6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo : Pastor and Gazzola ready for the big prize, full results 29.10.2022: Stage 4: Monaco > Monaco 77km Timed The 4th and final Leg of the 6th E-Rallye Monte-

Stage 4: Monaco > Monaco
77km  Timed





The 4th and final Leg of the 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo had a strong WRC flavour, with a route drawn on former stages of the World Championship version, between the departments of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes: monuments such as "La-Colle-Saint-Michel", "Tartonne", "Briançonnet" or even "Col de Bleine" on the menu, so that the fight at the top raged up to the very end of the last regularity stage!




Full results HERE





At the end of this thrilling sporting final, the crew entered by Monaco Town Hall, made up of Jacques PASTOR and Fulvio GAZZOLA (KIA EV6 N.8), managed to finish with a few more points in the overall standings. This result should allow the Italian-Monegasque crew to put their name on the Winners List of the event on Sunday, at the Prize Giving ceremony.

 




RS12: Saby and Dechamps in front, the others behind!


As in the heyday of his win in the 1988 edition of Rallye Monte-Carlo, in WRC, Bruno Saby appeared at the very top of a time sheet, on Saturday morning, and won RS12 between Le Fugeret and Thorame-Haute (17.9 km ).



Perfectly navigated by Pascal Serre, in the right seat of their hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo, Saby perfectly respected the average imposed by the organizers.


 At the end of this famous Colle Saint-Michel, the crew of Team Espoir Cancer Braley Koni was tied with Antoine Dechamps and Michael Salvador, in their VW ID4.



It was a very tight special, where eight crews finished in 3rd place, starting with Didier Malga and Anne-Valérie Bonnel (Porsche Taycan), winners in 2017 and still 5th overall, ahead of Saby-Serre in their Hyundai Nexo (6th).
 





RS13: Five major players raise the pace



Five major players of this 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, tied for first place in RS13 between Lambruisse and Barrême (23.4 km), passing through the Col du Deffand.


And the Bruno Saby-Pascal Serre crew, in the wake of their win in RS12, once again put their hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo at the forefront.



Tied with Didier Malga and Anne-Valérie Bonnel (Porsche Taycan), winners in 2017, but also Jacques Pastor and Fulvio Gazzola (Kia EV6), still overall leaders, Philippe Segura and Xavier Baux (BMW IX), winners of two stages on Friday (SR9, SR10), and starred chef Michel Chabran, with Eric Mallen in a Renault Mégane sporting the colors of the eborn charging network.
 







RS14: BMW and Hyundai all square



RS14 (Ubraye-Briançonnet, 20.1 km) finished with a tie between the two main modes of propulsion of this 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo: an electric BMW i4 Coupé, that of Olivier Campana and Nicolas Milanesio, was just as efficient as the hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo of Ludovic Braley, the Natural Gas for Vehicles (NGV) producer in Lozère, and Antoine Jouve.


It was also the scene of a fierce fight between three crews tied for 3rd place: Didier Malga and Anne-Valérie Bonnel (Porsche Taycan), Bruno Saby and Pascal Serre (Hyundai Nexo ), Emilien Le Borgne and Romain Montembault (Renault Mégane).



In the meantime, the leading duo, Jacques Pastor and Fulvio Gazzola (Kia EV6), continued to manage their race perfectly, with one stage remaining.






RS15: Tesla and Kia close in style


It was the 15th and last Regularity Stage of this 6th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo, between Saint-Auban and Andon (15 km) and it allowed two high-level crews to shine at the top of the results sheet ; Frédéric and Marjorie Ozon (Tesla 3), winners of the 2019 edition, did as well as Conde Eneko and Lukas Sergnese.



The two Spaniards lead the 2022 provisional classification of the FIA ecoRally Cup and have therefore carried, throughout this rally, number 1 on their Kia E-Soul.



Behind these two reference crews, five crews shared 3rd place, including of course overall leaders Jacques Pastor-Fulvio Gazzola (Kia EV6), in order to end the rally in the position they made their own since Thursday.



Pending the publication of official results on Sunday morning by Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM).
 

ACM-  Photos: Philippe Magoni / Jean-Marc Follete / ACM