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With a secret route of 14 Regularity Special Races (SR), totalling over 250 kilometers of timed sections, this 8th edition of the 100% electric version of Rallye Monte-Carlo, the 11th and penultimate round of the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup 2024, is already shaping up, on paper, to be far more challenging than its predecessor!
The first thing you notice on reading the entry list, and the proof of the success of this 8th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, is the presence of 18 car manufacturers with 40 different models, for a total of 63 crews from 17 different nationalities! This unprecedented line-up once again makes the Monegasque event the benchmark international round of the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup!
This enthusiasm is the reward for the continuing efforts of the Organizing Committee of Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) to promote mobility, which have been tirelessly pursued since the creation of the very first Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules Électriques in 1995.
Grand Depart on Casino Square
This year’s “Grand Départ” will once again take place in the sumptuous setting of Monte Carlo’s Casino Square. On the menu: 4 intense legs, condensed and scheduled over 3 French departments (Alpes de Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes and Var) with, as last year, a short jaunt to the heights of the Italian Riviera. The event’s route is even more demanding than before, according to the ACM Organizing Committee, particularly in terms of terrain difficulty.
For once, historic special stages from the legendary “Monte-Carlo” are on the programme. But that’s not all! All-new, never-before-seen stages are also on the agenda, as a potential list of special stages for the future. Autonomy, increasingly extended for new-generation vehicles, will ultimately be one of the keys to success for competitors and manufacturers alike. Over the years, more and more of them have come to try to add their names to the event’s honours list.
Monaco On: Over 500 charging points in the Principality!
Finally, there will be no need to organize a specific recharging park: the capacity of the Monaco On charging stations in the Principality, with 575 charging points in service in public parking lots, will enable competitors to recharge their vehicles easily, within the time limits imposed by the organization…
Main Entries
N° 1 – Michal ZDARSKY (CZE) / Jakub NABELEK (CZE) – HYUNDAI KONA
– FIA ecoRally Cup 2023 Champions
– Leaders, Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup 2024 provisional standings (133.5 points)
N° 2 – Guido GUERRINI (ITA) / Artur PRUSAK (POL) – KIA E-NIRO
– ENEC FIA 2020 Vice-Champion
– ENEC FIA Co-Driver Champion 2016 & 2017
– Vice-Champions FIA ecoRally Cup 2022 & 2023
– 2nd of the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup 2024 provisional standings (120.5 points)
– A. Prusak, Winner E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2016 with Thierry BENCHETRIT (Toyota Miraï)
N° 3 – Eneko CONDE (ESP) / Lukas SERGNESE (ESP) – KIA EV6 GT
– FIA ecoRally Cup 2022 Champions
– 3rd of the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup 2023
– Winners E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2023 (KIA E-NIRO)
N° 5 – Didier MALGA (FRA) / Anne-Valérie BONNEL (FRA) – TESLA 3
– Winners E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2017 (Tesla S)
– 2nd E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2018 (Tesla S)
– ENEC FIA Champions 2018
N° 6 – Jacques PASTOR (MCO) / Fulvio GAZZOLA (ITA) – KIA EV6
– Winner E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2022 (Kia EV6)
– 3rd E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2018, with Serge PASTOR (Toyota Miraï)
N° 7 – Michel DECREMER (BEL) / Jennifer HUGO (BEL) – VW ID3 PRO S
