News from France

Jean-René Perry, official Opel France driver had a huge crash in Cévennes this friday morning in the SS1(he rolled above the roads in the trees)...impressive :eek:
Fortuneately he and his codriver Joshua Reibel are unhurt(except Perry suffers a little to his back and has been carried to hospital for a check) :mark:

Watch that very quick video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_DorXaqMQs

SS1 has been interrupted and most of the drivers will get notional time...

Also SS2 saw a huge crash from a driver of a BMW F2000 and has been interrupted too :mark:

And another crash on the current SS5 in Cévennes(Fred Raynal who was leading the trophée Michelin in his Fiesta R5 and was 2nd overall) :mark:

Stage interrupted again, the lateness of this leg will be huge this evening :(
Fortuneately only the car disturbs the road, no harm to the crew...

Endurance driver Pierre Ragues at the wheels of a Skoda Fabia R5(from Germany of Wallenwein Team)this week-end at the Rallye d'automne La Rochelle ;)

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...93&oe=56C5E877
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...91912137_o.jpg

No one talked here, but Bonato won Cévennes. A great rally from him, easily beating Roché (Mini WRC). His year is incredible :) And ... it seems some manufacturers are interested by him now. Citroën ? Peugeot ? come back with Opel France when the Corsa R5 will be available ? Who knows ...

Gilbert rally Var

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CURZtIwWUAEWrcC.jpg:large

This weekend we have the last round of French Tarmac for 2015....Seems will have a big fight in the R5 category

http://www.rallye-sport.fr/liste-des...e-du-var-2015/

What happened Yoann Bonato ? Any proper website which shows drivers and cars in the results ?

Bonato had unfortunately an engine problem and had to retire yesterday. he is anyway the far fastest R5 driver in the event.

I use the new FFSA site but I don't like it at all...
http://www.ffsa.org/Pages/home.aspx (direct on the right side)

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Bonato had unfortunately an engine problem and had to retire yesterday. he is anyway the far fastest R5 driver in the event.

I use the new FFSA site but I don't like it at all...
http://www.ffsa.org/Pages/home.aspx (direct on the right side)

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Yeah was using that - fairly crap alright , maybe here :
http://www.ewrc-results.com/results....ye-du-Var-2015

I recommend you Patricksoft.fr

impressive times from Bonato.

He definitly shows that he can have an european role ... I hope Peugeot to hire him in place of Breen for ERC :)

On the other hand Charles Martin has been nowhere. I doubt he would continue with Peugeot. Bonato seems to be the man, yes.

Bonato - Suarez would be a great team!

Bonato on pirelli

http://i68.tinypic.com/avlqmu.jpg

Loix is definitely on Michelin as his team 2C and him are both Michelin developemtn partners. Gilbert shall be on Michelin too.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Loix is definitely on Michelin as his team 2C and him are both Michelin developemtn partners. Gilbert shall be on Michelin too.

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thats why i mentioned pirellis,also some long stages with 32km distance( ss 5)

http://www.ewrc-results.com/results....ye-du-Var-2015

Loix
http://img905.imageshack.us/img905/1429/ggRqv5.jpg

Gilbert

http://img908.imageshack.us/img908/5011/ZnSbMo.jpg

This young man Sylvain Michel seems pretty fast with the Peugot S2000...If he hadn't lost 1 min in the night stage would be very close with everybody.....Anything about him ???

Good question :) Also does anybody know what problem Loix had on the last stage? It was an awesome battle with Gilbert all the time until the last stage where Loix lost a lot of time.

1. Salanon (Fiesta WRC) 2:19:5,6
2. Gilbert (DS3 R5) +1:39,8
3. Roche (Mini WRC) + 1:42,0
4. Loix (Fabia R5) +2:01,0
5. Amourette (DS3 R5) +2:50,6
6. Michel (207 S2000) +3:34,9
7. Leandri (208 T16 R5) +4:51,6
8. Hirschi (208 T16 R5) +5:29,2
9. Raoux (Fabia R5) +7:26,7
10. Guigou (Clio R3T) +8:09,1

Mauffrey, Martin (both 206 T16 R5) both crashed. Bonato, the fastest R5 driver by far, retired on SS4 with engine problem. Brunson (Fiesta WRC) also retired with technical problems.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

On the other hand Charles Martin has been nowhere. I doubt he would continue with Peugeot. Bonato seems to be the man, yes.

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Yes, it's over for Martin. Unfortunately Peugeot didn't treat him really well (more or less no tests, from the beginning of the year you could see they weren't interesting by him), but he never shows something really good...

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Originally Posted by JTGANG

This young man Sylvain Michel seems pretty fast with the Peugot S2000...If he hadn't lost 1 min in the night stage would be very close with everybody.....Anything about him ???

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He is a high-rated young guy. One of the most promising now.
He has 24, and is from the Alps.
He started in 2011 in french cup with a C2 GT with some good results. Then he went to Switzerland and did some good drive with a C2 R2. He was the winner of R2 in Valais 2012.
In 2013 he drove the Citroën Racing Trophy Switzerland and won it.

