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…
The race: Da Costa wins in style, two DS Techeetahs in the Top 4 !
Defending Formula E champion Antonio Félix da Costa (DS Techeetah) won his first race of the season, in style, at the end of a superb race in the streets of Monaco, on Saturday afternoon. The Portuguese started on pole for this 4th Monaco E-Prix, but he had to resist a serious customer in the person of Robin Frijns (Virgin), who led the race two or three times and eventually finished in 2nd position, thanks to a lack of power on Mitch Evans’s Jaguar in the last lap.
The Kiwi finished the race with 0% power in his batteries but could still climb on the podium with da Costa and Frijns, where all three drivers were congratulated by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and FIA president Jean Todt, fully equipped with masks and white gloves.
This is the 2nd win for DS Techeetah this season, after Jean-Eric Vergne’s masterful display in Race 1 in Rome. « JEV », the winner in 2019 here and double Formula E FIA champion, managed to finish 4th, the same place as on the grid, after an eventful race which saw him miss the first pass at Casino for catching the Attack Mode. The best move of the day was definitely an audacious overtaking manœuvre by Evans on da Costa at the end of the Beau Rivage uphill portion, in a very spectacular location, just before the Casino curve.
This is the 4th time, out of 4 Formula E races in Monaco, that the poleman wins at the end, but this time the scenario was perfectly written and suspense was maintained until the chequered flag. It was only interrupted for a few minutes when the one and only Safety Car period allowed all drivers to cool down, less than 15 minutes before the end, following the Mini Electric. The two leaders of the World Championship, Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes), ended a terrible Saturday in respectively 20th and 22nd positions. But they remain at the top of the FE standings, ahead of Frijns, the Virgin driver, Bird and Evans, the Jaguar drivers.
Final result (provisional) :
Da Costa, 26 laps ; 2. Frijns ; 3. Evans ; 4. Vergne ; 5. Günther ; 6. Rowland ; 7. Bird ; 8. Cassidy ; 9. Lotterer ; 10. Lynn ; 11. Di Grassi ; 12. Buemi, etc.
