Charlotte Berton (left) and Charlène Gallier
Currently, France is home to many of Europe's female rally drivers. At any one time, there are multiple female crews on French rallies, seemingly more than in other European nations, and certainly more than in the UK. Charlotte Dalmasso now has her own post, as do Laure Jaussaud, Rosine Chauffour, Sarah Rumeau and Pauline Dalmasso.
Below are profiles of some of them.
Harmonie Bagnol - rallies small cars, mostly in French regional events. She has been active since 2011, when she tackled the Rallye Regional Mistral in a Peugeot 205. This was replaced with a Renault Clio in 2015 and she competed in it regularly during the 2018 season. She entered fewer events in 2019, but she did score her best finishes of her career: 20th overall in the Mistral Rally, after a class win in the Sarrians regional rally. Her best finish in 2020 was a 38th place in the Vesuble Regional Rally, with a fourth in class, although she won her class in the Haute-Provence National Rally. Her overall position was 51st. She only finished one of her two rallies in 2021, a situation she repeated in 2022. In 2023, she got a new car, a Peugeot 208, which she continued to rally in 2024. She is also a regular co-driver to Sebastien Delors; the pair have competed together since 2013.
Jessy Barrat – active in French rallies since 2009. Between then and 2013, she rallied a Renault Clio, and was a regular in the Rallye des Vins Mâcon, her local rally. In 2014, she acquired a Peugeot 206 RC, and competed a little more widely. Her best overall result that year was 39th, in the Matour Rally. Her 2015 season looked very similar, and the Matour event remained her best. She was 38th, and fifth in the F2 class. In 2016, she scored an F2 class win on the Rallye Internationale de Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise, and was 27th overall. Her car was still the Peugeot. In 2017, she continued to enter the 206 into her local National rallies. Her best finish was 30th, at Matour. In 2018, she returned to the Brionnais Rally for the first time in five years and picked up her best result of the year: 21st, with a class win. Her 2019 schedule was very similar and used the same car. The Brionnais Rally was her best event again; she was 20th. The car was the same for 2020, although she only entered the Hautes-Cotes Regional Rally in it. 2021 was another single-event year; she was 35th in the Rallye Regional de Matour. However, she competed more widely in 2022, with a best result of 26th in the Brionnais regional rally. This was her best event again in 2023, giving her a 28th place.
Jessy Barrat – active in French rallies since 2009. Between then and 2013, she rallied a Renault Clio, and was a regular in the Rallye des Vins Mâcon, her local rally. In 2014, she acquired a Peugeot 206 RC, and competed a little more widely. Her best overall result that year was 39th, in the Matour Rally. Her 2015 season looked very similar, and the Matour event remained her best. She was 38th, and fifth in the F2 class. In 2016, she scored an F2 class win on the Rallye Internationale de Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise, and was 27th overall. Her car was still the Peugeot. In 2017, she continued to enter the 206 into her local National rallies. Her best finish was 30th, at Matour. In 2018, she returned to the Brionnais Rally for the first time in five years and picked up her best result of the year: 21st, with a class win. Her 2019 schedule was very similar and used the same car. The Brionnais Rally was her best event again; she was 20th. The car was the same for 2020, although she only entered the Hautes-Cotes Regional Rally in it. 2021 was another single-event year; she was 35th in the Rallye Regional de Matour. However, she competed more widely in 2022, with a best result of 26th in the Brionnais regional rally. This was her best event again in 2023, giving her a 28th place.
Karine Bertarini – competes in a Peugeot 207 in the
French national rally championship, in the Amateur category. In 2016, she won
the Coupe des Dames in the Rallye d’Antibes-Côte d’Azur. She was 66th
overall, and seventeenth in the Amateur rankings. This was only her second
rally of the year, and her fourth overall. She started in 2015, with a Citroen
Saxo and a Renault Clio. Her co-driver is Emmeline Quadriga.
Delphine Brigaudeau (Libessart) - French driver who has been rallying Peugeots in recent years. She entered many rallies in 2008 and 2009 in a 106, assisted by Caroline Potier. This car was exchanged for a 306 in 2010. Her driving career began in 2007, after starting out as a navigator. For the past three years, her performances in regional rallies have been good enough for her to qualify for the season-ending Finale of the French championship season. In 2011, she spent some time co-driving for Stephane Riehl, but she returned to the driving seat in the 306 in 2012, eager to win the Ladies' crown. However, she only seems to have entered the Le Touquet rally, in which she was 80th. In 2014, she returned to the French regional stages, in a Citroen Saxo. She entered three rallies, finishing two of them, with a best finish of 55th in the Pays de Dieppe National Rally. She is now a successful co-driver with David Salanon.
