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Two major partners of E-Rallye Monte-Carlo since its inception, the Nice Matin group and Radio Vinci Autoroutes will tell the story of this 8th edition from the inside, thanks to the crews of a BMW i4 and a Mini Countryman carrying the colours of their media. In the big German sedan (N.15), Denis Carreaux and Frédéric Mlynarczyk. In the tiny English car (N.16), Ilona Laffite and Virginie Decorte, a 100% female duo.
Denis Carreaux is the Editor of the region’s largest daily newspaper, and he will be giving his daily driver’s impressions in the columns of Monaco Matin. He is well aware of the importance of the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo in “encouraging electric mobility” and once again demonstrating “the very strong links between Nice Matin and Automobile Club de Monaco”, he stressed on Wednesday, live on the ACM networks, just before taking the start, for the 5th time. With two great memories in mind: a tied 1st place in a Regularity Stage in the Var department, two or three years ago, and “a very turbulent night in Col de Turini, in the middle of a storm, when the gearshift lever on my Zoé got stuck in my hands”.
Virginie Decorte was Denis’s usual co-driver on previous participations, but she changed everything this year: she took the start in a Mini Countryman alongside Ilona Laffite, daughter of Bruno and great-niece of Jacques, the legendary Ligier Formula 1 driver. Ilona is only 19, a journalism student, and she’s delighted to be taking part in her first E-Rallye Monte-Carlo. As for her co-driver, Virginie, she has been on the airwaves of Radio Vinci Autoroutes since 2001, and hardly ever misses this E-Rallye Monte-Carlo which, from anecdotal in the beginning, has become “unmissable” today, according to her. The new navigation tools are very appealing to her, and she points out that crews no longer need to search desperately for recharging points, given the progress made over the last few years in terms of car autonomy and coverage of the country.
To conclude, the objectives of the two Media crews are totally clear: to break into the Top 20, distinguishing themselves in some of the 14 Regularity Stages on the week’s menu for the Carreaux-Mlynarczyk duet; to win the Ladies Cup, against six other 100% female crews and two other female drivers, one Dutch and one Belgian, for the Laffite-Decorte tandem. Let’s get started!
