José Pedro Fontes, in a Citroën C3 Rally2, will be the driver to open the second leg of the 53rd Azores Rallye. The starting order for the complementary stage of the FIA ERC races is this year determined by the positioning of the top 15 finishers of the first stage. Thus, after Fontes, Luis Miguel Rego, Martins Sesks, Norbert Herczig, Bruno Magalhães, Rúben Rodrigues, Alberto Battistolli, Simone Campedelli, Javier Pardo, Simone Tempestini, Armindo Araújo, Ken Torn, Effren Llarena, Simon Wagner and Ricardo Moura will start. There will be 55 teams reporting to the start of the event’s final day of competition.