Historic Tour Val de Vienne | Film of the week-end

For its fourth round of the season, the Historic Tour set up in Vienne, at the Val de Vienne circuit. A weekend driven by 18 races divided across 9 distinct grids. In total, nearly 220 drivers, behind the wheel of 200 cars, battled it out on this track in weather conditions that alternated between summer and autumn.
In a month’s time, the fifth and final stage of the French Historic Circuit Championship will take place at the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit on October 17, 18, and 19.

THE WEEKEND IN NUMBERS

• 18: number of races contested.

• 220: number of drivers entered.

• 19.044: number of seconds between the top two finishers in the 200 KM of the Historic Tour.

• 38: number of entrants in the Lotus Trophy.

• 0.986: gap in seconds between the top three in Race 1 of the Roadster Pro Cup.

THE FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE
With the final round of the French Circuit Championship just four weeks away, the Historic Tour drivers played their penultimate cards this weekend in western France. Where do things stand in the championship’s four categories?

In the Single-Seaters/Prototypes category, François Belle (Formula Ford Historic) holds onto the lead with 305 points, but loses ground to Axel Castillou (Formula Ford Kent), after finishing second in Race 1 and third in Race 2. Castillou, winner of Race 1 and second in Race 2, now totals 265 points. Mathieu Boissière follows closely on the same grid with 254 points.

In GT/Touring Pre-90, Alain Lagache (Maxi 2L) remains at the top of the standings after two wins this weekend. He now has 295 points, 33 ahead of Dominique Vulliez (Lotus Trophy) with 262. Nicolas Beloou, also competing in the Lotus Trophy, climbed onto the podium with 249 points thanks to a second place in Race 1 and a victory in Race 2.

In GT/Touring Post-90, Yannick Blanc takes over the lead with 282 points, just one ahead of Frédéric Chaulan (Youngtimers GTi Cup), thanks to his win in Race 1 of the Roadster Pro Cup and fourth place in Race 2. Julien Nougaret (Roadster Pro Cup) holds onto third place with 254 points.

Finally, in Historic Endurance, Sébastien Mathieu broke away at the top after a spectacular victory in the 200 km of the Historic Tour Val de Vienne. He now totals 141 points, 25 more than Jean-Pierre Destombes, who staged a strong comeback after an incident in the first corner forced him to restart from the back of the grid. In third place, a new duo joined the podium: Julien Grenet and Christian Danne, with 106 points.

WEEKEND PODIUMS

GT Classic Trophy
Race 1: 1. Christian DANNE, 2. Patrick DELANNOY, 3. Jean-François BESSON
Race 2: 1. Patrick DELANNOY, 2. Christian DANNE, 3. Jean-François BESSON

Formula Ford Kent Trophy
Race 1: 1. Axel CASTILLOU, 2. Mathieu BOISSIERE, 3. Christian VAGLIO-GIORS
Race 2: 1. Mathieu BOISSIERE, 2. Axel CASTILLOU, 3. Benjamin MONTEIRO

FRenault Historic & Classic Trophy
Race 1: 1. Mathieu MIDY, 2. Grégory SEGERS, 3. Jean-Charles MONNET
Race 2: 1. Mathieu MIDY, 2. Grégory SEGERS, 3. Jean-Charles MONNET

Maxi 1300 Series
Race 1: 1. Philippe GANDINI, 2. Jean-Pierre EYNARD MACHET, 3. Philippe AUBRUN
Race 2: 1. Jean-Pierre EYNARD MACHET, 2. Philippe GANDINI, 3. Philippe AUBRUN

Maxi 2L Classic
Race 1: 1. Alain LAGACHE, 2. Marc MATHAY, 3. Michel MORA
Race 2: 1. Alain LAGACHE

Youngtimers GTI Cup
Race 1: 1. Julien PIAU, 2. Florent AUMARD, 3. Gael GRANDPIERRE
Race 2: 1. Julien PIAU, 2. Gael GRANDPIERRE, 3. Vincent MOREAU

Formula Ford Historic Challenge
Race 1: 1. Christian VAGLIO-GIORS, 2. François BELLE, 3. Paul McMORRAN
Race 2: 1. Christian VAGLIO-GIORS, 2. Jonathan DEVAUX, 3. François BELLE

Lotus Trophy
Race 1: 1. Philippe KOENIG, 2. Nicolas BELOOU, 3. Xavier JACQUET
Race 2: 1. Nicolas BELOOU, 2. Dominique VULLIEZ, 3. Philippe KOENIG

Roadster Pro Cup
Race 1: 1. Yannick BLANC, 2. Olivier FORZANO, 3. Michael BLANC
Race 2: 1. Julien NOUGARET, 2. Michael BLANC, 3. Maxence REITZ

Proto Historic & Classic
Race 1: 1. Louis KOLLY, 2. Patrick FERRIER
Race 2: 1. Patrick FERRIER, 2. Michel LATESTE

Racing Over 2L
Race 1: 1. Jean-François BESSON, 2. Eric LEBRETON, 3. Marc CARLIN
Race 2: 1. Marc CARLIN, 2. Eric LEBRETON

200 KM of the Historic Tour
Race: 1. Sébastien MATHIEU, 2. MOREAU/QUAGLIOZZI, 3. MICHEL/VAGLIO-GIORS

Saloon Cars Trophy (support grid)
Race 1: 1. Vincent DELARCHE, 2. Mathieu RIGON, 3. Patrice FAURIE
Race 2: 1. Vincent DELARCHE, 2. Antoine RIGON, 3. Thierry CUYNET

Superberline 2.0L (guest)
Race 1: 1. Rémi COUVREUR, 2. Arthur FERRIERE, 3. Jean OLIVIER
Race 2: 1. Frédéric HEBETTE, 2. Rémi COUVREUR, 3. Adrien GIRARD

COMING UP
Round #5: The Historic Tour Magny-Cours, October 17–19.
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