Tour Auto 2020 - Some favourite cars

 

Tour Auto regulars, MR JOHN OF B / SIBEL, in their 1965 Porsche 906
also known as a Porsche Carrera 6,

My final post on the 2020 Tour Auto features some favourite cars that did not appear in my main posts. Particulary, the wonderful Porsche competition cars, such as the 906 and 904, that were honoured in this year's event.  If you missed the other posts then the links are below:

Tour Auto 2020 - Regularity

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition Group G

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition Groups H/I

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition VHC

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition Index of Performance

The 1961 Lotus Elite of Antoine BLANC/Didier VEST.

The 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta of Alexis de BEAUMONT/Maïté de BEAUMONT.

I couldn't resist including a picture of a British Racing Green 1958 MGA Twin Cam. 
The crew was Aurélien LETHEUX/Gerry BLYENBERG

Another 1965 Porsche 906. 
This one crewed by Romain ROCHER/Jean-François PENILLARD

Pierre MACCHI/Isabelle MARTROU in a 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale.

The 1969 Chevrolet Corvette C3 of Eric EXCOFFIER/Clément EXCOFFIER

The 1973 Ford Capri 2600 RS of Eric FAURE/Alain MANDELLI 

Always a joy to see Jean-Marc BUSSOLINI/Patricia BUSSOLINI in their
1963 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS.

The 1972 Alpine Renault  A110 1600 S of Loïc DUVAL/Jean-Baptiste MAYER. 
Nice to see Loïc compete in this A110 again.

Another 1966 Porsche 906.  This the one of Franck TROUILLARD/Frauke FEESS

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The 1969 Alfa Romeo  Giulia 1750 GTAm of Lucien GUITTENY/Olivier GUITTENY 

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition - VHC

 

Winner of the Tour Auto this year was this 1962 Jaguar E-Type 3.8L crewed by 
Raphaël FAVARO/Lucien-Charles NICOLET.

The most prestigious competition within the Tour Auto is to be scratch winner of the VHC category.  This category is cars from 1951 to 1965 and of course the car marques and models must be ones that competed in the original Tour de France Automobiles.  In recent years winners have driven cars such as AC Cobras, Ford GT40s, and Jaguar E-Types.  For the last two years (2018 and 2019) the winners has been Raphaël Favaro in a Lotus Elan with Yves Badan as his co-driver.  This year he changed his co-driver and car but still won, this time in the Jaguar E-type seen above.  

This year, three time GP winner, Thierry Boutsen took part in the Tour Auto for the first time and actually finished in the top ten of the VHC competition.  He is shown below with many other of the top twenty runners below.

Second were Jean Pierre LAJOURNADE/Christophe BOUCHET,
also in a 1962 Jaguar E-Type 3.8L.  They were winners back in 2015 and 2016.

This 1965 Shelby Cobra 289 crewed by Damien KOHLER/Sylvie LABOISNE was third.

Sébastien BERCHON/Sebastien BORDIER came fourth in this 1956 Austin Healey 100/4.

Fifth was this 1964 Jaguar E Type 3.8L crewed by Christophe DELACHAUX/Josselin PETER.

Bertrand PENLAE/Anne PENLAE were sixth in this 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L.

Another 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L came seventh crewed by 
Satanas of Monparnasse/Diabolo de Charbo

Jean-Marc RIVET-FUSIL/Claude LE JEAN were eighth in this 1963 Jaguar E Type 3.8L.

The fifth Jaguar E Type 3,8L in the top ten and in ninth place was this 1963 example
crewed by Serge COZZOLINO/Pascale LEGAY COZZOLINO.

Ex-F1 star Thierry BOUTSEN came tenth navigated by Hervé ORDIONI
in this 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L.

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In twelfth were Claude DEMOLE/Sébastien DEMOLE in this 1965 Shelby Cobra 289.

Jacques-Yves LE MAREC/Gautier ROSSIGNOL came twentieth in this 1963 Triumph TR4.

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition - Index of Performance

The winner of the Index of Performance was this 1954 Porsche 356 PreA 1500
crewed by Gilles COURAUDON/Marielle COURAUDON.
The car is seen here in Gien as it drives alongside the Loire river.

