Subaru Impreza Sti (Johny Picard): Pleasure rediscovered

“It’s a good performance for my young age”. At 61, Johny Picard hasn’t aged at all, and neither has his driving style. For the first time from this season, the Bérive mechanic managed to enter the Top 5 of the Saint-Leu rally. A position he had not taken since 2019 when he was driving a Citroen DS3 R5.

The experienced driver seems to have managed to compensate for the lack of power of his Subaru Impreza Sti in his old Rally2 with the pleasure he has driving it. “It’s an interesting questionhe believes. Since I was injured, I returned to the game seriously and I feel better than last season.”. The veteran of the paddock also managed to remove the pressure that had clipped his wings in recent seasons.

The Reunion Island Championship is no longer one of the priorities of the champion who has chosen to fade his appearance gradually. Arriving at the season launch this weekend, Johny Picard will only compete at the start of the Tour Auto, the Saint-Joseph rally and the 1000km race this season.

“Keep in touch with the best”

“For the meeting of Petite-Île and Ronde de l’Est, he will be the companion of my daughter (Loïc Bellus) who will take control of Subaru.he continues. In my plan, I prioritized happiness above anything else.”. And it shows.

Despite the difficult race conditions and the limited variety of tires he had, the southern driver held his position perfectly, inserting himself among the most powerful cars and the new generation of drivers who are catching up. “I’m isolated in my group so I try to communicate with the besthe insists. In this rally, my goal was to maintain my 5th position as I saw that I was well placed at the end of the first stage. Mannix Hoarau was too far ahead (16”) for me to follow him but I managed to do something good on Vaudeville 2 to catch Gilles Dijoux. The results are positive for us”.

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