24/Oct/2002 Tour de Corse Historique - All CHR Team arrived safety!

All CHR team members arrived safely in Ajaccio after the 4th day of an incredibly beautiful race in Corsica, taking the boat to Marseille on Friday evening.

We were all disappointed that this experience had finished and were thinking only about 2003's event as we headed home.

The final ranking of the CHR team members is:

No.17 LANDON Xavier/ RAOUL Jean-Eric - placing 17th overall
No.16 KATO Hitoshi/ TAKAHIRA Koki - placing 30th overall
No.18 CHAUSSIN Hugues/ GALLET Yves - placing 36th overall
No.15 COMAS Erik/ GAGNAIRE Francois - placing 37th overall

Each CHR team member had a different perspective of the final ranking for this rally. Some wanted to do the regularity challenge for the pleasure of competing with specialists, others simply focused on getting the most pleasure out of competing on the event, as you can see with Erik's ranking. It's important to note that LANDON/RAOUL in Alpine No.17 twice topped the times in the regularity challenge, on stages No.5 and No.10. For non-professional drivers, this is a very nice surprise!

Participating in this historic event was a great experience for all of us; a good finishing position was not the goal of the CHR members on this occasion. But for sure, we are aiming for the overall win in the regularity challenge next year!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a result of this event, CRM will appear in TV documentaries to be shown on French TV in programmes such as AB Moteurs and Motors TV. There will also be a broadcast feature on J-Sky Sport Japan.

Among the CHR team members in Corsica, a number of journalists - from a variety of motoring magazines - drove or co-piloted CHR Alpines:

- Mr RAOUL for SPORT AUTO
- Mr CHAUSSIN for La Vie de l'Auto and Auto-Retro
- Mr GALLET for Retro Course and Comptes-Tours
- Mr TAKAHIRA for Car Graphic

Here in Switzerland, we are now working on preparation for the next CHR rally, the MONTE CARLO HISTORIQUE. This event takes place from the 31st of January to the 5th of February.

In 2001, Erik's team started the race from TORINO; the following year we started from REIMS and this year we have chosen to start from MONACO.

Following the spirit of the Monte Carlo of old, the program will be:

1st day: Monaco-Vals les Bains: Concentration leg
2nd day: Vals les Bains-Valence : Concentration leg
3rd day: Valence-Gap: Common leg part.1
4th day: Valence-Monaco: Common leg part. 2
5th day: Monaco-Monaco: Final leg

We will be pleased to see you on those roads in February.

Let's thank very much Erik Comas team to authorize us to publish these pages.
Rendez-vous is planed for Monte Carlo Historique now!
More information on www.comashitoricracing.com