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The 8th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo is over, deprived of its final act. The official final standings were published early Saturday afternoon by the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM). The big winners are, as last year, Spaniards Eneko Conde and Lukas Sergnese (Kia EV6 GT). Their relentless domination over three days enabled them to repeat as winners of the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo. They become the only double winners since the new name was introduced in 2016.
The decision was taken at daybreak by the race directors, following instructions from the Préfet des Alpes-Maritimes, who placed the 06 département under vigilance orange for “rain, thunderstorms, flooding” this Saturday. There were four final regularity stages on the menu for this 4th stage, two of them in Italy, near Dolceacqua, and two others in France, in the Nice hinterland. These did not take place, the precautionary principle taking precedence over sporting interest.
The 60 competitors (out of 63 at the start on Wednesday), whose cars were grouped together in the Parc Fermé at Les Terrasses du Soleil after three gruelling days, handed in their electronic boxes and everyone gathered around a coffee and H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. As on Friday evening for the very convivial cocktail party organized at the Prince’s Collection Museum. With drivers, co-drivers, organizers, partners, sponsors, and a few VIPs invited for the occasion.
Conde-Sergnese and Kia, logical winners
Behind the Conde-Sergnese crew, at the front from start to finish, the runners-up in this 2024 edition are two sailors who have navigated the 10 regularity stages to perfection: Olivier Campana and Nicolas Milanesio, in a BMW i4 in the colors of the Yacht Club de Monaco. And the podium will be completed, at the prize-giving ceremony, by a top-level Belgian crew: Michel Decremer and Jennifer Hugo (VW ID3), entered by the Belgian VW Club and winners of last February’s Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique.
Increased autonomy
The 8th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo will go down in history as a rally shortened by the weather, but the main point was elsewhere: for three days, it was a superb demonstration of the progress of electric cars and their increasing autonomy. Most of the competitors covered 250-300 km a day in the Alpes Maritimes, Alpes de Haute-Provence and Var, without needing to recharge their batteries. And the best crew won, uncontested.
There were plenty of people in the towns, villages and assembly parks (Monaco, Colmars les Alpes on Thursday, Briançonnet on Friday) to admire these superb electric cars, 40 different models representing 18 manufacturers from all over the world: American (Tesla), Asian (Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Lexus), European ((BMW, Mini, Audi, Volvo, Renault, Peugeot, Fiat, DS, etc.). And this is anything but a coincidence. The French market for electric vehicles continues to grow (+6%), with a variety of choices unrivalled in Europe. So much the better.