Morgane Cadet - driver and co-driver who competes on Reunion, under a French license. She has been active since 2016, starting as a navigator to Ludovic Cadet in a Peugeot 205. She began driving herself the following year, with the unusual rookie car choice of a Toyota Celica GT-4. She scored one class win in the Bourbon Rally. Since then, she has driven a Peugeot 206 and a Renault Clio, but has not managed to finish many of her events. Her 35th place in the 2021 Rallye National de Reunion was her first since 2017, and she entered the 2022 Plaine-des-Palmistes regional rally in a Peugeot 106. She spent some of 2018 co-driving Bernard Clement’s Rover 25.
Sylvie Cancellieri - has competed in France in a Peugeot 206 kit car since at least 2007. In 2009 and 2010, her co-driver was Dominique Sereni. They were very active all over the country in the French championship during those two years. Sylvie has one WRC start, the 2008 Tour de Corse, but she retired with a mechanical problem. Her co-driver then was Jeanne-Dominique Cancellieri.
Aline Chollet – driver and co-driver active since the
mid-2000s. She began as a navigator in 2005, before taking the wheel herself in
2006 in French Regional rallies. Between 2006 and 2012, she rallied a Peugeot
106, before switching to a Renault Clio Ragnotti in 2012. Her second year in
the Clio was quite successful, with a series of class wins in the France Cup.
The best of these was a fifteenth place in the Rallye Régional du Frontonnais.
2015 was not quite as successful, although she still remained competitive
in class in the Clio, and also tackled more National-level events.
She won her class in the Monts de Blond rally, and had a best overall finish of
eighteenth, in the Rallye National de la Fougère. The Mont des Blonds Rally was her best event in 2016, and she was seventeenth overall. This was one of two top-twenty finishes for her that season. For most of the year, she drove the Ragnotti Clio, although she did drive a Renault Twingo in the St Emilion national rally. Among the drivers she has sat
alongside is Sophie Micheneau. She concentrated on driving in 2017, and was rewarded by two class wins, in the Pays-Basque and Vienne et Glane rallies. She was 16th overall in the former. Her car was the Clio. Her results continued to improve in 2018, with a fourteenth in the Cieux-Monts de Blond Rally and a tenth place in the Cotes de Garonnes event. 2019 was a shorter season with a car change part-way through; she swapped the Clio for a Peugeot 106 in which she finished 36th in the Agora-Thiberien Rally. Back in a Clio, she entered the Bordeaux Aquitaine Classic event in 2020, although she did not finish. She did finish the three National and Regional rallies she entered in 2021, as well as the two further events she did in 2022. Her best result was a 34th place in the 2022 Rallye Regional de Matour. She did two different rallies in 2023, winning her class in the Sequanie regional event.
Clara Couval – rallies a Renault Clio Ragnotti in
France. She normally competes in Regional events, and has been active since
2014, when she scored a class win in the Ajolais Rally. Her 2015 season was a
busy one, with twelve rallies. The best of these was probably the Rallye Régional
des Vallées, in which she was 18th, and second in class. This was
her third top-twenty finish of the year. She also won the Ladies’ class in the
Coupe de France finals, finishing 60th overall. In 2016, she was
still rallying the Clio. It was another busy season, and her results continued to improve. She finished in the top twenty three times, the best of these being a twelfth place in the Vallée de l'Ognon regional rally. The car was still good in 2017, and helped her to four top-twenty finishes and two class wins. She returned in 2019 after a season away, a much improved driver. She was a regular top-20 finisher in the Clio and her best result was eleventh in the Haute Saone Regional Rally. This momentum was not carried through to 2020; she did not finish either of the rallies she entered. The same unfortunately happened in 2021 and 2022.
Marine Delon – driver and co-driver who competes in
French national and international rallies. She has been active as a driver
since 2014, usually driving either a Suzuki Swift or a Peugeot 205. Her best
overall result has been a 69th place, in the Vaison-la-Romaine Rally.
