The battle continued to rage at the top of the overall standings of the 8th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo on Friday in RS9, as Eneko Conde and Lukas Sergnese (Kia EV6 GT) finished in a perfect tie with Olivier Campana-Nicolas Milanesio, in their BMW i4 entered by Yacht Club de Monaco: 40 penalty points each, no jealousy, and thus a gap that continues to widen with their immediate pursuers. Between Briançonnet and La Rochette, on a special stage 19.1 km long, the Spanish and Monegasque crews did better than Didier Malga and Anne-Valérie Bonnel (Tesla), 3rd just ahead of one of the best Belgian crews of this 2024 edition: Michel Decremer and Jennifer Hugo (VW ID3), winners of Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique last February.
Places of honour were taken by Jérome Aymard and Christophe Marques (5th), in their Renault Mégane e-Tech flying the colours of the e-born recharging network, a major partner of E-Rallye Monte-Carlo (2,600 charging points in the South-East of France). They were tied to Nadia Delvaux and Jean-Marc Piret (Peugeot e-208), which strengthens the position of the Belgian female driver at the top of the Ladies Cup, and at a well-established 18th place overall. The Belgian presence is as significant as ever, with 4 Belgian VW Club crews in the Top 6 after RS9, ready to take advantage of any of the leaders’ slightest loss of focus.