Historic Tour Dijon | Film of the weekend

On this first weekend of April, the Dijon-Prenois circuit, as usual, hosted the first round of the French Historic Circuit Championship. The weekend featured 24 races in 12 separate grids, including two foreign guest grids: the Westfield Cup and the Ferrari Club Deutschland. In all, almost 300 drivers at the wheel of 280 cars battled it out in June sunshine on the Burgundy track.

In six weeks' time, the second round of the French Historic Circuit Championship will take place at Lédenon on 16, 17 and 18 May.

THE WEEKEND IN FIGURES

24: the number of races contested.

280: the number of drivers entered in the races.

3,000: the number of spectators who turned out for the event.

5: the number of races run by foreign support teams

FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE

After an opening round in June-like weather conditions, the drivers went head-to-head in their respective double-headers (with the exception of the 200km) and fought their first battles in the race for the French Championship.

In the Single-Seater/Protos category, three men achieved a clear round this weekend: François Belle (Formula Ford Historic), Pierre Boite (Formula Renault Historic & Classic) and Louis Kolly (Proto Classic). They share first place in the standings with 80 points each.

In the Pre-90 GT/Tourism category, three drivers scored a double and jointly lead the standings: Philippe Gandini (Maxi 1300 Series), Laurent Hofmann (Maxi 2L Classic) and Olivier Dusailly (Racing Over 2L).

In the post-90s GT/Tourism category, Patrick Delannoy is alone in the lead with 75 points, thanks to a second place in race 1 and a victory in race 2 in GT Classic. He is ahead of three runners-up with 70 points each: Yannick Blanc (Roadster Pro Cup), winner in Race 1 and third the following day; Julien Nougaret (Roadster Pro Cup), twice second; and Gaël Grandpierre, third in Race 1 and winner in Race 2 in the Youngtimers GTi Cup.

Finally, in the Historic Endurance category, the traditional 200km Historic Tour race saw Jean-Pierre Destombes win at the wheel of his Peugeot 905 Spider. He beat the Christian Danne/Julien Grenet duo and Jean-Michel Guermonprez.

THE WEEKEND'S PODIUMS

GT Classic Trophy 

Race 1: 1. Sébastien MATHIEU, 2. Patrick DELANNOY, 3. Manfredo ROSSI DI MONTELERA

Race 2: 1. Patrick DELANNOY, 2. Manfredo ROSSI DI MONTELERA, 3. Christian DANNE

Formula Ford Kent Trophy 

Race 1: 1. Axel CASTILLOU, 2. Arnaud DOUSSE, 3. Matthieu BOISSIERE

Race 2: 1. Maxime LEBRETON, 2. Manfredo ROSSI DI MONTELERA, 3. Mathieu BOISSIERE

FRenault Historic & Classic Trophy 

Race 1: 1. Pierre BOITE, 2. Benoit BAGUR

Race 2: 1. Pierre BOITE, 2. Benoit BAGUR

Maxi 1300 Series

Race 1: 1. Philippe GANDINI, 2. Jean-Pierre EYNARD MACHET, 3. François POUILLON

Race 2: 1. Philippe GANDINI, 2. François POUILLON, 3. Laurent PUGET

Maxi 2L Classic 

Race 1: 1. Laurent HOFFMAN, 2. Alain LAGACHE, 3. Jean-Marc BREUGNOT 

Race 2: 1. Laurent HOFFMAN, 2. Alain LAGACHE, 3. Jean-Marc BREUGNOT

Youngtimers GTI Cup

Race 1: 1. Fabien AUMARD, 2. Frédéric CHAULAN, 3. Gael GRANDPIERRE

Race 2: 1. Gael GRANDPIERRE, 2. Florent AUMARD, 3. Frédéric CHAULAN

Formula Ford Historic Challenge

Race 1: 1. François BELLE, 2. Jean DIONISOTTI, 3. Alan CROCKER

Race 2: 1. François BELLE, 2. Xavier MICHEL, 3. Jonathan DEVAUX

Lotus Trophy 

Race 1: 1. Florent CAZALOT, 2. Dominique VULLIEZ, 3. Xavier JACQUET

Race 2: 1. Dominique VULLIEZ, 2. Florent CAZALOT, 3. Xavier JACQUET

Racing Over 2L

Race 1: 1. Olivier DUSAILLY, 2. Sylvain REIGNIER, 3. Marc CARLIN

Race 2: 1. Olivier DUSAILLY, 2. Sylvain REIGNIER, 3. Eric LEBRETON

Proto Historic & Classic 

Race 1: 1. Louis KOLLY, 2. Bernard GARSOU

Race 2: 1. Louis KOLLY, 2. Patrick FERRIER, 3. Bernard GARSOU

Roadster Pro Cup

Race 1: 1. Yannick BLANC, 2. Julien NOUGARET, 3. Franck SCHIKOWSKI

Race 2: 1. Ludovic BELLIONATO, 2. Julien NOUGARET, 3. Yannick BLANC

200 KM de l'Historic Tour 

Race: 1. Jean-Pierre DESTOMBES, 2. DANNE/GRENET, 3. Jean-Michel GUERMONPREZ

Saloon Cars Trophy (support grid)

Race 1: 1. Fabrice LEFEBVRE, 2. Guy FASTRES, 3. Thierry CUYNET

Race 2: 1. Fabrice LEFEBVRE, 2. Thierry CUYNET, 3. Didier SAMSON

Superberline 2.0L (guest)

Race 1: 1. Paul SANTOS, 2. Pierre-Adrien FERRY, 3. Philippe GOSSET

Race 2: 1. Philippe GOSSET, 2. Paul SANTOS, 3. Rémi COUVREUR

Ferrari Club Deutschland (guest)

Race 1: 1. Bjorn GROSSMANN, 2. Holger HARMSEN, 3. Roger TORNBOM

Race 2: 1. Roger TORNBOM, 2. Andreas FELBINGER-FORSTER, 3. Frank SCHEELEN

Westfield Cup (guest)

Race 1: 1. Guus HELING, 2. Eric SLIPHORST, 3. Peter TUNISSEN

Race 2: 1. Guus HELING, 2. Jan FRENSCH, 3. Peter TUNISSEN

Race 3: 1. Guus HELING, 2. Eric SLIPHORST, 3. Peter TUNISSEN

CONTINUATION

Round 2: Historic Tour Lédenon, 16, 17 & 18 May.

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