– Winners Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique 2024 (Opel Ascona 400)
N° 9 – Beitske VISSER (NL) / Arthur KAMMERER (DEU) – POLESTAR 2
– Winner WSK Masters Series KZ2 (Karting) 2010
– 2nd W-Series (Single Seater) 2019 & 2022
– 13th in the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours
N° 10 – Bernard HEINE (BEL) / Valerie PIETTE (BEL) – VW ID3 PRO S
– 3rd E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2023 (VW ID3)
N° 11 – Frédéric LANSIAUX (FRA) / Nicolas BUHOT (FRA) – VW ID3 GTX
– Winners E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2021 (VW ID4)
N° 17 – Bruno THIRY (BEL) / Laurent SECRETIN (BEL) – VW ID4
– European Rally Champion 2003
N° 23 – Stefano MODENA (ITA) / Jack Scarlett RICHARDSON (GBR) – AUDI E-TRON
– Former F1 driver – 70 GP contested – 3rd Monaco Grand Prix 1989
N° 23 – Christophe PONSET (FRA) / Serge PASTOR (FRA) – KIA E-NIRO
– 2nd E-Rallye Monte-Carlo 2016 (Renault Zoe)
– 3rd Rallye Monte Carlo New Energies 2015 (Toyota Prius)
Schedule 2024
Administrative and technical scrutineering – Wednesday, October 23 from 5am to 11am
LEG 1: MONACO – MONACO – Wednesday, October 23
Start from Monaco, Casino Square, at 2pm
Calibration zone / Shakedown / 2 Regularity Stages (RS 1/2) to be run
Entry into Parc Fermé at 10:50pm
LEG 2: MONACO – MONACO – Thursday, October 24
Start from Monaco at 7:30am
4 Regularity Stages (RS 3/4/5/6) to be contested
Entry into Parc Fermé at 10: 20pm
LEG 3: MONACO – MONACO – Friday, October 25
Start from Monaco at 7:30am
4 Regularity Stages (RS 7/8/9/10) to be contested
Entry into Parc Fermé at 10:20pm
LEG 4: MONACO – MONACO – Saturday, October 26
Start from Monaco at 7:30am
4 Regularity Stages (RS 11/12/13/14) to be run
Entry into Parc Fermé at 3:30pm
Gala dinner and prize-giving ceremony at 8:30pm
About E-Rallye Monte-Carlo
A genuine road competition, reserved for 100% Electric vehicles (without the use of an extender), this regularity event is now very popular with automakers who come to demonstrate the technological and avant-garde potential of their vehicles in real-life conditions. Since it was granted a new name in 2016, following “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules Électriques” (from 1995 to 1999), then “Rallye Monte-Carlo Fuel Cell & Hybrids” (2005, 2006), then “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules à Energie Alternative” (from 2007 to 2011) and “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles / Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN” (from 2012 to 2015), this 8th opus of E-Rallye Monte-Carlo counts for the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup 2024.
This year, the Big Start will once again take place in the sumptuous setting of Casino Square in Monte-Carlo. On the menu, from Thursday to Saturday, there will be 4 very intense legs, condensed and scheduled over 3 French departments (Alpes de Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes and Var) and, as of last year, a short jaunt planned on the heights of the Italian Riviera. The Organising Committee of Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) is hoping to make the event even more challenging than before, particularly in terms of the difficulty of the terrain: for once, some historic special stages of the legendary Monte Carlo Rally will be on the menu. But that’s not all! A bunch of new regularity stages will be introduced, a host of brand new portions meant to play a part in the near future of the event. Last but not least, the ever-increasing autonomy of new-generation vehicles should ultimately be one of the keys to success for the competitors and manufacturers who have turned out in ever-greater numbers over the recent years, in order to try and add their names to the event’s list of winners…
Provisional programme 2024
Times given for information only, subject to official publication of the regulations.
Leg 1: MONACO – MONACO – Wednesday 23 October
Start from Monaco, Casino Square, at 2 pm.
