Tour De Corse

APRIL 6»9 Tour2017 2017 de Corse - 60TH EDITION The first ‘pure’ asphalt rally of the championship

THURSDAY, APRIL 6 83 entries 08:00-11:30am Shakedown Sorbo Ocagnano 5.40km FRIDAY, APRIL 7 (120.64KM) 8:15am Start Ajaccio 8:50am Tyre change (Porticcio) 1081,37km SS1 9:22am Pietrosella – Albitreccia 1 31.20km including 316.80km SS2 11:14am Plage du Liamone – Sarrota Carcopino 1 29.12km divided into 10 stages 1:39pm Tyre change (Porticcio) SS3 2:11pm Pietrosella – Albitreccia 2 31.20 km SS4 4:03pm Plage du Liamone – Sarrola-Carcopino 2 29.12km 8:23pm Regroup/Service (Bastia) TIMETABLE 9:18pm Finish Bastia SATURDAY, APRIL 8 (131.92KM) 8:00am Start Bastia 8:00am Regroup/Service (Bastia) SS5 9:10am La Porta – Valle di Rostino 1 48.71km SS6 10:47am Novella 1 17.25 km 1:47pm Regroup/Service (Bastia) SS7 3:12pm La Porta – Valle di Rostino 2 48.71km SS8 4:49pm Novella 2 17.25 km 7:29pm Regroup/Service, (Bastia) 8:24pm Finish, Bastia SUNDAY, APRIL 9 (64.20KM) 7:15am Start Bastia

SS9 8:58am Antisanti – Poggio di Nazza 53.78km SOURCE : WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO 11:35am Tyre change (Porto-Vecchio) SS10 12:08pm Porto-Vecchio – Palombaggia 10.42km 12:36pm Finish Porto-Vecchio

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 FORMAT Jacques Morelli Manager, WRC Programme, Michelin Motorsport The 2017 rally will visit Bastia, The Tour de Corse is the toughest asphalt round of the WRC and will be a big test Ajaccio and Porto Vecchio of the Michelin Pilot Sport H5 and S5 on the new-generation World Rally Cars. Thanks to our experience of these two tyres, and from what we saw during recent The event is being run just six testing in Corsica with our partners’ latest cars, we have every confidence in their months after last year’s Tour de competitiveness and resistance to wear. We will also have a new asphalt tyre for our WRC2 partners in Corsica, namely the Pilot Sport RH3 which delivers more Corse. The same calendar switch lateral grip than its predecessor. occurred in 2005/2006

The 2017 Tour de Corse features 2,000 Michelin tyres available for the 2017 Tour de Corse just 10 stages

wrc : Michelin Pilot Sport Chief characteristics Nicknamed the Rally of the 10,000 Corners, the Tour de Corse continues S5 H5 FW to feature twisty mountain stages (soft) (HARD) (full wet) but the island’s roads are tending to become wider, faster, smoother and less hard-wearing than before. Grip levels are also generally higher than 3 quota: up to 32 tyres from a total allocation of 32 H5s, 22 S5s and 8 FW3s in the past. The weather can be very changeable at this time of year.

MISCELLANEOUS MICHELIN The inaugural Tour de Corse in 1956 was won AND THE TOUR by Belgian lady Gilberte Thirion in a Renault Dauphine DE CORSE The most successful Tour de Corse drivers are Bernard Darniche (Five victories) and Didier Auriol (six victories) In 2012, Sébastien Loeb and Michelin won The Tour de Corse returned to the WRC calendar in 2015 after a six-year absence all 12 stages

Michelin has won the Tour de Corse 24 times since 1973

Michelin has won the Tour de Corse with rear-wheel drive, front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive cars  Michelin was won in Corsica with 15 different car models and 10 different manufacturers CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LASTEST VIDEOS FROM THE TOUR DE CORSE Michelin is introducing a new hard- compound tyre (Pilot Sport RH3) for its WRC2 partners

 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 1 OGIER Sébastien / INGRASSIA Julien FRA / FRA FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 2 TANAK Ott / JARVEOJA Martin EST / EST FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 3 EVANS Elfyn / BARRITT Daniel GBR / GBR FORD FIESTA WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC

# 4 PADDON Hayden / KENNARD John NZL / NZL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC

# 5 NEUVILLE Thierry / GILSOUL Nicolas BEL / BEL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC

Entry List # 6 SORDO Dani / MARTI Marc ESP / ESP HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC

