2019 Michelin

Rallye Monte-Carlo2019

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 41.35km GAP (), 10:00am Shakedown 3.35km 4:00pm Service, Gap JANUARY 6:50pm Start, Gap - Place Desmichels 24»27 7:38pm SS1 La Bréole-Sélonnet 20.76km - 8:41pm SS2 Avançon-Notre Dame du Laus 20.59km 87 th RUNNING 9:41pm Service, Gap 45 minutes 10:29pm Parc ferme, Gap ORGANISED BY THE ACM (AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE MONACO) FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 125.12km - 7:30am Service/Tyre change, Gap 18 minutes 2019 FIA WORLD RALLY 9:11am SS3 Valdrôme-Sigottier 1 20.04km TIMETABLE CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1 10:14am SS4 Roussieux-Laborel 1 24.05km 11:37am SS5 Curbens-Piégut 1 18.47km 12:27pm Service/Tyre change, Gap 33 minutes 84 2:23pm SS6 Valdrôme-Sigottier 2 20.04km 3:26pm SS7 Roussieux-Laborel 2 24.05km entries 4:49pm SS8 Curbens-Piégut 2 18.47km 5:44pm Service, Gap 48 minutes 1366.43km 6:32pm Parc ferme, Gap including 323.83km SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 93.38km 7:37am Service/Tyre change, Gap 18 minutes divided into 16 stages 8:48am SS9 Agnières en Dévoluy-Corps 1 29.82km 10:06am SS10 St Léger-les-Mélèzes-La Bâtie Neuve 1 16.87km 11:21am Service/Tyre change, Gap 33 minutes 12:47pm SS11 Agnières en Dévoluy-Corps 2 29.82km 2:08pm SS12 St Léger-les-Mélèzes-La Bâtie Neuve 2 16.87km 3:18pm Service, Gap 48 minutes 8:06pm Parc ferme, Monaco SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 63.98km 6:22am 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 13.58km

1:58pm Finish, Monaco LOCAL TIME - SOURCE: WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO “EVERY DRIVER DREAMS Arnaud Rémy, OF WINNING WRC Programme Manager, THIS UNIQUE EVENT ” 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-to- date information on the conditions with a view to helping the crews make their tyre choices.”

MICHELIN TYRES FOR THE MICHELIN AND 2019 RALLYE MONTE-CARLO TH E RALLYE MONTE-CARLO michelin pILOT SPORT Michelin has won the Rallye Monte-Carlo 27 times as a WRC round

S6 SS6 Michelin Group tyres also won the event (soft) (super soft) in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011

ASP HALT Michelin tyres have won more than half of the Rallye Monte-Carlo stages contested as a WRC round since 1973 Michelin Pilot Alpin Michelin has won the Rallye Monte- Carlo as a WRC round with 13 different manufacturers A4 A41 non studded studded Michelin has notched up 81 podium finishes on the Rallye Monte-Carlo as a WRC round snow/ice

Michelin has claimed one-two-three Quota for Studded A41 tyres Rallye Monte-Carlo finishes with five WRC drivers: 3 Maximum stud protrusion: 2mm manufacturers: Alpine, Audi, , 43 tyres, 3 Maximum stud weight: 2g Citroën and VW including shakedown 3 Number of studs: approximately 200 (10 studs per 10cm of tread, with a 47mm from a total circumferential gap between the 2 rows) Nine French drivers have won the Rallye allocation 3 Studded tyres not permitted in Monte-Carlo as a WRC round, all on of 80 tyres parc ferme Michelin tyres 2019 FLASHBACK TO 2018 format

WINNERS: 40% of the route modified Sébastien Ogier/ compared with 2018 (Ford Fiesta RS WRC/Michelin) The start venue has changed from Monte Carlo’s Casino Square to Gap’s city centre STAGE WINNERS: SS1, SS2 and SS3/6 are new Neuville (5), Ogier and Tanak (4), Evans (2), Meeke and Mikkelsen (1) SS4/7 has been modified RALLY LEADER: Ogier (SS1-finish)

SS5/8 hasn’t been used since the Noughties 3 Sébastien Ogier’s fifth straight Rallye Monte-Carlo victory (a record) SS9/11, SS10/12, SS13/15 and SS14/16 3 Two Michelin-equipped Yaris WRCs in the top are identical to 2018 three (Tänak and Latvala) 3 Many crews lost time on SS1’s icy Col de Fontbelle Competitors will drive the 245km 3 Varied, tricky conditions (ice, rain, snow, dry asphalt, from Gap to Monaco as a road section on wet asphalt, etc.) Saturday afternoon 3 WRC2 victory for Skoda/Michelin

