Tour auto 2011

Posted on Oct 02 in Highlight, Race meeting, Top-galleryby adminPrint

This year, like every year, the Tour Auto road rally is a  marathon event for Equipe Europe, with 11 cars to maintain during this week long very challenging but very beautiful motorsport trial.

With historical race tracks like Le Mans, Nogaro and Monthlery and tight twisty roads in the south west of France, the drivers have no time to get bored!

The Rally

In category VH, the GT40 of duo MILLE/MAHE take the win on every circuit section and were in the top5 until the penultimate afternoon when a broken gearbox unfortunately immobilised the mythical car.

The two AC Cobra’s of GUENAT/FRAGNIERE and FERRER/BENAZET were also very rapid but the innocent victim of an accident at Le Mans will put the first Cobra out respectively, while the second went on to finish a very fine 3rd place overall for their very first participation..

The two Lotus Elan’s of GUTZWILLER/MESSNER and MEY/MEY were present just like every year but unfortunately this year was not a good vintage for the little Lotus’s, with mechanical issues forcing them both out before the end.

The elegant Jaguar Type-E of MERLIN/MERLIN is a surprisingly fast machine, and the husband and wife team became more and more comfortable with their car recording a wonderful 5th place overall at the arrival in Biarritz.

In Group GH1, the two Lancia Stratos’s of FRANCE/FRANCE and HAUTOT/CANTREL were at the front of their group and fought tooth and nail to stay in touch whether on track or special stage. At the end the pairing of France/France fell victim to the fragile Ferrari engine while the Stratos of Hautot/Cantrel, still in it’s original orange paint took a fine 2nd place.

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