YOANN LAMBERT WINS A BATTLE OF ATTRITION ON RALLYE ANTIBES CÔTE D’AZUR

Yoann Lambert then managed his lead and pace to clinchhis maiden victory on his Alpine Elf Rally Trophy debut with an almost one hourlead over Bertrand Fassio. Yoann Lambert is now level on points with CyrilRaymond atop the general classification. Bertrand Fassio is the new leaderamong the Gentlemen.

Meanwhile,Alpine excelled under the impetus of Cédric Robert and reigning Alpine ElfRally Trophy title winner Julien Saunier. Consistently in the top fivethroughout the rally, the two drivers confirmed the potential of theSignatech-designed model and avoided all the pitfalls. Cédric Robert even tookthird place at the finish in the last few kilometres, thus winning thetwo-wheel drive category ahead of Julien Saunier and Philippe Baffoun on anall-Alpine podium.

The next round of the Alpine Elf Rally Trophy willtake the competitors to Rallye Aveyron Rouergue Occitanie (7-9 July) tocomplete the first half of a season highly unpredictable!

Yoann Lambert: "Wedidn't think we would do so well when we started on Friday. We certainly tookadvantage of our rivals' bad luck, but we were consistent and avoided trouble.It paid off, and I am extremely pleased with this win. We had never achievedsuch a result, even in other brand cups. It's great to win the trophy andfinish 19th overall. The Alpine A110 Rally was simply fabulous. I still needmore seat time to get the most out of it, but I'll try to come back now thatI'm leading the general classification!"

Classification

1. Yoann Lambert-PatrickTherry 2h33:13.6s2. BertrandFassio-Philippe Eustaquio +54:42.5s

DNF. CyrilRaymond-Valentin Salmon

DNF. AlexandreVernazza-Thomas De Campou

DNF.Grégory Fontalba-Stéphan Hermet

General classification

1. Cyril Raymond& Yoann Lambert 20 points

3. GrégoryFontalba & Bertrand Fassio 15 points

5. Fabrice Bect12 points

6. Raphaël Marry10 points

7. Guy Bertrand8 points

About Alpine

Founded in 1955 by Jean Rédélé, the brand has setitself apart with its French-style sports cars. In 2018, the brand presents thenew A110, a sports car faithful to Alpine’s timeless principles of compactness,lightness, agility and driving pleasure. In 2021, the Alpine Business Unit iscreated. It thus becomes the brand dedicated to innovative, authentic,exclusive sportscars of Renault Group, benefiting from the heritage andcraftsmanship of its historic plant in Dieppe, as well as the engineeringmastery from Alpine Racing and Alpine Cars teams.

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