Tour Auto 2022, Compétition Indice de Performance

The winner of the Indice de Performance on this year's Tour Auto was this 1954 1,500cc Porsche.

This blog post includes another thirty plus cars not featured in my VHC, Group G or Group H-I posts.  Many represent the older and lower cubic capacity cars that do well on the Index of performance in the Tour Auto.  The photos were mainly taken on special stage EC8 near Puisseguin or during the races at Circuit Val de Vienne.

In the Index of Performance each car is given a coefficient depending on its cubic capacity and its age and then this is multiplied by the times set on each stage to determine the classification.

The Top Ten Cars in this years Tour Auto Index of Performance were:

1st.  Jean-Michel VILLOT / Sébastien VILLOT, Porsche 356 (Pre-A) 1500 coupé 1954 (158)

 2nd.  Gilles COURAUDON / Marielle COURAUDON, Porsche 356 (pré-A) 1500 S Coupé 1954 (170)

3rd.  Carlos DE MIGUEL / Luis DELSO, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1961 (178)

4th.  Jacky LAGUERRE / Adrien LAGUERRE, D.B HBR5 1958 (151)

5th.  Pierre MACCHI / Isabelle MARTROU, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 1300 1961 (177)

6th.  Jean-Yves BEAUPIGNY / Géraud DUNESME, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 1961 (179)

7th.  Claude CASSINA / Tomy GRUELLES, Austin Mini Cooper S 1275 1964 (191)

8th.  Raphaël FAVARO / Thomas DE SAULIEU, Lotus Elan 26R 1965 (211)

9th.  Ivan VERCOUTERE / Alex MÜLLER, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA 1965 (247)

10th.  Germain Aunidas / Zoran BARNJAK, MG A 1600 1960 (172)

Other top fifty Index of Performance cars not featured in my other posts:

161 - Georges ROCCHIETTA / Frederic LORENZI, 1966 Austin Mini Cooper S 1275

175 - Laurent PAULUS / Elisabeth PAULUS, 1954 Austin-Healey 100-4 

180 - Thierry LAFONT / Sydney BEYNAT, 1964 Ford Cortina Lotus

198 - José DA ROCHA / Jean-Claude HECTOR, 1960 Jaguar Mk 2 3.8

192 - Philippe BRESSON / Philippe LANTERNIER, 1956 Austin-Healey 100-4

226 - Luc-Pierre VERQUIN / Guy DUPONT, 1965 Porsche 911 2,0L

237 - Rémi TERRAIL / Eric ZUCCATTI, 1965 Porsche 911 2,0L

219 - Oliver BRYANT / Grahame BRYANT, 1965 Porsche 911 2,0L 

159 - Jean-Pierre GAGICK / Laetitia GAGICK, 1965 Morris Mini Cooper S 1275

186 - Baptiste GUYOT-SIONNEST / Mathieu GUYOT-SIONNEST, 1965 Ford Mustang 289

153 - Bruno SCHOCH / Romain LENORMAND, 1956 Austin-Healey 100 M 'Le Mans' 

167 - Thierry ROGEON / Bruno MILLET, 1965 Morgan Plus 4 Super Sports

169 - Stéphane COLLAS / Jules COLLAS, 1965 MG B 

224 - Alexis FALCON / Marc-Antoine FALCON, 1965 Porsche 911 2,0L

 

197 - Fabrice BOURGEOIS / Ombeline DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE, 1962 Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato

248 - Etienne MICHELEZ / Thibault CLEBANT, 1965 Lotus Elan 26R

196 - Pierre NOVIKOFF / Matthieu LAMOURE, 1973 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV

278 - Frédéric FOURGEAUD / Christophe AYGON, 1975 Ford Escort I RS 1600

Other cars I enjoyed seeing on the Tour Auto that show the variety of cars entered:

152 - Simon DUCHASSIN / Guillaume CONTI, 1959 AC Ace Bristol

154 - Yann GRAU / Nicolas GAND, 1963 Fiat 2300 S Coupé

188 - Jean-louis FOURNIER / Angélique FOURNIER, 1972 BMW 3.0 CSi

162 - François ZENNER / Véronique ZENNER, 1955 Triumph TR2

176 - Antoine BLANC / Didier VEST, 1961 Lotus Elite

250 - Pascal SILIO / Alex SILIO, BMW 3,0 CSL

195 - SEGOLEN / Quynh PHAM, 1975 Renault 12 Gordini

256 - Didier MENNECHET / Christopher BROUESSE, 1971 Porsche 914/6 GT

290 - Gérard BESSON / Bruno MAINGUET, 1979 Alpine A310 V6 Gr.IV

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Regularity Cars:

I didn't get time to see the regularity cars this year, which was a shame as I love the very special cars that this section always has.  Here is one that I caught in Coulonges-sur-l'Atize.

A 1953 Panhard Dyna X87 running in the Regularity section of the rally.

2019 Dijon Motors Cup! Triumph Competition and British HTGT

A 1963 Triumph TR4 leads a1962 example.  Dennis Forell came ninth in No.44 whilst Paul Lejeune was the final finisher.

Seeing a field of cars cars like this makes you realise why continental Europe loves British sports cars of the sixties and seventies so much.  Nearly one third of the field were various Triumphs and the rest were a great mix of other British makes such as MG, Jaguar, Austin Healey, Lotus, TVR and Morgan.  There was even a Warwick!    This is actually a German Series run by the German TR Register for Historic Triumphs and other British roadsters, touring and GT cars built before 1981 but they race in a number countries including at Zandvoort and Spa.   At Dijon the earlier rain had gone and thus the track was relatively dry for this race on Saturday at the Dijon Motors Cup meeting.  The race was of 45 minutes duration and 37 cars took part.  Much of the field is shown below in my photos of the race.

Thee first lap and the leaders come past.

After 27 laps and 45 minutes of racing, Luxembourger Philippe Vermast in his 1971 TVR Vixen 2500 took victory.

Second was Swiss Urs Müller in this 1964 Lotus Elan 26R.He was the top Division 2 car.

The third placed car, a 1970 Morgan Plus 8 of British driver Paul Conway.

Fourth was this 1961 Jaguar E-Type driven by the German and British driver combination of Sautter and Newall in a very entertaining fashion.

The Dutch pairing of van de Wal and Melle came fifth in this 1972 MG B.

The sixth placed Dutch 1965 MB B of van de Wal and Albert lock their brakes in the battle with the E-Type.

The seventh placed 1972 TVR leads a large close group.   It was driven by a German trio Simon, Loosen and Görres.

Marcus Weidenbach  drover this 1975 Triumph TR6 into eighth place.

1968 Triumph TR5 driven by Ray Dwinger.  It finished eleventh.

The rare 1969 Warwick GT 350 of Detlef Walter.

A coming together between No.6 a 1969 Triumph TR6 and No.17 a 1963 MG B.

Three abreat through the corner!  MG, Lotus Cortina and Mini chasing a Triumph.

Christophe Forell in a 1963 Lotus Cortina being strongly challenged by Jordan Lejeune in a 1965 MG B.

A 1963 Triumph TR4 driven by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Fazi.

The 1963 MG B GT of Dutchman Dani Hemelrijk.

A 1958 MG A leeading an MG and a Trumph.

Visser Cor in a 1959 Austin Healey.

The twelfth place 1965 Triumph TR4 of Arnim Gleichmann.

A 1980 Triumph TR7 leads a 1965 Lotus Elan S2.

Two MGs battle it out whilst a TVR 3000M looks on.

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The cockpit of a 1959 MG A.