- The student in the 4th year of medicine continues his express ascent in the world of rallying after being spotted by the French motor sport federation at the end of 2016.
- Despite some mistakes last season at the third world level, he found a steering wheel in WRC2 and will race six to eight rallies as an official driver at M-Sport.
- The first takes place right now, in Monte-Carlo, where the Lille driver shone last year by scoring a point in the world championship for his first race ... like Sébastien Ogier a few years ago.
Adrien Fourmaux finds the land of his exploits. Engaged in 2019 at the third world level, he had managed to take 10th place in the legendary Monte-Carlo. And therefore to score a point in the world championship for its first rally. A performance made before him by… Sébastien Ogier, world champion a few years later.
An almost too perfect start, before experiencing some snags, especially in Le Touquet - with a violent road trip - and in Corsica. "I made a few mistakes after a good start, I wanted to go too fast right away," says the man who lives in Mérignies, near Lille. You can't learn rally by snapping your fingers, you have to assimilate everything. In the last season, I give myself 7 out of 10. "
An official pilot place in the M-Sport team
Obviously, others too were satisfied with the overall performance of Adrien Fourmaux, 24th in the WRC final classification with a point, like a certain Petter Solberg. The official British M-Sport team, a step above its private “ex” M-Sport Poland, has decided to bet on it for the 2020 season.
French talent @AdrienFourmaux will take to the wheel of the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5 MkII this year as he contests the @ OfficialWRC's premier support series - WRC 2. Welcome to the family Adrien and @JamoulRenaud 👊
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"A Christmas present in advance," admits the young man (24) who learned the good news just a month ago. On its program, the superior championship - the WRC2 -, with at least six rallies and two as a bonus (Japan and Great Britain) if it proves convincing.
A clear objective, the title in WRC2, to spin in WRC
Nothing impossible. Since his rally debut and his successful test at the Auto Show in 2016, Adrien Fourmaux has almost never missed a bucket. A title of champion of France juniors 2018, continuous support of the French federation, and stages passed each year.
🗂 2020
└ 🗂 EDF FFSA Rally
└ 📂 @Rosselyohan
└ 📂 @PL_Loubet
└ 📂 @AdrienFourmaux
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The student in 4th year of medicine, who put his studies on hiatus in 2017, will aim high, driving his Ford Fiesta R5 MKII of 300 horses: "My goals? The title in WRC2 is clear. And win 2 or 3 points in the world championship… ”.
2020, "pivotal year" for the Northerner
A big challenge, another one… “Every year, you have to insure. I will be more expected, but I face much less unknowns, I know the rallies and the progress of a world championship, he says. 2020 is a pivotal year. I have to prove, to go to WRC. His ultimate goal.
At the start of this year, Adrien Fourmaux already seems to have launched. This Wednesday, in Gap, he took second place in his category (12th overall) on the shakedown (3.35 km), the start of the Monte-Carlo rally. The serious business begins Thursday to end Sunday in Monaco, after more than 170 kilometers of specials.
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