Following the Serras de Fafe Rallye, the second scoring event for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Iberian Cup, the International Sierra Morena Rallye, will be held. The rally is part of the Spanish Rally Superchampionship (S-CER) and will be held this weekend (April 6 and 7) and is the first event on tarmac. In total, 11 teams will be on the start line. This number makes the single-brand cup organized by Toyota Spain, Toyota Caetano Portugal and MSI the one with the most participants among those in Cordoba.

Bruno Bulacia and Gabriel Morales, of the CSM Automoció team, start as leaders after their victory in the first race, in Portugal, and will try to maintain this position on a surface that is not so favorable to them, such as dirt. Behind, Josep Bassas (IPPON Motor Vallés), second classified in Fafe and six points behind the Bolivian driver, aspires to reduce this difference and assert his experience in the promotion cups. Javi Villa (Asturhíbrido), third in the championship (16 points), will be looking to take his first victory in the Toyota GR Yaris RZ Cup, on a terrain where he was highly competitive last season. The Asturian driver has won ten Spanish Hillclimb Championship titles, the last one in 2023.

José Lamela and Unai Conde (Breogán Group) will try to repeat the excellent result achieved in the first event, in spite of the many rivals who will make it hard for them.

Ricardo Costa and Rui Vilaça (Macedo & Macedo GTW Racing), despite dropping out in Fafe, won three stages and therefore scored 3 points. They will also be podium aspirants, as will Miguel Campos and Joana Silva (Macedo & Macedo GTW Racing), who won two stages (2 points) and will also want to make up for their withdrawal. Meanwhile, Pedro Lago and Marco Macedo (Toyota Caetano Auto) are much more adapted to the Toyota GR Yaris RZ Cup, as shown by their first scratch in the TGR Iberian Cup, in Fafe. The Portuguese driver thus scored an additional point, which places him sixth in the overall classification.

The list of registered drivers is closed by Carlos Rodríguez-Jesús Nieto (Breogán Group), José Carlos Mulero-Carlos Martínez (Labasa), Manuel Martins-Rui Vilaça and Javier Moltó-Daniel Rivera, who will run a rally for the first time with the Kobe Motor unit.

The Rallye Sierra Morena, for the first time scoring for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Iberian Cup, will be a new challenge to the drivers. The event consists of 14 timed stages, totaling 196 kilometers, divided into two stages. On Saturday, April 6, eight stages will be run, including the longest of the event (Villaviciosa-Grupo Peña, 28 km long), and on Sunday, April 7, the remaining six stages will be run. The weather will once again be a question mark, since a sunny first day is expected, while rain is forecast for the second, albeit intermittently. The official start will take place on Friday, April 5, in the center of Cordoba, where a massive crowd is expected, as it is one of the most prestigious events held in Spain.

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