Restart in odds for Adrien Fourmaux

A lot of hopes rested on the shoulders of the M-Sport driver at the start of Monte-Carlo on January 20. Probably too much. Carried away by a desire to do well mixed with a suspicion of excess confidence, the Northerner made a mistake. From the Swedish Rally (February 24-27), he will have to bounce back.

Published 10/02/2022 à 13:00

Loïc ROCCI

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Restart in odds for Adrien Fourmaux

Adrien fourmaux

The start had been in line with expectations. Well, probably not to those ofAdrien fourmaux. With a lot of desires, the Frenchman wanted to show that he was indeed the driver on the field having covered the most kilometers at the wheel of a Rally1 hybrid. The machine went into overdrive and the punishment was very brutal.

The No. 1 Ford Puma Hybrid Rally16 crossed the Col de la Couillole (Alpes-Maritimes) at a very high speed. The start of the descent was even faster with a series of turns. The exit on the left went well, as did the passage to the right, close to the red and white plastic barriers that marked the boundary of the special. Plunging into the shadow of a new left-hand bend, everything then went wrong. Excessive understeer

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