Calibration zone / Shakedown / 2 Regularity Stages (SR 1 and 2) to be run
Entry into Parc Fermé at 10:50pm
Leg 2: MONACO – MONACO – Thursday 24 October
Start from Monaco at 7:30am
4 Regularity Stages (SR3, 4, 5 and 6) to be contested
Entry into Parc Fermé at 10:20pm
Leg 3: MONACO – MONACO – Friday 25 October
Start from Monaco at 7:30am
4 Regularity Stages (SR7, 8, 9 and 10) to be contested
Entry into Parc Fermé at 10:20pm
Leg 4: MONACO – MONACO – Saturday 26 October
Start from Monaco at 7:30am
4 Regularity Stages (SR11, 12, 13 and 14) to be contested
Entry into Parc Fermé at 2:30 pm
Closing dinner and prize-giving at 8:30pm
About E-Rallye Monte-Carlo
A genuine road competition, reserved for 100% electric vehicles, without the use of an extender, this regularity event is now very popular with car manufacturers and tuners, who come to demonstrate the technological and avant-garde potential of their vehicles under real conditions. It sports a new name since 2016, following on from “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules Électriques” (from 1995 to 1999), then “Rallye Monte-Carlo Fuel Cell & Hybrids” (2005, 2006), then “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules à Energie Alternative” (from 2007 to 2011) and eventually “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles / Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN” (from 2012 to 2015). So this is the 8th edition of E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, counting for the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup 2024…
Logic was perfectly respected at the end of an intense 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, from start to finish: the top two finishers in the ecoRally Cup 2022, carrying race numbers 1 and 2 on their Kia E-Niro, finished top of the official overall classification published at midday on Sunday by Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM): Spaniards Eneko Conde and Lukas Sergnese win ahead of Italy’s Guido Guerrini and Poland’s Artur Prusak, two highly experienced crews who negotiated the many pitfalls of this 2023 edition to perfection.
Because of the risk of flooding in the valleys inland from Nice, this 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo was cut short of two regularity stages (SR7 and SR8 on Friday morning), but that didn’t change the final result. The Spanish duo were stronger, they were always at the front and they ended their week in style, with a victory (SR14) and a 2nd place (SR15) on the final Leg which took back 58 competitors on Saturday evening to Col de Turini, where it all began on Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m very happy to win this rally, it’s a dream for every driver in the world. It’s very special for us to win here in Monte Carlo. It was a very hard, very long race, and we had to remain very calm, because a mistake was always possible, in all the stages. Turini night is very special and my co-driver was very efficient. I’d like to thank all my team for this result. When we arrived here, it was to win, to make our dream come true”, reacted Eneko Conde.
“It was very different this year, with the secret course (up to an hour before the start each day). I really like this formula, we prepared our stages well, we talked a lot in the car, but we were a bit stressed. The points we gained here will enable us to go into the final round of the championship with a real chance of winning the ecoRally Cup again, as we did last year. There are only three candidates left for the title,” added Lukas Sergnese.
Behind this Kia 1-2, the last spot on the podium was the subject of an all-out battle and it was a Belgian team that came out on top: Bernard Heine and Valérie Piette, in their ID3 entered by the Belgian VW Club. It was a richly deserved result for them, as they won two stages, and a fine reward for Belgium, which made its mark on this 7th edition: five stage wins, including two for the Heine-Piette tandem, two for Eric Cunin and Alexandre Peeters, in another VW ID3 entered by Rent Speed Racing, and one for the ID4 GTX of Jean-François Devillers and Eric Chapa of the Belgian VW Club as well.
In terms of the 19 brands represented in this 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, Volkswagen takes the lion’s share of honours, with 5 stage wins, ahead of Kia and Tesla (3), Nissan and Hyundai (1 each). And in the final Top 10 overall, there are 4 German cars, 2 Kias and 2 Teslas, one Nissan and one Hyundai, making a total of five car brands represented, out of19 manufacturers entering 36 different models this year.
It was another great rally, with no noise or pollution, and one more in the long series of innovative events organised by Automobile Club de Monaco for over a century. Thanks also to the support of a number of loyal partners and to the help of numerous volunteers who didn’t count their hours to make this 7th E-Rally Monte-Carlo a total success. We look forward to the 8th edition, at the end of 2024!
Several managers from the eborn network attended the final day of the 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo on Saturday, in their capacity as official partners of the Monegasque event. A benchmark round of the FIA eco-Rally Cup in which eborn shone, with Jérôme Aymard and Christophe Marques (Nissan Ariya) finishing 4th overall, just off the podium.
