CPTT 2020: Miguel Barbosa returns to Cross-Country Rallies

BP Ultimate Vodafone Team driver will race a Toyota Hilux Overdrive

Seven times Portuguese Cross-Country Rallies champion, Miguel Barbosa will return to the sport after four seasons where he fought for the first positions in the Portuguese Rally Championship. After racing at the 2019 Baja Portalegre 500 , the BP Ultimate Vodafone Team driver will for a full season racing a Toyota Hilux from Overdrive Racing team, in partnership with the  Sports & You Team and with Pedro Velosa as his co-driver, who was his partner back in 2012 when they conquered the Portuguese championship. TT title won in 2012.

“I am very pleased to be returning to cross-country rally integrated into an ambitious, very professional and extremely motivating project. After participating in Portalegre, where I enjoyed driving Hilux and we confirmed all its recognized potential, the opportunity arose to do this season with the Toyota from the Overdrive Racing team, which allows me to aspire to fight for victories and the 2020 championship. I am grateful to my sponsors and Jean-Marc Fortin for their commitment to making this challenge a reality and I am naturally very pleased to be able to announce my participation in the 2020 season along these lines, ”says Miguel Barbosa.

The Portugal Cross-Country Rallies Championship will consist of seven races. The first two of which will be raced in Alentejo in the following weeks, and will be based on Beja and Grândola respectively. Both are new races in the calendar. The new events will be followed by Baja do Pinhal, Baja Algarve, and Rally TT Wine Capital, all raced first half of the year. Baja de Idanha and the mythical Baja de Portalegre 500 will be the final races of the season and will take place after the summer.

Translation / Adaptation Rally-Raid Network

Source official press release