HISTORIC TOUR ALBI - SATURDAY

A DAY IN FIGURES

6: the Historic Tour stops in Albi for the sixth year running.

9: the number of races contested on Saturday. 

3.565 km: the length of the Le Séquestre circuit. 

203: the number of drivers competing.

8: the number of nationalities represented. 

32: the number of cars in the largest field: GT Classic + Saloon Cars + Youngtimers GTI Cup.

0.062: the smallest gap on the day between a winner and the next closest competitor: Lotus Trophy.

90 minutes: the duration of the "200 km Historic Tour" endurance race organised at the end of the day.

THE DAY'S PODIUMS

Lotus Trophy: 1 Dominique VULLIEZ, 2 Xavier JACQUET, 3 Florent CAZALOT

GT Classic Trophy: 1 Jean-Pascal ROCHE, 2 Philippe RAFFIN, 3 Jean-Pierre GAILLARD

Saloon Cars Trophy: 1 Grégory YVETOT, 2 Fabrice LEFEBVRE, 3 Christian DANNE

Youngtimers GTI Cup: 1 Julien PIAU, 2 Vincent MOREAU, 3 Jean-François GIMONET

Formula Ford Historic Challenge: 1 François BELLE, 2 Gislain GENECAND, 3 Didier COLOMBAT

Formula Ford Kent Trophy: 1. Matthieu MIDY, 2. Arnaud DOUSSE, 3. Gislain GENECAND

Racing Over 2L: 1 Emmanuel BRIGAND, 2 Jean-Jacques RENAUT, 3 Olivier DUSAILLY 

F3 Classic Trophy: 1 Matthieu CHATEAUX, 2 Frédéric LAJOUX, 3 Eric MARTIN 

Formula Renault Classic Trophy: 1 Antoine ROBERT, 2 Lionel ROBERT, 3 Jean-Charles MONNET

SportProtosCup: 1 Stéphane NGUYEN, 2 Josserand DE MURARD, 3 Jean-Michel VILLOT

Maxi 2L Classic: 1 Jean-Pierre RICHELMI, 2 Antoine BENNE, 3 Maxime TOUCHET

Maxi 1300 Series: 1. Philippe GANDINI, 2. Jean Yves LOUPIAC, 3. François POUILLON

The two Roadster Pro Cup races take place on Sunday. On Saturday, Laurent FRESNAIS was fastest in qualifying with a time of 1'47.078, just 30 thousandths of a second ahead of Eric HELARY.

UPDATE ON THE FRANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Among Saturday's winners, Julien PIAU, Matthieu MIDY, Antoine ROBERT and Philippe GANDINI were the best performers in the French Historic Circuit Championship. Winners of the Youngtimers GTI Cup, Formula Ford Kent Trophy, Formula Renault Classic Trophy and Maxi 1300 Series respectively, as they had already done twice at Dijon-Prenois, the three men ended the day with their unbeaten record intact. Frédéric LAJOUX, who was beaten (just) in the F3 Classic, has now lost that status. 

THEY SAID

Matthieu MIDY, winner of the Formula Ford Kent: Same scenario as in Dijon, but I was lucky enough to have had a battle between Gislain GENECAND and Arnaud DOUSSE, which allowed me to open up a gap and manage my race. 

Philippe GANDINI, winner of the Maxi 1300 Series: I'm happy to have made it a hat-trick and to be leading the GT/Tourisme Pré 90 championship, as well as having a great battle on track with the Lotus Elans. 

Julien PIAU, winner of the Youngtimers GTI Cup: A very good race, a great, intense battle despite gearbox problems due to the heat. It was a real pleasure to be there with such a super organisation!

200 km Historic Tour: 

This season's 200km takes on a new dimension with the creation of the new French Historic Endurance Championship. The format remains unchanged: 1 hour 30 minutes of racing with two compulsory 2.30-minute stops for refuelling and driver changes - or not, as some crews, such as cars 73 and 43, which finished second and third respectively, had a single driver on board.

TO FOLLOW ON SUNDAY 

10 other races, from 8.40 am to 11.50 am and from 1.50 pm to 5.05 pm 

All the day's results can be found at: www.its-results.com