Eborn is a public network of charging points set up in 2015 by five energy syndicates in 5 French departements, including the Ardèche, a rallying area and Mecca of the ‘Monte-Carlo’ since a long time. Today, it has 11 syndicates (in 11 departments) spread across two regions (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Région Sud) in the large south-eastern quarter of our country (from Allier to the Var, via Drôme and Ardèche). With 2,500 charging points in both urban and rural areas across that big piece of land.
“We have a public service mission and we are seeing a steady rise in the number of people using our charging points. This clearly shows that we are responding to growing demand from users. We were the first operators to offer contactless payment”, points out Laurent Chareyre, Director of Communications for the Territoire d’Energie de la Drôme.
“Eborn is delighted to have a strong partnership with Automobile Club de Monaco, since the 2017 edition, adds Patrick Coudène, President of the Syndicat Départemental d’Energies de l’Ardèche. It allows us to demonstrate in real conditions the technological and avant-garde potential not only of electric vehicles but also of charging systems. The E-Rallye has really helped us to improve our products and processes in recent years”.
In an event that this year brings together 19 car manufacturers, with 36 different models, eborn is at ease. Because the network is fully conscious that electric mobility is not just about charging stations, but also about vehicles and motorists, who are increasingly passionate about cars and the way they evolve!
He left nothing to chance on this 5th and final Leg of the 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo: Eneko Conde, who came to win, added a 2nd place in RS15 (Col de Turini-Sospel, 19.118km) to his win in RS14, a few minutes earlier. Assisted by co-driver Lukas Sergnese in the number 1 Kia E-Niro, the Spaniard validated his place at the top of the provisional overall classification, waiting for the publication of the official result by Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM), Sunday around noon.
And he found only one rival to match him, the Belgian crew of Eric Cunin-Alexandre Peeters (VW ID3), who had already won the very first stage (RS1) on Wednesday, in another version of Col de Turini. The circle was thus complete for Belgium, whose nationals won 5 of the 13 regularity events contested during this 7th edition: two Wednesday, one Friday, one Saturday morning in Italy and a final one on Saturday nght. With a special mention for the Belgian VW Club (3 wins out of 5, and always in the fight).
Another Belgian made his presence felt on Saturday evening, in another VW, on Col de Turini that he had often driven up and down in the WRC: Bruno Thiry, the 2003 European rally champion, who tied for 2nd in this final stage in the very fine VW ID5 he shared with Laurent Secretin. It was a fitting way to round off his first experience in an electric Monte-Carlo Rally, with a smile and a very good result.
The final night of the 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo started with a regularity stage familiar to WRC competitors, between Coaraze and La Cabanette (15.041 km). The only surprise, and a very relative one, was that the great favourite, Eneko Conde, partnered by Lukas Sergnese in the number 1 Kia E-Niro, won his very first stage of the rally, despite having been in a waiting position at the front since Wednesday. It was a good way of showing his main rivals that he was going to be a force to reckon with. Highly concentrated at the start in Place du Casino, he had just one thing in mind: to win this 7th edition, as a reigning Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup champion.
So in RS14 the Spanish duo beat off the Nissan Ariya of Jérôme Aymard and Christophe Marques, flying the colours of the eBorn recharging network (present in 11 French departments), and the Tesla Model 3 of Romain Haut-Labourdette and Yan Spano, entered by Société Monégasque d’Electricité et de Gaz (SMEG). Two crews that won stages this week and livened up the race from start to finish. In the roll of honour, Belgians showed up again, but for the first time the superb Porsche Taycan of Dirk van Rompuy and Michel Decremer, joint 4th with Czechs Zdarsky-Nabelek (Hyundai Kona), the current leaders of ecoRally Cup 2023. Ahead of another team from the flat country, Bernard Heine and Valérie Piette (6th), in their red ID3 entered by the Belgian VW Club, having already won two stages this week. So most of the favourites were ready for the grand finale in Col de Turini…
The Monaco ON network, an important partner of the 7th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, offers over 300 charging points spread over 13 charging zones, from Fontvieille to Condamine areas, via Monte-Carlo and Larvotto. Ideally located, the charging points are completely free to use. The YourMonaco application indicates the number of charging points, their availability, type and power. The result is electromobility that is both easy and attractive!