She was driving the 205. As a co-driver, she has been a regular in French
rallies since 2010, including navigating on the Monte Carlo Rally twice, in
2015 and 2016, sitting beside Charlotte Dalmasso and Jérémy Fargier
respectively. In 2016, she did some more rallies as a driver, in the 205. She finished one of her three events, the Vaison-la-Romaine regional rally. She stuck to co-driving between 2017 and 2020, although she did enter two rallies in 2020, driving a Peugeot 206. She used the same car for a further outing in the Bas Vivarais Regional Rally.
Edith Deroy – rallies normally in the northern parts
of France. In recent years, her car has been a Renault Twingo. In 2015, she
competed almost every week during the rally season, with a best finish of 34th,
with a class win, in the Ardennes Rally. It was one of twelve class wins she
achieved that year. She began rallying seriously in 2008, after several years
as an occasional co-driver. Her other cars have included a Peugeot 205 and
Citroen Saxo. In 2016, she was still competing in northern France in the Twingo,
with a best finish of 35th, in the Dieppe-Normandie Rally. She scored five class wins. In 2017, she did four rallies in her usual area, scoring four class wins in the Twingo. This dropped to two rallies in 2018, with two class thirds. In 2019, she only entered the Eperney Vins de Champagne Rally.
Coralie Desaint Bouville – has rallied a Citroen AF
GTi in France since 2008. She is a Tarmac specialist whose schedule each year
takes in the Le Touquet, Marquenterre and de la Lys rallies. In 2016, she won
the Coupe des Dames in the Rallye Le Touquet, and was second in class. She was
67th overall. The best result of her career came on a rare trip to
the Rallye du Ternois, in 2012. She was 46th. The Ternois event was also her best in 2018, when she was 55th, and in 2019. In 2023, she also entered the Boulonnais Rally, finsihing 114th. Previously, she was
active in hillclimbs, in a Mini.
Margot Dupuy - rallies a Renault Clio in France. She had her first car, which was in Rally5 spec, from at least 2020 to the beginning of 2022, when she crashed out of the Rally Le Touquet. After that, it was replaced by another Rally5 Clio. Her best finish was in 2022, when she was 41st in the Rallye d’Antibes Cote d’Azur, until she beat this by one place in 2023, finishing 40th in the Rallye Coeur de France. She is from a rallying family and her father Frederic Dupuy sometimes co-drives for her.
Monique Ehrensperger – active since at least 2001.
She has always driven a Mitsubishi Lancer, starting with a Group N Evo III and
moving on to a Group A Evo V in 2006. She favours tarmac rallies. Her best
season has probably been 2014, when she won class A8 in the Rallye d’Epine Mont
du Chat, finishing 62nd overall. This was backed up by three class seconds. Her
best overall finish was 44th, in the Ain-Jura Rally (she was fourth
in class). In 2015, she managed another class win in the Mont Blanc-Morzine
Rally, and was 117th overall. 2016 was affected by mechanical failures on the Lancer, and Monique also pulled out of two rallies for personal reasons. She won her class in the Bornes National Rally, and was 45th overall. In 2017, her car was more reliable, although she did not score any more class wins. The Lancer continued to be temperamental in 2018 and she only finished three of her six rallies. She experimented with an Evo IX in 2019 and was rewarded with a 28th place in the Ardeche Regional Rally. The experiments continued over two rallies in 2020 and she finished the Mont Blanc-Morzine event. She stuck with the Lancer for 2021, competing in both France and Switzerland. In 2022, driving the same car, she managed a 42nd place in the Rallye National des Vins Macon. She used the same car in French tarmac rallies in 2023.
Julie Galpin - driver and co-driver in France, in a Citroen C2. As a co-driver, she partners Olivier Bacle in the IRC, and other major events. As a driver, she competes in the French championship, where she has been active since at least 2008, when she drove a Team FJ Mitsubishi. In 2009, she was part of the Citroen Racing Trophy in the C2-R2 category, and she has stayed with the marque ever since. She and Anais Faussabry were the first all-female crew in the Rallye Le Touquet. In 2010, she took part in more French rallies with Amélie Arrivé, including the Le Touquet and St. Emilion events. In 2011, she continued to rally the C2, with a best finish of 33rd, third in class. She switched to a Fiesta for the Rallye du Var, but was only 108th. She also co-drove for Olivier Bacle in some bigger events. Her father is Jean Galpin, a regular on the French scene. In 2013, she co-drove for him after two years out, due to pregnancy. In 2014, she did some rallies in a Citroen DS3, and achieved a third in class in the Vallée du Cher National Rally. She was 41st overall. In 2017, she made a brief comeback on the Vins de Chinon et du Veron Rally, in the DS3, but did not finish. Another single-event outing happened on the 2020 Fougere Regional Rally and she was driving a Peugeot 106. She tried out a Citroen Saxo for the 2022 Lochois regional rally, finishing 73rd.
