La Baule, 26th of April, 2022
C´est parti! The 2022 edition of the Tour Auto is on its way from
Paris to Andorra. At 6 am the first cars left Paris from the Parc
d´Exposition to Rambouillet where the official start of the TA is
this year. Due to the unforeseeable traffic in the capitol the start of
the time keeping is never in Paris itself but in one of the chateaux
in the outskirts of the métropole. But as there is still a long day
ahead the first cars always have to leave very early and they see
the sunset usually on their way. A lot of people were waiting at the
chateau to have a closer look at the cars when all of them are still
in the race. As usual the convoy is divided in 5 groups, 3
competition classes and 2 regularities with different target times.
The first competition class with the Jaguars and Healeys are the
first on the route followed by the Cobras and E-Types in the
second group and the Group 4 Daytonas, De Tomaso, BMW M1
and Porsche RSR to end the competition. After the competition
the lower numbers of the regularity (red numbers compared to the
black competition numbers) are sent on their way.
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