Yohan Rossel at the summit at Mont-Blanc

After Rally of Antibes, Vosges Grand-Est and Rouergue, here is the Mont-Blanc Rally which falls into the hands of Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand. The Citroën C3 R5 tandem thus takes a fourth consecutive victory in the French Rally Championship and at the same time increases its lead in the general classification.

Le succès alpin s’est rapidement dessiné lors de la première étape hier, avec six temps scratchs sur huit possibles, s’offrant une première marge de 16″7 sur Yoann Bonato (Citroën C3 R5). Quentin Gilbert (Skoda Fabia R5) reste alors dans le coup à 20″ devant Sylvain Michel (Skoda Fabia R5 Evo) à 26″ et Quentin Giordano (Hyundai i20 R5) à 27″.

A first stage which caused the main victim to be Nicolas Ciamin (Volkswagen Polo GTI R5), who went off the road in SS5.

The second day this Saturday begins at the same tempo for Rossel, author of the first two best times and therefore counting around thirty seconds in advance. The leader of the event will then control the end of the rally a little more, leaving Yoann Bonato, Sylvain Michel and Quentin Gilbert to set the final times.

At the finish, Rossel won with a margin of 17″9 over Bonato and 24″4 over Quentin Gilbert. " I am very satisfied, comments the winner. With Benoît, we work very hard so this result is a great reward.

It's great to beat Yoann Bonato here. I don't really know what to say. I want to thank my team and my ushers who did a fabulous job. »

Quentin Gilbert dominates the Michelin R5 Trophy, while Victor Cartier wins the French Junior Championship.

Mont-Blanc Rally ranking:

1.Rossel/Fulcrand (Citroën C3 R5) in 1h54m58s1

2.Bonato/Boulloud (Citroën C3 R5, Team CHL Sport Auto) + 17s9

3.Gilbert/Guieu (Skoda Fabia R5) + 24s4

4.Michel/Degout (Skoda Fabia R5 Evo, Team 2C Compétition) + 58s3

5.Giordano/Parent (Hyundai i20 R5, Team Sarrazin Motorsport) + 3m11s4

6.Bochatay/Glasson-Blanchet (Skoda Fabia R5) + 3m17s0

7.Berfa/Augustin (Hyundai i20 R5) + 4m04s0

8.Mauffrey/Bronner (Skoda Fabia R5) + 4m21s0

9.Cosson/Le Floch (Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Team JSA Yacco) + 6m24s2

10.Lacomy/Chene (Citroën C3 R5, Team CHL Sport Auto) + 7m20s1…

Discover the full report of the Mont-Blanc Rally, produced by our special correspondent, in issue 2233 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version and from this Wednesday on newsstands.