News from France

[Jarek Z]

Very good entry list for Rallye du Var! Almost 200 entries and over 30 R5 cars, including some surprises like the return of Stephane Sarrazin (Hyundai i20 R5), Sylvain Michel (Skoda Fabia R5) and Francois Delecour (Ford Escort Cosworth).

Entry list can be found here:
https://www.rallye-sport.fr/liste-de...e-du-var-2018/

The rally starts on Friday, November 23.

[dimviii]

Bonato won easily,Sarrazin was 2nd till the last stage when he punctured and dropped to 6th

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...e-du-var-2018/

[Mirek]

Brutal onboard of the early leader Michel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3sMqi8gMw

[dodge33cymru]

Brutal onboard of the early leader Michel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3sMqi8gMw

Wow, you can see why he didn't last the course - very Abbring-esque!

Always like following the footage on YouTube for this one, super competitive field this year but Bonato constantly a few tenths ahead after Michel's departure. Good to see Franceschi not a million miles off in his first 4WD event.

[Barreis]

Brutal onboard of the early leader Michel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3sMqi8gMw

wipers were destroying him

[dupanton]

Also a special mention for Fourmaux. First time in an R5 car and very impressive speed already (faster then Gryazin, Gilbert, Arzeno etc after a few stages). He did crash on the second day after 2 2nd times.

[Barreis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJF6qv4rMuU

[dupanton]

Gregoire Munster won Rallye Devoluy, only his 2nd rally in an R5. He finished ahead of Mathieu Margaillan despite a 20s penalty. The conditions were a bit like Monte Carlo, but with less snow than usual, mostly slush.
Impressive performance for Munster, he made enormous progress over the season. He might be not the biggest talent, but for sure he will get somewhere, with the backing and the coaching he has.
EWRC: https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...goire-munster/

[dodge33cymru]

Silly question maybe, but do French rally cars need licence plates? Just got back from RMC and couldn't help but notice the lack of number plates on all the DS3s, Clios, 208s, Twingos etc.

[TWRC]

Silly question maybe, but do French rally cars need licence plates? Just got back from RMC and couldn't help but notice the lack of number plates on all the DS3s, Clios, 208s, Twingos etc.

Yes, they have numberplates, but on events they use this numbering identification method. IIRC this was implemented because of insurance reasons, but I'm not sure.