So, this week end was a big one in France. It races more or less everywhere
Rallye National de Haute Provence (as its name says, it's in Provence) :
Easy win for Eric Fanguiaire, who rents for this race a Fiesta WRC in Italy. He doesn't have an serious opponent, and win by 2' on the Clio R3 of Belhomme (first race with this car). Third is Ciaramito with a Clio S1600. I have to notice the presence of Henry Massaad, lebanon driver, with a Clio RS R3T.


1 Eric Fanguiaire (Fiesta WRC)
2 Eric Belhomme (Clio R3) 1'56
3 Stéphane Ciaramito (Clio S1600) 2'23
4 Laurent Eydoux (Lancer VI) 2'37
5 Michel Farnaud (Saxo KC) 3'12
...

And a victory for Delecour, with an Audi Quattro, in VHC !


Rallye National de la Vienne (center of France) :
Quite a better field of car. Frédéric Martin rented an old Impreza WRC to FJ, Jean-Charles Beaubelique did a warm-up for Le Touquet, and Jérôme Galpin did his local event (he was a good driver in the beginning of the 00') with a FJ car (FJ is his family team). Cosson, good national driver with Porsche (ex hillclimb master), was here too.
Finally, and logically, Beaubelique won, by a few seconds on Cosson and Galpin. The other are far away.

1 Jean-Charles Beaubelique (Fiesta R5)
2 Anthony Cosson (997 GT3) 29"
3 Jérôme Galpin (207 S2000) 44"
4 Philippe Rageau (Mégane F2000) 3'38
5 Thierry Boisdron (Mégane F2000) 4'26
...

Rallye Régional Baldomérien : in Rhône Alpes, close to Saint-Etienne.
As always in Rhône Alpes, good field of car. Salanon started, as said Tom, 2 207 S2000 (Monnet and Philippot). In total, 140 cars started.
Salanon of course won, but Monnet did a great job and lost only 30". Pascal Berard, last winner of Clio Cup, finished 3rd.

1 David Salonon (Fiesta R5)
2 Arnaud Monnet (207 S2000) 30"
3 Pascal Bérard (Clio R3) 1'15
4 Damien Villeton (Clio R3) 1'20
5 Christophe Villeton (Impreza Sti) 1'22
...

Rallye Régional Cathare : In Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, north of Catalunya.
One S2000, for a Guadeloupe driver, Philippe Ninou. But he didn't played an important role. It was a 2WD fight, with the victory for the BMW 318 of Riso, beating the good Sébastien Virazel (Clio R3) and the S1600 of Clemençon. Rémi Jouines did a warn-up for Opel Cup, but it didn't work really well ...
1 Jean-Alexandre Riso (BMW 318 Compact)
2 Sébastien Virazel (Clio R3) 2"
3 Benjamin Clemençon (206 S1600) 19"
4 Jean-Paul Guedj (Clio R3) 21"
5 Alain Hamza (Clio F2000) 25"
...


Rallye Régional du Pays Ajaccien : here we are in Corsica, close to Ajaccio.
As usual, a lot of big cars rented in Italy (1 Fiesta R5 for Santoni, 3 207 S2000 for Aguzzi, Lanfranchi and Quilici, 2 208 T16 for Succi and Leandri, 1 Fiesta RRC for Micheli). It was impossible to fight with them, even for the good Guglielmi with a Clio R3, who finished 5th.
Santoni won by a big margin on Aguzzi and Leandri, a disappointing 3rd.

1 Paul-Antoine Santoni (Fiesta R5)
2 Tony Aguzzi (207 S2000) 36"
3 Jean-Matthieu Leandri (208 T16) 39"
4 Jean-François Succi (208 T16) 51"
5 Pierre-Antoine Guglielmi (Clio R3) 51"
...

Rallye Régional du Pays Avallonais : here we are in Burgundy.
More than 100 entries, with 4 207 S2000 for Bouhot, Lecki, Dapoigny and Deroy. Other top contender is Reutter with a Porsche, or Daniel Fores with a 306 Maxi !
Reutter quite easilly defeated the S2000. Great drive by Nicolas Grosjean, 4th with a 106 S16.

1 Paul Reutter (997 GT3)
2 Etienne Bouhot (207 S2000) 21"
3 Laurent Lecki (207 S2000) 36"
4 Nicolas Grosjean (106 S16) 1'05
5 Daniel Fores (306 Maxi) 1'07
...