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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Tour Auto 2024, Competition Index of Performance

 

The winning 1954 Porsche 356 (Pre-A) 1500 Coupé of Gilles and Marielle Couraudon seen in Bourpeuil.

This blogpost on the 2024 Tour Auto features the top ten cars in the Index of Performance.

Second was this 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ of Jean-Jacques Gravier and Dany Seigneurin.

Third was this 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce of Patrick Veyrat and Jean-Francois Vergeot seen here in Martel.

Fourth was this 1958 MG A 1600 Twin Cam of Olivier Mazoyer and Rachid El Bakkouri.

Fifth was this 1954 Jaguar XK120 Roadster of Francois Chaffard-Lucon and Laurent Rivière.

Sixth was this 1964 Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S of Georges Rocchietta and Frederic Lorenzi seen here entering Boutx in the Pyrenees.

Seventh was this 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB of Diego Meier and Giacomo Amoroso, see here in Boutx.

Eighth was this 1960 MG A 1600 Coupé of Nicolas Tribut and Pierre-Hugues Schirrer.

Ninth was this 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L of Johannes Stengel and Manuel Senyk.

Tenth was this 1961 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 of Simon Nobiu and Sébastien Ruffino, seen here crossing the bridge onto L'Isle Jourdain.

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The winning Porsche 356 in Boutx.

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.