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[vino_93]

Yes, the level wasn't very good. Mostly local gentlemen drivers, doing 2-3 events per season. Usually when they enter Rallye du Var, they fight around 25-30 place overall.

This was only D2 championship, which mostly nobody does except a few other gentlemen not that fast.

And do not forget that Dumas is pretty fast with its Porsche. Last year in Lyon Charbonnières he was usually in Top 10.

He retired for mechanical purpose (a gasket).



Entry list for Le Touquet, first round of French Tarmac Championship : https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries...e-calais-2020/
2 WRC, 26 R5, 2 Alpine, ...

[Ucci]

Yes, the level wasn't very good. Mostly local gentlemen drivers, doing 2-3 events per season. Usually when they enter Rallye du Var, they fight around 25-30 place overall.

This was only D2 championship, which mostly nobody does except a few other gentlemen not that fast.

And do not forget that Dumas is pretty fast with its Porsche. Last year in Lyon Charbonnières he was usually in Top 10.

He retired for mechanical purpose (a gasket).



Entry list for Le Touquet, first round of French Tarmac Championship : https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries...e-calais-2020/
2 WRC, 26 R5, 2 Alpine, ...

Thx for explanation.

[CWJ]

Cédric Robert didn't start?

Is the Alpine now R-GT homologated?

[Daniel Popov]

Do WRC cars score points for the championship?

[dimviii]

Lefebvre was leading but
https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/6...ais-2020/2934/

[Jarek Z]

Lefebvre was leading but
https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/6...ais-2020/2934/

As always

[Jarek Z]

Yupppi!!! Finally some rally that wasn't canceled!

Three Citroens C3 R5 are leading Rally Le Touquet after 8 stages - Quentin Gilbert leads William Wagner and Yoann Bonato - and they are all faster than Eric Brunson and his Ford Fiesta WRC.

Francois Delecour and his Alpine A110 in the 16th position so far:
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/...s-de-calai.jpg

Online results:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2020/?s=265933

[Rally Power]

Not sure if it was such a Yuppi idea, considering the health situation in France…anyway, top 3 figth was really intense yesterday but Gilbert lost the lead on this morning first stage and is currently P5 while Wagner crashed at the end of the loop, leaving Bonato at ease in the front. Bruson is second and behind him Giordano, Franceschi and Gilbert will be fighting for P3.

Leg 1 video by FFSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io8pTPBM7pk

[Rally Power]

Cédric Robert didn't start?
Is the Alpine now R-GT homologated?

On the list the A110 is entered as RGT. According to https://www.rallye-sport.fr/es1-touquet-2020/ Robert broke a drive shaft on SS1 but he’s back today under Rally2. Delecour is the best 2wd since the begining, being over 2s/km slower that the best R5’s on Touquet tricky stages.

Do WRC cars score points for the championship?

Nope.

[Mirek]

On the list the A110 is entered as RGT. According to https://www.rallye-sport.fr/es1-touquet-2020/ Robert broke a drive shaft on SS1 but he’s back today under Rally2. Delecour is the best 2wd since the begining, being over 2s/km slower that the best R5’s on Touquet tricky stages.

Considering it's wet and muddy the times of Delecour with the Alpine are really good. He's four minutes faster than Guigou as the leading FWD. In such conditions R-GT often had problems to beat even R2 cars. The Alpine is clearly way faster.