For his R5 debut at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, Bruno Riberi completely flew over this classic of the Nice hinterland. Leader from SS 1, the Monegasque regularly increased his lead by winning the 8 times of this 75th edition. With 17 victories on this field, De Meyer (206 WRC) had nevertheless started as the big favorite. But after a difficult start to the race, the Grassois suffered a clutch failure at the exit of SS3. Behind Riberi, who decided to stop the 208 RallyCup to move towards a program on the Riviera, the fight raged at all levels. It was only by 2”8 that Catudal managed to save his 2nd place against an excellent Haut-Labourdette, author of a great victory in Gr.A ahead of the other S2000 from Deplanche. Even more terrible, the long duel in F2000 which allowed Autiero to win by 0”6 against Pistachi!
R. Alezra
Ranking: 1. Riberi-Haut Labourdette (Ford Fiesta R5) 1h16'23''1 (1st Gr. R), 2. Catudal-Cavarero (Fiesta R5) at 2'47'', 3. Haut Labourdette-Tardito (Peugeot 207 S2000)) at 2'49'' (1st Gr. A), 4. Deplanche-Boglio (207 S2000) at 2'57'', 5. Albino-Rodi (205 GTI) at 3'57'', 6 . Autiero-Andreu (Renault Clio) at 4'01''1 (1st Gr. F2000), 7. Pistachi-Authier (BMW Compact) at 4'01''7, 8. Bacchetti-Sirotti (Clio RS) at 4'49'', 9 . La Barbera-Florane (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9) at 5'16'' (1st Gr. N), 10. Schram-Sega (Clio RS) at 5'22''5, etc.
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