49ème Rallye National d'Autun - Sud Morvan

Runner-up in Class A5 was this Peugeot 205 Rallye of Jean-Philippe and Maxime Julien.

On the 22nd August I was in the Morvan region of France for a French National Championship Tarmac Rally.  The 49th Rallye National d'Autun - Sud Morvan attracted a good field of over 170 cars and also a large number of spectators where I was, near Cussy-en-Morvan.  This was the first stage ES1 between Sommant and Lucenay and I found a couple of positions so as to get a variety of shots.  The cars were impressively fast and although it was a tarmac/asphalt rally, a number of competitors were keen to get a couple of wheels on the grass!

Overall winners of the rally were Pierre and Martine Roché in this Citroën C3 R5.

Second overall was a similar car crewed by William Wagner and Kévin Millet.

Third place on the podium went to this Skoda Fabia R5 of Denis Millet and Bertrand Angonin.

In sixth place was this Ford Fiesta R5 of Maxime and Margot Dupuy.

First Alpine A110 and winner of the R-GT class was that of Hugo Bonfils and Olivier Brouze.

The second Alpine A110 was this example crewed by Pierre Lafay and Nicolas Mathon.

The Citroën DS3 of Frédéric Roussel and Antoine Coulombel.

The Renault Clio RS of Fleurot and Jeudy hits problems on the first stage and retired on the next.

A Citroën Saxo VTS on the limit on its way to winning the N2 class.  The crew was Jérémi Campos and Jennifer Boulay.

Winner of the RC5 class was this Renault Clio RSR Rally 5 of Olivier Delaporte and Olivier Guibout.

Third in the GT10 was this Lotus Exige Cup 255 of Laurent Gallou and Thierry Guezennec.

This Porsche 997 GT3 Cup of Alain Colin and Eric Daguzé was second in the GT+15 class.

The BMW 325i E30 of Marc Duponchel and Dominique Turpin.

This Subaru Impreza, of Marcq and Crepin, retired.

The Renault Clio RS R3T of Herve-Grillot and Soriano.

This Subaru Impreza STi N12B retired.

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This Subaru Impreza STi N12 finished third in class in the hands of Nuno Goncalves and Ludovic Chauvin.

A Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4D cutting the apexx.

A Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 doing the same.

Spectators peering over the hedges at a passing Renault Clio Ragnotti.

The BMW 318 Ti Compact of Laurent Mallon and Armand Chatain that finished second in its class.

A Renault Clio S1600 speeds past a group of spectators.

A Peugeot 208 R2 that finished second in class in the hands of Alexandre and Anthony Jacquet.