Rallye Monte Carlo 2011 l Jour 1 
The 2011 season is launched to Eric Mauffrey and Gaëtan Houssin who took this morning from the first stage of Rally Monte Carlo. To celebrate the centenary of the event, the MCA, the organizing committee, this year offers a path containing portions that made the legend of this rally.
For today's stage, the competitors go in the Ardeche to face three formidable ES: The
Moulinon-Antraigues (36km), Burzet - Marital St (41km) and St-Bonnet-le-froid (25km) to play twice. Before departure, Gaëtan gave us his impressions: "No prologue this year and as an input, we are entitled to a monument of the rally the Moulinon. In the words of Francois Delecour during reconnaissance, the ES is more formidable than in dry conditions on the snow. In short it will be wide awake and on the ball immediately. And tonight, there will already have a big job of fact and therefore differences and certainly a disappointment. Level competition, there are also sacred customers lined Clio R3 and side two-wheel drive for a fight with DS3 will be manly ... "
The ES1 Moulinon - Antraigues
Eric and Gaëtan lose 9'35 after the break a heater hose that was forced to stop in ES to cool the engine.
Burzet ES2 - St-Martial
fifth time in 2 wheel drive and third time Clio R3 Cragnola behind Italian and French Campana. The crew caught two competitors in the ES.
From St Agreve, Gaëtan summarizes this first loop:
"In the first ES, a hose heater broke and all the water of the engine is returned to the cockpit Clio, burning feet passing of Eric. The engine has always been heated and had to stop to empty our bottles of water to cool. In support, we could not repair because it was only devoted to tires and lasted only 10 minutes. In SS2, after Lachamp St Raphael in the descent, we eventually catch up with the English Hunt, we did a little spin then we catch up again so that he caught up with Peter Bos we have also doubled. A little later, Hunt put the DS3 into a tailspin and we crashed while cementing Bos and we lacked we get into it ... Wow that emotions in two ES! Unfortunately this broken hose we have lost more than 9 minutes on the head and we point race in 28th position of the 2 wheel drive and in 10th position Clio R3 ... The race is long and Monte Carlo is full of surprises . However, wish that we had our share and we'll be able to make time now. "
ES3 St-Bonnet-le-Froid - St-Bonnet-le-Froid
Our crew clocked the fastest time in two-wheel drive and Clio R3. "Finally an SI without problem!" Dixit Gaëtan.
ES4 St-Bonnet-le-Froid - St-Bonnet-le-Froid
ES was finally stopped and not neutralized.
The ES has been neutralized and competitors have got a one-time lump containing the deviations of ES3. So we take the same and we start: scratch again to Eric and Gaëtan two-wheel drive Clio R3. Tonight, our crew then advanced to 18th place in two wheel drive and 7th in Clio R3 in 9'35 "behind the leader, Pierre Campana. As a reminder, Eric and Gaëtan lost 9'37 "on SS1 ...
Gaëtan: " Everything worked fine on the ES3 and we went on a good rhythm so it paid off with a scratch time. Time lump SS4 we award the best time because the organizers have also decided to keep the gap has special earlier. So tonight we are within two seconds of delay with all that time granted because of the defective hose in the 1. Well it is clear that there is enough food for regret but it is part of the game and we are already looking toward next steps. At the regular it will be difficult to go for the win but the rally is still long and our competitors are not immune from a fault or problem. So we continued in a good rhythm to move up in rank and stay on the lookout . "
Monte Carlo Rally Championship 2011
IRC - Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Dates: 19 / January 22 2011 l Site: www.acm.mc and www. irc series.com Contact: Julien Houwenaghel (Ergo)
Channel: www.eric-mauffrey.com - http://leblogergo.blogspot.com/
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