GOLD FOR FRANCE AS TEAM UK MISSES OUT ON RALLY MEDALS
France bagged rallying’s first FIA Motorsport Games gold medal when Mathieu Arzeno, a former Junior WRC contender, beat Spain’s Pepe Lopez and Estonian’s
Georg Linnamae.
Arzeno was in front after 13 Tarmac stages around the SainteBaume mountain region in southern France, but had to win the Paul Ricard superspecial on Saturday evening to take gold, a feat he achieved by 5.1 seconds ahead of Lopez. Linnamae was 4.3s further back alongside Welsh co-driver
James Morgan.
Oliver Mellors, co-driven by Ian Windress, was 10th for Team UK. Brothers Steve and Tim Jones took fifth in the
Historic class in a Chrysler Sunbeam.