Switched to the DS3 R5 at the start of the season, Jean-Benoît Houssin won the first scratch victory of his career after a long and superb fight with Yves Saint Requier. The withdrawal after SS3 of Bayard had redistributed the initial cards. Saint Requier took the lead for a while before handing it over to the future winner in the last SS of the 1st stage. The next day, the mano a mano started again. The Skoda driver reversed the trend from the start, but Houssin responded and managed to maintain a slim advantage until the finish of the last time.
For the bronze medal, Christiann, with a DS3 WRC rental, topped Wilt in the final sector. Long leader of group N, Debove gave up in the final and offered success to his runner-up, Schulz. In F2000, Wallon won the day after the excursion into a Legrand field and Delgery's mechanical problems. B. Sailly
Ranking : 1. Houssin-Gozet (Citroën DS3 R5) 1h08'03 "5 (1erGr.R), 2. Saint Requier-Gilbert (Skoda Fabia R5) at 1", 3. Christiann-Mortier (DS3 WRC) at 34" ( 1stGr.A), 4. Wilt-Leclercq (Fabia R5) at 46", 5. Hendy-Davies (Ford Fiesta R5) at 1'03", 6. Hermant-Calonne (Fabia WRC) at 1'43", 7 . Fenwick-May (Subaru Impreza S11 WRC) at 2'55", 8. Mortier-Forgez (DS3 R3 Max) at 5'52", 9. Delaire-Caron (Renault Clio Ragnotti) at 5'52", 10. Schulz-Jamsin (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9) at 6'58" (1erGr.N), 11.Wallon-Wallon (Clio RS3) at 7'14" (1erGr.F2000), etc.
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