2019
Michelin
2019
JANUARY 24»27 -
87 th RUNNING ORGANISED BY THE ACM (AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE MONACO)
-
2019 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1
84
entries
1366.43km including 323.83km divided into 16 stages
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 10:00am
Shakedown
4:00pm
Service, Gap
6:50pm
Start, Gap - Place Desmichels
41.35km 3.35km
7:38pm
SS1
La Bréole-Sélonnet
8:41pm
SS2
Avançon-Notre Dame du Laus
20.59km
Service, Gap
45 minutes
9:41pm 10:29pm
20.76km
Parc ferme, Gap FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
7:30am
125.12km
Service/Tyre change, Gap
18 minutes
9:11am
SS3
Valdrôme-Sigottier 1
20.04km
10:14am
SS4
Roussieux-Laborel 1
24.05km
11:37am
SS5
Curbens-Piégut 1
18.47km
Service/Tyre change, Gap
33 minutes
SS6
Valdrôme-Sigottier 2
20.04km
3:26pm
SS7
Roussieux-Laborel 2
24.05km
4:49pm
SS8
Curbens-Piégut 2
18.47km
5:44pm
Service, Gap
48 minutes
6:32pm
Parc ferme, Gap
12:27pm 2:23pm
7:37am
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26
93.38km
Service/Tyre change, Gap
18 minutes
8:48am
SS9
Agnières en Dévoluy-Corps 1
29.82km
10:06am
SS10
St Léger-les-Mélèzes-La Bâtie Neuve 1
16.87km
Service/Tyre change, Gap
33 minutes 29.82km
11:21am 12:47pm
SS11
Agnières en Dévoluy-Corps 2
2:08pm
SS12
St Léger-les-Mélèzes-La Bâtie Neuve 2
16.87km
Service, Gap
48 minutes
3:18pm 8:06pm
Parc ferme, Monaco
6:22am
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27
63.98km
Tyre Fitting Zone, Monaco
15 minutes
8:20am
SS13
La Bollène-Vésubie-Peira Cava 1
18.41km
9:08am
SS14
La Cabanette-Col de Braus 1
13.58km
10:55am
SS15
La Bollène-Vésubie-Peira Cava 2
18.41km
12:18pm
SS16
La Cabanette-Col de Braus 2 Power Stage
13.58km
1:58pm
Finish, Monaco
LOCAL TIME - SOURCE: WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE
GAP (FRANCE), MONACO
TIMETABLE
Rallye Monte-Carlo
“EVERY DRIVER DREAMS OF WINNING THIS UNIQUE EVENT ”
Arnaud Rémy, WRC Programme Manager, Michelin Motorsport
“After a short break, WRC action resumes with the opening round of the 2019 championship, the famous Rallye Monte-Carlo. Every driver dreams of winning this unique event which is undoubtedly the toughest of the year due to its highly changeable and varied conditions. On top of that, the night-time stages and wintry weather provide the perfect recipe for a spectacular and frequently dramatic week in the French Alps. For Michelin, too, this is an event apart. In addition to the technicians who work with our partner teams throughout the season and who play particularly key roles on this rally, we also run ice-note crews who cover the stages ahead of the competitors. Their mission is to collect up-todate information on the conditions with a view to helping the crews make their tyre choices.”
