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Frédéric Comte
Frédéric Daniel Comte (8 January 1976 – 4 September 2015) was a French rally driver. He died in a crash at the Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine, a round of the 2015 French Rally Championship. The Citroën Xsara The Citroën Xsara () is a compact C-segment family car, produced by the French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën, under their Citroën marque, from 1997 to 2006. The Xsara was a development of the Citroën ZX and Peugeot 306, which shared a platfo ... that Comte and his wife and co-driver Angelique Comte were driving crashed on SS2. Frédéric Comte died at the scene whilst Angelique was badly injured. The rally was restarted at the behest of the driver's family. Comte, a professional rally driver since 2001, was involved in another serious crash at the same event in 2006. He crashed out of the 31st rally of the Rallye des Vins Mâcon in 2014. External links eWRC results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Comte, Frederic French rally drivers 1976 births 2015 deaths Racing dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rally Driver
Rallying is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (sometimes called "rally racing" in United States), navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed time or average speed. Rallies may be short in the form of trials at a single venue, or several thousand miles long in an extreme endurance rally. Depending on the format, rallies may be organised on private or public roads, open or closed to traffic, or off-road in the form of cross country or rally-raid. Competitors can use production vehicles which must be road-legal if being used on open roads or specially built competition vehicles suited to crossing specific terrain. In most cases rallying distinguishes itself from other forms of motorsport by not running directly against other competitors over laps of a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants leave at regular intervals from one or more start points. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Comte
Frédéric Daniel Comte (8 January 1976 – 4 September 2015) was a French rally driver. He died in a crash at the Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine, a round of the 2015 French Rally Championship. The Citroën Xsara The Citroën Xsara () is a compact C-segment family car, produced by the French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën, under their Citroën marque, from 1997 to 2006. The Xsara was a development of the Citroën ZX and Peugeot 306, which shared a platfo ... that Comte and his wife and co-driver Angelique Comte were driving crashed on SS2. Frédéric Comte died at the scene whilst Angelique was badly injured. The rally was restarted at the behest of the driver's family. Comte, a professional rally driver since 2001, was involved in another serious crash at the same event in 2006. He crashed out of the 31st rally of the Rallye des Vins Mâcon in 2014. External links eWRC results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Comte, Frederic French rally drivers 1976 births 2015 deaths Racing dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rallye Mont-Blanc
The Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine is a yearly motor rally held in the month of September in Morzine, Haute-Savoie. It is often held as part of the French Rally Championship. It began in 1947 with the Rally Paris-Evian, and it eventually became the Rallye. Formerly held in Annecy, this event moved to Morzine in 1989 where it adopted its current name in 1994. One of the oldest continuing rallies in France, this rally has attracted famous names from the world of rally driving such as Sébastien Loeb, Stéphane Sarrazin, Philippe Bugalski and Pierre Campana. All the winners to date have been French with the exceptions of the Belgian Lucien Bianchi and Swiss Jean Krucker. Bugalski is the most successful driver in the events history with five wins between 1993 and 2000. As well as part of the French Rally Championship, the Rallye Mont-Blanc was included in the European Rally Championship from 1988 to 1996. Recent years 2011 In 2011, Pierre Campana, driving the same Mini Cooper WRC that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Rally Championship
The FFSA French Rally Championship or Championnat de France des Rallyes is France's leading domestic motor rally competition. It's a championship that has been won three times by Didier Auriol, Guy Fréquelin, and Philippe Bugalski. Reflecting the highly developed nature of France, for the past 20 years the championship has been a tarmac championship, unlike the bulk of rally championships which are off-road or mixed surface events. Champions Sourced from: References External linksSeries Official Web Site {{Rally championships Rallying series Motorsport competitions in France National championships in France, Rally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
