Rallye Terre Castine – Franceschi as boss

Photo Bastien Roux/DPPI

Solid leader of Castine Terre d'Occitanie on the evening of the first stage, Mathieu Franceschi (Fabia Rally2 evo) remained on the same pace by signing three best times out of the four possible during this last stage. Author of a flawless performance, the leader of the French Rally Championship on Earth asserted himself as the main candidate for the title this season.

Assailant, Matthieu Margaillan (Fabia R5) did not spare himself to maintain the pressure on the leader of the rally. Alas, he was trapped and lost in a spin twice (SS 7 and SS 9). Lonely with a large lead over his pursuers, Margaillan reached the finishing podium of Bretenoux with the points for 2nd place, including four best times in his pocket.

After adjusting the settings of his i20 R5 for this second stage, Benjamin Clémençon took advantage of the setbacks of Florent Todeschini (Fiesta Rally2) to climb to the third step of the podium. Despite a puncture on SS 9, Clémençon retained his place until the finish.

Florent Todeschini got off to a good start at the start of the rally. (Fiesta Rally2) had to deal with various problems (radio, engine heater). The 2021 French Junior Champion “limited the damage” with the points for fourth place ahead of Cédric Rabasse (Fabia R5) who is gaining momentum after his 9th place at the Causses.

As for the promotion formulas, Florian Condamines (Clio Rally5) scored his first victory in the Marque's Cup ahead of Florian Bouchonneau (Clio Rally5) and Tom Vauclare (Clio Rally5), who made a remarkable debut in the Clio Trophy France Terre. Leader of the Stellantis Motorsport Rally Cup, Réhane Gany (208 Rally4) lost more than 10 minutes after going off the road. Hugo Louvel (208 Rally4) then became the third leader of the Cup. He made no mistake to win ahead of Terence Callea (208 Rally4) and Charles Munster (Corsa Rally4).

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