MICHELIN TYRES FOR THE 2019 RALLYE MONTE-CARLO
ASPHALT
michelin pILOT SPORT
Michelin has won the Rallye Monte-Carlo 27 times as a WRC round
S6
(soft)
SS6
(super soft)
Michelin Pilot Alpin
snow/ice
MICHELIN AND THE RALLYE MONTE-CARLO
Michelin Group tyres also won the event in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011 Michelin tyres have won more than half of the Rallye Monte-Carlo stages contested as a WRC round since 1973 Michelin has won the Rallye MonteCarlo as a WRC round with 13 different manufacturers
A4
non studded
Quota for WRC drivers: 43 tyres, including shakedown
from a total allocation of 80 tyres
A41
studded
Studded A41 tyres 3 Maximum stud protrusion: 2mm 3 Maximum stud weight: 2g
Michelin has notched up 81 podium finishes on the Rallye Monte-Carlo as a WRC round Michelin has claimed one-two-three Rallye Monte-Carlo finishes with five manufacturers: Alpine, Audi, Lancia, Citroën and VW
3N umber of studs: approximately 200 (10 studs per 10cm of tread, with a 47mm circumferential gap between the 2 rows)
3S tudded tyres not permitted in parc ferme
Nine French drivers have won the Rallye Monte-Carlo as a WRC round, all on Michelin tyres
2019
FLASHBACK TO 2018
format WINNERS: Sébastien Ogier/ Julien Ingrassia (Ford Fiesta RS WRC/Michelin)
40% of the route modified compared with 2018 The start venue has changed from Monte Carlo’s Casino Square to Gap’s city centre SS1, SS2 and SS3/6 are new SS4/7 has been modified SS5/8 hasn’t been used since the Noughties SS9/11, SS10/12, SS13/15 and SS14/16 are identical to 2018
STAGE WINNERS: Neuville (5), Ogier and Tanak (4), Evans (2), Meeke and Mikkelsen (1) RALLY LEADER: Ogier (SS1-finish) 3 S ébastien Ogier’s fifth straight Rallye Monte-Carlo victory (a record) 3 T wo Michelin-equipped Toyota Yaris WRCs in the top three (Tänak and Latvala) 3M any crews lost time on SS1’s icy Col de Fontbelle
Competitors will drive the 245km from Gap to Monaco as a road section on Saturday afternoon
3V aried, tricky conditions (ice, rain, snow, dry asphalt, wet asphalt, etc.) 3W RC2 victory for Skoda/Michelin
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RALLYE MONTE-CARLO TRIVIA The Rallye Monte-Carlo is world rallying’s longest-surviving event Like the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Rallye Monte-Carlo is celebrating its 87th running this year The inaugural Rallye Monte-Carlo was organised the same year as the Indianapolis 500 The first Rallye Monte-Carlo (1911) was won by Henri Rougier driving a Turcat-Mery 25 HP The 1973 Rallye Monte-Carlo was the opening round of the newly-created World Rally Championship This year is the 42nd time that the Rallye Monte-Carlo is a WRC qualifier The Rallye Monte-Carlo’s most successful driver is Sébastien Loeb (seven wins) Sébastien Ogier holds the record for the highest number of straight Rallye Monte-Carlo wins (five) Gap is hosting the Rallye Monte-Carlo for the sixth year in a row Rallye Monte-Carlo prize-winners attend a post-event gala dinner at the Sporting Monte-Carlo
RALLYE MONTE-CARLO INFORMATION Monte Carlo is one of the Principality of Monaco’s nine districts. The 2019 rally visits five French ‘departments’: Hautes-Alpes, Drôme, Isère, Alpes de Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes The route passes through several French regions that are popular with tourists: Massif des Ecrins, Parc National du Mercantour, Lac de Serre-Ponçon, Durance Valley, etc. Saturday’s stages pass through the Dévoluy and Champsaur regions which are famous for skiing Gap is situated on the historic Route Napoléon which Napoléon I travelled along in 1815 on his return from exile on the island of Elba Gap (population: 40,000) sits at an altitude of 760 metres, making it France’s highest ‘departmental’ capital Gap is a popular location for sports like skiing, cycling, ice hockey and climbing. It was named France’s ‘sportiest’ town of 2013
MICHELIN GREEN GUIDE The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region stretches from the Rhône Valley to the Italian border and from the Alps to the Mediterranean. It is a natural magnet for tourists and Michelin’s Green Guide for Provence is the ideal companion for exploring this wonderful part of France.
Maiden Monte success for Mäkinen and Mitsubishi/Michelin It was 20 years ago that Finn Tommi Mäkinen claimed the first of his four Rallye Monte Carlo victories to provide Mitsubishi with its first win in the Principality after a particularly punishing event. The 67th Rallye Monte-Carlo kicked off with the awesome Plan de Vitrolle-Faye stage (48.28km) where the icebound Col d’Espreaux caught out numerous competitors, and even some ice-note crews. Victims included Freddy Loix, Carlos Sainz and Armin Schwarz, while Colin McRae, François Delecour, Richard Burns, Didier Auriol and Simon Jean-Joseph all squandered several minutes on the test. After a long wait, the first car to show at the Stop Control was Mäkinen’s Mitsubishi which was fitted with studded Michelin tyres. The Finn skilfully steered clear of trouble to beat privateer Gilles Panizzi (Subaru Impreza WRC/Michelin) by more than a minute. The Frenchman kept pressure on the Mitsubishi factory driver for most of the event until his elimination following a big crash on the Col de Turini, very close to his home. Tommi Mäkinen went on to win the Rallye Monte-Carlo for the first time, ahead of compatriot Juha Kankkunen (Subaru) and the defending world champion Didier Auriol (Toyota). Three different makes finished on the podium.
