Bruno Magalhães

Bruno Magalhães

Nation:	Portugal
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Portugal 2000
Last rally:	Rally Portugal 2011
Co-driver:	Paulo Grave
Team:	Peugeot Sport Portugal
Vehicle:	Peugeot 207 S2000
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 5 - - -
Points:	-
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
First rally:	Rali Vinho da Madeira 2006
Co-driver:	Paulo Grave
Team:	Peugeot Sport Portugal
Vehicle:	Peugeot 207 S2000
Rallies: Victories: Podiums: WP 24 1 3 25th
Points:	81
Status: After rally 10 of 11, 2011 season

Bruno Magalhães (born July 10, 1980 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese rally driver .

Career

Bruno Magalhães started rallying in 1999. In 2000 he made his debut at the Rally Portugal in a round of the World Rally Championship . In the following years he took part in several Portuguese rallies, which included the national championship and in some cases also the European rally championship . From 2002 his co-driver was Paulo Grave .

From 2005 Magalhães started for Peugeot Sport Portugal in the Peugeot 206 S1600 . He achieved overall victory in the Portuguese championship in the Super 1600 class in 2006 . He also finished fourth at the Rali Vinho da Madeira in the newly established Intercontinental Rally Challenge . From 2007 he drove a more powerful Peugeot 207 S2000 . At the Rali Vinho da Madeira, he reached second place, which he achieved for the first time a podium in the IRC. In the same year he also won the Portuguese rally championship . After starting the 2008 season with co-driver Mario Castro , his brother Carlos Magalhães became his new co-driver halfway through the season . Bruno Magalhães achieved his second Portuguese league title in 2008. He continued to take part in a few races of the IRC and finished in the points in two rallies. At the Rali Vinho da Madeira in 2009, he was beaten by just a few seconds and finished second again. He also won the Portuguese championship for the third time in a row.

Magalhães now regularly contested rallies in the IRC in 2010 in a Peugeot 207 S2000 from Peugeot Sport Portugal . In the first half of the season he didn't get any podium positions, but he consistently managed to get into the points. He celebrated his first victory in the IRC at the Rallye Açores . At the end of the season, he finished fifth in the drivers' championship. In 2011 he started his second season with a program of regular appearances on the IRC. His former co-driver Paulo Grave was again the co-driver. At the 2011 Rally Portugal Magalhães made another guest start in the World Rally Championship and achieved his best WRC result to date with twelfth overall. He was the best-placed driver with a Super 2000 car.

statistics

title

• Portuguese Rally Championship : 2007, 2008, 2009

WRC results

season	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	Item
2000	Bruno Magalhães	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V.	MON	SWE	KEN	POR 32	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	OUT	GBR			0	-
2001	Bruno Magalhães	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	MON	SWE	POR DNF	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	OUT	GBR			0	-
2007	PH Sports	Peugeot 207 S2000	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR 17	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRISHMAN	GBR	0	-
2009	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 207 S2000	IRISHMAN	NOR	CYP	POR DNF	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR					0	-
2011	Peugeot Sport Portugal	Peugeot 207 S2000	SWE	MEX	POR 12	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	GER	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				0	-

IRC results

season	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	Item
2006	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 S1600	RSA	YPR	MAD 4	SAN									5	13
2007	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 207 S2000	SAF	DOOR	YPR	RUS	MAD 2	ZLI	SAN DNF	VAL	CHN				8th	10
2008	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 207 S2000	IS	POR 6	YPR	RUS	MAD 8	ZLI	AST DNF	SAN	VAL	CHN			4th	21st
2009	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 207 S2000	MON	CUR	SAF	AZO 9	YPR	RUS	MAD 2	ZLI	AST	SAN	SCO		8th	10
2010	Peugeot Sport Portugal	Peugeot 207 S2000	MON 7	CUR 5	ARG 6	CAN 5	SAR 5	YPR 6	AZO 1	MAD DNF	ZLI	SAN 10	SCO	CYP	30th	5
2011	Peugeot Sport Portugal	Peugeot 207 S2000	MON DNF	CAN 8	COR 5	YAL	YPR DNF	AZO DNF	ZLI	MEC 9	SAN 5	SCO	CYP		26th	9

Web links

• Results and statistics on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magalhaes wins before Sarrazin (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 29, 2007)
2. ↑ Bruno Magalhaes again champion (Rallye-Magazin.de on September 26, 2008)
3. ↑ Basso wins the Madeira thriller (Motorsport-Total.com on August 2, 2009)
4. ↑ Bruno Magalhes again champion (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 25, 2009)
5. ↑ Magalhães celebrates acclaimed home win in the Azores (Motorsport-Total.com on July 17, 2010)
6. ↑ Magalhaes: Co-driver change as an opportunity (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2010)