So today I went to a rally

"BATC42" (BATC42) 11/01/2013 at 17:38 • Filed to: Rally

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I want to give you guys an idea of what kind of cars people rally over here. This rally is part of the French Rally Championship, but I was a bit disappointed by the cars present (even if I saw a mighty Delta Integrale Evoluzione, sorry no SR20) : 4 WRC and way too many Opel Adam, Renault Twingo RS and Clio RS. And only one GT car, an Exige Cup, and it was not that great to watch :/ Anyway, more pictures after the jump (they might be a bit dark), the following pictures were taken during a Special Stage on a 2 km long track.

The Alpine was driven by french rally legend, Jean Ragnotti.

And a nice PGO Hemera GT (not a great picture :/) I saw in the service park, next to the one Romain Dumas was driving in the rally. Unfortunately he had a mechanical problem earlier today during the first stages. Anyway the PGO looks really good in person, the yellow paint is quite amazing. And it's mid-engined.

ddavidn > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 17:42

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Are all your rallies paved?

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 17:43

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Is that a metallic yellow? I use to not be a fan of metallic yellows but these recent options have really started to change my opinion.

BATC42 > ddavidn 11/01/2013 at 17:51

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I would say most of them since we don't really have gravel roads here, but we do have a championship for gravel.

BATC42 > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. 11/01/2013 at 17:51

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Yes it's metallic, but it does look good.

ddavidn > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 17:58

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Gotcha. I know I had seen a lot of rallies on pavement in France, never thought about the lack of dirt and mud and gravel.

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 18:01

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Gorgeous and great pictures by the way! Like the choice of vantage points!

BATC42 > ddavidn 11/01/2013 at 18:01

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I just looked at a list, and there is more than 60 rallies on pavement and I would say less than 10 on dirt.

ddavidn > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 18:07

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Do you have local TV coverage of any of the events? I want to track down some to watch.

area man > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 18:09

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Excellent lift

BATC42 > ddavidn 11/01/2013 at 18:11

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Nope, no live TV coverage at all, even on those major events. There is not even a professional crew to film the event.... The only way is YouTube a few days after... it sucks...

But if you want live coverage you can try (both are in french) the FFSA website (I'm not sure about this one), or rallye-sport.fr which tries to posts times at the end of each stages along with a brief summary and they also posts videos.

ddavidn > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 18:13

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Ah well. Same problem around here, but sometimes you Europeans have better interest in this sort of thing. I'll go look those up, thanks.

BATC42 > area man 11/01/2013 at 18:17

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Only one I managed to get. One of the two DS3 R3 lifted the rear wheel in every corner.

Hoccy > BATC42 11/01/2013 at 18:24

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I'll have this one please.

BATC42 > Hoccy 11/01/2013 at 18:28

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What about its big sister ?

Hoccy > BATC42 11/02/2013 at 03:21

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Hmmm, you're making this hard for me now.. Can I have both? And don't come up with a Manta now, you know what's gonna happen..

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > BATC42 11/02/2013 at 03:47

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Sweet :) nothing wrong with a Clio RS. One of the all-time great hot hatches

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > ddavidn 11/02/2013 at 03:52

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France has a really good quality road network. They spend a lot of money building them right in the first place, and repairing them when they break.

Our little holiday home is in the absolute arse-end of nowhere and the roads are fantastic.

BATC42 > Hoccy 11/02/2013 at 07:04

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There was a Manta, I just don't have a picture of it. But I know who the driver is, and the car was this one :

BATC42 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/02/2013 at 07:12

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The R3 are bonkers! Less than 2400 lbs, 250 bhp (can be increased to 270), and that SOUND, it depends on the setup, but sometimes you could swear they fitted a shotgun instead of an exhaust!