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RALLYE MONTE-CARLO TRIVIA The Rallye Monte-Carlo is world ’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 Maiden Monte success for Mäkinen and Mitsubishi/Michelin It was 20 years ago that Finn Tommi This year is the 42nd time that the Rallye Monte-Carlo is a WRC qualifier Mäkinen claimed the first of his The Rallye Monte-Carlo’s most successful driver is Sébastien Loeb (seven wins) four Rallye Monte Carlo victories to provide Mitsubishi with its first win Sébastien Ogier holds the record for the highest number of straight Rallye Monte-Carlo wins (five) in the Principality after a particularly punishing event. Gap is hosting the Rallye Monte-Carlo for the sixth year in a row The 67th Rallye Monte-Carlo kicked off Rallye Monte-Carlo prize-winners attend a post-event gala dinner at the Sporting Monte-Carlo with the awesome Plan de Vitrolle-Faye stage (48.28km) where the icebound RALLYE MONTE-CARLO INFORMATION Col d’Espreaux caught out numerous Monte Carlo is one of the Principality of Monaco’s nine districts. competitors, and even some ice-note crews.

The 2019 rally visits five French ‘departments’: Victims included , and Armin Schwarz, while Colin Hautes-Alpes, Drôme, Isère, Alpes de Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes McRae, François Delecour, , The route passes through several French regions that are popular with tourists: and Simon Jean-Joseph all squandered several minutes on the test. Massif des Ecrins, Parc National du Mercantour, Lac de Serre-Ponçon, Durance Valley, etc. After a long wait, the first car to show at Saturday’s stages pass through the Dévoluy and Champsaur regions which are famous for skiing the Stop Control was Mäkinen’s Mitsubishi Gap is situated on the historic Route Napoléon which Napoléon I travelled along in 1815 which was fitted with studded Michelin tyres. The Finn skilfully steered clear of on his return from exile on the island of Elba trouble to beat privateer Gap (population: 40,000) sits at an altitude of 760 metres, ( Impreza WRC/Michelin) by more than a minute. making it France’s highest ‘departmental’ capital The Frenchman kept pressure on the Gap is a popular location for sports like skiing, cycling, ice hockey and climbing. Mitsubishi factory driver for most of the It was named France’s ‘sportiest’ town of 2013 event until his elimination following a big crash on the Col de Turini, very close to his home. MICHELIN GREEN GUIDE went on to win the Rallye The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region stretches from the Monte-Carlo for the first time, ahead of Rhône Valley to the Italian border and from the Alps to the compatriot (Subaru) Mediterranean. It is a natural magnet for tourists and Michelin’s and the defending world champion Didier Green Guide for Provence is the ideal companion for exploring Auriol (Toyota). Three different makes this wonderful part of France. finished on the podium. # 1 CITROEN TOTAL WRT

OGIER INGRASSIA # 10 TOYOTA Sébastien (FRA) Julien (FRA) GAZOO RACING WRC

6 6 times World Champion CITROEN C3 WRC LATVALA ANTTILA Jari-Matti (FIN) Miikka (FIN)

# 3 M-SPORT FORD TOYOTA YARIS WRC WORLD RALLY TEAM

SUNINEN SALMINEN # 11 HYUNDAI Teemu (FIN) Marko (FIN) SHELL MOBIS WRT

FORD FIESTA WRC NEUVILLE GILSOUL Thierry(BEL) Nicolas (BEL) # 4 CITROEN TOTAL WRT HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC LAPPI Esapekka FERM Janne (FIN) (FIN) # 19 HYUNDAI CITROEN C3 WRC SHELL MOBIS WRT

LOEB ELENA # 5 TOYOTA Sébastien (FRA) Daniel (MCO) GAZOO RACING WRT 9 9 times World Champion HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC Entry List MEEKE MARSHALL Kris (GBR) Sébastien (GBR) # 33 M-SPORT FORD TOYOTA YARIS WRC WORLD RALLY TEAM

EVANS Elfyn MARTIN Scott # 7 M-SPORT FORD (GBR) (GBR) WORLD RALLY TEAM FORD FIESTA WRC TIDEMAND FLOENE Ola Pontus (SWE) (NOR) # 89 HYUNDAI FORD FIESTA WRC SHELL MOBIS WRT

MIKKELSEN JAEGER Anders # 8 TOYOTA Andreas (NOR) (NOR) GAZOO RACING WRC HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC TANAK Ott JARVEOJA (EST) Martin (EST)

