Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud, winners in the Cévennes (October 27-28) with the CHL Sport Auto C3 Rally2, will be keen to finish with a great performance in the Massif des Maures. The duelists of the PH Sport team, Léo Rossel/Guillaume Mercoiret, winners of the 2023 Coupe de France Final, and the Azuréens Éric Camilli/Benjamin Veillas, are motivated to thwart their plans with their same C3s.
Fourteen Rally2s have been announced, including the Skoda Fabia of WRC3 champion, the Finn Roope Korhonen, who will start in front of the Pole Jaroslaw Koltun (Ford Fiesta MK2). The participation of foreign pilots in Var is a classic. This is the choice also made by the British Jon Armstrong (Fiesta Rally3/M-Sport Poland) and Ioan Lloyd (Peugeot 208) or the Swiss Yohan Surroca (208, CHL). Pablo Sarrazin is going the opposite way, after his first international tours, Stéphane's son will make his CFR debut at the wheel of a 208 from the family team.
An exhilarating duel
This is surely the most anticipated fight of the weekend. Who will win the Michelin Amateurs Trophy, Ludovic Jeudy and his inimitable 205 GTI or Styve Juif? Victim of an engine problem in the Cévennes on his Clio Rally4, Jew had doubts and looked for financial solutions to line up in Var. “ With a Clio Rally5, it will be quite a challenge. On paper, we will not be on equal terms, but we will do everything to stay in the match until the end. » Ludovic Jeudy is also awaiting a stimulating and fratricidal duel between two drivers domiciled in Franche-Comté.
Two marquee cups end their season in Sainte-Maxime. Anthony Fotia/William Hanocq, assured of the title from Mont-Blanc, will take in their wake the competitors of the Stellantis Motorsport Rallycup including Lucas Darmezin, Loïc Costes… In the Trophy Alpine Elf Rally, Pierre and Martine Roché, who won the Cœur de France, will face Ludovic Godard, Vincent Leduc, Jean-François Mourgues…
In Modern, 137 crews are expected. If Raphaël Astier, 2WD 2023 champion, misses out, Cédric Robert will set off with number 4 on the doors of theAlpine A110 from the Bonneton HDG team and great ambitions. Same team and same desire to do well for the Swiss who became French champion in the Alps, Mireille Vidueira (Fiesta ST). Tom Pieri, injured in Rouergue, is announced with a BMW M3. Also to follow, the Niçois Xavier Quinsac (Clio S1600) and all these amateurs ready to do battle.
Among the 37 crews entered in VHC, we will follow the passages of two surprise guests: François Delecour, the pilot based in Plan-de-la-Tour, with an Escort and Florent Todeschini (Sierra).
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