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The battle of the chiefs got off to a flying start in the 8th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo. On Wednesday afternoon in RS1 (Col de Braus-Peira-Cava, 15,7 km), Spain’s Eneko Conde (Kia EV6 GT), last year’s winner, and France’s Didier Malga (Tesla Model 3), victorious in 2017, tied for 1st. They took just 80 penalty points each, thanks to the talent of their highly experienced co-drivers, Lukas Sergnese in the Kia and Anne-Valérie Bonnel in the Tesla. A very successful start in totally unexpected weather conditions – rain and fog – for the 63 crews who had set off from Monte-Carlo’s Casino Square, at siesta time, in bright sunshine.
Behind these two previous winners, a Belgian duo shone, consisting of Bernard Heine and Valérie Piette in a VW ID7 Tourer, and the current Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup leaders, Czechs Michal Zdarsky and Jakub Nabelek, took 4th place in their Hyundai Kona. They edged out two other Belgians, Michel Decremer and Jennifer Hugo: the winners, last February, of Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique, have traded their venerable Opel Ascona, with a 100% non-electric engine, for a Volkswagen ID3 entered by the Belgian VW Club !
This first Regularity Stage of the rally was preceded, for the first time in the history of E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, by an E-Shakedown between Sainte-Agnès and Peille, in full sunshine and with a breathtaking view over the Mediterranean. To end this first day, the 63 crews still had to climb the famous Col de Turini (RS2, 27.8 km), between Peira-Cava and Sospel. Before returning to the Principality to recharge, at one of 500 Monaco On charging stations in the Principality, the beautiful cars taking part in this 8th edition of “the greatest event in the whole Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup”, according to Eneko Conde himself.
