The Austin Mini Cooper S number 239, that of Italians Giorgio Schon and Francesco Giammarino, had already won on Saturday in Col du Corobin (SR2). Having left Torino last week for the Concentration Leg, it was again the best on Monday morning, in RS8 between Valdrôme and La Piarre (13.78km), another short stage on the menu of this 25th Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The conditions were very slippery and the application of a safety average had been announced to the competitors. It was fully respected by the Italian duo, a little more efficient in this exercise than both 100% French crews who took the honors: a 1979 Porsche 911 Turbo driven by Pascal Perroud, navigated by Guillaume Allais, and a Fiat 128 Coupé entered by Yannick Villar and Vincent Bourdil.