Monte Carlo Rally for alternative drives
The Monte Carlo Rally for alternative drives ( French original title: Rallye Monte-Carlo des Énergies Nouvelles et Électriques ) is a rally event held by the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM). All vehicle classes with a wide variety of drive systems are permitted ; the starting condition in 2011 was calculated CO 2 emissions of less than 115 g / km. It starts as a classic rally and then, like the Monte , mainly takes place in the Maritime Alps of the French hinterland. The race is counted as a run of the FIA Cup for alternative energies .
Routing and characteristics
In 2011, 108 vehicles set off for Monaco in Lugano , Switzerland , as well as in Clermont-Ferrand and Annecy-le-Vieux in France . On the last stage just before Monte Carlo, 12 electric vehicles were added. A “night of long knives” is also planned for the alternative rally , with the regularity test starting in Valence in 2011 .
The rating is a mixture of fuel-saving and rally rating; excessive consumption is punished with penalty points.
history
The Monte Carlo Rally is considered "the mother" of today's rally sport . Its beginnings are generally dated to the first edition of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1911. As a forerunner of today's alternative rally, the "Rallye Monte Carlo for electric vehicles " started in 1995 and in 2005 the "Rallye Monte Carlo for fuel cells and hybrid drives " . In 2007, the different classes were united for the first time under the title “Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energy Nouvelles et Electric” .
winner
In 2010 and 2011, the former French Formula 1 driver Érik Comas and his co-driver Sébastien Chol won in a Tesla Roadster .
Overall winner
| year | driver | Co-driver | vehicle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |
 Marco Modena |
Giuseppe Invernizzi | Toyota Prius |
| 2010 |
 Érik Comas
|
Sébastien Chol | Tesla Roadster |
| 2011 |
Érik Comas |
Sébastien Chol | Tesla Roadster 2 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tesla wins the Monte Carlo Rally , auto-motor-sport.de on April 27, 2010, accessed on November 30, 2011.
- ^ Results of the 5th Monte Carlo Rally for cars with alternative drives , Grüneautos.com of April 7, 2011, accessed on November 30, 2011.
- ↑ Ökorallye the Principality , Spiegel-Online.de of 7 April 2011, accessed November 30, 2011th
- ↑ 13th Rallye Monte-Carlo des Énergies Nouvelles et Électrique - Historique ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ACM homepage (in French), accessed on December 1, 2011.