In 2014 he did JWRC round in Portugal, but that was his first gravel event. He had some troubles, but shows some good times on some stages. He progress a lot all the week end.
He had nothing precise to do this year ... but finally Nantet helped him, and he drove his old Porsche (GT10). He was quite fast with it, but had mechanical troubles. As he did good job with yhe Porsche, he was nominated for the "Espoir Echappement", an autosport contest to elect the most promising frenchman of the year - but he wasn't elected.

This year he did a few more events with the Porsche, and then swith to a 207 S2000. He finished 5th in Antibes, but fought for the podium. He crashed in Rouergue, and so was here in Var.

I think he should focus on one-make cup ... in order to win an official drive at least for one year. Because I can't see what he is doing. Driving Porsche is fine, but that's not this way you could launch an international career.

https://youtu.be/86yBYfFHgOg

Sylvain
https://youtu.be/fjl7MzGH2dU

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Good question :) Also does anybody know what problem Loix had on the last stage? It was an awesome battle with Gilbert all the time until the last stage where Loix lost a lot of time.

1. Salanon (Fiesta WRC) 2:19:5,6
2. Gilbert (DS3 R5) +1:39,8
3. Roche (Mini WRC) + 1:42,0
4. Loix (Fabia R5) +2:01,0
5. Amourette (DS3 R5) +2:50,6
6. Michel (207 S2000) +3:34,9
7. Leandri (208 T16 R5) +4:51,6
8. Hirschi (208 T16 R5) +5:29,2
9. Raoux (Fabia R5) +7:26,7
10. Guigou (Clio R3T) +8:09,1

Mauffrey, Martin (both 206 T16 R5) both crashed. Bonato, the fastest R5 driver by far, retired on SS4 with engine problem. Brunson (Fiesta WRC) also retired with technical problems.

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Brunson had brake problems, Loix spun.

Didn't expect such a pace from Gilbert! And Bonato, this guy really deserves a good program, although he is too old now to really get a career. Maybe he could do ERC or at least French Championship with a top car.

Suarez won 208 cup again, really curious what he will perform next year! Berfa is best Junior this year, but I don't know if he is ready to perform in jERC.

https://youtu.be/_wXTz2m2q9g

I don't get why WRC are allowed in French champ. If FFSA chose R5 and RRC as main categories, it'd probably be the most competitive championship around Europe.

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Originally Posted by Rally Power

I don't get why WRC are allowed in French champ. If FFSA chose R5 and RRC as main categories, it'd probably be the most competitive championship around Europe.

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Probably because there are several WRC machines in France needing to be rented and a lot of teams not wanting to get burned with cars stuck in the shop.

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Originally Posted by Francis44

Probably because there are several WRC machines in France needing to be rented and a lot of teams not wanting to get burned with cars stuck in the shop.

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Ok, but 1.6WRC could be converted to RRC and the old 2.0 cars could still be allowed in french regional series. Maybe they'll change something in 2017 as WRC cars will get even more expensive.

That will probably change in 2017, to focus on R5. There's a lot of talks about it.
But now that there's less and less top WRC drivers to do the whole champ, I think the WRC cars will be banned from the tarmac championship (no reason to ban it from gravel and cup).

My video of the Rally of the Var 2015, French championship of the Rallies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shAXxRk6hE4

Jean-Michel Chol with Simca Rallye 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5VchztyscU

Hi everyone, a small video Kit Car to pass the end of year celebrations. Happy holidays to all and see you next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlgiDjwThN0

Hello, here's a video of the Andros Trophy 2016 race held at Isola 2000 in France.
Good viewing to all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Y-AGB8fHg

Test François Delecour Rally Monte-Carlo 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byvYhr6gl0

Sylvain Michel will drive in tarmac championship a Fabia R5 from 2C Compétition. That will be nice battle with Bonato in R5 - depending how much races Bonato will do.

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Originally Posted by vino_93

Sylvain Michel will drive in tarmac championship a Fabia R5 from 2C Compétition. That will be nice battle with Bonato in R5 - depending how much races Bonato will do.

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Good news !!!

I'm subscribing to this thread due to interest!

my video of French Rally : Pays Avallonnais with a lot of show:
good viewing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjUV2g8EhM

First tarmac champ entry list - Le Touquet : http://www.ewrc-results.com/startlis...de-Calais-2016

Quite disappointing. It's usually better there.
No local guys with top WRC machine - except Stievenart, whereas there's a lot there. And a few guys are able to do well with it, as Bayard and Pruvot.

Brunson and Salanon will fight for win.
R5 has quality, but finally not so many starters. Let's see what Michel can do. He should beat Mauffrey, Tanghe and Ragues, but it will be his first race with the Skoda.

And a nice surprise with a good field in DS3 R3 cup.

It will be too first race of new French Historic Rally Championship, with Delecour starting.
http://www.ewrc-results.com/startlis...Plage-VHC-2016