2ème Rallye Val de Boutonne, Régional VHC, 2023

 

Winner of the VHC rally was this Lancia Delta Intégrale crewed by Paul Paille and Christophe Gaudin.

The second ever Rallye Val de Boutonne managed to attract a good entry of 17 cars for its VHC / Classic section.  The rally was held over one day on Sunday 26th March 2023 over 2 different stages each run three times giving six special stages in all and 40km of competitive driving.  I took these photos on the last corner of the stage between Lussant and Cabariot in the Charente Maritime department of France.  The cars are shown in the order they finished.  Most of the cars were nicely turned out in liveries that reminded us of famous rally cars from the past and the faster cars were driven quite aggressively and were on opposite lock as they exited this corner.  The Lancia won every stage and won by just over 1 minute from last year's winner the Renault Alpine.  Most of these pictures were taken on ES4 when the weather was rather sunny but it turned rather rainy later on.

2nd of the VHC cars and winner of the Groupe 4/5 was this Renault Alpine A310 V6 crewed by Bruno Mainguet and Thierry Bonavent.  They had won the VHC rally here last year.

3rd of the VHC cars was this Porsche 911 SC crewed by Pierrick and Nathalie Chauvel.

4th in the VHC category was this BMW 325i of Patrice Rault and Christophe Beauchaud.

Winner of the Classic Group was this Ford Sierra 4x4 crewed by Jacques Suire and Clare Pallaro.

Second in the Classic Group was this BMW 323i of Alain and Antoine Kieffer.

5th in the VHC category was this Peugeot 205 GTi of Daniel Dupont and Laura Cadillon.

3rd in the Classic Group was this BMW 323i crewed by Christian and Céline Longe.

6th in the VHC category and winner of Groupe 2 was this BMW 323 of Richard Guibert and Mickael Murzeau.

7th in the VHC category and winner of Groupe NJ was this Opel Kadett of Eddy Allard and Bryan Derosier.

8th in the VHC category was this Ford Sierra Xr4i of Samuel Charron and Sylvia Dufau.

9th in the VHC category was this Peugeot 205 GTi of Nicolas and Jean-Claude Berard.

10th in the VHC category was this Ford Fiesta Xr2i of Michael and Mathieu Robin.

11th in the VHC category was this Talbot Sunbeam Lotus of Sébastien Sullam and Jean-Philippe Le Cam.

12th in the VHC category was this Fiat Ritmo of the all woman crew, Carla Hayet and Laura Bohler.  Here they can be seen kicking up the rain from the puddles.

4th in the Classic Group was Volkswagen Golf GTi of Anthony Verola and Alexandre Arrive.

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This Peugeot 205 Rallye of Florent Maillard and Marina Talut did not finish.