To end on a very good note – the New Republic

Pierre Roché will, in the Var, the opportunity to lock his place on the podium of the championship of France. And to win the trophy Michelin.

Pierre has fangs… And to hear John Galpin, he is not the only one. Due to the cancellation of the rallye des Cévennes, which will return all the same the next year, the Team FJ and Pierre Roché no longer have start a round of the championship of France since the 1^st September at Mont-Blanc. An eternity…

Then, before joining the Var to close the season, the driver of the loire valley to get back in the pace participant, this weekend, at the rally of the Indre that he has quietly won alongside her mother, Martine, back in a bucket seat after the accident the pair at the rallye du Rouergue.

Has half a point of second place

” We wanted Peter to be back in the bath, ” says John Galpin, the manager of the Team FJ. But also that Martine is reassured. It still suffers a little, but it’s going to go. What is paradoxical is that it has more evil in the recognition that during the race. But in the head, it does not loose anything. It is the most passionate of the family Rock. In any case, it gives us a beautiful demonstration of courage. “That would surely be a nice reward, Sunday, at the end of the seventh and last round of the championship of France.
Mother and son have the opportunity to afford it by winning a particular trophy Michelin. ” A championship within the championship “, which excludes cars, WRC, and allows the winner to win a dowry substantial. A beautiful goal for the loire valley, which occupies the second position of the standings with only three points of the leader, Frédéric Raynal.
But that should not make him forget t hat he still has a place on the podium of the championship of France rallies to lock, or even a small rank scratch. If Sylvain Michel is already assured of the title, Stone, Rock, third, can still worry about David Salanon, who is ahead by half a point. A small difference that the driver of the Indre-and-Loire will seek to fill this weekend. ” This is going to depend on Salanon, announces John Galpin. We are expecting a big fight even if it will be very complicated to hang a top 5 in the light of the pilots present on this round. There will, of course, Sylvain Michel, but also Stéphane Lefebvre, a professional driver with a car factory Citroen that will be untouchable and Romain Dumas, driver of endurance in a Porsche, the winner of the last 24 Hours of le Mans. The plateau is very high. But Peter knows very well the roads. He rolls often there and the like. If he manages to win the Trophy in the Michelin guide and to finish second in the driver standings, th is will be a box full. “

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