Jordan Berfa wins the Rallye du Pays de Grasse Fleurs & Parfums

The Easter weekend also marked the opening of the French Rally Championship 2nd Division near Grasse. Rally The Pays de Grasse Fleurs & Parfums rally welcomed crews from all over, including many locals, as the event was also the 4th round of the South PACA Motorsport League Championship. In this context, Julien Pontal and Amandine Urbanetti, driving the Rossel Compétition team's Citroën C3 Rally2, took the overall lead on Friday evening. Unfortunately, Pontal, who had finished on the rally podium in 2025 in his first Rally2 appearance, went off the road in the fifth special stage, handing the lead to Jordan Berfa, Benjamin Gary, and their teammates. Hyundai i20N R5. By 31,8 seconds, the 2017 French Gravel Rally Champion thus won his second victory of the season after his Spanish triumph in Lloret de Mar last February.

A great battle for the podium, both in the VHC category at the Rallye du Pays de Grasse Fleurs & Parfums.

Just behind him, Romain Haut-Labourdette and Fabien Tardito, in a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, took the lead by just 7 seconds over Frédérik Casciani and Stéphane Peyronel, in an older generation Škoda. The battle was also interesting with Nicolas Schifano and Angeline Ravier, who were fourth with theAlpine The A110 GT+ was just 22,7 seconds off the podium. It's also worth noting that the Rallye du Pays de Grasse Fleurs & Parfums counted towards the French Historic Rally Championship and was the second round of the season. In this competition, Marc Valliccioni and Marc Bernardi dominated in their BMW M3 E30, ahead of Thierry Getto – Lilian Cuer and Manuel Montesinos – Manon Bessi, two crews also driving German cars. Anthony Fotia and William Hanocq, in the Renault The Milano Racing Clio Maxi, leaders after the first two special stages, had to retire in the next one due to mechanical failure.

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