Pierre-Louis Loubet - Nicolas Gilsoul - Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2023

91. Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2023

WRC #1 • WRC2 #1 • WRC2 Challenger #1 • WRC3 #1 • WRC Masters Cup #1

19. 1. – 22. 1. 2023, Monaco • Automobile Club de Monaco • asphalt - snow 325.02 km • total distance including road sections - 1534.79 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 La Bollène-Vésubie / Col de Turini 1 (15.12 km)	10:33.8	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	85.9 km/h 0.72 s/km	10:33.8	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"It was okay. For my first time in Turini at night, not so bad. We want to be at the end of tonight and this was a good first stage, not so far back from the other guys. Let's continue."
SS2 La Cabanette / Col de Castillon (24.90 km)	16:40.2	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	89.6 km/h 1.18 s/km	27:14.0	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"I think I was too careful in the difficult part. It's like that. We keep our minds on what we have to do and let's continue. It's not too bad, after two stages in the dark, to be at the end tonight."
2. leg
SS3 Roure / Roubion / Beuil 1 (18.33 km)	10:02.9	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	109.5 km/h 0.45 s/km	37:16.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"I feel good. The car was working very well but we had a bit of understeer unfortunately, which is not so good for the front tyres. We did a good stage."
SS4 Puget-Théniers / Saint-Antonin 1 (19.79 km)	11:55.8	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	99.5 km/h 0.56 s/km	49:12.7	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"Not an easy one. We had a puncture alarm on the dashboard so I backed off, but I think it was an okay stage."
SS5 Briançonnet / Entrevaux 1 (14.55 km)	10:02.6	43. 10. class RC1 43. WRC	86.9 km/h 6.32 s/km	59:15.3	9. 9. class RC1 9. WRC
Off road
no powersteering
"Under braking,the car wouldn't turn at all. I don't know."
SS6 Roure / Roubion / Beuil 2 (18.33 km)	12:25.2	57. 10. class RC1 57. WRC	88.6 km/h 8.51 s/km	1:11:40.5	18. 9. class RC1 18. WRC
no powersteering
"It's difficult but we have to manage to finish the stages and not give up. It's not easy."
SS7 Puget-Théniers / Saint-Antonin 2 (19.79 km)	15:23.0	61. 10. class RC1 61. WRC	77.2 km/h 11.33 s/km	1:27:03.5	26. 9. class RC1 26. WRC
"Still one to go. I have to go..."
SS8 Briançonnet / Entrevaux 2 (14.55 km)	11:09.7	54. 10. class RC1 54. WRC	78.2 km/h 11.39 s/km	1:38:13.2	29. 9. class RC1 29. WRC
"If you want to train to do something very hard, you should drive a car with no power steering. It's quite good!"
3. leg
SS9 Le Fugeret / Thorame-Haute 1 (16.80 km)	9:25.2	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	107.0 km/h 1.17 s/km	1:47:58.4 0:20	28. 9. class RC1 28. WRC
		Penalty 0:20 - Late (2 min) at TC
Hit a bridge, damaged rear right suspension, retired for a day
"It was icy..." Do you think you'll be able to fix it? "No."
SS10 Malijai / Puimichel 1 (17.31 km)	19:27.1 [N]	71. 10. class RC1 71. WRC	53.4 km/h 34.66 s/km	2:07:25.5 0:20 [SR]	45. 10. class RC1 45. WRC
SS11 Ubraye / Entrevaux 1 (21.78 km)	21:35.7 [N]	70. 10. class RC1 70. WRC	60.5 km/h 27.55 s/km	2:29:01.2 0:20 [SR]	54. 10. class RC1 54. WRC
SS12 Le Fugeret / Thorame-Haute 2 (16.80 km)	19:01.8 [N]	69. 10. class RC1 69. WRC	53.0 km/h 35.71 s/km	2:48:03.0 0:20 [SR]	61. 10. class RC1 61. WRC
SS13 Malijai / Puimichel 2 (17.31 km)	19:27.6 [N]	67. 10. class RC1 67. WRC	53.4 km/h 34.66 s/km	3:07:30.6 0:20 [SR]	61. 10. class RC1 61. WRC
SS14 Ubraye / Entrevaux 2 (21.78 km)	21:30.2 [N]	65. 10. class RC1 65. WRC	60.8 km/h 27.55 s/km	3:29:00.8 0:20 [SR]	61. 10. class RC1 61. WRC
4. leg
SS15 Lucéram / Lantosque 1 (18.82 km)	14:16.4	39. 10. class RC1 39. WRC	79.1 km/h 6.30 s/km	3:43:17.2 0:20 [SR]	60. 10. class RC1 60. WRC
"We drove very slowly to keep the tyres for the power stage. We don't have any handbrake but we will try to do our best. I think we will have to reverse in the Turini at least one time for sure."
SS16 La Bollène-Vésubie / Col de Turini 2 (15.12 km)	10:15.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	88.4 km/h 0.45 s/km	3:53:32.9 0:20 [SR]	59. 10. class RC1 59. WRC
"We did a much better time [than on Thursday night] so let's see what we can do for the Power Stage. My engineer found this issue with the handbrake, so good job to him."
SS17 Lucéram / Lantosque 2 (18.82 km)	Mechanical
Mechanical on road section

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