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For the 7th edition of the “zero” emission Rallye Monte-Carlo, the Organising Committee of the Automobile Club de Monaco was keen to innovate, in line with the spirit of the event created in 1995 (Rally Monte-Carlo for Electric Vehicles). As the 8th round on the FIA World eco Rally Cup calendar, the 2023 E-Rallye Monte-Carlo will offer a mix of modernity, prestige and intensity.
In 2023, the event will be held in a new host territory. For the next autumn, the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo will move to the Principality of Monaco. This new event location on Monegasque territory will follow in the footsteps of its WRC cousin, and will offer a symbolic and prestigious postcard. The “Terrasses du Soleil” will once again welcome all the crews this year for a Parc Fermé, located below the prestigious Casino de Monte-Carlo.
Monaco On’s capacity to host and develop recharging facilities in the Principality of Monaco will allow as many participants as possible to take part in the 2023 E-Rallye Monte-Carlo.
This 7th edition will also be an opportunity to drive through the roads of the Monegasque hinterland, with an itinerary that will take competitors to some of the legendary places of the Monte-Carlo history. The route of the E-Rallye is also made up of discoveries and bucolic landscapes, in idyllic settings such as the event can offer every year.
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Provisional programme
Publication of the Regulations & Opening of entries: Friday 18 August 2023
Closing of entries: Friday 22 September 2023
Publication of the entry list: Friday 29 September 2023
With more than 220 charging points scattered on the public road and in car parks in the Principality, “green” mobility and the ecological transition are already a reality.
Monaco On’s partnership with the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo therefore takes on its full meaning. Crews will thus be able to recharge their batteries in the Principality, a guarantee of reliability and serenity.
Winners of this 6th edition of the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, Jacques PASTOR and Fulvio GAZZOLA (KIA EV6 n°8), jointly representing the Town Councils of Monaco and Dolceacqua, achieved a faultless course, just as professionals of the sport would do! “This rally above all allows amateur crews to have serious fun. We are delighted to add our name on the list of winners of this increasingly popular event…“, confided the deputy mayor of Monaco, in charge of the municipal service of sports and associations.
For his part, his co-driver and Mayor of Dolceacqua enjoyed the excellent spirit that reigned throughout this 2022 edition. “A first experience, certainly tiring, but which, beyond announcing the next twinning of our two cities, allowed us to live a very beautiful human adventure…”. The two men did not fail, finally, to collectively thank “all the volunteers of the ACM and the entire organising team for this great edition!“.
Let’s conclude this 2022 adventure, with the winners of the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, presented today in the salons of the Yacht Club de Monaco…
This 2022 adventure came to a beautiful conclusion on Sunday 30 October in the salons of the Yacht Club de Monaco with the prize-giving ceremony and the official announcement of the results. See you in 2023 for the 7th edition of the Monte-Carlo Rally’s zero emission opus.
Five major players of this 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, tied for first place in RS13 between Lambruisse and Barrême (23.4 km), passing through the Col du Deffand. And the Bruno Saby-Pascal Serre crew, in the wake of their win in RS12, once again put their hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo at the forefront. Tied with Didier Malga and Anne-Valérie Bonnel (Porsche Taycan), winners in 2017, but also Jacques Pastor and Fulvio Gazzola (Kia EV6), still overall leaders, Philippe Segura and Xavier Baux (BMW IX), winners of two stages on Friday (SR9, SR10), and starred chef Michel Chabran, with Eric Mallen in a Renault Mégane sporting the colors of the eborn charging network.
Avis, one of the major car rental networks, is a partner of E-Rallye Monte-Carlo and uses it as a life-size test bench. This year, two experienced crews are entered in a couple of Hyundai Kona SUVs: one associates Marie Périn and Valérie Fontaine (aiming for the Ladies’ Cup) and another one is entrusted to Serge Garosi, a former French gravel rally champion, and Michel Périn, whose co-driving record would not fit in a directory. This shows that Avis take things seriously, knowing already that the electrification of its fleet of vehicles has to follow an exponential curve. A third entry, a Megane E Tech, is entered for a “house” crew made of Raphaël Sporshill and Wissem Ben Khelifa. A great mark of professionalism!
As in the heyday of his win in the 1988 edition of Rallye Monte-Carlo, in WRC, Bruno Saby appeared at the very top of a time sheet, on Saturday morning, and won RS12 between Le Fugeret and Thorame-Haute (17.9 km ). Perfectly navigated by Pascal Serre, in the right seat of their hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo, Saby perfectly respected the average imposed by the organizers. At the end of this famous Colle Saint-Michel, the crew of Team Espoir Cancer Braley Koni was tied with Antoine Dechamps and Michael Salvador, in their VW ID4. It was a very tight special, where eight crews finished in 3rd place, starting with Didier Malga and Anne-Valérie Bonnel (Porsche Taycan), winners in 2017 and still 5th overall, ahead of Saby-Serre in their Hyundai Nexo (6th).
The last Regularity Special (RS11) of the 3rd day, between Montauroux and Tanneron, was only 13 km long, in the Var. It ended in a perfect tie for first place, between the Peugeot e-208 of Audrey Melice and Yvan Bard, and the Renault Megane of Emilien Le Borgne and Romain Montembault. There was also a tie for 3rd place in this RS11, between another Peugeot e-208, that of Gilles Gard and Alain Gazal, and two VWs: the ID5 of Iwan Kneuts and Ken Divjak, another crew entered by Belgium VW Club, and the ID5 of Karel Colibert and Nathalie Zbinden, once again in the leading pack. On Friday evening, before the four specials of the 4th and last day, the situation is unchanged compared to Thursday evening: the Kia EV6 of Jacques Pastor and Fulvio Gazzola still leading, ahead of the best female crew of this 6th E-Monte-Carlo Rally, by far, made up of Karel Colibert and Nathalie Zbinden, the two Monegasques.
The third Regularity Stage (out of 4) on the menu of this very long 3rd day, between Aiguines and Trigance (29.2 km), was the first of the rally to be contested in the Var department and BMW did it again: Philippe Segura and Xavier Baux, in their BMW IX entered by Monaco Public Force (which brings together firefighters and carabinieri from the Principality), were the best again, as in RS9 on Mont-Ventoux at the end of the morning. This time, they finished tied with two other crews who had not yet had the honors of a special podium during this 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo: Christian Grimaldi and Jean-Baptiste Loty (Skoda Enyaq) on one hand, Bernard Heine and Laurent Secretin (VW ID3) on the other, entered by the Belgium VW Club. Once past the Trigance checkpoint, the 53 crews still had a SR11 to take, between Montauroux and Tanneron, before heading to Monaco. With the Kia EV6 of Jacques Pastor and Fulvio Gazzola still at the top of the overall standings, ahead of the BMW i4 of Olivier Campana and Nicolas Milanesio (2nd). And with the excellent female duo made up of Karel Colibert and Nathalie Zbinden (VW ID5) in 3rd place, thanks to their remarkable consistency at the front since the start on Wednesday.
