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Thierry Neuville will donate up to 10 thousand euros to a social charity in Porto

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Each stage of the World Rally Championship, Belgian rally driver Thierry Neuville of Hyundai Motorsport, chooses a local association to donate, at least, two thousand euros. This amount doubles if the Belgian pilot finishes second or third in the race, and can go up to 10 thousand euros if he gets first podium place in the Rally de Portugal, which already happened in 2018.

By suggestion of Porto City Hall, which was immediately accepted by Thierry Neuville, the donation will be granted to the association Somos Nós, a recognised welfare institution, headquartered in Lordelo do Ouro, which devotes to the social integration of young disabled people.

Since the 2020 season, and at each leg of the WRC, Thierry Neuville chooses a local association to donate, at least, two thousand euros. Depending on the race result by the Belgian driver, that amount can go up to four thousand euros, if the pilot finishes second or third, and in case Neuville is the winner of the race, the amount of the donation can reach 10 thousand euros.

His long list of prizes – 13 wins – makes Thierry Neuville the second runner in the Championship. In 2018, he was the fastest pilot of the Porto Street Stage, which was raced in Porto Downtown.