Pierre Roché opportunist at the Rallye du Rouergue

Pierre Roché will start the second stage as leader of the Rally of Rouergue. The Team FJ driver took control of the event the day before, taking advantage of several retirements.

La journée a commencé par le souci de batterie de Yoann Bonato (Citroën C3 R5) qui n’a même pas pu prendre le départ de la première spéciale. Quentin Giordano (Hyundai i20 R5), premier leader de la course, a mis pied à terre sur le parcours suivant suite à une touchette tandis que Laurent Pellier (Peugeot 208 T16 R5) also saw its weekend end due to mechanical problems.

The provisional leading quartet of the Rallye du Rouergue is ultimately monopolized by the Skoda Fabia R5s. With 11 seconds behind, Quentin Gilbert is closest to Pierre Roché, while Éric Mauffrey is only 20 seconds from the lead of the race. Ludovic Gal is further back with almost 50 seconds behind.

Jordan Berfa (Hyundai i20 R5) complète le Top 5 devant Nicolas Ciamin (Fiat Abarth 124 Rally), leader de la catégorie GT+, qui s’offre un superbe duel face à la Porsche 997 GT3 Cup de Patrick Rouillard qui pointe à moins de quatre secondes de sa rivale.

Cedric Robert (Renault Clio RS) leads the R3 category, occupying ninth place in the general classification behind Jean-Laurent Chivaydel (Ford Fiesta R5). He was in a fight with Manu Guigou until the latter suffered a puncture on the last special stage of the first day. Florian Bernardi leads the Clio R3T Trophy. Hugo Margaillan leads the 208 Rally Cup by one second over Alex Pinheiro while Yohan Rossel completes the provisional podium in the category.