# Rui Madeira

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**Rui Adelino Pinto Madeira** (born 1 March 1969 in [Almada](/source/Almada)) is a former [rally driver](/source/Rallying) from [Portugal](/source/Portugal). He was the first Portuguese rally driver to win an FIA rally title, when he won the Group N class of [WRC](/source/World_Rally_Championship) in 1995.

## Career

Madeira started rallying in 1990, taking part in the [SEAT Marbella](/source/SEAT_Marbella) Trophy, held inside the Portuguese Rally Championship for Beginners. Madeira graduated to the main Portuguese Rally Championship in 1992, where he won the [Citroën AX](/source/Citro%C3%ABn_AX) Trophy.

In 1993, he purchased the ex-Fernando Peres [Group N](/source/Group_N) [Ford Sierra RS Cosworth](/source/Ford_Sierra_RS_Cosworth), winning the Group N national title, which he repeated the following year in a [Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution](/source/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evolution).[1]

In [1995](/source/1995_World_Rally_Championship_season), Madeira started an international career, taking part in the seven rounds of the [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship). Madeira took four class wins on his way to the title in the [FIA Cup for Drivers in Production Cars](/source/PWRC).[2] In the following years, he participated in several WRC events as a privateer, usually in [Toyota](/source/Toyota) or [Subaru](/source/Subaru) cars, winning the 1996 [Rally of Portugal](/source/Rally_of_Portugal).

Madeira returned to the Portuguese national championship in 2000, as a works driver driving a [SEAT Cordoba](/source/SEAT_Cordoba) WRC. In 2001 and 2002, he switched to a works [Ford Focus](/source/Ford_Focus_(Europe)) WRC, retiring at the end of the season, making sporadic appearances afterwards.

Madeira currently works as an architect for his family's construction company, Construciv.

## References

1. [List of Portuguese motorsport champions](http://www.fpak.pt/campeoes/2008/CAMPEOES%20NACIONAIS%20AUTOMOBILISMO%201955-2008.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120220041111/http://www.fpak.pt/campeoes/2008/CAMPEOES%20NACIONAIS%20AUTOMOBILISMO%201955-2008.pdf) 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Rui Madeira profile at eWRC](http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=1252)

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