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Views of the cars taken during the verification
procedures for the 49th edition of the Rallye Jean de la Fontaine
pictured at the Avenue du Mail, Soissons on 17th May 2024. As usual the
Ville de Soissons had provided this splendid location for the
administrative tasks. |
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Richard Gross Photo Album |
The early specials of the rally were beset with
problems as there were course blockages caused by vehicles crashing
whilst negotiating the difficult conditions on some parts of the muddy
tracks. The SSV's and T2 cars completed ES2 Aizy-Conde as planned but
only three T1 cars completed the special, all the remaining cars drove
through the neutralised special in convoy and were given the same time
of 12'38.5 except Denis Artola who was awarded 12'21.8 |
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Richard Gross Photo Album |
ES4 Aizy-Conde ran well after modifications to the
course after blockages on ES2 its first run. |
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Richard Gross Albums 1 2 3 |
The pictures here were taken on the embankment next
to the church in Cierges. From that viewpoint the cars could be seen
approaching the village down a fast track for over 500 metres before
entering the village through a double bend then passing the church and
turning left at the top of the hill before departing the village. See the video at:
https://youtu.be/CsestYyJmkM
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Richard Gross Albums 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
The location for our pictures was at an 180 deg
bend 8.8km into the special just to the west of Cierges on a track very
familiar to regular participants of the JDLF. Valentin Giraud was
quicket in the SSV Group, whilst Bruno Bartolin took first in the T2 4x4
Group. For T1 4x4 Vincent Poincelet was fastest and Gregory Boucher took
first in T1 2WD. |
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Camera & Editing John Hilton Richard Gross Albums 1 2 3 |
ES11 Was the final special of the 49th edition of the Jean de la
Fontaine. In addition to the times on the special the final finishing
places of the crews is also included. SSV Podium 1st 403 SSV2 GIRAUD Valentin & BAUCHET Antoine - Can Am XRS 2nd 402 SSV2 SARRAT Eric & SARRAT Laurence - Can Am X3 3rd 405 SSV2 VALENTE Antonio & VASSEUR Baptiste - Can Am X3 T2 4x4 Podium 1st 327 T2B+2 BARTOLIN Bruno & CAQUELARD Baptiste - Pathfinder Nissan 2nd 390 T2B+1 SARGEANT Andy & HAMMOND Chris - Landrover Defender 3rd 391 T2B+1 BRENNAN Christopher & NICOLL Harry - Landrover Defender T1A 4x4 Podium 1st 16 T1A3 BERSANS Benoit & NICOLAU Cedric - Fouquet Nissan 2nd 37 T1A3 BRICHEUX Jerome & SEVESTRE Sabrina - Fouquet Nissan 3rd 68 T1A2 MARQUES E CUNHA Jean-Alfred & RIVED Alex - Fouquet BMW T1B 2WD Podium 1st 241 T1B2 BOUCHER Gregory & BROCHETON Romain - Fouquet Honda 2nd 205 T1B2 COTTEREAUX Gregory & MATTON Perrine - Rivet Honda 3rd 217 T1B1 LAFLEUR Sebastien & SERAIN Julien - Caze Tomahawk Camera & Editing: John Hilton See the video at: https://youtu.be/u6RSBMZMgqc |