Groupes N / GT - Nogaro - Coupe de France des Circuits - 2023

Groupe N BMWs battle it out with the GT cars.  Benoit Belouin leads this group in his BMW E36

       that eventually finished third in Group N.

 The Group N cars and GT cars run together as there are not enough of them to justify two races   However they did provide good entertainment and I got some different pictures as I was at the opposite     end of the circuit for this race.

The start of the race seen from the far end of the circuit at the top of the stands.

Three Porsches in the lead on the first lap.

Some variety down the field with a Chevrolet Corvette C6 leading a Volkswagen Golf TCR driven by Francois Chotard who finished fifth in the GT class.

Eventual winner was Michel Nourry in this Porsche 997 R.

Second was Roland Chotard in this Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 2.

Third was Jacques Caumes in this Porsche 997 GT3 R.

The Corvette of Thomas Favaille finished fourth.

The first of the Groupe N cars was the No.34 BMW M3 E36 driven by Olivier Gillard and the second was BMW M3 No.5 driven by Laurent Sylvestre.

A close battle between two of the GT Groupe cars.  The Mini Challenge R53 JCW finished ninth overall but the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup didn't finish.

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Top non-BMW in Groupe N was this Renault Megane 3 RS N4 driven by Julien Thibault.

Groupe GT and N competitors go under the Dunlop Bridge that leads from the old pits to the VIP enclosure.

2020 Course de Côte du Mont Dore - Touring Cars- Groupe N/FN

On Saturday the fastest Groupe FN car w3as this BMW M3 E36 of Sébastien Lemaire

The Group N and FN Touring cars provided some variety at Mont Dore with everything from BMW M3s to Subaru Imprezas and the usual Renault / Citroën / Peugeot / Honda brigade.  Here are pictures of most of the group in this challenging Course de Côte.  

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Second fastest was this Renault Megane RS of Pascal Cat.

Christian Sepchat was third in his BMW M3 E36

Christophe Demare in a Honda Civic Type R.

Fifth was this Renault Clio RS of Eric Sauteur.

The Honda Civic Type R of Charly Brosset.

Stéphane Bossard in another Honda Civic.

The Subaru Impreza WRX of Stéphane Pecate.

Anne-Marie Malguy in her Renault Clio RS.

The Peugeot 106 XSI of Janny Guy.

Alexandre Neulat in a Honda Civic Type R.

The Peugeot 205 Rallye of Joris Boncompain.

Arnaud Boisard in a Citroën Saxo VTS

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The Peugeot 106 S16 of Olivier Goury.