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On the road to the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique, episode 2
Even if their two ages are added together, Jules Picoreau and Camille Beal remain younger than the car they are navigating, with already a lot of experience. Meet crew no. 6, the youngest at the start of this 27th edition.
A generation separates this car from its crew. Jules Picoreau and Camille Beal, each 24 years old, are competing together for the third time in the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique aboard a splendid 1971 Alfa Romeo Giulia GT 2000. A family collector’s vehicle, the 54-year-old red racing car no longer holds any secrets for these best childhood friends, who met in primary school.
Passionate about motorsport since their youngest age, the two Valentinois saw themselves as little ones one day teaming up on the course of an official event. “It was a dream to race together. We were able to make it come true three years ago and since then, we got caught up in the game”, confides Jules, who occupies the driver’s seat.
Sitting to his right in the car, Camille continues: “We really love cars and these models, we usually admire them in museums, without seeing them on the roads.” In addition to living their dream to the full, the youngest crew of this 27th edition finds themselves among other very iconic cars.
“It’s wonderful to follow Lancia Stratos or Porsches. And then, they’re so much more fun to drive than modern everyday cars”, they affirm confidently. Every noise, vibration or slip is experienced intensely by crew number 6, who finished 5th in 2024.
Jules Picoreau and Camille Beal were in 42nd place at the end of the Classification Leg 1, this Saturday at the end of the day. Just a few minutes after entering the Parc Fermé on the Place du Champ-de-Mars, the two young men analyzed: “We had a lot of fun on all the Regularity Stages, which were a little more challenging than in previous years, particularly because of the conditions.”
Neither the snow nor the ice deflected them from their trajectory. “Our goal is above all to have fun, and the most important thing is to bring the car home”, they confirm, before adding with honesty and ambition: “If we can do as well or better than last year, that would be great.” So let’s forget their young age, which many competitors must envy them, and let the golden youth of this Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique have fun on the roads and Regularity Stages that made them dream so much.
