2020 - Historic Tour - Charade - ASAVE '65 et '75

A very fast 4.7 litre 1965 TVR Griffith 400 was second in qualifying driven by José Beltramelli.

In the 45 minute race on Saturday it was to take the win.

ASAVE racing has two groups of cars.  One is for GT and Touring Cars (the old Groups 1, 2 ,3 and 4) that were homologated prior to 1966.  The second group is for GT and Touring Cars from 1966 to 1975 and Sports prototypes until 1970. At each meeting they either have one 60 minute race or two 45 minute races.  Each race has a pit stop and thus two pilots can take part in each car.  The groups are further divided into classes.

The field at Charade was relatively small with just fourteen cars but this was made up by the quality.  I was only at Charade for their qualifying session but thoroughly enjoyed seeing them all.   Highlight was the lovely Porsche 910 but also the variety.

My favourite was this original 2.4 litre 1967 Porsche 910.  Driven by Sylvain Regnier, seen here in qualifying.

A lovely view of the last part of the Esse de Thèdes with Porsche 911 2,8 RSR leading, TVR Griffith and Alpine 110.

A 2.8 litre 1975 Datson 240 Z shared by Valinho and Mathon.

Alfa leads Porsche and TVR up the hill towards the Epingle Marlboro.

A 1965 Lotus Cortina 1.6L driven by Philippe Raffin leads a 1957 2.2 litre Triumph TR3 driven by Christian Tetot.

Jean-Pierre Fazi in a 1963 Triumph TR4.

The Besson's 1.8 litre Alpine A110 from 1973

A 1964 Lotus Elan 1.6 litre driven by Jean-Pierre Vacher.

The fastest car was this 1973 Porsche 2,8 RSR driven by the Gauberts.

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Datson 240Z chasing the Porsche 910 down the hill back to the start line.

2020 - Historic Trophy - Charade - Formula Ford

The start of he the first Formula Ford race of the weekend.  On the left Arnaud Dousse spins his tyres in his 2002 Van Diemen.  His was the only Zetec runner.

Always lovely to see a Formula Ford race and to see one at a great historic circuit like Charade is even better.  For the Historic Tour at the end of August I was there for the first race on Saturday with the Trophée Formula Ford Kent-Zetec which had seventeen runners.  It was actually a good race with good battles throughout the field and a good race particularly for the podium. There are a number of classes for cars from1966-1981, 1982 to 1989, and 1990 to 1993.   No surprise that I loved the older cars.

The Formula Ford field streams into the first corner with Geoffroy Horion in the lead in his 1992 Van Diemen.   

I particularly admired this Crosslé 16F of circa 1968/70 driven by Serge Depla.

Action down the field with Claude Thetiot in a 1985 Reynard leading this battle for fifth place at Virage du Petit Pont.

Another old Formula Ford Crosslé battling with a 1968 Dulon.  The 1971Crosslé 20F driven by Jean-François Comte on the outside and on the inside, Belgian,  Michel Dupont in a Dulon LD4B.

The 1988 Swift of Loic Bouquet, that finisherd third in its class, cutting the apex at Petit Pont.

I had to take and publish photos of the podium as they will hopefully look very strange in years to come with everyone wearing their surgical masks.

The first of three FF podiums.  This is the one for the top three overall.  On the left is Antoine Weil who came second, in the middle is Geoffroy Horion who was the winner, and on the right is Gislain Genecand who fought his way up to third.

The second FF podium for the pre-1990 cars.  On the left is Michel Kozyreff who was second, the class winner Claude Letiot is in the centre, and on the right is Loic Bouquet who was third.

The third FF podium for the older GHI cars.  On the left is second placed Vincent Missistrano, in the middle the class winner Augustin Sanjuan, and on the right Michel Dupont who was third.

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A family day out, as they watch the leaders, all in Van Diemens, on their last lap.