L'Alpine A110 R-GT takes its first scratch in the Drôme

After a superb performance at the highest national level during the Mont-Blanc – Morzine with third place in the scratch for Manu Guigou, theAlpine A110 R-GT scored its first overall victory last weekend in the Coupe de France at Rally from Drôme “Paul Friedman”.

After Laurent Lacomy, the big favorite at the wheel of his Citroën C3, went off the road, Pierre Lafay took control of the race and kept it until the end of the eleven special stages on the programme. The Lafay – Mathon duo is ahead of the Skoda Fabia R5 of Yves Pezzutti and Marie-Noëlle Ratier, when the Peugeot 207 S2000 of Thibaud Mounard and Thierry Marrel completes the podium of the event.

“It was far from easy because it was our first participation in this rally and we had to be very concentrated to fight with the regulars of the event. » comments Pierre Lafay.

“We knew from the start that theAlpine A110 was very well born and we continued to be impressed throughout its development, indicates for his part Jean Galpin, program manager Alpine at Team FJ. The work done by Philippe Sinault, Lionel Chevalier and the entire Signatech team is incredible.

In two weekends, theAlpine will have demonstrated its incredible potential in the French Rally Championship and Cup to present itself as an excellent alternative. »