21st Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN / Zero Emission No Noise
ZENN… LET'S STAY ZEN!
Cancelled in 2020 due to the devastation caused by Storm Alex, the 100% electric & hydrogen Rallye Monte-Carlo opus is back this year with a challenging course totalling more than 350 kilometres in stage time, divided into 15 Regularity Stages (RS) and nearly 1,000 kilometres of road section. As requested by the Organizing Committee of this 5th edition, the "Grand Départ" will be held in the city of Châteauneuf, in the department of the Loire, the first municipal domain in France to be autonomous in green energy. The competitors will then head towards Valence in the Drôme department for 2 days. Finally, the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2021 will arrive in Monaco for the weekend where the SR will be organized between the departments of the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes. Last but not least, competitors should no longer have any difficulty finding charging points in the Principality with numerous points now available in the many public car parks or in outdoor parking spaces reserved exclusively for electric vehicles...
Provisional ProgramPublication of the Supplementary Regulations & Opening date for entries: Friday 20th August 2021
Closing date for entries: Friday 24th September 2021
Entry list publication: Friday 1st October 2021
LEG 1 : CHATEAUNEUF / VALENCE - Wednesday 20/10/2021
Start CHATEAUNEUF – Château du Mollard (Loire)
RS 1 - Saint-Just / Graix (Loire)
RS 2 - Vanosc / Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (Ardèche / Haute-Loire)
RS 3 - Lalouvesc / Labatie-d’Andaure (Ardèche)
Arrival VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
LEG 2 : VALENCE / VALENCE - Thursday 21/10/2021 Morning
Départ VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
RS 4 - Champis / Lamastre (Ardèche)
RS 5 - Le Cheylard / Marcols-les-Eaux (Ardèche)
RS 6 - Albon-d’Ardèche / Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil (Ardèche)
Arrival VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
LEG 3 : VALENCE / VALENCE - Thursday 21/10/2021 Afternoon
Start VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
RS 7 - Barbières / Combovin (Drôme)
Arrival VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
LEG 4 : VALENCE / MONACO - Friday 22/10/2021
Start VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
Passage Control at MONTOISON – Parking du Stade (Drôme)
RS 8 - Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert / La Motte-Chalancon (Drôme)
RS 9 - Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze / Villebois-les-Pins (Drôme)
Passage Control at LARAGNE-MONTÉGLIN – Place des Aires (Hautes-Alpes)
RS 10 - Valbelle / Saint-Etienne-les-Orgues (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
RS 11 - La Palud-sur-Verdon / La Palud-sur-Verdon (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Arrival MONACOLEG 5 : MONACO / MONACO - Saturday 23/10/2021
Start MONACO
RS 12 - Col de Gratteloup / Vidauban (Var)
RS 13 - Grimaud / Gonfaron (Var)
Passage Control at LUC-EN-PROVENCE – DN7 (Var)
RS 14 - La Motte / Bagnols-en-Forêt (Var)
RS 15 - Pont de Pré-Claou / Montauroux (Var)
Arrival MONACO
About E-Rallye Monte-Carlo
E-Rally Monte-Carlo is an authentic regularity road race reserved to 100% Electric Vehicles (excluding any use of range extenders) and 100% Hydrogen-powered cars. It is now very appreciated by car manufacturers and race teams who are eager to show, in a real and tough environment, the technological and innovative potential of their vehicles. Its new name comes back to 2016, following previous editions called “Rally Monte-Carlo for Electric Vehicles” (1995 to 1999), then “Rally Monte-Carlo Fuel Cell & Hybrids” (2005, 2006), Rally Monte-Carlo for Alternative Energy Vehicles (2007 to 2011) and Rally Monte-Carlo for New Energies / Rally Monte-Carlo ZENN (2012 to 2015). This 5th edition of E-Rally Monte-Carlo will be a race of the 2020 FIA E-Rally Regularity Cup.
By definition, E-Rallys are promoting new automobile technologies designed to limit all sorts of pollution (fine particles, CO2, etc.) They also encourage drivers to adopt an eco-responsible driving style, the priority being the protection of environment and the transition in the transportation sector, thanks to using electricity as an energy source for propelling vehicles. This is exactly what Automobile Club de Monaco has been trying to demonstrate over the past twenty years, pursuing with conviction its visionary role. Automobile Club de Monaco remains a proposing force in that domain: E-Rally Monte-Carlo, dedicated to new generation vehicles, has always moved forward, year after year, to stay in phase with modernity.
Historic partner of the Automobile Club, e-born, the public network of charging stations with 1200 terminals on the counter today in 11 departments of the South-East, goes back into the adventure by making available its terminals located along the roads of the E-Rallye.
Charging stations for electric vehicles will also be provided in the parks by EVBox, also partner of the E-Rally Monte-Carlo. Leader in the electric mobility market, EVBox accelerates sustainable mobility by providing smart and scalable charging infrastructure and supervision software to electric vehicles around the world. A subsidiary of ENGIE, EVBox has produced more than 150,000 charging points, currently in operation in more than 70 countries. With home, business, commercial and public charging solutions, EVBox is helping to build a future where everyday transportation is emission-free.
The cars entered in the event are new generation vehicles, representing over ten car manufacturers, all of them leaders on the market, be it with electric cars or fuel cell vehicles using hydrogen…
Highlight SS 10: Neuville a lot faster, Ogier still leading
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), the winner last year, was very fast in Stage 10 and clocked his first best time of the 89th Monte-Carlo Rally, 110th Anniversary Edition. Even more interesting, he did it in style, reducing his gap on leader Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) by 42 seconds in the space of 20.48km, between Saint-Clément and Freissinières. At the time he passed on this road, a few minutes before Ogier, Neuville could enjoy winter conditions to the full and the studs of his Pirelli Sottozero winter tyres were efficient. A few minutes later, the sun was up, the snow and ice were melting, so Ogier’s studs were totally useless, and the same for Evans one minute later on the road. The Welshman also stalled in a hairpin, losing four more seconds on Ogier, and the Frenchman is still in the lead, but he was slightly worried at the end of the stage. Another Frenchman, youngster Pierre-Louis Loubet (Hyundai), for his first ever Monte-Carlo Rally, benefitted from this quick change of conditions and posted the 2nd best time of this SS10, thanks to the fact that was opening the road after crashing in SS7 on Friday. With one more stage to go on Saturday, Ogier now enjoys a 14-second advantage on Evans and the fight is still on, more than ever, for the last podium spot between Kalle Rovanperä, 3rd in the other Toyota, but 50 seconds behind Ogier, and Neuville, 1.4 second only behind the young Finn. Last but not least, the nightmare continues for Ott Tänak, who started the day in 3rd place. He had another puncture in SS10 and then finished a second consecutive stage on the rim. He is now 14th and almost 10 minutes behind Ogier. Game over, or almost.
