After a year's break, the French FFSA Rally Team returns in 2025 with three very promising new crews: Léo Rossel / Guillaume Mercoiret, Sarah Rumeau / Julie Amblard and Pablo Sarrazin / Geoffrey Combe.
After an intensive training course in Val Thorens, supervised by the FFSA a few weeks ago, our French rally hopefuls are ready to start their season and participate in the inaugural round of the 2025 World Rally Championship: the emblematic Monte-Rally event. Squidward.
The opportunity for our three crews, entered in WRC2, to discover for the first time the tracks of a WRC round and to confront the many challenges of this very unique rally.
The reigning French Rally Champions, Léo Rossel and Guillaume Mercoiret, are moving to the international level and will continue to refine their performance aboard the Citroën C3 Rally2, a car that they now master perfectly.
Sarah Rumeau and Julie Amblard, the first female crew to join the French FFSA Rally Team, change their vehicle and go from the Ford Fiesta to the Citroën C3 Rally2. The three-time French Women's Rally Champions want to gain experience at international level.
Pablo Sarrazin and Geoffrey Combe, the youngest members of the federal collective, will have the main objective of learning and gaining experience on a new playing field, also behind the wheel of the Citroën C3 Rally2.
Pierre Ragues, Captain of the French FFSA Rally 2025 Team:
« We are very proud to see our young drivers take the start of this legendary rally. They will discover many things and have to face complicated and changing weather conditions. Our main goal is that they can complete this event to gain valuable experience in order to progress on the international stage. »
Léo Rossel / Guillaume Mercoiret
Citroën C3 Rally2 – Team PH Sport
« The feeling is pretty good, I'm very happy to be here, it's really a dream to take part in a WRC round. The challenge will be enormous and very high. I think we have to approach this rally with the awareness that it's going to be very tough. There are lots of conditions which will be very different and which I will discover. It’s amazing to share this with my brother! When we were little, we never imagined we would both be at this level, together on the same team. It's a dream for both of us. »
Sarah Rumeau / Julie Amblard
Citroën C3 Rally2 – Team Sarrazin Motorsport Iron Ladies
« Very happy to be here. We are tackling a real Monte-Carlo rally. I'm here to discover all the special stages and finish my rally, that's my goal! I also want to progress in my perception of the conditions, and I won't forget to have a lot of fun, because it's really an incredible opportunity to be here with the Iron Dames colors, under the Sarrazin Motorsport structure. I'm going to make the most of it. I have no pressure, I just want to express myself as I know how, even in delicate conditions. Not making mistakes is the goal! »
Pablo Sarrazin / Geoffrey Combe
Citroën C3 Rally2 – Team Sarrazin Motorsport Iron Lynx
«That's it, we are finally in Monaco for the start of this legendary rally. I feel very comfortable, I can't wait to start. Three stages await us with very difficult conditions so the goal is really to finish the first stage and be well placed for tomorrow. We're going to have fun. »
The program – Monte-Carlo Rally 2025
Thursday January 23, 2025 – 54.16 km
6:05 p.m. – SS1: Digne-les-Bains / Chaudon-Norante – 19.01 km
7.53pm – ES2: Faucon-du-Caire / Bréziers – 21.18 km
-9:06 p.m. – SS3: Avançon / Notre-Dame-du-Laus – 13.97 km
Friday January 24, 2025 – 107.34 km
09h31 – ES4 : Saint-Maurice / Aubessagne – 18,68 km
10:34 a.m. – SS5: Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes / La Bâtie-Neuve – 16.68 km
11:42 a.m. – SS6: La Bréole / Quellenet – 18.31 km
15h23 – ES7 : Saint-Maurice / Aubessagne – 18,68 km
4:26 p.m. – SS8: Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes / La Bâtie-Neuve – 16.68 km
5:34 p.m. – SS9: La Bréole / Quellenet – 18.31 km
Saturday January 25, 2025 – 132.10 km
08:59 – SS10: La Motte-Chalancon / Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert – 27 km
10h05 – ES11: Aucelon / Recoubeau-Jansac – 20.85 km
11:08 a.m. – SS12: La Bâtie-des-Fonts / Aspremont – 17.85 km
2:59 p.m. – SS13: La Motte-Chalancon / Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert – 27 km
16h05 – ES14: Aucelon / Recoubeau-Jansac – 20.85 km
5:08 p.m. – SS15: La Bâtie-des-Fonts / Aspremont – 17.85 km
Sunday January 26, 2025 – 51.88 km
06:39 – SS16: Avançon / Notre-Dame-du-Laus – 13.97 km
08:32 – SS17: Dignes-les-Bains / Chaudon-Norante – 19.01 km
12h15 – ES18: La Bollene-Vesubie / Peira-Cava – 17.92 km
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