Rally France – Olivier Marty’s demonstration at Rouergue

Large leader since the day before, Olivier Marty began the second stage of the Rally du Rouergue 2014. The driver of the Ford Focus RS WRC achieved a new festival this morning, signing all the scratches of the first loop. Logically slowing down at the end of the event, he left the last two timed sectors to Quentin Gilbert, but the driver of the Citroën DS3 WRC ultimately did not succeed in his challenge of dislodging Jean-Michel Da Cunha from second place. . Olivier Marty won in the end with a comfortable lead of 1'21"3 over Da Cunha and 1'30"1 over Gilbert.

The fight was also intense in the Michelin Trophy. The Lebanese Roger Feghali and his Peugeot 207 S2000 ont mené la vie dure aux Porsche 911 de Gilles Nantet et Patrick Rouillard, pour s’imposer au final à Rodez et prendre la 5e place au scratch. Le Champion de France en titre Julien Maurin avait annoncé qu’il ne se battrait pas pour la victoire avec sa Ford Fiesta R5, et termine à une belle 4e place, malgré deux petites sorties de route. Il conforte ainsi son leadership au classement général du championnat de France, qui reprendra ses droits du 4 au 6 septembre pour le Rallye du Mont-Blanc ? Morzine.

RetroRead the report on the Rallye du Rouergue in the 1969 issue of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version and from Wednesday on newsstands.