Danielle Gamba - rallied a Citroen Visa GTi in 2010. She came second in her region’s Ladies’ rally championship, after a series of solid, if unspectacular finishes. Among the rallies she entered were the Rallye du Chasselas, Rallye du Quercy and the Rallye des Thermes. Her co-driver was usually Alexandre Gamba, although Marina Perel stood in on occasion. Danielle and Alexandre have returned to the stages in 2011, still in the Visa, and continue to compete in their regional championship. She was still driving the Visa in 2012, as well as a Peugeot 205 GTi, entering mainly regional rallies. She rallied the Visa again in 2013, and entered the Rallye Regional des Thermes, which she did not finish.
Elodie Gines - driver and co-driver who has been active since at least 2006, using several different small cars. Her first one was a Renault Clio Williams, which was then replaced by an RS Clio that she used between 2007 and 2011 and a Citroen Saxo. She has been most successful in a Peugeot 208, which she rallied between 2019 and 2021. Her best finish has been 17th in the Rallye National de l’Epine-Avant Pays Savoyard. In 2022, she went back to a newer Clio, running in Rally5 spec. She was twelfth in the French Tarmac Championship, with a best finish of 23rd in the Rallye National. This included a class win and a ladies’ class win. For 2023, she switched between the two cars, earning her best finish in the Peugeot: tenth in the Rallye Regional du Pays de Faverge. She also tried out an RGT-spec Alpine A110 Rally for the Rhone Charbonnieres Rallye, and was 46th overall form 84 finishers.
Claire Gotti (Hocquaux) – rallied Citroens in France between
2009 and 2014, normally in her home state of Alsace-Lorraine. Between 2009 and
2011, she used a Saxo. After a break, she returned in 2014 with a C2. Her best
result seems to have been a 37th place in the Lorraine National
Rally in 2011. She was second in class. Before switching to the driver’s seat,
she navigated for other drivers from 2002.
Laetitia Guiraud - competes in French national rallies on asphalt, always using a Peugeot. She started rallying seriously in 2010, driving a 205. This appears to have been written off in the 2011 Vins du Gard National Rally. She returned in 2015 with a 106, which she is still using in 2020. Her best result in this car has been a 38th place in the 2018 Cigalois National Rally, an asphalt event in which she normally runs well. She occasionally enters French Tarmac Championship rallies, including the 2018 Criterium des Cevennes, in which she was 58th and second in class. Her best finish in 2021 was in the Camisards Regional rally; she was 65th overall. This improved to a 35th place in the 2022 Rallye National Montaigne Noire. She did not better this in 2023 but did win Clas N1 in two events.
Camille Henry - drove in French rallies in 2004 and 2005 in a Peugeot 206 XS. Her best result was 12th in the 2004 Rallye Montagne Noire. She was also 17th in the 2005 Rallye des Vins at Macon, driving the same car.
Clarisse Jacquot - rallies a Peugeot 106 in France, mostly in regional events. She began in 2022 and had a best finish of 66th in the Brionnais Regional Rally. This is usually her best event. In 2024, she took part in her first international rally, the Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise Rally. It was shortened to a single day due to a French election and she was 78th, second in class. Her car has always been the 106.
Pascale Jaffrennou (Pottecher) – former judo and
jujitsu champion in France who took up rallying and racing in the 2000s. As a
rally driver, she mostly competed in the Suzuki Rally Cup in France, driving a
Swift. She first entered the series in 2007, but only really did a full
calendar in 2009, when she was eleventh in the Cup. Her best event was the
Rallye de Touquet – Pas de Calais, in which she was 60th overall and
sixth in the Suzuki Rally Cup. Her last event seems to have been the Terres de
Catalunya Rally in Spain, in 2012. Between 2014 and 2016, she did some circuit
racing in the Twin Cup, an all-female championship for the Renault Twingo in France. She did another season in the Twin Cup in 2017. In 2022, at the age of 60, she entered her first Dakar Rally, in the Light Prototype class.
Sophie Laurent – 2015 French Ladies’ Rally Champion.
