Between September 8 and 10, with free admission, the largest motorized festival in Portugal will take place in the Serra do Caramulo. Organized by the Museu do Caramulo, in collaboration with the Automobile Club of Portugal, the event combines competition with leisure, in a space created for everyone, whether they are fans of motor sports or not.
TO TSF, Salvador Gouveia, president of the board of directors of Caramulo Motorfestival, presents the event, highlighting the family atmosphere experienced. For the director, the show, which had around 40,000 visitors the previous year, is a space where you can find a little bit of everything, from “the strangest things” to “racing cars, the Dakar and airplanes.” .
With a wide variety of cars, the Caramulo Motorfestival has a thousand vehicles on display, all of them with a story to tell.
According to Salvador Gouveia, the list of cars is long and ranges from the Roll-Royce Phantom II, the car used to transport Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Portugal in 1957, the “Pegaso Z102 B” vehicle (1953), the vehicle Spanish sports car offered by Franco to the President of the Republic Craveiro Lopes, the Alba, the only vehicle produced entirely in Portugal, among many others.
With a presentation of classic sports cars and motorcycles, the “Caramulo Motorfestival” also has the “Michelin Ramp” race, which takes place on the route of the mythical Rampa do Caramulo, for three days, in the categories of speed and regularity. . competition counting towards the National Mountain Championship/Caterham Trophy.
In addition to the competition, a Viseu-Caramulo Historical Tour is also organized. As well as the concentrations of classic vehicles, which consist of parades of collectible pieces, where it is possible to observe the vehicles in detail.
Pilots from all over the world attend the festival held in the Serra do Caramulo.
At the national level, the event has guests: Rui Madeira, considered five times “best Portuguese” in the queen of rallies in Portugal, Carlos Tavares, driver and CEO of Stellantis, the fourth automotive group in the world, formed from union of Peugeot SA (PSA) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in the world of Automotive, João Silva, three-time National Moto Trial champion.
At the international level, the poster is closed by Kris Meeke, five-time winner of the World Rally Championship, and Jean-Philippe Imparato, current CEO of Alfa Romeo.
Source: TSF