# 7 MEEKE Kris / NAGLE Paul GBR / IRL CITROEN C3 WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC

# 8 BREEN Craig / MARTIN Scott IRL / GBR CITROEN C3 WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC

# 9 LEFEBVRE Stéphane / MOREAU Gabin FRA / FRA CITROEN C3 WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC

# 10 LATVALA Jari-Matti / ANTTILA Miikka FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC FLASHBACK # 11 HANNINEN Juho / LINDSTROM Kaj FIN / FIN TO 2016 TOYOTA YARIS WRC WINNER : ARMANDO PEREIRA WRC Sébastien Ogier/Julien # 81 PEREIRA Armando / TUTELAIRE Remi FRA / FRA Ingrassia (VW Polo R WRC) FORD FIESTA WRC STAGE WINNERS ALAIN VAUTHIER WRC Ogier 6 - Meeke 3 – Neuville Mikkelsen 1 # 82 VAUTHIER Alain / NOLLET Stevie FRA / FRA FORD FIESTA WRC RALLY LEADERS ES1 à 10 Ogier

 THE FULL ENTRY LIST HERE

 Drivers STANDINGS

Rally Monte-Carlo Sweden Mexico France Argentina Portugal Italia Poland Finland Germany Spain Great Britain Australia POINTS 19/01 > 22/01 9/02 > 12/02 9/03 > 12/03 6/04 > 9/04 27/04 > 30/04 18/05 > 21/05 8/06 > 11/06 29/06 > 2/07 27/07 > 30/07 17/08 > 20/08 5/10 > 8/10 26/10 > 29/10 16/11 > 19/11

25 15+4 18+4 1 Sébastien OGIER - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 66

18 25+5 8+2 2 Jari-Matti LATVALA - 2 - - 1 - - 6 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 58

15 18 12+3 3 Ott TANAK - 3 - - 2 - - 4 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 48

12+1 12 4+1 4 Dani SORDO - 4 - - 4 - - 8 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 30

5 3 15+5 5 Thierry NEUVILLE - 15 - - 13 - - 3 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 28

6 2 25 Kris MEEKE - R) - 12 - - 1 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 27

7 10 10 Craig BREEN - 5 - - 5 - - -) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 20

8 8+2 8 2 Elfyn EVANS - 6 - - 6 - - 9 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 20

9 6+1 10 Hayden PADDON - R) - 7 - - 5 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 17

10 2+4 4 Stéphane LEFEBVRE - 9 - - 8 - - 15 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 10

11 3 6 Juho HANNINEN - 16 - (-) - 7 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 9

12 6 Andreas MIKKELSEN - 7 - (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 6

WRC2 drivers 1. Pontus TIDEMAND 50 pts 2. Eric CAMILLI 42 pts 3. Andreas MIKKELSEN 25 pts 4. Jan KOPECKY 18 pts 5. Teemu SUNINEN 18 pts

Manufacturers 1. M-Sport World Rally Team 103 pts 2. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 67 pts 3. Hyundai Motorsport 65 pts 4. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 55 pts

 Michelin WRC range THE 2017 WRC 2017 season REGULATIONS

New- generation

ASPHALT TYRES : WINTRY World Rally michelin pILOT SPORT ASPHALT: Cars michelin ALPIN 4 More powerful (380hp), 25kg lighter, active

central differential, new

aerodynamic package

Start orders

H5 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Day 1 in 2017 Drivers’ Size : 20/65-18 Size : 20/65-18 Conditions: dry stages Conditions: wet, cold conditions non-studded championship order, then

reverse order of overnight

classification

Manufacturers can nominate up to three cars SS5 (super soft compound) FW3 (Full Wet) studded Size : 20/65-18 Size : 18/65-18 with the two best-placed cars Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, Conditions: showers, standing Size : 18/65-18 cold conditions water or heavy rain Conditions: ice and/or snow to score Manufacturer points.

points

1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points GRAVEL TYRES : SNOW/ICE TYRE : rd th michelin LTX FORCE michelin X-ICE 3 15 points • 4 , 12 points NORTH 5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points

7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points

9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point

Power Stage points

1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points H4 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Size : 17/65-15 Size : 17/65-15 X-Ice North 3 3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points Conditions: rough, rocky, Conditions: smooth, loose Size : 15/65-15 abrasive surfaces surfaces, mud Conditions: ice and/or snow 5th, 1 point.

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