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 , Snow January 24-27

3 Rally Guanajuato Mexico, Gravel February 14-17

4 , (France), asphalt March 7-10

5 YPF , THE 2019 WRC REGULATIONS Gravel April 25-28 Start orders points 6 Rally Chile Day 1 in 2018 Drivers’ st nd Gravel May 9-12 1 , 25 points • 2 , 18 points championship order, then 3rd 15 points • 4th, 12 points 7 Vodafone Rally reverse order of overnight th th de Portugal, 5 , 10 points • 6 , 8 points Gravel May 30-June 2 classification 7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points

th th 8 Rally Italia-Sardegna Manufacturers 9 , 2 points • 10 , 1 point (Italy), gravel, June 13-16 can nominate Power Stage 9 Neste , up to three points Gravel August 1-4 cars with the two best-placed 1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points 10 ADAC Rallye rd th Deutschland, cars to score Manufacturer 3 , 3 points • 4 , 2 points (), asphalt August 22-25 points. 5th, 1 point.

11 Marmaris Rally Turkey Gravel September 12-15

12 Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, Gravel October 3-6

13 RallyRACC Catalunya- Rally de Espana, (), gravel/asphalt, October 24-27

14 Kennards Hire , Gravel November 14-17 Michelin WRC range WRC TYRE REGULATIONS 2019 season ✓✓The FIA has registered two different tyre manufactures for the 2019 WRC: Michelin and

✓✓Car manufacturers must re- ASPHALT TYRES: WINTRY gister the tyre brand they michelin pILOT SPORT ASPHALT: have chosen with the FIA Michelin ✓✓Only moulded tyres are au- Pilot Alpin thorised A4 ✓✓Tyres must be identifiable by a barcode and RFID chip

✓✓Re-cutting or otherwise mo- difying the tread pattern is not permitted

✓✓Only marked tyres are al-

H5 (hard compound) S6 (soft compound) lowed to be used on stages Size: 20/65-18 Size: 20/65-18 ✓✓Tyre pre-heating systems are Conditions: dry stages Conditions: wet, cold conditions non-studded prohibited

✓✓Cars may carry up to two spares

✓✓Tyres may only be inflated using air

✓✓Only one type of dry-weather asphalt tyre (construction + pattern) and two compound options are authorised for SS6 (super soft compound) FW3 (Full Wet) studded the season (a third com- Size: 20/65-18 Size: 18/65-18 pound option is allowed for Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, Conditions: showers, standing Size: 18/65-18 cold conditions water or heavy rain Conditions: ice and/or snow the Rallye Monte-Carlo) ✓✓Just one type of asphalt rain tyre is authorised

✓✓Only one type of gravel tyre (construction + tread GRAVEL TYRES: SNOW/ICE TYRE: pattern) and three com- michelin LTX FORCE michelin X-ICE pound options are autho- NORTH rised 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 al- lowed per manufacturer in the course of the season

✓✓Tyre quotas per event for H4 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Priority 1 drivers are cal- X-Ice North 3 Size: 17/65-15 Size: 17/65-15 culated on the basis of five Conditions: rough, rocky, Conditions: smooth, loose Size: 15/65-15 tyres per tyre-change oppor- abrasive surfaces surfaces, mud Conditions: ice and/or snow tunity plus four spares

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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 Road book in a town centre, especially for example, or between two loops of stages. An official road book is given to all spectators. The intention is to Work on the cars is not permitted. competitors before the start of ‘recce’. take the sport to a wider audience It provides a detailed description of and to organise promotional events at Parc ferme the itinerary in the form of detailed the same time. The times recorded count This is the zone where competing cars illustrations of junctions, etc. A towards the official results. park up before the start of a rally and at competitor who doesn’t the end of each leg. Work on the cars is follow the road book may be Power Stage not permitted. disqualified. On every round of the WRC, the last stage of every rally is known as the Power Stage. Time controls (TC) Recce The drivers who post the five fastest times Crews must have their timecard stamped Recce involves driving over the special on this test are awarded five, four, three, by marshals before and after each stage, stages at slow speed at the wheel of two and one bonus points respectively. as well as into and out of service areas road cars ahead of the rally, the aim The stages are timed to the closest 1,000th and regroups. These mandatory passage being to take turn-by-turn pace notes. of a second. Only two passes through each stage are controls ensure that competitors authorised. comply with the official Road section Road sections are the itinerary that crews timetable. Course cars (‘triple zero’, must follow to get to the different stages. ‘double zero’ and ‘zero’) These roads are open to other users and Shakedown 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.