Entry List
# 1
CITROEN TOTAL WRT OGIER Sébastien (FRA)
6
6 times World Champion
# 3
INGRASSIA Julien (FRA)
# 10 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC
CITROEN C3 WRC
LATVALA Jari-Matti (FIN)
M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM SUNINEN Teemu (FIN)
SALMINEN Marko (FIN)
TOYOTA YARIS WRC
# 11 HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WRT
FORD FIESTA WRC
# 4
NEUVILLE Thierry (BEL)
CITROEN TOTAL WRT LAPPI Esapekka (FIN)
HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC
(FIN)
# 19 HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WRT LOEB Sébastien (FRA)
# 5 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT 9
MARSHALL Sébastien (GBR)
# 33
M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM TIDEMAND Pontus (SWE)
M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD FIESTA WRC
# 8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC TANAK Ott (EST)
MARTIN Scott
EVANS Elfyn (GBR)
(GBR)
FORD FIESTA WRC
FLOENE Ola (NOR)
JARVEOJA Martin (EST)
ELENA Daniel (MCO)
HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC
9 times World Champion
TOYOTA YARIS WRC
# 7
GILSOUL Nicolas (BEL)
FERM Janne CITROEN C3 WRC
MEEKE Kris (GBR)
ANTTILA Miikka (FIN)
# 89 HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WRT MIKKELSEN Andreas (NOR)
JAEGER Anders (NOR)
HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC
TOYOTA YARIS WRC
THE FULL ENTRY LIST HERE
THE 2019 WRC CALENDAR 1
Rallye Monte-Carlo,
(Monaco), asphalt/snow-ice, January 24-27
2 Rally Sweden, January 24-27
Snow
3 Rally Guanajuato Mexico, February 14-17
Gravel
4 Tour de Corse, March 7-10
(France), asphalt
5 YPF Rally Argentina, April 25-28
Gravel 6 Rally Chile
May 9-12
Gravel 7
Vodafone Rally de Portugal, May 30-June 2
Gravel
8 Rally Italia-Sardegna June 13-16
(Italy), gravel,
9 Neste Rally Finland, August 1-4
Gravel 10 ADAC Rallye Deutschland, (Germany), asphalt
August 22-25
11 Marmaris Rally Turkey Gravel
September 12-15
12 Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, Gravel
October 3-6
13 RallyRACC Catalunya Rally de Espana, (Spain), gravel/asphalt,
October 24-27
14 Kennards Hire Rally Australia, Gravel
November 14-17
THE 2019 WRC REGULATIONS Start orders
points
Day 1 in 2018 Drivers’
1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points
championship order, then
3rd 15 points • 4th, 12 points
reverse order of overnight
5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points
classification
7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points
Manufacturers
9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point
can nominate up to three
Power Stage
cars
points
with the two best-placed
1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points
cars to score Manufacturer
3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points
points.
5th, 1 point.
