Grosset-Janin starts the season at Essay

The season of Rallycross uses other names for its categories. The Essay round kicked off this new season. SuperCars, the new premier category of the discipline, saw the victory of Jérôme Grosset-Janin. The Clio 3 driver secured a second place and two victories during the qualifying heats to find himself on pole in Final A and win ahead of the Citroën C4 of Philippe Tollemer and the Peugeot 207 by Gaëtan Sérazin. Fabien Pailler and reigning champion Samuel Peu, both driving 207s, complete the top five.

En S1600, Laurent Chartrain (Citroën Saxo) est également parti de la pole pour décrocher la victoire devant la Clio S1600 d’Eric Guillemette qui a su résister à la pression de la Twingo 2 S1600 de David Olivier. En Division 3, le Trophée AUTOhebdo a été remporté par Christophe Saunois qui a devancé la Mini Cooper de Florent Béduneau au volant de sa Toyota Corolla. Rudolf Schafer a remporté le Trophée Echappement avec sa Saxo Maxi F2000.

Discover the Rallycross report at Essay in the next issue of AUTOhebdo, available from Tuesday in digital version and from Wednesday on newsstands.