilots-Russian citizen Leonid Novitsky and Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser, who are wrestling for the title of the absolute world champion in 2011. Novitsky, who received the first starting number, will be piloting the Mini All4 Racing with its mate Andi Shultz. Despite the unfortunate intervention of the Mini team in Morocco, all four Mini-Picts have already been delivered to Portalegr. The team installed new engines, new pumps and filters of the previous design, which was used in the BMW X3CC. Leonidas and other team pilots have even managed to test the cars in Lisbon. Jean Louis Schleser and Leonid Novizkyl. " We are seriously preparing for the race and, arrived in Lisbon with the whole team, went straight to the pre-launch tests. The whole day of the car configuration, and in principle, during the tests no negative points were revealed, so we hope that we will not see anything bad in the race. And the problem that was in Morocco is not going to show up here. Another Doprace will be difficult, especially considering the weather factor. The rain in the region made the track very slippery and dangerous. We feel a little excitement and the importance of this competition, but only for victory! " The Schlesser, who is in the role of a dogman, decided to make an unexpected move and change its traditional bugg to a 4x4 Mitsubishi L200 SUV. The origin of the car and its place of preparation are kept completely secret. The new combat vehicle of Schlesser-Mitsubishi L200Storeroom of forces before the start of the race such-Nowitzky has 14 points of advantage, Schlesser needs at least finish in the three! However, of the 66 announced SUVs, there are many serious contenders in the list. These are the three Mini All4 Racing under the administration of Ricardo Santos, Philippe Campos and Bernardo Moniz, for which this race is essentially "home", and Miguel Barboza at Mitsubishi Lancer, Rui Sousa on Isuzu Proto, Miroslav Zoultal on H3 Evo, Boris Gadasin on G-Force Proto, and other famous riders. FIBA World Rally Cup logo