Andros-C2: Panis offers the first success to Team WRT

Olivier Panis (Toyota Auris) a offert la première victoire au Team WRT en Andros Trophy at the end of Race 2 contested in Andorra. The resident of Vincent Vosse’s structure did the hardest in winning the qualifying heats before winning the final in front of the Dubourg brothers (Renault Clio 3), Andréa still ahead of Jean-Baptiste. However, it is Benjamin Rivière (Citroën DS3) who completes the podium.

Jean-Philippe Dayraut (Mazda 3) must be content with fifth place preceding his teammate Toomas Heikkinen. The winner of Race 1 was handicapped by ballast. “We did flawlessly on the first day, scoring all the points put into play. Despite this domination, I didn't feel completely comfortable. We worked a lot with the team to adapt the Mazda3 to 60kg ballast. Unfortunately, the solution came a little late. It costs us the victory, but we nevertheless manage to increase our lead over Franck Lagorce. Olivier Panis comes slightly closer, but we will have 60 kg less at Alpe d?Huez (next weekend). So we have a head start,” commented the Andros Trophy leader who now has a six-point lead over the winner of the 1996 Monaco GP, while Franck Lagorce (Dacia Lodgy) lost ground, finishing only eighth.

Lionel Daziano (Toyota Auris) won another victory in Elite 2 by winning ahead of Vasily Gryazin (Renault Clio) and Thierry Joncoux (Mini) and thus consolidated his leadership position. Nathanaël Berthon (Biovitis) once again won in Electric, winning ahead of Aurélien Panis (Allianz) and Louis Gervoson (ALD Automotive).

Discover the report on the Andros Trophy in Andorra in issue 1991 of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.