There were lots of different marques and models represented in the top twenty of this year's Tour Auto Index of Performance.  With a coefficient of performance decided by the age of the car and its cubic capacity, the cars time in the event is multiplied by the coefficient to decide who does best in the index.  Thus a Mini can battle it out with Ferraris and Porsches and many teams have a chance of top twenty position.  Here are eleven of them.

Lovely to see a Ferrari come second in the Index of Performance.  It was achieved by this 1952 Ferrari  225S Vignale Berlinetta crewed by Diego MEIER/Giacomo AMOROSO

Third was this 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce crewed by 
Jean-Yves BEAUPIGNY/Géraud DUMESNE

Fourth was Fabrice QUESNEL/Richard BRULLE in this
1960 Jaguar Mk II 3,8L

First car past us and fifth in the Index of performance was a car I don't think I have ever seen before. 
It was a 1955 Pichon Parat Dolomites.  The crew was Hugo BALDY/Romain GRABOWSKI. 

For more information about this rare car - Pichon-Parat Dolomites - click here.

Rather more common was this 1966 Austin Mini Cooper 1275S. 
Crewed by Hugo BALDY/Romain GRABOWSKI  it came seventh.

In eighth place was this superb 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta
crewed by Benno ALLEMANN/Ursula ALLEMANN

Eleventh in the Index was Joachim von FINCKENSTEIN/Christina von FINCKENSTEIN
in this 1964 Lotus Elan 26R.

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Sixteenth was this 1965 Ford Mustang 289 crewed by Philippe LOUET/Bertrand BENARD

In  eighteenth place were Stanislas GURDJIAN/Quentin LEBLOND
in this 1962 Morgan +4 Super Sport 

Rounding out the top twenty was this 1956 Austin Healey 100/4 M
crewed by Philippe BRESSON/Philippe LANTERNIER.

Tour Auto 2020 - Competition - Groups H&I

The 1973 Ford Escort Mk1 RS2000 of Martin MOURIES/Yves MOURIES.

Group H/I in the Tour Auto is for competition cars from 1972 to 1981. This means lots of GT cars such as Porsches, Ferraris and Alpine Renaults but also Touring Cars from Ford, BMW, Opel and Peugeot.  The photos in this blog post were taken on day one of the 2020 Tour Auto as the cars passed through Gien.  Lovely to see ther M1 Procar and so many 308s!   The positions mentioned below are from  the Group H/I final results.  There were 24 classified finishers in this Group that made their way from the Autodrome Linas-Montlhery to the Circuit Paul Ricard.

The winner of the Group H&I Competition cars was this 1981 Ferrari 308 Grp IV Michelotto of 
Florent JEAN/Yves JEAN

Runner up in Group H&I was this 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR.  It was crewed by 
Emmanuel BRIGAND/Yann ALBERT

Third was the 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS of Jean-Maurice REY/Sébastien EBERHARD

The fourth placed 1979 Alpine A310 V6 Grp IV of Gérard BESSON/Bruno MAINGUET

In sixth place were Kim GAYER/Vincent GLEYZE in this 1975 Opel Commodore GSE.

This 1972 Alpine Renault A110 1600S Grp IV came eighth
crewed by Christian CHAMBORD/Patrick FOURESTIE

Nicolas LEROY-FLEURIOT/Adrien AUDIBERT in a 1979 BMW M1 Procar came ninth.

The 1976 Ferrari 308 Michelotto of Jérémy MENNECHET/Stéphane OLLIER

Arnaud GAUDUEL/Nicolas MISSILLIER in their 1977 Ferrari 308 Grp IV Facetti.

The 1972 Porsche 911 2.5L ST  of Stéphane GAUCHER/Isabelle AUVINET

Jean-Claude BRAZEY/Sylvain VIRET in a 1976 Simca 1000 Rallye 2

Olivier BARRET/Sébastien CRUBILE and their 1973 Porsche 911 2,8 RSR.

The 1969 Peugeot 204 Grp 2 of Salim BOUZIANE/Olivier DESTIN

François LEVEQUE/Rémi GAMMAL in their 1974 BMW 3.0 CSL.

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The 1972 Porsche 911 2.5L ST of Dimitri PLAQUET/François FABRI