Auto-motorsport·Motorautosport·4 okt

Rallye du Maroc: Strong performance goes unrewarded

Guillaume de Mévius and Mathieu Baumel showed a very strong performance right from the start of the Rallye du Maroc in their MINI JCW Rally 3.0i. The duo picked up speed day by day, steadily climbing the overall standings. On the extremely difficult third stage—which pushed many competitors to the brink of despair—they achieved a sensational fourth-place finish. As a result, they headed into the final special stage sitting in seventh place overall. However, bad luck struck on the final day: a technical issue forced De Mévius and Baumel to leave the track and return to the bivouac early. The resulting time penalty dropped them far down the overall classification.