She always drives Peugeots, having started rallying in 2013 in a 306. Her best
finish that year was 27th in the Rallye National de la Pleine, and
she also scored a class win in the Rallye Vosgien. In 2014, she competed in an
impressive eighteen rallies, in the 306. She achieved two more class wins, in
the Pleine event and the Rallye Régional des Vallées. Early in 2015, she
upgraded the 306 for a 207, and embarked on a programme of mostly national
rallies, plus a run in the Tour de Corse. She won the Tour de Corse Coupe des
Dames, finishing 61st overall. Due to the step up in competition,
her overall finishes this year were not quite as high. She did manage a 26th
place in the Pays de Montbéliard Regional Rally. Still in the 306, she did a mix of national and regional rallies in 2016. Her best finish was 28th, in the Luronne National Rally, and this was combined with a class win. The 306 was not as reliable in 2017. Her best finish was 24th in the Vallee de l'Ognon Rally. She did not finish three events mid-season. In 2018, she only did two rallies, finishing one, the Jura regional event. She was 29th. In 2019, she did two rallies in the same car, finishing 48th in the Sel Regional Rally. She made a comeback in 2023, still in the 309, and was 36th in the Rallye Regional des Vallees, her best rally of five.
Katia Marcq - active in French rallies since at least 2014. From 2017, she has rallied a Subaru Impreza GT Turbo. She was second in the French ladies’ championship in 2017, with Aurelie Crepin on the maps. Her best result in the Impreza has been a 39th place in the 2018 Boulonnais National Rally, followed by finishing 45th and third in class in the Le Bethunois National Rally, out of 88 finishers. She drove the Impreza in two asphalt rallies in 2020, and three more in 2021, finishing the Rallye National Le Bethunois in 79th place. In 2022 and 2023, she competed quite widely in the Impreza in France, in both regional and national events.
Sophie Micheneau - has been rallying in France since 1997, first as a navigator. She began driving seriously in 2007, first in local events in the south of France, then much farther afield. From the start, she won Coupes des Dames, and was a contender in her class. Her overall finishes were midfield, although she was not immune to car trouble. In 2010, her best finish was a 24th place in the Rallye de Bonaguil, with a class win and a Coupe des Dames. Her car since 2007 has been a Citroen Saxo. She is mostly navigated by Marie Noëlle Ratier. In 2011, she drove in six regional and national rallies in France, and won her class in the Rallye National Pays Basque. In 2012, she continued to rally the Saxo, although her activities were limited after she broke her hand on the Rallye des Vins in Macon. She has also driven in the Rally Aïcha des Gazelles twice. In 2013, she did at least some French national or regional rallies in the Saxo, including the Rallye Macon des Vins.
Tiphaine Parent – rallies a Renault 5 Turbo in
Regional and National events in France. Her first rally was the Rallye National
du Suran, in 2013. She did not finish. The following season, she finished six
of the eight rallies she entered, and had a best finish of 65th, in
the Rallye Régional
Ruppéen. She continued to compete in 2015, with navigator, Charline Dichamp. Late in the season, she rallied a Renault Clio instead of the 5. Her season in 2016 looked quite similar, although she was much quicker. Her best finish jumped up to a 38th place, in the Rivière Drugeon Regional rally, driving the Clio. She had a similar season in 2017, in the Clio, but also managed her first top-thirty finishes: 30th in the Rallye Centre Alsace and 29th in the Rallye National du Sel. In 2018, she rallied the Clio extensively around France. The Rivière Drugeon was her best rally again and she was 32nd. She continued her form in 2019 and had a best finish of 27th in the Sel Regional Rally. She also rallied in Switzerland for the first time in the Criterium Jurassien. She did one rally in 2023, the Bas-Vivarais Regional event, but did not finish. Tiphaine also
acts as a co-driver.
Morgane Partal - competes in rallies on Reunion Island, a French territory in the Indian ocean. She normally drives a Suzuki Swift but has used a Citroen C2 on occasion. She began her career in 2017 and used both cars in her debut season. Her best finish was 28th in the C2, in the Bourbon Rally. The Swift was her preferred car in 2018 and she scored class wins in the Denis Hoarau and Bourbon rallies. Her best 2019 result also came in the Citroen: 40th overall and a class win in the Tour Auto Reunion National Rally. This improved to 18th in the 2021 Ronde National de l'Est. She switched to a Rally4-spec Peugeot 208 in 2022, scoring four top-twenty finishes. She continued to rally the Peugeot in 2023, although she did use a Rally5 Clio for her final rally of the year. This was the Rallye National des 1000km de la Reunion, in which she was 24th, her best finish. Morgane is usually co-driven by one of her sisters, Laurence Partal or Julie Hospital.
