Rally France
Jean-Sébastien Vigion: “I believe I am the Poulidor of French motorsport”
With his co-driver Amandine Borderie, Jean-Sébastien Vigion is in 4th place in the French Terrestrial Rally Championship before the last three events - Photo: DPPI / D. Saulnier
Jean-Sébastien, can you introduce yourself in a few words?
I am 41 years old, am an insurance agent in Guéret in the Creuse, married to Sabrina, father of two children – Julian, 2 and a half years old, and Nathan, 8 years old – and licensed at ASA Terre de Saint-Junien .
How did your passion for motorsport begin?
My father rode Autocross and did a bit of Rallycross in the 1970s/80s. This is how I fell into the pot. At school, I did the bare minimum, my father told me: “If you have your certificate, we will buy you a sprint car”. It could be funny, so I got my certificate. (Smile) Here I left in 1999, “at the Vigion”, that is to say without having done a single meter test. In 2002, with a more modern sprint car, I finished vice-champion of France.
After that ?
I met Daniel Valin who was participating in the Saxo Rallycross Challenge, he told me to try. It was my first promotional formula, I was amazed. In 2003, I bought Arnaud Morel's Saxo, won t
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