2020 Course de Côte du Mont Dore - VHC Monoplaces

Marc-André Schyrr in his lovely late sixties Crosslé 12F F3 near the top of the Mont Dore hill.

This year the Vehicule Historique Compétition class at the Course de Côte de Mont Dore was not a round of the French Championship but nevertheless still attracted a nice field of cars.  Lovely to see so many single seaters as this was the sixtieth running of the hillclimb at Mont Dore and they are part of its history.  My first post on the VHC cars will feature just the single seaters.  These were primarily old Martinis but a number of other marques also featured.  Martinis were a dominant force in French hillclimbing from the late seventies to the late nineties and thus no surprise to see so many.  Lots of these cars are regulars in VHC Course de Côte but I had not seen this Crosslé before and it helped make my day enjoyable.

The Van Diemen RF82 of Jean-Marc Debeaune.  

Sébastien Brissard in his Martini Mk25.  He has the fastest time on Saturday.

The Martini Mk15 of Michel Ritzenthaler. 

Gilles Cursoux in his Martini Mk30.

The Martini Mk57 of Bernard Pernilla passes by the beautiful scenery of Le Col de la Croix de Saint Robert

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A marshal gets  a close up view of Roger Serge Toupence in his Martini Mk32

Another Martini.