Mont-Blanc Rally Morzine – Victory for Sébastien Loeb and Laurène Godey!

Sébastien Loeb and Laurène Godey won the 70th edition of the Rally from Mont-Blanc Morzine. For Loeb, " The competition was there, Léo Rossel drove really well in the last one. We finished with a lead of about ten seconds. I got the measure of the car on the first day, we had a big fight all weekend. It's the first victory of a Alpine A110 GT+ in the French Championship. It's a different car, you have to take good care of it, but it's fun. Léo drove really well. It ended well for us. The lead we have is not huge. We took things in hand, the car was cool. It was a great fight! »
It was indeed Léo Rossel who signed the last scratch ahead of Quentin Gilbert and Yoann Bonato. Overall, Loeb won with a 10'´7 lead overall ahead of Léo Rossel. Bonato kept the podium by a hair's breadth ahead of Gilbert who paid cash for his mistake on Friday morning.

For his first race in the French Rally Championship at the wheel of a rear-wheel drive car, Sébastien Loeb won with theAlpine A110 GT+ from the GL Compétition team, a car with two victories in two races since its owner, Ludovic Godard, won the Rallye du Sel in August for his first outing. « This one is not bad Alpine, smiled Sébastien Loeb on arrival this Saturday evening in Morzine. It's really nice to drive, I really liked it. »

On the podium, the Alsatian thanked the public: the atmosphere was wonderful " and his partner Laurène Godey " who did a great job ». We asked his co-pilot about his feelings. In the rapid, theAlpine was really good. We had  a great fight with everyone, the gap is tight. I didn't put pressure on myself, but I clenched my buttocks two or three times. ".

For those who wish to prolong the communion with Sébastien Loeb, he will be this Sunday in Vesoul in Haute-Saône on the Antonin Mougin Valley circuit for a show.

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Declarations:

BONATO: “It’s incredible. What we experienced this weekend is crazy. I never imagined I would be at this level. A big thank you to everyone.”

ASTIER: "We have to look at the positive. It's very frustrating. This year is difficult."

GILBERT: "The disappointment is yesterday morning's stupidity. We missed the podium because of that. I blame myself a lot. We finished the rally, very close to Yoann. The car is fantastic."

PELLIER: “It’s a super positive weekend overall. I really want to congratulate Greg and my openers.”

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