Erik Comas announced the establishment of 'Comas Historic Racing' in Switzerland with the official support of Renault's (Nissan alliance partner) collection and historic division. Although Erik will soon re-enter the hard fought All-Japan GT Championships next month, he will continue to positively promote historic car events to preserve the great history of motorsport.

Erik Comas:
"It was when I first entered the Historic Monte Carlo Rally in 2001 that I felt I wanted to share with friends the fun of an event which brought back so many wonderful memories. The thing is however, that many people who are interested in such events can not actually participate in them. This has less to do with funding difficulties and more to do with a basic lack of time needed to devote to such historic cars, which require special maintenance techniques. So I searched the world for cars with historic significance and carried out the necessary maintenance on them to allow any car fan to participate easily in these wonderful events. And that day has finally arrived.

As I have already reported, several colleagues and I under the banner of 'Comas Historic Racing' participated in the 5th Historic Monte Carlo Rally (Jan 25-31) driving four Renault Alpine 1600S's, classics in French motorsports history. I have also put together a service assistant team who specially selected two uniquely styled 1968 model Renault 16TS five-door saloons as well as a 1975 model Le Saviem SG2, a French brand which no longer exists. During this race, 'Comas Historic Racing' and its focus on classic French sportscars secured big headlines in the French media as such events gain considerable popularity throughout Europe. "

'Comas Historic Racing' will provide full service backup for people who are willing to enter events but do not have the time to make their own preparations. 'Comas Historic Racing' will take care of the of all administrative aspects including enrollment fees, license forms, car transportation, clothing, race car preparation, race car maintenance during historic events, hotel and restaurant reservations, transportation to hotel, different sets of tyres (for winter etc), and will return the car after the event. All the customer has to do is to show up at the start and fill their car's fuel tank at the gas station from time to time, as they would normally do when driving.

'Comas Historic Racing' will only enter a few events in 2002 before signing up for a full program of 8 to 10 events in 2003. These include Monte Carlo, Morocco Classic, Coupes des Alpes, Tour Auto, Spain Tour and Corsica Tour. Our next event for this year will be the "Rallye des Princesses" for ladies only between June 2-7.

For more information, please contact: historic@erikcomas.com

Here, we want to thank sincerely Erik Comas to accept we pubilsh this page and these pics.