Campana wins a classy victory

Pierre Campana (Renault Clio R3) managed to accomplish a resounding feat last night. Far from the race lead after Thursday's snowy specials, the Corsican driver was able to catch up with the leading Citroën DS3 R3 drivers to win the Rally Monte-Carlo in the two-wheel drive category.

Pierre Campana, for this, had to attack all day Friday. Not discouraged on Thursday evening, he warned: “Tomorrow we are going to do everything to win, a lot can still happen! “, he confided. And the Renault Clio R3 driver kept his promise, so much so that he beat Super 2000 drivers in several special stages, notably the Lantosque circuit? Lucéram (ES11 and ES13).

Eighteenth in the general classification Thursday evening, third in the two-wheel drive with 1?57??1 behind leader Michaël Burri (Citroën DS3 R3), Pierre Campana was able to return to the front. Finally fourteenth overall at 24? by Bryan Bouffier (Peugeot 207 S2000), he finished first in the two-wheel drive category, ahead of Michaël Burri, Renaud Poutot (Citroën DS3 R3), Eric Mauffrey (Renault Clio R3) and Adrien Tambay (Citroën DS3 R3), a class victory!

“This is a very important victory! After yesterday?s day, punctuated by a puncture and an average choice of tires in the snow, we were not discouraged,” confirms Campana. ?We rode very well today, always with the same goal in mind, to win. There are very few things at stake and we can really savor this success. »