Tour Auto 2024, Groups H&I Regularity

 

The winner of the Group HI regularity part of the Tour Auto was this 1973 Porsche 911 Carerra RS 2.7 of Jack Oxenford and Ricardo Diaz.

This post covers the Tour Auto 2024 and the top ten Group H and I cars competing in the regularity section of the rally.

The pictures were taken in Boutx in the Pyrenees or in Pau.

Second was this 1972 Porsche 911 2.5L ST Gr4 of Tommy Eriksson and Erwin Siesling.

Third was this 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 of Christian and Jean-David Haas.

Fourth was this 1972 Dino 246 GT of Damian Pozzou and Maria Cristina Egidy.

Fifth was this 1972 BMW 3.0 CSi of Jean-Francois Escat and Danielle Brincat.

Sixth was this 1972 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE of Laurent Rotiel and Christophe Prouzet.

Seventh was this 1973 Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Am of Guillaume Auffret and Eric Tuloup.

Eighth was this 1973 Renault 12 Gordini of Jean-Yves Charpentier and Thierry Noel.

Ninth was this 1973 Volkswagen 1303S of Francois Hecquet and Laurent Roux.

Tenth was this 1973 Fiat Abarth 124 of Charles De Bourbon-Parme and Christophe Dacre-Wright.

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Tour Auto 2024, Group G Regularity

 

This 1971 Simca CG 1200 of Jean Rigondet and Olivier Souillard won the Group G regularity 

This post covers the Tour Auto 2024 and the top ten Group G cars competing in the regularity section of the rally.  Group G covers the period 1966 to 1971.

The pictures were taken in Boutx in the Pyrenees or in Pau.

The second placed 1970 Porsche 911 2.2L S of Manual Eucabe and Alec Daly.

The third placed 1971 BMW 2002 Ti of Jean-Paul and Adrien Lacombe.

The fourth placed 1970 Porsche 911 2.2L S of Nicolas Caylet and Carlos Dos Reis Pinto.

The fifth placed 1968 Saab 96 V4 of Olivier and Marie-Dominique Picard.

The sixth placed 1971 Lancia Fulvia HF of Victor Fernandes and Gael Escibe.

The seventh placed 1971 BMW 2002 TII of Michel Rostang and Jean-Pierre Appert.

The eighth placed 1966 Mercedes-Benz 230SL of Romain Nadjar and Benoît Giraudy.

The ninth placed 1968 Chevrolet Corvette C3 Stingray of Ambre Boucherie and Stéphanie Wante.

The tenth placed 1969 Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S of Daniel and Syliane Klumpp.

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Tour Auto 2024, Regularity VHC

 

This 1958 MG A 1500 of Marc Jay and Etienne Bruet won the VHC Regularity part of the 2024 Tour Auto.  Here it is in Boutx in the Pyrenees.

This post covers the Tour Auto 2024 and the top ten VHC cars competing in the regulartity section of the rally.

The pictures were taken in Boutx in the Pyrenees or in Pau.

Second was this 1964 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 of Gérald D'Incau and Nicolas Pagano.

Third was this 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L of Martin H and Francisco Sucari, seen here descending the Pyrenees.

Fourth was this 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso of Jean-Claude Bel and Eric Fischmeister.

Fifth was this 1953 Aston Martin DB2 Sports Saloon Coupé of Inés Allard and Caroline de Villaucourt.

Sixth was this 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB of Alejandro Oxenford and Jose Luis Celada.

Seventh was this 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale 1600 of Bruno Menicucci and Bernard Imbert.

Eighth was this 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of Dominique Poels and Stéphane Prat.

Ninth was this 1957 Maserati 200 SI of Tomas Hinrichsen and Solange Mayo.

Tenth was this 1958 Porsche 356 (A) 1600 Coupé of Jean-Francois Penillard and Philippe Goutard.

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2023 Pau Classic Grand Prix

 

Alfa Romeo vs Lotus Cortina in turn one as seen from the grandstand at pau.

I really enjoyed my first visit to the historic Pau street circuit.  Click on some of the links below to see why.

As well as the racing there were lots of classic cars on display.

I loved seeing this 1970 Lamborghini Espada S2 4 litre V12.

This 1957 Mercedes-Benz has completed a round-the-world tour.  here it poses in front of the Palais Beaumont.

They were many categories of car competing or making demonstration runs at this year's Pau Classic Grand Prix.  Click on the links below to see the more interesting runners:

Les Reines d'avant guerre / Pre-war racing cars

Click here for the coverage of the races for the wonderful pre-war cars who this year were the highlight of the meeting.

Formula Ford

The main single-seater action came from the Formula Ford cars.  Click here to see the cars and the action. 

Legends Cars Cup

The legends cars had three races over the weekend and were very entertaining. Click here to see more.

Ferdinand Cup Porsches

For Porsche fans the varying cars taking part in the Ferdinand Cup were another highlight of the weekend.  Click here for Porsches at various points around the historic Pau street circuit.

Exhibition Runs

Various cars were running in the exhibition plateau including F2, F3, Formula Renault and Formula France.  Click here to see the best.

Endurance Racers Pre-1966

One of the most enjoyable races of the weekend was for the pre-1966 Endurance racers (sports racing, GT and Touring Cars). Click here for the action.

Endurance Racers Pre-1977

Click here for the GT and Touring Cars who competed in the Pre-1977 Endurance racers category.

HTCC Historic Touring Cars

Touring cars always produce good racing and the HTCC cars didn't disappoint.  Click here to seem some of the key cars.

Adour Ocean and friends

Click here for more touring car action from local drivers and their invitees.

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There is so much to like about Pau apart from the racing.  Food, architecture, a funicular railway, views of the Pyrénées and much more.

Pau Classic Grand Prix 2023, ADOUR OCEAN and Friends Classic Cup

 

A trio of Renaults exit Parc Beaumont.

The Coupe Adour-Océan was an event that first appeared at Pau in 1967 and lasted until 1977 and I believe was for touring cars driven by local Béarnais drivers and other invitees.  This year the last race each day was for Pre-1980 (mainly) Touring cars driven by local drivers and their friends.  Some of them also were racing in the HTCC race.  Both races were won by Franck Quagliozzi in a Honda Civic.  The pictures are from their free practice session.

This Ford Escort RS Mk1 finished second in Saturday's race driven by Olivier Biotteau,

Always lovely to see a Simca Rallye 3.

This BMW 325i finished second in Sundays race driven by Sébastien Berducq.

A Renault Clio 165 bumps over the kerb.

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BMW 323i.

This Porsche 944 competed in the Adour Ocean and Friends race and finished in the top ten on both days.