Ludovic Godard wins the Meuse Rally

Having come to Gondrecourt-le-Château to prepare for his 2026 French Rally Championship season, Ludovic Godard won yesterday on the Rally of Meuse, organized by ASA 55, at the wheel of his Alpine A110 GT+. Co-driven for the occasion by Franck Gilliot, the Besançon native overcame prestigious competitors, starting with his runner-up and former Junior World Rally Champion, Quentin Gilbert, and his co-driver Christopher Guieu, who will be heading off in a few days to the Rallye Castine Terre d'Occitanie, which he will contest with Florian Bernardi. The Nancy native, driving a Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, missed out on victory by 6,1 seconds but logically took the win in Group F-RC2. Thomas Anacleto and Marie Stirling finished third, completing the podium in their first appearance in a [car/equipment - context needed]. Porsche 992 GT+. We saw them on a 991 during the last Mont-Blanc Morzine Rally.

A great crowd gathered to prepare for the CFR

Among the competitors in the Rallye de Meuse, Benjamin and Florence Stirling were particularly noteworthy. Winners of the SMRC4 class, the Alsatians will participate this year in the French Rally Championship driving a Citroën C3 Rally2, the same car they drove last weekend. They finished fifth overall. Quentin Vialatte and Alexis Maillefert also competed in the Lancia Ypsilon Rally4, which they will be driving this season in the SMRC4 class. The former Rallye Jeunes winners finished 10th overall and won Group F-RC4 in their Italian car. Also noteworthy were the fine performances of Réunion Islanders Nazim Bangui and Lea Sam-Caw-Freve (Citroën C3 Rally2), 6th, 3,7 seconds behind the Stirling family; Eric Mauffrey, co-driven by Nicolas Febvre, 7th; and Ludovic Jeudy and Marlène Thiriot, 8th and first among the two-wheel-drive crews in their gleaming Peugeot 307 F214. Many of them will be present at Le Touquet at the end of March for the opening of the French Asphalt Rally Championship.