© ACM / J-M. Folleté
To round off this beautiful Italian morning in style, the third regularity section on the menu was much longer (28.925km), between Passo Ghimbegna and the small village of Pigna, further down in the valley, after a passage at an altitude of almost 1,600m at Monte Ceppo. It was an open road, as is always the case in the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, with a little traffic, which caused a few problems for some of the competitors. The hourly average speed to respect on this RS13 had been lowered just before the start, to 31 km/h, by the race direction, but for some crews this was not low enough, resulting in heavy penalties at the end of the loop.
In this game of who loses wins, two Belgians once again emerged from the fray at the head of the pack, Jean-François Devillers and Eric Chapa, their ID4 GTX being entered by the Belgian VW Club. That makes four victories for Belgium since Wednesday, including three for this small but very successful club. Two Slovenians, Franko Spacapan and Sebastjan Kobal, took 2nd place in their Kia E-Niro, just ahead of Guido Guerrini, in another Kia E-Niro, who limited the damage well. The Italian, co-driven by Artur Prusak, took fewer penalty points than Didier Malga (Tesla) and Eneko Conde (Kia).
So he is now in the overall lead heading for the final evening and its last two regularity stages in the Nice hinterland. Guerrini therefore had good reason to enjoy his lunch break in Dolceacqua, to mark the twinning of Monaco and the Italian village which will become official on November 3. A welcome and well-deserved break, over a sumptuous snack offered by the village whose mayor is none other than Fulvio Gazzola. The same Gazzola who won the 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo last year, as co-driver to Jacques Pastor. It’s a small world…
The second regularity stage this morning on the heights of the Italian Riviera was also very short, between San Romolo and the Passo Ghimbegna (10.564 km), at an altitude of almost 1,000m. And it was a repeat performance, as the Raoul Fesquet-Yorick Muller crew, in a Model 3 bearing the Tesla Owner Club colours and number 37, improved both their personal score (2 wins in two days after RS10 on Friday afternoon) and that of the American brand (3 wins since the start on Wednesday). But all the interest in this second RS in a row came from the fierce battle for the overall lead, as another Tesla, that of the Malga-Bonnel tandem, took a joint 2nd place with the Guerrini-Prusak crew (Kia E-Niro), who had just finished 2nd in RS11 a few minutes earlier.
As a result, with the positions tightening, RS13 was due to prove crucial in determining who would start the 5th and final Leg of this 7th edition in the lead, on Saturday evening…
The loop of stages in Italy on Saturday morning, a first for the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, began with two fairly short regularity stages in the hills above Sanremo, contested on roads through chestnut forests. For drivers who have already driven in the Ardèche on a WRC, Historic or Electric Monte Carlo Rally, it was a little unsettling to be so close to Monaco.
In SR11, between Sanremo and San Romolo (9.454km), a new crew appeared at the very top of the results sheet: a Czech duo in a Hyundai Kona, made up of Pavel Baron and Martin Hruby, won this SR, the first victory for a Hyundai in this 7th edition; in second place, ex-aequo, the Italian Guido Guerrini, paired with Artur Prusak (winner in 2016 as a driver), narrowly missed out on a first success on home soil, in a Monte-Carlo, he who finished 2nd in the FIA ecoRally Cup last year ; And another well-known ACM team, Richard Frau and Antonio Caldeira, in a Renault Megane E-Tech entered by Synethis, completed the podium in this first SR on Italian soil. In the overall standings, Didier Malga (Tesla Model 3) was only 17th in this SR11, but he took back 100 points in one go from Conde Eneko (26th), moving back into the lead early in the morning.