Myriam Peretti – active in French rallies since 2013.
She is based in Corsica, and her first rally was the Rallye National de Corte,
in a Peugeot 106. She continued to rally in Corsica throughout 2014, and was
rewarded with four class wins, as well as her first top-ten finish, a third
place in the Mare et Machja National Rally. In 2015, she raised her sights even
higher, entering her first WRC Rally, the Tour de Corse. She was 80th
overall, second in class A6 and third in the Women category. In 2016, she was strong in the National de Corte and the Vallée du Prunelli rallies, in the 106. She was seventeenth and thirteenth respectively. In 2017, she managed class wins in the Giraglia and Paese Alaccinu Rallies, although she did not finish as highly as she had done before. The Giraglia was the best of the two rallies she did in 2018. She finished 22nd and won her class. In 2019, she mostly stuck with the Clio and earned two class wins, a thirteenth and 16th place in the Centru di Corsica and Giraglia events. She did two events in 2020 in the Clio and a Citroen Saxo, then entered her first Monte Carlo Rally for 2021, driving a Ford Fiesta. She also entered a second WRC roiund, the Rally of Sardinia, but did not finish. In 2022, she did one rally, the Aiacciu Corsica National event, in a Citroen Saxo, but did not finish. In 2023, she did four mainland rallies, finsihing two. Her usual
navigator is Elodie Masson, who has been with her from the start.
Caroline Potier - co-driver turned driver who is active in rallies in northern France. She has been driving since 2010 and navigating since 2007. Her normal car is a Peugeot 205 GTi, although she has also rallied a Renault Clio. She has driven in the Boulonnais Regional Rally five times and it is her best event; she scored a career-best 35th place in the 2017 rally. Her usual co-driver is Marie Laine.
Angélique Le Roi - rallies a Peugeot 106 in asphalt events, in the French National series. She appears to have begun in 2013, and her first major event was the Rallye Régional de Fourmies et Avesnois, in which she was 50th overall, and fourth in class. In 2014, her best result was 44th, achieved in the Rallye Régional du Boulonnais and the Rallye National du Ternois. At the Boulannais event, she also scored a win in class A6. Despite finishing in a lower position on the Rallye Régional Routes Picardes, she managed another class win. She won Class A6 twice in French rallies in 2015, driving the 106, in the Envermeu and Picardie rallies. Her best overall result was 37th, in the Normandie Rally. The 106 was her car again for 2016, and she entered seven rallies, finishing five of them. In 2018, she made a small comeback and entered two events in the 106. She expanded her programme to four rallies in 2019 and won her class in the Porte Normande and Marquenterre events. Neither of her two 2020 outings led to a finish. After a break, she returned in 2022 and did six rallies in northern France. Her navigator is Patrice Wisniewski, who is also French.
Charlotte Rongiconi - driver and co-driver, seemingly active since 2008. When driving, her car is usually an F2-spec Peugeot 205. With different co-drivers, she has entered several rallies in France during the 2009 and 2010 seasons, usually based on Corsica. She started off as a navigator to Charles Rongiconi in a Talbot Samba. They occasionally swap seats. In 2010, Charlotte also navigated for Xavier Quilici in a Peugeot 306, an arrangement which continued into 2011. She drove a Peugeot 106 in French regional rallies in 2012. In 2013, she seems to have gone back to navigation again, with Pierre Antoine Guglielmi.
Laura Salini – Corsican driver who rallies a Peugeot
106 in French rallies. She started in 2013, in Corsican rallies, but did not
finish any of her events. She had a better year in 2014, still based in
Corsica, the highlight of which was a fifth place in the Rallye National Mare e
Machja. She continued to compete in Corsican rallies in 2015, as well as making
one journey to the mainland for the Rallye Fleurs et Parfums at Grasse. She
drove a Citroen DS3 in preference to her Peugeot, but did not finish. In 2016, Laura and Myriam Peretti co-drove for one another, in the 106. Laura won her class in the Tour de Corse, and was 39th overall, in a Suzuki Swift. In the 106, she won her class in the Paese Aiaccinu, and was 31st in the Ronde Nationale de la Giraglia. In 2017, she shared her Citroen Saxo with Myriam Peretti on several occasions, and also co-drove for Myriam in her Peugeot. The pair, with Laura at the wheel, won their class in the Mare et Machja Rally. She won her class again in the 2018 Tour de Corse, finishing 40th overall. This was her second of the year, after a class win and 20th in the Cote des Nacres Rally. She continued to rally the Citroen on Corsica and the mainland in 2019, winning her class in the Sartenais-Valinco Rally. In 2021, as well as co-driving with Myriam, she did some Italian rallies in a Citroen C2. The best of these was the Rally Terra Sardo, in which she was 31st. Using both the C2 and a Saxo, she did a few Italian and French events in 2022. In 2023, she shared driving and co-driving duties with Myriam Peretti, with Laura taking on most of the Corsican events in a series of Citroens and a Peugeot 306.
