Portug🔥al's Miguel Campos, the first driver to be selected to represent the BFGoodrich Drivers Team this year, was given an opportunity to test th🥀e Kronos Racing-run Peugeot 207 Super 2000 near Faro, Portugal, on Monday.

The choice of Campos by a panel of 15 Portuguese journalists in Lisbon on April 1ඣ5 was the first phase of the 2008 BFGoodrich Drivers Team operation which has been set up by tyre m☂anufacturer BFGoodrich and Kronos Racing and which will involve five of the 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge's ten rounds.

Miguel Campos and his co-driver Paulo Babo will contest👍 the Rally de Portugal in the colours of BFGoodrich and 🍒Kronos.

The pair will start at number 16 and will compete alongside the team's resident drivers Freddy 🐻Loix and Nicolas Vouilloz who will also be dr꧅iving Peugeot 207 Super 2000s.

The first day of testing on Monday gave the Portuguese driver a chance to familiarise himself with the car, as well as with the different B🐷FGoodrich tyres that will be availa♐ble during the rally.

"I am very pleased with the way the day went. My last competitive outing 🐷dates back to two years ago, so I needed t𒀰o find my marks again with a new car and a new co-driver," said Campos. "Being selected for this rally is a big opportunity for me.

"The car is perfect, nicely balanced and we did some good work setting🐼 it up. I tried several BFGoodrich tyres, ranging from soft to hard, and I spent a good deal of time chatting with the BFGoodrich technician with a view to understanding how to optimise my tyres all the way to the finish. Tyre choices, 're-cutting' and pressures are all important factors that you can't afford to overlook.

"I𒆙 still need to drive the car a little bit more, but I feel confident; I feel 🦹part of the team and everything should go well."

Kronos team boss Marc van⭕ Dalen meanwhile was impressed with Campos' abilities and believes that he should be able ꦛto get a solid result this weekend.

"It was a very useful test which gave us a chance to run on tracks that were slightly different to what we had been expecting. It was a rewarding day because the terrain was fairl♊y representative of what we will come across this weekend. Miguel covered approximately🦩 100km and everything went very well," added van Dalen.

"We worked on the car's set-up and Miguel tested the different BFGoodrich tyres that will be available for the Rally de Portugal. We also looked at the different 're-cutting' solutions that he might be called upon to use depending on the terrain and weather. Miguel is very calm and collected and a good listener, and it only took him 15km or so to find his marks as a driver again. I feel confident for the weekend regarding his ability to draw maximum benefit from the potentiaꦏl of both his Peugeot 207 and his tyre𒐪s."