The Paris Rally is an event designed to bring together owners of collectors' cars for navigation along the roads of France with stops at various circuits. The success achieved by the event led organiser Hervé Charbonneaux, last year, to divide it in two: a part for cars from before 1987 (Classic Paris Rally), and the other for more recent ones. The latter, called the GT Paris Rally, took place on 17 and 18 March, with a line-up of the cars near the Eiffel Tower followed by road navigation and two stops at the circuits of Magny-Cours and Dijon, for timed laps. Motul supported the organising team Rallystory, which brought together no less than 160 cars this year. 'It was extremely varied', said Hervé Charbonneaux. 'As if we had on the roads the cars we see at the Geneva Show. Many Ferraris, Aston Martins or Porsches, but also more exotic vehicles, like a Gumpert Apollo, three Radical SR3 SLs, four McLaren F1s, an extremely powerful English prototype, the Ultima GTR, and even an electric Hexagon coupé manufactured by the French at Magny-Cours." Lamborghini and Ferrari took advantage of the meeting to present their latest vehicles, respectively the Aventador and the Spider Italia.
As the rally is also a time for relaxation for the participants, they spent the evening at the Château de Meursault whose sumptuous wines helped loosen tongues in enthusiastic conversation...