Sabrina Sanchez - has rallied mainly in the south of France since 2002, when she was 22. Together with navigator Loriane Forgues, she is a regular Coupe des Dames winner in the rallies she enters, as well as often winning class A7. There are usually about five female crews on these events. Up to 2007, she drove a Peugeot 205, but after 2008, this has been replaced by a 206. Her best overall finish seems to be an eleventh place in the 2011 Rallye du Pays Cathare. She also scored two class wins in 2011. In 2012, she took part in five French championship events, one as co-driver to Maude Crepin. She did not have the funds to compete in 2013.
Delphine Schlennstedt-Cretin - active in French rallies since at least 2004, always driving French cars. She began competing quite extensively in 2015, driving a Citroen AX GTI. For the next couple of years, she was a leading class N1 driver and scored class wins in the 2015 Viviers-Pays Haut National Rally and the 2017 Lorraine National Rally. Towards the end of 2017, she experimented with a Peugeot 106 and a Renault Clio, which she continued to rally in 2018, before settling for a Citroen Saxo. Her best result in this car has been a 35th place in the 2018 Nancy Regional Rally, from 55 finishers. The Lorraine Rally was her best in 2019 and she was 51st, third in class. Her best result improved to 40th for 2020, with a class second in the Rallye National Centre Alsace. She won her class in the Nancy and Vallee de l'Ognon Regional rallies in 2021. In 2022, she added two more class wins to her tally, in the Vosges-Grand-Est and Centre Alsace rallies.
Stephanie Valcourt – rallies a Peugeot 106 in French
regional events. Her first season in major rallies seems to have been 2014. In
2015, she was very active in the France Cup, although her small Class N2 car
was nowhere near fast enough to challenge for overall position. Her best result
was 67th, achieved at the Côte Roannaise Rally and the Pays d’Olliergues
Rally. The Matour Rally gave her her best class finish, a ninth place, although
she was 89th overall. In 2017, she only did one major event, the Coutillerie et du Tire Bouchon Rally, in the 106.
Lucie Vauthier - had her first season of French rallying in 2012. Her car was a Citroen C2 R2 Max. She entered three French tarmac championship rounds, with a best overall result of 67th, in the Rallye Le Touquet-Pas de Calais. She was 43rd in the French Tarmac standings. Earlier, she was 75th in the Rallye Région Limousin-Lac de Lassivière. Sadly, Lucie died following an accident in the Rally des Vins Maĉon, her third Tarmac Championship event.
Stephanie Verne - competed in French rallies in 2009 and 2010. Her car was a Peugeot 205 and her co-driver was Audrey Minery. She also drove in regional events around Vosges in 2008 and 2009 in the same car, but with different navigators. She has qualified for the Finale of the French championship three times, in each year of competition. Her best results were Coupes des Dames, as her F2 Peugeot was not powerful enough to challenge for the major honours. She does not appear to have competed much in 2011, but her name was back on the entry lists for 2012, for the Rallye de Meuse at least. She did some regional rallies in 2013, in the 205, with a best finish of 77th in the Rallye National Vosgien. She entered the Vosgien event again in 2014, in the 205, and was 80th overall, in the National section. She also competed extensively in Regional events in France, securing three class wins and a best finish of 44th, in the Lorraine Rally. In 2015, she won her class in the 14 Juillet Rally, in the 205, and was 74th overall. She scored another class win in the Vosgien event, and was 71st.
