Emva kwezolo, uBaltar ufumene iShakedown yohlelo lwalo nyaka lwe Portugal Rally , iWorld Rally Championship yethu isendleleni namhlanje. Kunyaka ophawulwe ngokubuya (kwiminyaka eyi-18 kamva) kwindawo esembindini kwaye ngokuchanekileyo ngakumbi kwi-Arganil, akukho kuswela umdla kumjikelo wesixhenxe wobuntshatsheli kwaye ngeso sizathu kanye, Isizathu seMoto siza kubakho.
Kodwa nangona uhlelo lwalo nyaka lungaphumi endleleni, sikhumbula olwaminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo. Kwividiyo ekwabelwana ngayo yi-FIA, kunokwenzeka ukubona oomatshini bexesha elidlulileyo bebaleka kumacandelo e-Rally de Portugal kwaye ukhumbule amagama afana noColin McRae ongasekhoyo (owayeza kuphumelela), uRichard Burns okanye uCarlos Sainz osasebenzayo kunye "ibhabha Finn" uTommi Makinen.
Phakathi kweemoto kwakukho i-Ford Focus WRC (apho uMcRae waphumelela ngayo i-rally), i-SEAT Cordoba WRC, i-Skoda Octavia WRC, i-Toyota Corolla WRC, i-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI WRC kunye ne-Subaru Impreza WRC ngexesha apho amaqela efektri ayengaphezulu kakhulu kunalawo. abahamba apho namhlanje.
Rally de Portugal 1999 — nantsi ividiyo ekufuneka uyiphose.
Malunga ne "Cold Start". Ukususela ngoMvulo ukuya ngoLwesihlanu eRazão Automóvel, kukho “iSiqalo esibandayo” ngentsimbi yesi-9:00 kusasa. Ngelixa usela ikofu yakho okanye uqokelela isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala usexesheni ngeenyani ezinomdla, iinyani zembali kunye neevidiyo ezifanelekileyo ezivela kwihlabathi leemoto. Konke kumagama angaphantsi kwama-200.