In the spotlight: Byan Bouffier 05.05.2012: French ace is back bidding for IRC glory in a Peugeot 207 Super 2000 Welcome back to the IRC Bryan, what’s your target for next week’s rally?

French ace is back bidding for IRC glory in a Peugeot 207 Super 2000



 
Welcome back to the IRC Bryan, what’s your target for next week’s rally?

“I hope to be in the lead of the rally, that is my target. I did the rally for the first time last year, it was fantastic with beautiful stages. I have a good car from Delta Rally, a good co-driver and a good motivation to push. It won’t be easy because the level is very high in the IRC but I will do my best.”


 
It’s been a few months now since your last IRC appearance. Will that affect your performance in Corsica?

“For sure I have not done the IRC since Açores but I had a good performance on Rallye Lyon Charbonnières, a round of the French championship, and that was important because it means I have been driving recently.”
 


The rally has a reputation for being very difficult. Do you agree?

“It’s a very difficult race because you have a difference of wide and smooth and narrow and bumpy stages where the rhythm is changing. This can make the set-up difficult but with Peugeot we have a good set-up from last year, it’s just a question of finding the right one for the conditions.”


 
What are the secrets to being quick in Corsica?

“You have to be careful and not take so many cuts in the corners because it’s easy to get a puncture like I did last year and lose a lot of time. You need a high concentration but you have to remember even though the rally is long it is a sprint and the difference between the drivers won’t be much.”


 
Being French how important would winning this rally be to you and your career?

“For a sportsman each race is important but Corsica is, perhaps, much more important than the other because it is in my country and winning would be very satisfying.”




-Richard Rodgers -  photo IRC