Fabienne Vergnes - active in French rallies since 2011, always driving a Peugeot 106. She competes on both tarmac and gravel. 2015 was probably her best year, and she spent it mostly on gravel. Her best result was a 62nd place (out of 87) in the St-Geniez-d’Olt Rally, with a class third. She was second in class in the Terre des Cardabelles Rally, but was 64th overall. In 2016, she mainly rallied on tarmac, but did not finish any of her events, due to mechanical problems. She had a new Ford Fiesta in 2017, but an accident on the Aveyron-Rouergues Rally seems to have curtailed her season.
Fabienne Vergnes - active in French rallies since 2011, always driving a Peugeot 106. She competes on both tarmac and gravel. 2015 was probably her best year, and she spent it mostly on gravel. Her best result was a 62nd place (out of 87) in the St-Geniez-d’Olt Rally, with a class third. She was second in class in the Terre des Cardabelles Rally, but was 64th overall. In 2016, she mainly rallied on tarmac, but did not finish any of her events, due to mechanical problems. She had a new Ford Fiesta in 2017, but an accident on the Aveyron-Rouergues Rally seems to have curtailed her season.
Vanessa Verry - has been rallying on and off since 2001. To begin with, she combined navigation in local rallies with slalom events. From 2001 on, she co-drove in local rallies with Laurent Corbineau. In 2011, she started taking stage rallying seriously, and began driving herself, in a Peugeot 106. In 2013, she achieved her first small victory: a class win in N2, and 19th overall, in the Rally National Coeur de France. In 2014, she entered the France Women Cup, driving a Renault Twingo. This class runs in French national rallies. Her best finish is second, in the Rally Le Touquet - Pas-de-Calais, and she was 72nd overall. Her best overall finish was 41st, in the Bretagne National Rally. Despite some retirements this year, she was third in the French Ladies' standings. She drove a Peugeot 208 in 2015, and won her class in the Sud De France Rally. She was 32nd overall. This was her best result. In 2016, her best result by far was a seventeenth place in the Val de Sevre Rally, driving a Renault Clio. She used a Peugeot 206 for the rest of the season. 2017 was an underwhelming year for her. She survived a fire in the Clio on the Rallye du Touquet unscathed, but had a shorter season than before. 2018 was another short season, with a best finish of 22nd in the Rallye de la Vie, driving a Peugeot 208. She drove three different Peugeots in 2019: the 208, a 206 and a 106. In 2020 she tried another Twingo and won her class in the Rallye Regional de la Vie.
Allison Viano – rallied a Citroen Saxo in French
regional rallies, in 2015. Her best events were the Roches Brunes and de la
Croisette rallies, where she won her class. She was 44th in the
Roches Brunes, and 40th in the de la Croisette Rally. Her co-driver was Mylène Icard. Prior to this, she had acted as a navigator to Alain Viano,
since 2012. In 2016, she teamed up with Katia Lesser and Cecilia Choi in the Saxo. Her best finish was 24th, in the Pays de Grasse National Rally. She was the 2017 French ladies' champion, driving a Ford Fiesta. Her best event was the Rallye du Limousin, in which she was 41st, with a Ladies' class win and 16th in the French tarmac championship. In 2018, she defended her French ladies' title. Her usual car was the Fiesta but a one-off run in a Peugeot 208 in the Croisette Rally gave her her best finish: 20th. 2019 was a mix of regional and national rallies in the Fiesta, a Citroen DS3 and an R2-spec Citroen C2. The DS3 was the fastest and gave her a career-best finish of eighth in her favoured Croisette Regional Rally. She earned a third French ladies' title in 2020, mostly driving a DS3 but with some rallies in a Peigeot 208. She was also second in the French Tarmac 2WD championship. 2021 was a busy but less successful year, with a best finish of 34th on the Rallye Regional du Haut Pays Nicois. She also won her class on the Antibes and Coeur de France rallies. Her car for 2022 was a Rally5-spec Clio, which she used extensively in tarmac rallies in France. Her best finish was 18th in the Rallye Nationale Pays de Grasse. This was improved to 17th in 2023, at the wheel of a Rally4-spec Clio. This became her main car for an extensive season, before being upgraded to a Rally3 Clio in 2024.
Sabine Virly - French driver active at regional and national level since at least 1992. She has driven Peugeots almost exclusively since 1999, starting with a 205 then using a 206 between 2007 and 2019, when she switched to a smaller 106. Her first car was a Talbot Samba. The 206 has probably been her most successful car; her best result in it has been 27th place in the 2017 Rallye National des Vins de Vouvray. She won her class in this event in 2016. As of 2023, she is still rallying in France.
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