Bruno Magalhães has won Sata Rallye Açores following a dramatic finish to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.
He started the final stage 6.4 seconds behind Jan Kopecký but took the lead when the Czech driver went off the road four kilometres from the end of the stage.
Stage winner Kris Meeke made up for a frustrating rally by taking second place with Juho Hänninen salvaging some pride for Škoda in third.
Magalhães, who had never won an IRC event, becomes the sixth different winner of the season.
Overall positions after SS19
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Magalhaes Bruno / Magalhaes Carlos | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2h34m00.4s |
| 02 | Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m00.1s |
| 03 | Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +1m20.7s |
| 04 | Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +4m45.6s |
| 05 | Moura Ricardo / Eiró Sancho | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +5m22.0s |
| 06 | Vale Pedro / Medeiros Rui | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | +10m55.3s |
| 07 | Pascoal Vítor / Castro Mário | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +12m08.7s |
| 08 | Silva Sérgio / Leal Paulo | Subaru Impreza STI | +12m54.5s |
| 09 | Sousa Bernardo / Silva Nuno | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +13m09.8s |
| 10 | Carmo Ricardo / Reis Justino | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +14m23.6s |
| 11 | Rego Paulo / Carreiro Abel | Subaru Impreza STI | +15m19.1s |
| 12 | Torres Rui / Martins Marco | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +16m14.6s |
| 13 | Moniz Henrique / Machado Pedro | Citröen C2 R2 | +22m26.4s |
| 14 | Casanova Fernando / Melo Ricardo | Citröen C2 R2 | +24m42.6s |
| 15 | Maciel Paulo / Gouveia Filipe | Citroën Saxo VTS | +24m46.2s |