Michelin WRC range
2019 season ASPHALT TYRES: michelin pILOT SPORT
WINTRY ASPHALT: Michelin Pilot Alpin A4
WRC TYRE REGULATIONS ✓✓The FIA has registered two different tyre manufactures for the 2019 WRC: Michelin and Pirelli ✓✓Car manufacturers must register the tyre brand they have chosen with the FIA ✓✓Only moulded tyres are authorised ✓✓Tyres must be identifiable by a barcode and RFID chip ✓✓Re-cutting or otherwise modifying the tread pattern is not permitted
H5 (hard compound)
S6 (soft compound)
Size: 20/65-18 Conditions: dry stages
Size: 20/65-18 Conditions: wet, cold conditions
✓✓Only marked tyres are allowed to be used on stages non-studded
✓✓Tyre pre-heating systems are prohibited ✓✓Cars may carry up to two spares ✓✓Tyres may only be inflated using air
SS6 (super soft compound)
FW3 (Full Wet)
Size: 20/65-18 Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, cold conditions
Size: 18/65-18 Conditions: showers, standing water or heavy rain
studded
Size: 18/65-18 Conditions: ice and/or snow
✓✓Only one type of dry-weather asphalt tyre (construction + pattern) and two compound options are authorised for the season (a third compound option is allowed for the Rallye Monte-Carlo) ✓✓Just one type of asphalt rain tyre is authorised
GRAVEL TYRES: michelin LTX FORCE
SNOW/ICE TYRE: michelin X-ICE NORTH
✓✓Only one type of gravel tyre (construction + tread pattern) and three compound options are authorised for the season (choice of two compounds per event) ✓✓A single type of snow/ice tyre (one compound only) to be fitted to 7x15-inch rims ✓✓A single ‘joker’ change is allowed per manufacturer in the course of the season
H4 (hard compound)
S5 (soft compound)
Size: 17/65-15 Conditions: rough, rocky, abrasive surfaces
Size: 17/65-15 Conditions: smooth, loose surfaces, mud
michelinmotorsport.com
X-Ice North 3
Size: 15/65-15 Conditions: ice and/or snow
✓✓Tyre quotas per event for Priority 1 drivers are calculated on the basis of five tyres per tyre-change opportunity plus four spares
Do you speak WRC? Special stage (SS)
Service park
Special stages (or just ‘stages’) take place
The service park (or service area) is a
on roads or tracks which are closed to
place where work is permitted on the
traffic and made secure for competitors
cars, including tyre changes. The time
and spectators. The length of these timed
spent in a service park can vary
tests – which can take place in daylight or
from 15 to 45 minutes.
at night – tend to vary from five to up to 80 kilometres.
Regroup ‘Regroups’ are holding zones which
Super-special
enable the organisers to include a pause
This is a short stage generally organised
in the timetable, before a service halt, for
in a town centre, especially for
example, or between two loops of stages.
An official road book is given to all
Work on the cars is not permitted.
competitors before the start of ‘recce’.
spectators. The intention is to take the sport to a wider audience and to organise promotional events at the same time. The times recorded count towards the official results. Power Stage On every round of the WRC, the last stage of every rally is known as the Power Stage. The drivers who post the five fastest times on this test are awarded five, four, three, two and one bonus points respectively. The stages are timed to the closest 1,000th of a second. Road section Road sections are the itinerary that crews
It provides a detailed description of the itinerary in the form of detailed
Parc ferme This is the zone where competing cars
illustrations
of
park up before the start of a rally and at
competitor
who
the end of each leg. Work on the cars is
follow the road book may be
not permitted.
disqualified.
junctions,
etc.
A
doesn’t
Recce
Time controls (TC) Crews must have their timecard stamped
Recce involves driving over the special
by marshals before and after each stage,
stages at slow speed at the wheel of
as well as into and out of service areas
road cars ahead of the rally, the aim
and regroups. These mandatory passage controls ensure that competitors comply
with
the
official
timetable.
must follow to get to the different stages. These roads are open to other users and
Road book
Shakedown
being to take turn-by-turn pace notes. Only two passes through each stage are authorised. Course cars (‘triple zero’, ‘double zero’ and ‘zero’) Course cars are safety cars which cover
competitors must comply with local traffic
A shakedown test is organised ahead of
the stages before the competitors. Their
legislation at all times. Road sections
all WRC events using a short section of a
mission is to warn spectators of the
must be covered in a time specified by the
sample road. This test usually takes place
imminent arrival of the cars. Course cars
organisers. Penalties are incurred for late
on the Thursday morning before the start.
bear the numbers ‘000’, ‘00’ and ‘0’ on
or early arrival at the next time control.
Each priority driver must complete at least
their doors. They pass between 30 and
The penalty for late arrival is 10 seconds
three passes. Should the car suffer damage
five minutes before the due time of the
per minute and the penalty for
or break down during this test, crews can
first competitor.
early arrival is one
still take part in the event if repairs are
minute per minute.
completed in time.