2018 Tour Auto - Index of Performance - Etape 1

This Austin Healey 100/4 was in the top twelve based on Index of Perfomance after day one.

Each year on the Tour Auto there is an Index of Performance to allow the older and lower powered cars a chance of a win.  This is achieved by multiplying all the race and stage times via a coefficient.  Thus it turns into a battle between the British saloons and sports cars and the Alfa Romeos and older Porsches. Below are the top dozen of cars classified as they were in the Index of Performance after the first day.  The pictures are from the ES1 Special Stage Sinotte near Auxerre, Dijon-Prenois Circuit and Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Leading the Index of performance after day one was this Porsche, seen here on the ES1 special stage.

1st - 160 - Porsche 356 Pre A - Jean-Francois Penillard / Chloe Penillard

The leading Porsche on ES1 going through a fast corner.

2nd - 181 - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint - Luis Delso / Carlos De Miguel

An Alfa at a sharp uphill right hander on ES1.

3rd - 157 - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Special - Pierre Macchi / Isabelle Martrou

Unusual Alfa Romeo.

Alfa Romeo getting the red carpet treatment at the Optic 2000 in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

4th - 152 - Jaguar Mk1 3.8L - Pierre Le Glohaec-Henanff / Guillaume Le Metayer

Jaguar MkI on the special stage.

5th - 171 - MG A - Olivier Mazoyer / Rachid El Bakkouri

MG A braking for a sharp right hander.

MG A at Dijon.

6th - 154 - Triumph TR4 - Stanislas Gurdjian / Gonzague Ruchaud

Triumph TR4 at speed.

Triumph TR4 leading a group at Dijon.

7th - 162 - Porsche 356 Pre A - Gilles Couraudon / Marielle Couraudon

Porsche in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

8th - 221 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA - Daniela Ellerbrock / Jackie Rohwer

Alfa Romeo and spectators on the special stage.

9th - 211 - Lotus Elan 26R - Raphael Favaro / Yves Badan

Lotus elan making a good time on ES1

10th - 223 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA - Ivan Vercoutere / Charles Rupp

Alfa Romeo in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

11th - 166 - Austin Healey 100/4 - Sébastien Berchon / Julien Chadenet

The Austin Healey at speed on the special stage.

12th - 153 - Jaguar MkII 3.8L - Simon Nobili / Emmanuel Drai

Lovely Jaguar MkII

For the top VHC Competition cars, click here.

For the top 1966 to 1971 Competition cars, click here.

For the top Seventies Competition cars, click here.

For the Regularity cars, click here.

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The Triumph TR4 heading off into the distance on the first special stage.